James Lindsay is a printmaker, teacher and art activist. His prints embrace darkness, often pushing the boundaries of convention. He taught in challenging arenas, the most obvious being the federal penitentiary William Head Institution on Vancouver Island in the late 70s. In 1981, Lindsay produced a number of big edition prints using 4 colour process offset lithography mixed with other media.
He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in printmaking from Glasgow School of Art in 1967 and continued his studies at the Jordanhill College of Education, teaching art for two years before immigrating to Canada in 1970. He settled first in Edmonton, then moved to Victoria in 1974. He was National Vice President of the Canadian Artists Representation (CAR or CARFAC) in 1979, becoming involved in the issues of artist’s rights, copyright, censorship and artist’s fees and lobbied for changes in legislation to benefit Canadian visual artists.
In 1981 he moved into his Fan Tan alley studio in Victoria’s Chinatown, becoming a major part of the Victoria arts scene in the 1980s, along with other painters, poets and photographers including Luis Merino, Laird Campbell, Bert Vandergugten, D’Arcy Gould, Luis Ituarte and Casey Tebbutt.
His works are represented in public and private collections including the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Canada Council Art Bank, the Province of British Columbia Art Collection and the University of Victoria Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery.
For all you deep art divers out there.
More info on 1980s Victoria artists, Michael’s World: A Generation of Studio Artists in Old Town Victoria
Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC) website
More info on Victoria Chinatown’s famous Fan Tan Alley
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