Visual Art Award of Excellence

CONGRATULATIONS LANI IMRE - RECIPIENT OF THE 2010 PROFESSIONAL

ARTIST AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

The Whistler Arts Council and La Bocca Restaurant are pleased to announce the recipient of the 2010 Artist Award of Excellence. Painter, Lani Imre, won the award in the Professional artist category.

The award is the result of an action item proposed by the Whistler2020 Arts, Culture & Heritage Task Force to develop a program in which the community publicly recognizes Sea-to-Sky Corridor artists for their artistic achievements.

Lani Imre currently resides in Squamish B.C. but has divided her time between Baja California and various locations around British Columbia. Imre focused her studies on diverse forms of art education in Vancouver, Nelson, Halifax, Montreal and Berkeley. Her degrees include a diploma of Art from the Kootenay School of the Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design University. Imre focuses her work on large-scale, mixed media paintings depicting an entourage of virtualized female characters and she also has an extensive background in sculptural ceramics, drawing, print-making and painting. Framed by her love of art, mountains and surfing, Imre successfully constructed a life in which she can balance love, work and play.