Roula Partheniou

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

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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

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References

  1. Network, Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage Information (17 October 2012). "Artists in Canada". app.pch.gc.ca.
  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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