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

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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