statement
I use multiple images and juxtaposition to create a temporal relationship in my paintings. I recombine images from paintings, photographs, newspapers and books as a means of re-contextualizing the familiar. My work questions what is expected of a painting, and how an audience is expected to interact with it both as an object and an idea. I do this by altering how the work typically engages a viewer. I paint portraits that are made uneasy by the spectator's gaze, a still life that is crushed into a flat space, and landscapes that are upended and disorienting.
bio
born: 1978, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
education
University of Guelph, MFA, 2005
Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, BFA, 2003
selected awards/honors
Special Mention, The Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture, 2009
Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, University of Guelph, 2003
University of Guelph Scholarship, University of Guelph, 2003
Simon Chang and Phyllis Levine Foundation Scholarship, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, 2002
selected publications
Jan Dean, "Artists go face to face" Mississauga.com, September 20, 2011
Robert Reid, "Some Kind of Wonderful" Kitchener-Waterloo Record, July 23, 2009
Sarah Nasby, "Transactions: 11 Canadian Artists", exhibition catalogue, Chongqing Art Museum (Sichuan Fine Arts Institute), 2008
Aidan Ware, "The Fabulous Unfabulous", exhibition catalogue, Temporary City Gallery, Ontario, 2005
selected solo or two-person exhibits
Back to the Landscape, Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 2011
Untitled, Renann Isaacs Contemporary, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 011
Eileen MacArthur/ Sarah Cale, Propeller Centre for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2005
Pieces Missing, MacDonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 2005
selected group shows
Saving Face, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, 2011
The Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture, The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2011
Some Kind of Wonderful, 2009 Biennial, Kitchener- Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, 2009
Transactions: 11 Canadian Artists, Chongqing Art Museum (Sichuan Fine Arts), China, 2008
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