Amelie Atkins | |
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Born | 1975 |
Education | Alberta College of Art and Design |
Known for | film |
Website | http://amalieatkins.ca/ |
Amalie Atkins (born 1975) is a Canadian artist making use of film, fabric-based sculpture and performance. [1] She currently resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. [2]
Her most recent artworks have been short silent films set to music. [2] Atkins's films are either shown alone or within an installation. [2]
Atkins grew up in rural Manitoba from where she still draws inspiration citing the landscape of her youth as a significant influence. [1] Fiber art was Atkins' area of study when she undertook her undergraduate degree at Alberta College of Art and Design where she graduated with distinction in 2001. [3] [1]
Her work has been exhibited across Canada and the USA. [1] A dreamlike or fairy-tale character is often attributed to Atkins's work. Repeated motifs include loose teeth, the colour red, fields of snow, and bicycles. Women on journeys are equally a recurring theme in her work as are vast landscapes inspired by her experience of the Canadian prairies. [1]
Atkins' early short films were shot on Super 8 while the most recent Three Minute Miracle was shot on 16 mm film. Using film as a support and textiles contributes to the many textural references in Atkins's work. The work Three Minute Miracle was largely inspired by different fibre-focused projects she had previously undertaken. [1] Atkins's participated in "Oh Canada" at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) which showcased over 60 artists, showing her film "Three Minute Miracle". [4] The aim of the exhibition was to create a dialogue about contemporary art made in Canada. [4]
In 2003 she founded the Bike Ballet Club: a cycling trio. [5] She is the co-founder and an active member of the Optronic Eye Film Club. [5]
In 2013 she was nominated for the Sobey Award. [6]
Dreamland: Textiles and the Canadian Landscape, Textile Museum of Canada [7]
They Made a Day Be a Day Here, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie [7]
where the hour floats, Art Gallery at the Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam, BC [8]
The Diamond Eye Assembly, Remai Modern, Saskatoon, SK [9]
Locale Art Award for Western Canada, 2011 [7]
Long-listed for the Sobey Art Award, 2012 and 2013 [7]
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