Laurie Landry was born in Calgary, Alberta, and moved to Wells, BC when she was 3 months old, then to Prince George, BC at the age of 3 for the educational resources available to her as a deaf child. Laurie has been interested in art since she was young, preferring to draw and colour with crayons, and making sculptures with Play-doh. Her real introduction to art as a vocation was at age 11 or 12, when she attended Wells’ Island Mountain School for the Arts in the late 1970s. Laurie went on to Emily Carr University of Art & Design and completed the Fine Arts Techniques course in 2008. She has since continued training, with a mentor program and in-class workshops. She has exhibited in both group and solo shows across British Columbia. Laurie now lives and paints in Vancouver, BC, on the unceded territories of xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam),Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
I am looking forward to being a part of Sync Leadership British Columbia, as I feel that as a visual artist, I am at a stage where I need to connect more with the Deaf and Disability community and to envision an art world that is more inclusive and being lead by Deaf and Disabled artists.