Roula Partheniou

Roula Partheniou (born 1977) is a Canadian contemporary artist.[1] She currently practices in Sackville, New Brunswick.

Biography

Partheniou was born in 1977 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. She was educated at the University of Guelph, where she received a bachelor of fine arts degree in 2001.[2] She lives and works in Toronto and is known for her installations that make use of minimalist forms.[3] These forms often aestheticize everyday objects such as the Rubik's cube,[4] beach balls, books, tennis balls and bottle caps,[5][6] at the same time as they imitate the original form of the object.[7] Art critic Terence Dick has said that Partheniou's work "sits intriguingly in the middle ground between the essence of something, and the instance of it".[8]

She is the co-founder of artists' editions press, Nothing Else Press.[9]

Collections

Her work is held in numerous private and public collections, including the University of Toronto Art Collection, [10] the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Munich Re, The Bank of Montreal, and TD Bank. [11]

Bibliography

  • Matotek, Jennifer; Davies, Jon; Jurakic, Ivan (2018-02-27). Roula Partheniou: Index. Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 9781911164036. OCLC 945357416.

References

  1. ^ Network, Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage Information (17 October 2012). "Artists in Canada". app.pch.gc.ca.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Blackwood Gallery - Communicating Vessels". blackwoodgallery.ca.
  3. ^ "Roula Partheniou and the Art of the Double Take". canadianart.ca.
  4. ^ "Roula Partheniou: Changing the Rules of the Game". canadianart.ca.
  5. ^ "Everyday Item Sculptures : Roula Partheniou".
  6. ^ "In Studio with Roula Partheniou: Ready made, hand made". The Star. 2 January 2016.
  7. ^ Jennifer, Matotek (3 August 2018). "Fall 2016 : Roula Partheniou : Chalk to Cheese". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "Akimbo - Akimblog - Roula Partheniou at MKG127". Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  9. ^ "About". Nothing Else Press. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  10. ^ "University of Toronto Art Museum Collection".
  11. ^ "Roula Partheniou – MKG127".

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