Artist statement
Taking visual cues from both actual and virtual environments, my paintings explore relationships of space and the problematisation of the figure/ground relationship in painting.
The work begins with an interest in questioning the formal aspects of painting, a concern with “painting as painting” focusing on material and process, where discarded masking and under-drawings are crucial to the final composition. Overall, my work is marked by a sense of detachment and displacement. My vocabulary is informed by a movement between the history of painting and other visual references from my extended environment including “real” and virtual sources. Together, these references feed the development of complex subjective spaces where disparate elements combine to form new relationships and narratives. The detached marks and displaced images become pseudo-landscapes and disconcerting scenarios. I seek to create a state of tension where formal relationships such as figure/ground break down and metaphorical resonances remain in flux.
Qualifications and training
- 2009 MFA Art Practice, Goldsmiths, University of London, London
- 2006 BFA, Major Painting & Drawing w/ Distinction, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
- 2000 Interpretive Illustration Diploma, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
- 1996 Art Fundamentals Programme, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Solo exhibitions
- 2010 To Build A Home, Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2010 Trade Skins, BEARSPACE Gallery, Deptford, London, UK
- 2007 Relative Detachements/ Un certain détachement, Galerie Art Mur, Montreal, Canada
- 2005 Form, Fond, Couleur, La Fabriq, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2002 New Paintings, Ferguson Cottage, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
- 2002 This Happens, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Group exhibitions
- 2011 SO HERE WE ARE, Kunstverein Speyer, Speyer, Germany
- 2011 TRANSLATE / TRANSCRIBE, Central House Of Artists as part of Art Moscow, Moscow, Russia
- 2011 QUESTION DE PRINCIPE, MATTER OF PPRINCIPLE, Galerie Art Mûr, Montreal, Canada
- 2011 S.A.G.S., The Woodmill, London, UK
- 2011 ELEPHANTS AT THE WOODMILL - NICOLAS PARTY, The Woodmill, London, UK
- 2011 I HAVE NO USE FOR THE TRUTH, 38b Peckham Rye, London, UK
- 2011 THE FUTURE IS DEEP - L.A. PEDESTRIANS, Collective Show Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
- 2010 Facehole a Secco w/ Charlotte Warne Thomas, Dirty Square Gallery, London, UK
- 2010 Heliotrope, Vulpes Vulpes, London, UK
- 2010 Say What What Way, ShopAt34, London, UK
- 2010 Print Now II, Bearspace Gallery, London, UK
- 2010 The Devil's Necktie, The Woodmill, Bermondsey, London, UK
- 2010 Print Now w/ Bearspace, London Art Fair, London, UK
- 2009 soSHOW!, ShopAt34, London, UK
- 2009 Groupe/Grope, Area10, London, United Kingdom
- 2009 Notes From the Underground, James Taylor Gallery, London, UK
- 2009 1 of 2, The Apple Tree, London, United Kingdom
- 2009 How to Manage When Everything’s a Priority, Grace and Clark Fyfe Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
- 2008 New Cross Art Prize Exhibition, Lewisham Art House, London, United Kingdom
- 2008 New Paintings w/ Sungyeon Park, Tender Pixel Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- 2008 PICK 2, The Apple Tree, London, United Kingdom
- 2008 Gold N Delicious, The Apple Tree, London, United Kingdom
- 2007 Stanley Mills Purchase Prize Exhibition, FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2006 Atelier William, Atelier William, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2006 Collection I, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2006 Square Foot 2006, AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2006 The Only Way Out Is In, Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2006 Art Matters, Founderie Darling Foundry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2006 Concordia University Painting & Drawing Dept Show, Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2005 Shipwrecked, Atelier William, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2005 Square Foot NY, Project Spaceman, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
- 2005 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2005 HARVEST w/ Michael Farnan, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2005 stART, Studio 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 2004 Action/ De-Action, Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2004 Salon Rouge, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2004 About Face, Galerie Espace, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2004 Sans Abri, Art en Majuscule, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2004 Le Cirque, Art en Majuscule, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2004 The Secrets in Windows and Shadows w/ Susan Westbrook, Galerie 1040, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2004 Painting & Drawing Department Juried Exhibition, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2004 You Are Here/Vous Etes Ici, Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2003 Salon Rouge, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2003 Mill Race Arts Festival, Mill Race, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Degree shows
- 2009 MFA Art Practice Degree Show, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK
- 2006 Graduating Students Exhibition, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 2000 Sheridan College Grad Show, Design Exchange, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2010 Woodmill Travel Bursary, The Woodmill, London, UK
- 2006 Production grant, Art Matters, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2006 Stanley Mills Purchase Prize, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2004 First Annual Juried Exhibition Jurors Award, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
- 2004 Nominated: Brian T.Counihan Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Life, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- 2002 First Annual Juried Exhibition Jurors Award, Cambridge Centre for the Arts, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
Publications
- 2010 Arts visuels - De l'intime jusqu'à la peinture extrême
- 2010 http://viedesarts.com/219/art_04.html
- 2010 http://www.montrealgazette.com/Roots+home+reveal+where+heart+lives/3145656/story.html#ixzz0qm75Px90
- 2010 http://www.ledevoir.com/culture/arts-visuels/290264/le-chaos-raffine-de-kiernander
- 2008 Carte Blanche v.2 Painting, Magenta Foundation, Canada
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