Sculptor and metal artist Cal Lane has garnered international acclaim for transforming industrial steel I-beams, shovels, car hoods and dumpsters into lacy, decorative works of art. While her sculptures can be interpreted as a challenge to gender stereotypes — the transformation of hard, “masculine” steel into “feminine” lace filigree — Lane suggests her art reaches beyond that.
“I see steel as a metaphor for confrontation, a thing that represents the walls put up by the society I was born into,” she has said. “Steel feels like the perfect material to carve into, to create the contrasts and conflicts that I myself struggle with.”
Born in 1968 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Lane trained as a welder and was a hairdresser in her mother’s salon on Vancouver Island before she turned to build a career in art. She earned her BFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and attended the State University of New York, where she specialized in sculpture and earned her MFA.
As an artist, Lane became interested in exploring gender roles through Conceptual art. Although critics have compared her work to that of American minimalist sculptor Richard Serra, known for his spiral steel sculptures, Lane cuts into steel objects, creating ornate patterns that reference femininity in her figurative and abstract sculptures. This is demonstrated in works such as Pantie (2017), Veiled Hood #2 (2014) and Grace Invasion (2011).
In addition to her sculptures, Lane produced a series of wallpaper drawings in 2017, such as True Barring, Mind Your Bubble and Poking Holes in the Ocean, depicting military submarines on cloud patterns. The drawings explore the perception of submarines as phallic war objects in contrast to their innocent depictions in popular culture.
Lane’s sculptures and illustrations have been exhibited in numerous international shows throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, Belgium, France and the United Kingdom. Her works are also highly sought by collectors of Contemporary and abstract art.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of original Cal Lane sculptures, prints and drawings.
Pantie Stains #2, Contemporary Print on Archival Paper, 2010- Unframed
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rust on archival paper Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova ...
Archival Paper
Pantie Stains #5, Contemporary Print on Archival Paper, 2010- Unframed
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rust on archival paper Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova ...
Archival Paper
Pantie Stains #6 Print on Archival Paper, Unframed, Contemporary Art
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rust on archival paper Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova ...
Archival Paper
Pantie Stains #3, Contemporary Print on Archival Paper, 2010- Unframed
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rust on archival paper Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova ...
Archival Paper
Pantie Stains #9, Contemporary Print on Archival Paper, 2010- Now
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rust on archival paper Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova ...
Archival Paper
Pantie Stains #8, Contemporary Print on Archival Paper, 2010- Unframed
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rust on archival paper Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova ...
Archival Paper
Pantie Stains #4, Contemporary Print on Archival Paper, 2010- Now
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rust on archival paper Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova ...
Archival Paper
Pantie Stains #1 Contemporary Print on Archival Paper, Unframed
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Rust on archival paper Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova ...
Archival Paper
$300
H 36 in W 24 in
Matt Ferguson - Spiderman: Homecoming - Contemporary Cinema Movie Film Posters
By Matt Ferguson
Located in Asheville, NC
Spiderman: Homecoming Spider-Man: Homecoming is a 2017 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, co-produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. It is the second Spider-Man film reboot and the 16th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film was directed by Jon Watts, from a screenplay by the writing teams of Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, Watts and Christopher Ford, and Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers. Tom Holland stars as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, alongside Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Gwyneth Paltrow, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tony Revolori, Bokeem Woodbine, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr. In Spider-Man: Homecoming, Peter Parker tries to balance high school life with being Spider-Man while facing the Vulture. Artists: Ferguson, Matt Edition Details Year: 2020 Class: Cinema Status: Official Released: 07/16/20 Run: 300 Technique: Screen Print Size: 24 X 36 Markings: Numbered About Artist: "Matt Ferguson...
Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Laser, Giclée, Pigment, Archival Pigment...
Angel, WFUNA Marc Chagall Etching
By Marc Chagall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
WFUNA Marc Chagall Designed Etching · Produced after the artist's death with permission from his estate Image size 8.5" x 11" #215/1000 Perfect condition Certification document on ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Etching
Tyler Shields - 2:22 am, Photography 2022, Printed After
By Tyler Shields
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Provocateur Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 24" x 30" 32" x 40" 48" x 60" 57" x 72" 67" x 84" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist Proofs...
Luster, Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Digital, Inkjet, Archival Pigmen...
$800
H 20 in W 16 in
"The Conjuror" Signed Archival Print, Edition of 10, 21st Century
By Andrew Pinkham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This archival illustrative photography pigment print on cotton rag by Andrew Pinkham measures 20in x 16in and is signed and numbered. This piece is part of a small edition of 10. "...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$800
H 20 in W 16 in
Thwarted Archival Pigment Print on Cotton Rag, Signed, 21st Century
By Andrew Pinkham
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This archival illustrative photography pigment print on cotton rag by Andrew Pinkham measures 20in x 16in and is signed and numbered. This piece is part of a small edition of 10. A...
Archival Paper, Archival Pigment
$5,000
H 24 in W 30 in
Tyler Shields - Kodachrome Dream, Photography 2022, Printed After
By Tyler Shields
Located in Greenwich, CT
Series: Historical Fiction Chromogenic Print on Kodak Endura Luster Paper All available sizes and editions: 24" x 30" 32" x 40" 48" x 60" 57" x 72" 67" x 84" Editions of 3 + 2 Artist...
Luster, Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Digital, Inkjet, Archival Pigmen...
Still Life with Snippers
By Richard Huntington
Located in Buffalo, NY
Richard Huntington (b. 1936) is an american painter, printmaker, and writer, is Critic Emeritus at The Buffalo News and has written for High Performance magazine, ARTnews, and Art Ne...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$440
H 18 in W 14 in
Oh, You Pretty Things: Intaglio on Somerset Paper, 21st Century
By Katie VanVliet
Located in Philadelphia, PA
intaglio on Somerset paper, 18”h x 14”w unframed Bio // Katie VanVliet is a sculptor and printmaker based in Philadelphia, PA. Found and collected objects are the main component of ...
Archival Paper, Intaglio
$350
H 14.75 in W 10.75 in D 1 in
Flow - Black and White Etching of a Female with Long Hair, Matted and Framed
By Juan Barragán
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact the gallery with questions. A woman tilts her head towards the viewer, one eye peaking around the edge of the frame in this small etching by Juan Barragán...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Etching
Limited Edition Photographic Art Print "Preparing"
By Gary Hirson
Located in Cape Town, ZA
A limited edition (out of 25) black and white photographic print. Framed with a black or white box frame and floated to the backboard. The dimensions of 33.5 x 45 cm is that of the p...
Archival Paper, Giclée
No Exit, monochromatic female nude
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This monotype is a striking, expressionistic study of a female nude that balances raw, physical presence with a deep internalized psychological mood. It utilizes the fluid, singular ...
Monotype, Archival Ink, Archival Paper
$1,125
H 34.26 in W 27.56 in D 0.79 in
Girl with Pearl - 21 Cent., Contemporary, Pigment Print, Dutch Masters
By Ger Doornink
Located in Barcelona, Catalonia
Edition of 50 Ger Doornink's limited editions are based on a high resolution scan of the original artwork. They are printed on archival Hahnemühle German Etching paper. This techniq...
Archival Paper, Etching
Untitled (shovels)
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova Scotia College of Art an...
Metal
Pantie
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Laughter, discomfort, perplexity: these are all plausible reactions to the work by sculptor Cal Lane. The artist’s most recent body of work is an affective assemblage of incongruous ...
Metal
Pantie
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Laughter, discomfort, perplexity: these are all plausible reactions to the work by sculptor Cal Lane. The artist’s most recent body of work is an affective assemblage of incongruous ...
Metal
Wall Pantie series
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova Scotia College of Art an...
Metal
Heartwrench
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova Scotia College of Art an...
Metal
Shovels
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Cal Lane is an internationally acclaimed sculptor known for turning ordinary objects into lacy artworks. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Nova Scotia College of Art an...
Metal
Veiled Hood # 8
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Text by Sophie Lynch For the exhibition Veiled Hoods and Stains, Cal Lane combines delicate lacework and discarded steel car and truck hoods to create two series of related works...
Metal
Veiled Hood # 7
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Text by Sophie Lynch For the exhibition Veiled Hoods and Stains, Cal Lane combines delicate lacework and discarded steel car and truck hoods to create two series of related works...
Metal
Veiled Hood # 5
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Text by Sophie Lynch For the exhibition Veiled Hoods and Stains, Cal Lane combines delicate lacework and discarded steel car and truck hoods to create two series of related works...
Metal
Veiled Hood #3
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Text by Sophie Lynch For the exhibition Veiled Hoods and Stains, Cal Lane combines delicate lacework and discarded steel car and truck hoods to create two series of related works...
Metal
Veiled Hood #2
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Text by Sophie Lynch For the exhibition Veiled Hoods and Stains, Cal Lane combines delicate lacework and discarded steel car and truck hoods to create two series of related works...
Metal
Untitled (shovel)
By Cal Lane
Located in Montreal, Quebec
In his essay “Ornament and Crime,” architect Adolf Loos helped usher in modernist trends with his infamous statement: “the evolution of culture marches with the elimination of orname...
Metal