Family Ties

ARTIST STATEMENT

“Textured, layered surfaces speak of the passage of time, transformation and survival.  Found textiles, incorporating antique and vintage hand-made needlework, are mounted to wooden panels and painted with acrylic paints and mediums.  Metal leaf is applied and colour fields painted on top.  Small elements of metal foils are collaged onto the surface.  Using hand worked textiles honours the unknown woman who gave a part of her life to create intricate, detailed and often delicate work with her hands.  By incorporating these pieces into my mixed media paintings, value is placed back into the lives of the unknown woman creator – to link my own work and life to our maternal ancestors.”

BIOGRAPHY

My art education encompassed a wide variety of media. The larger part of my education in Switzerland was in fiber and needle arts. Since coming to Canada in 1987, I have concentrated on furthering my interdisciplinary arts education with studies through the Toronto Board of Education, through workshops with local and international artists, and as a student at the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD). I graduated from OCAD as an honors student in 1999 and was awarded both the Governor General’s Medal and an Ontario College of Art and Design Medal. During my study, I focused on fiber arts (papermaking, surface design, weaving), book arts and sculpture.

EXHIBITIONS

Solo Show, Towne Square Gallery,

Oakville, Ontario

Toronto Art Expo Toronto, Canada

Gallery De Boer, Owen Sound ON

Expo Art Montreal Montreal, Canada

Toronto Art Expo Toronto, Canada

The Show of Hands Toronto, Canada

Petroff Gallery

Linda Lando Vancouver, Canada

Toronto Art Expo Toronto, Canada

2004

Magic Door Gallery, Sunderland ON

Toronto Art Expo Toronto, Canada

SCA: Newly Helanconian Club, Elected Members Toronto

One of a Kind Toronto, Canada

SCA: Yearly Show Toronto, Canada

One of a Kind Toronto, Canada

SCA: Yearly Show Toronto, Canada

Home & Style Toronto, Canada

Cabbagetown Arts Toronto, Canada

Amherstburg Art Amherstburg, ON

Magic Door Gallery, Sunderland ON

Indoor Art Toronto, Canada

2002

One of a Kind Toronto, Canada

Cabbagetown Arts, Toronto, Canada

Toronto Outdoors, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, Canada

Art in the Park Windsor, ON Canada

Studio Show & Sale, Toronto, Canada

Cabbagetown Arts, Toronto, Canada

Beaches Arts and, Toronto

Junction Art, Toronto, Canada

Cabbagetown Arts, Toronto, Canada

Beaches Arts and, Toronto

Toronto Outdoors, Nathan Philips Square Toronto, Canada

Medal Winners, Ontario College of Art Toronto

1998

Remembrance, Ontario Toronto

Toronto Outdoors Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, Canada

AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS

Elected to Society of Canadian Artists (SCA)

Best Graduate Booth Design-Uniquely Ontario (Toronto International Gift Fair)

Governor General’s Medal-Printmaking (OCAD).

Ontario College of Art & Design Medal-Printmaking

M. Joan Chalmers Scholarship-Printmaking (OCAD)

Dr. Eugene A Poggetto Scholarship-Printmaking (OCAD)

Intermediate/Advanced Papermaking Award-Handmade Paper (OCAD)

Diana Myers Book Award-Bookarts (OCAD)

Peacock’s Hardware Prize-Surface Design (OCAD)

Dr. Eugene A. Poggetto A ward-Printmaking (OCAD)

George A. Reid Award-Printmaking (OCAD)

Advanced Printmaking Award, OCAD Proficiency in Contemporary Papermaking

COLLECTIONS

Artworks are in private collections in Canada, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Greece, Spain, Germany, and the USA; in corporate collections in Canada

MISCELLANEOUS

Artworks are in private collections in Canada, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Greece, Spain, Germany, and the USA; in corporate collections in Canada