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A Portrait of N
A Portrait of N, view 1
A Portrait of N, view 2
A Portrait of N, view 3
A Portrait of N, view 4
A Portrait of N, view 5
A Portrait of N, view 6


A Portrait of N, view 2, 2000


A Portrait of N, view 3, 2000

 

A Portrait of N, by its long narrative nature, and the contrast of light and dark contained within it, requires us to think about the person represented. This photo based work exists as one image, but as such is not clear and akin to seeing in the shadows with neither depth nor detail fully revealed. Like the slaves in Plato's Allegory of the Cave, seeing the shadows and accepting them as truth, we see the surface and embrace these observations as representative of the whole.

One must observe this work closely, for it has many fragments, with numerous, repeated layers, much like the building blocks of personal experience, each representative of both the virtue and the vice of a life. The fugitive image of N courses through the image with various densities, sometimes semi-solid, occasionally as a silhouette and frequently, almost transparent. We think we see the essence of the individual but as we move through the chronicle and observe each different figurative image, we notice a disparate personality that seems to contradict the perception we had established a priori, leading us to the conclusion we may never know much more than the shadows of a person's life.

Janice Johnson, June 21, 2000

 

Education: 1991 Carriage House Paper, Somerville, MA, U.S.A. (subject of course
Papermaking in Depth)
1974 Diploma in Visual Arts, School of Art and Design of The Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, Québec.

Solo Exhibitions: 2000 Maison de la culture Frontenac, Montréal, Québec.
1999 Où il est question de la nature: Lys, Occurrance (Dans la vitrine), Montreal, Quebec
1998 Maternitas, Espace 527 (Espace Thérèse Dion), Belgo Building, Montréal, Québec.
1997 Les Etangs, Sun Life Building, Montréal, Québec (Vitrines sur les arts textiles, a project of the Conseil des Arts textiles du Québec),

Group Exhibitions: 2000 London Biennale 2000, London, England (website project).
- PassArt: Passage 1999-2000, Centre d'exposition de Rouyn-Noranda,Quebec (internet catalogue).
- Début De Collection, Art Mur, Montréal, Québec
- Expanding Our Horizons, Espace Adagio, Delta Montreal, Montréal, Québec
- Maternitas, Le Musée d'art de Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Québec (2 person exhibition).
1999 Motus, Foyer du Théâtre de la Ville de Longueuil, Québec (exhibition preceeding auction to aid Plein sud, Centre d'exposition et d'animation en art actuel in Longueuil)
1998 Handmade Paper Art, Rose Street Artists Co-operative Gallery, Burlington, Vermont.
- North Country Regional Juried Art Show, Roland Gibson Gallery.
- SUNY Potsdam Art Museum, Potsdam, New York, New York.
1995­1998 Biennale du dessin, de l'estampe et du papier-matière du Québec 1995, (travelling exhibition, catalogue).
- Centre d'exposition de Rouyn-Noranda, Rouyn-Noranda, Québec.

Grants and Prizes: 1998 Friends of Dard Hunter Prize
1994 Travel Grant, The Canada Council.
1991 Personal Development Grant, Ministère des Affaires culturelles de Québec.
1988 Project Grant, The Canada Council.
1984 Accessibility Grant, Ministère des Affaires culturelles de Québec.
1980­1981 Travel Grant, The Canada Council (Optica representative to ANNPAC conference).

Collections: Art Bank, Canada Council, Ottawa; Art Mur, Montreal; Collection Prêt d'oeuvres d'art, Musée du Québec, Québec; Foundation Mint Alapitvany, Budapest, Hungary.

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