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[[File:Laurie Walker, Prometheus Rebound 2005-2008, Installation.jpg|right|thumb|Laurie Walker, Prometheus Rebound. Produced while chronically ill in 2005-2008 and exhibited after her death in 2011.]] '''Laurie Walker''' (February 2, 1962 β February 11, 2011) was a Canadian interdisciplinary artist who produced large scale installations merging mythology and scientific references. She was widely exhibited in Canadian art museums and galleries, and discussed in numerous articles and monographs from 1987 to the early 2000s. ==Illness== Walker developed [[Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome]] (CFIDS) in the early 2000s, and as a result her output as an artist declined. She spent the last decade of her life living in seclusion in Montreal, attempting to find a cure for her illness, even developing hypotheses and making contributions to research into the origins of CFIDS. Her CFIDS eventually led to her death in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/montrealgazette/obituary.aspx?pid=148643453 | title = Obituary - Laurie Walker|access-date = 2021-12-09|quote =Laurie was a brilliant artist, a talented painter and a prominent member of the Quebec contemporary art community. Her works and installations were shown, and remain, in museums and galleries across Canada and overseas. Some rest in private collections. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Mount Allison University, and a Masters in Sculpture from the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design.<br>She was also a dedicated researcher. Working with others she devloped an hypothesis regarding the cause of Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS), the disease that led to her death.}}</ref> From 2005-2008 during her battle with [[Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome|CFIDS]], Walker completed a series of four large-scale drawings entitled Prometheus Rebound, her final work. After her death in 2011, they were exhibited at the Susan Hobbs Gallery in Toronto.<ref>[http://www.susanhobbs.com/exhibits/70-laurie-walker Susan Hobbs Gallery. Laurie Walker, 8 December 2011 to 21 January 2012.]</ref> ==See also == *[[List of famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] *[[Causes of death]] *[[List of deaths caused by myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome]] ==Learn more== *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Walker_(artist) Wikipedia - Laurie Walker] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Canadian famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Deceased people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]]
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