LYCIATROUTON
Biography
Dr. Lycia Trouton was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the period of the Troubles and immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, in 1970— Since then she has lived in multiple countries, each influencing her art dramatically. Her career as a multi award-winning contemporary artist and art historian spans a large repertoire of site-specific, outdoor land art to interactive public sculpture and worldwide academic lectureship positions at higher education institutions. With the work of Lycia, objects, places, times and stories are revolutionized into the fresh and avant-garde; newborn meaning in what was once ordinary or forgotten is found.
Projects
The Linen Memorial
This project came about as a vision Dr. Lycia Trouton had–a personal installation on the subject of ‘mending’ and a felt idea of a new way to hold and process grief. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland during ‘the troubles.’ Trouton was impacted by that period of recent history and experienced the loss of 7 of her family friends.
Originally named
The Irish Linen Memorial, this creative project has now spanned almost 20 years. It has travelled to multiple countries (USA, Canada, Taiwan, China, The Island of Ireland, Australia), been constructed in churches, galleries and world-renowned libraries. This is an ongoing site‐conscious memorial which seeks to re‐narrate the almost 4,000 deaths which took place during the fraught period of ‘the troubles’ in Northern Ireland.
Dr. Lycia Trouton: Photos by Lisa Spindler