About lynne gaetz

“Entangled Lives”

Chosen as a public art piece, this work decorates a Hydro box in Niagara on the Lake next to the Shaw Festival Theatre.

Artist Statement

I am fascinated by thresholds—between the seen and unseen, memory and imagination, body and spirit. Collage, which I began exploring about a decade ago, mirrors the fragmented nature of existence—the passage of time and the accumulation of experiences that define us. My works may carry fragments of photographs, flowers, birds, and text: layers of personal and collective memory drawn from my earlier paintings, my photo archive, and family images.

I am drawn to the beauty of sacred art. In 2025, I began to use gold leaf to evoke light through cathedral windows—transient, luminous, and transcendent. Falling leaves often appear as quiet symbols of time’s passing and the approach of our own autumns. I also incorporate tile, glass, and metal to reflect light and create a sense of structure—fragile architectures we build to give life meaning.

My paintings are tributes to impermanence, memory, and the sacredness of being. Through the interplay of the tangible and the symbolic, I invite viewers to look beyond appearances and discover the layered beauty of what lies beneath.

In 2021, I became part of the Niagara on the Lake Arts Collective: a group of professional artists, curators, and galleries. My work is held in private collections in Canada, the US, and Europe.

GALLERIES

ArtSpace 106, 106 Queen Street, Niagara on the Lake

Paris Bohemian Gallery, 27 William Street, Paris Ontario (Closed in 2025)

NoWords Gallery, 29 Ainslie St. N. Cambridge Ontario (Closed in April 2025)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Joyner Gallery — juried solo exhibit. Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre, Niagara on the Lake (Oct 2025)

Ironwood Cider House — juried solo exhibit, 1425 Lakeshore Road, Niagara on the Lake (Sept. 2023)

Joyner Gallery — juried solo exhibit. Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre, Niagara on the Lake (Aug-Sept 2022)

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

Niagara on the Lake Studio Tour (each June). My work hangs in Ron Boaks Fine Arts gallery.

Joyner Gallery – NOTL Arts Collective group show, Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre, Niagara on the Lake (one month event each winter)

White Galleon Gallery — Group exhibit (July 2025)

John Mann Gallery — Group exhibit (Nov 2024 to Jan 2025)

Niagara Artist’s Centre (NAC) “Climate Crisis” juried show. Exhibited “The Rain Sang, The Trees Drowned” (June 2022)

LIFT “Face Value” presented by Robert Langen Art Gallery and the Laurier Library at Sir Wilfrid Laurier University. Includes three Figurative Artists: Lynne Gaetz, Sherry Czekus & Steven Restagno  (2020)

The Art of Resilience: Juried show in St. Catharine’s City Hall (2020)

Arts Pay Annual Juried Show, Lot 42, Kitchener (2019)

AWARDS

NOTL Hydro — Awarded prize for “Turbulent Silence.” Work is wrapped around Hydro box in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON. Location: Niagara Stone Road in Virgil in front of the LCBO. (2024)

NOTL Hydro — Awarded prize for “Entangled Lives.” Work is wrapped around Hydro box in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON. Location: Corner Wellington and Platoff Streets near the Shaw Festival theatre (2021)

Shore Centre Award — Arts Pay Juried Art Show, Kitchener Ontario (2019)

First Prize Juror Award — Cambridge Centre for the Arts Juried Art Exhibition (2019)

MEDIA

2025 Niagara Pumphouse hosts introspective art by Lynne Gaetz

2023 Art Fluent -- Curator's Choice: Lynne Gaetz

2023 NOTL Arts Collective show at Chateau des Charmes

2022 Lynne Gaetz Solo Exhibit: Niagara-on-the-Lake Local and Hydro Box Winners -- Niagara This Week

2022 Niagara Now: Solo Exhibit by NOTL Artist

Niagara Pumphouse Spring Show: Niagara This Week

EDUCATION

Concordia University (Montreal): Master of Arts

University of Calgary: Bachelors of Arts

University art courses in design, drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography: University of Calgary (Alberta), Laval University (Quebec); Concordia University; UQAM (Quebec)

Intensive workshop in Tuscany on the painting style of Odd Nerdrum. Various art workshops in Canada and the US.