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Tanya Morand
About
Since 1984 Tanya Morand's artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally and now belongs to private and public collections in Canada, the USA and Europe. She has been a recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts as well as the Council of Arts and Letters of Quebec. In Montreal, she has taught fine arts at Concordia University, The Visual Arts Centre, and Dawson College. She presently teaches drawing and painting at Champlain St. Lawrence College in Quebec City.
Depuis 1984 les œuvres de Tanya Morand ont été exposés au Canada et à l’extérieur et appartiennent aux collections en Canada, les États et en Europe. Elle a été récipient des bourses de Conseil des Arts du Canada et aussi Le Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec. À Montréal, elle a enseigné les beaux arts à l’Université Concordia, au Collège Dawson et au Centre des Arts Visuels. Présentement elle enseigne le dessin et peinture au Collège Champlain St. Lawrence à Québec.
Tanya Morands artistic practice consists not only of the production of drawings and paintings, but also of photographs and mixed-media objects. However, drawing and painting remain integral to her practice. Her most recent work featured here consists of oil paintings on canvas of facades of buildings, skies and treetops. Her interest in other artists from the past and present is large and at first glance may seem eclectic. Considering the predominance of sky, botany and urban elements in her imagery, she discusses below some of the artists whom have inspired her: Although his paintings are very different from mine, I admire the work of John Virtue, his interpretations of the discombobulated density of the London skyline rendered tiny against his heavy and turbulent skies. I like his process of drawing outdoors on a daily basis and then combining and transforming his drawings into large paintings in the studio. Giorgio Morandi is my daily reminder of steadfastness and the importance of looking, as much for his still-lifes as for his cityscapes and landscapes. I go rambling with Virtue in mind and then work hard in the studio thinking of Morandi. I am intrigued by the eeriness of Giorgio de Chiricos streets and his distorted perspectives. In my recent paintings of buildings isolated under dramatic skies, I intend the buildings to function as a trope for the self, isolated in a vast arena of meteorological elements. I want to evoke not only an atmosphere of solitude, but also of uneasiness, similar to the feeling of the surreal urban scenes of de Chirico. I would like the buildings in my paintings to have paradoxically a mute and expressive countenance, akin to the sober but eloquent bottles of Morandis still-lifes. I have been interested in botany and particularly in trees all my life. More recently, I became fascinated by the microcosms of the botanical photos of Karl Blossfeldt, and inspired by the descriptions of century old trees as told by Richard Preston in his book The Wild Trees. As an artist, I alternate between the lure of the outdoors where I can experience, draw and photograph the sky, trees and urban elements which are constantly changing with the light, the weather and the seasons and my desire to compose images with these elements in the studio. … Read More
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- Quebec city, QC, Canada
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- http://www.tanyamorand.com
As an artist, her paintings first came to critical acclaim in the 1980’s, notably with the solo exhibitions Paintings (Bourget Gallery, Montreal, 1984) and Kinkora (Articule Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, 1987). Her artwork continued to attract popular and critical attention with several solo exhibitions at the
Lieu West Gallery in Montreal and The Carl Davis Gallery in Ottawa including Zigoto 1993 and Naufragée/Stranded, 1994.
In 1996 she created a series of painted, illuminated lamps and tents entitled Dwelling (a travelling exhibition that was featured in five different Canadian cities including the Outremont Art Gallery, in Montreal, 2000 and the Modern Fuel Gallery, K.A.A.I., in Kingston, Ontario, 1999). After moving to Quebec city she began the series Balm, a series of oil paintings on canvas covered with wax, combining collaged elements of botanical imagery (exhibited at Rouje Gallery, Quebec, 2000, and Gallery 1225, Montreal, 2003). This series was followed by Botanical Portraits, (Rouje Gallery, Quebec, Quebec, 2001). In 2001 she created a series of paintings in bottles entitled, Bottled Balm, (exhibited at Window Gallery Fastarts, Studio Hyaryllista, Turku, Finland, 2002). She also began to explore botanical imagery using photography, and as an artist in residence at SAGAMIE in 2004 she completed her work on Metamorphosis, a series of digitally manipulated photographs representing plants in bottles (Wilder and Davis Gallery, Montreal, 2006, Artsutton, 2006, Galerie Rouje, Québec, 2005).
In 2006 she returned to painting in oil on canvas, beginning a series exploring skies, facades and treetops, the first of which were exposed in Washington, D.C. at Art View 2006 (Carnegie Library, Washington, D.C. 2006). Her recent work was featured this summer at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Bay Saint Paul, in Quebec, as part of the exhibition Réperages.Her most recent solo exhibition, Urban Vertigo, took place at the Art Gallery of the Grand Théâtre of Quebec, in Quebec City, from December 11th 2012 until January 13th, 2013. She will participate in the event Labyrinths of Art Souterrain 2013 in Montreal in March 2013, with a series of photo/collages entitled Here and There at the Same Time.
Her work has also been featured in more than forty group exhibitions including: Art View 2005 (City Museum of Washington, Washington, D.C.), L’Orangeraie, (L’OEil de Poisson, Québec, Québec, 1998), La Collection Prêt d’oeuvres d’art du Musée du Québec. Aquisitions 1995, (Museum of Quebec, Quebec, 1996), Prints from the Banff Centre, (Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, 1990), Artexpo New York, (Javits Centre, NYC, 1990), Critical Visions, (A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1988), Gallery Artists, (Waddington and Gorce Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, 1987, 1986), and Artist's Choice, (Koffler Loggia Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, 1986).
Dès le début, dans les années 1980, ses peintures ont reçu un accueil favorable du public, des journalistes et des critiques, notamment avec les expositions individuelles Peintures (Galerie Bourget, Montréal, 1984) et Kinkora (Galerie Articule, Montréal, Québec, 1987). Ses œuvres ont continué d’attirer l’attention populaire et de la presse avec plusieurs expositions solos aux galeries Lieu Ouest à Montréal et Carl Davis à Ottawa dont Zigoto, 1993, et Naufragée/Stranded, 1994.
En 1996, Morand a créé Dwelling, une série de lampes et de tentes peintes et illuminées de l’intérieur (une exposition qui a voyagé dans cinq villes dont la galerie d’art d’Outremont à Montréal, 2000 et la galerie Modern Fuel, K.A.A.I., à Kingston, Ontario, 1999). Après avoir déménagé à Québec en 1998, elle a commencé la série Baume (exposée à la galerie Rouje, Québec, 2000, et la galerie 1225, Montréal, 2003). Cette série a été suivie par Portraits botaniques (Galerie Rouje, Québec, 2001). En 2001, elle a créé une série de peintures en bouteilles intitulée Baume en Bouteille (exposée à Window Gallery Fastarts, Studio Hyaryllista, Turku, Finlande, 2002). Elle a aussi commencé à explorer l’imagerie botanique avec la photographie. Comme artiste en résidence à SAGAMIE en 2004, elle a complété le travail sur Métamorphoses, une série de photographies manipulées numériquement (Galerie Wilder et Davis, Montréal, 2006, Artsutton, Sutton, 2006, Galerie Rouje, Québec, 2005).
En 2006 elle est retournée à la peinture à l’huile sur toile, avec une série qui explore les ciels, les façades et les cimes des arbres. Les premiers tableaux de cette série ont été exposés à Washington, D.C. à Art View 2006 (Bibliothèque Carnegie, Washington, D.C. 2006). Sa production actuelle était présentée au Musée d’art contemporain de Baie-Saint-Paul cet été dans le cadre de l’exposition Réperages. Son exposition solo plus récente était Vertiges citadins, à la galerie d’art du Grand Théâtre de Québec, du 11 décembre 2012 au 13 janvier 2013. Avec Ici et là en même temps, une photo/collage monumentale, elle va participer à l’exposition Labyrinths d’Art Souterrain à Montréal en mars 2013.
Ses œuvres ont aussi été incluses dans plus de quarante expositions collectives, incluant : Art View 2005 (Musée de la ville de Washington, Washington, D.C.), L’Orangeraie (L’Œil de Poisson, Québec, Québec, 1998), La Collection Prêt d’œuvres d’art du Musée du Québec. Acquisitions 1995 (Musée de Québec, Québec, 1996), Prints from the Banff Centre (Galerie Virginia Christopher, Calgary, Alberta, 1990), Artexpo New York (Centre Javits, NYC, 1990), Critical Visions (Galerie A Space, Toronto, Ontario, 1988), Artistes de la Galerie (Galerie Waddington et Gorce, Montréal, Québec, 1987, 1986), et Artist's Choice (Galerie Koffler Loggia, Toronto, Ontario, 1986).
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Tanya Morand completed her BFA with honours in drawing and painting at Concordia University in 1983, and from 1984-86 she was awarded both an FCAR and a Concordia Graduate Fellowship for studies in the Master’s program in painting at Concordia University, which she completed in 1989.
Tanya Morand a complété son baccalauréat en arts visuels avec distinction à l’Université Concordia en 1983, et de 1984 à 1986 elle était bénéficiaire d’une bourse FCAR et d'une bourse de maîtrise de l'Université Concordia pour étudier dans le programme de maîtrise en peinture à l’Université Concordia qu’elle a complétée en 1989.
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She will participate in the event Labyrinths of Art Souterrain 2013 in Montreal in March 2013, with a series of photo/collages entitled Here and There at the Same Time.
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Her recent work was featured this summer at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Bay Saint Paul, in Quebec, as part of the exhibition Réperages.Her most recent solo exhibition, Urban Vertigo, took place at the Art Gallery of the Grand Théâtre of Quebec, in Quebec City, from December 11th 2012 until January 13th, 2013.
