Angela Grossmann

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Angela Grossmann (born 1955) is a Canadian artist, known for her oil paintings and mixed media collages. [1] Her works range from simplistic drawings to rendering of the human body by layering torn and manipulated photos of body parts. [2]

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Early life and education

Grossman was born in London, England. She graduated from Emily Carr College (now University) of Art + Design in 1985. That year her artwork was included in the Vancouver Art Gallery's exhibition of "Young Romantic" painters with Attila Richard Lukacs and Vicky Marshall. [3] She earned an MFA at Concordia University.

Career

Grossman taught at Ottawa University, and then returned to Vancouver in 1997 to paint and to teach at Emily Carr. She has exhibited widely across Canada, the United States and Europe and her work is in many public and private collections.

Grossmann's art often portrays subjects of displacement and social margins through the use of collaged and transferred discarded materials. [4] In an early series titled Affaires d'Enfants (1987), Grossman created paintings on the insides of old suitcase. In 1991, her exhibition (Sign)ifying the END of the (Second) 2nd World War, included photographs, found in second-hand shops, of European children. Correction(s) (1999) consisted of mug shots of prisoners in the British Columbia Penitentiary and the records of their crime and daily habits while incarcerated during the 1940s. My Vocation (1999), presented the human figure graphically sketched and enlarged, using letters, photographs, addresses, envelopes, postage and cancellation marks. Alpha Girls (2004), Campbell, Deborah. [5] Paper Dolls (2006) and Swagger (2007) portrayed themes of social status, fashion and identity in teen girls and boys. [6]

In June 2006, she was included in a list of 100 artists who have most influenced students at eleven leading British art schools, including the Royal Academy, Slade and Royal College of Art. In 2006, she joined forces with Douglas Coupland, Graham Gillmore, Attila Richard Lukacs and Derek Root to create a large sculptural installation entitled "Vancouver School". Grossmann collaborates with this group on a regular basis for special projects.

In April 2012, Grossman mounted an exhibition titled, The Future is Female, an introspective look on the essence of being female. Her collages are edited photographs, keeping the heads of the figure untouched, but manipulating the limbs and torso for artistic effect. [7] In combination with monochrome oil on vellum or mylar paintings of candid female subjects, she creates visually complex collages.

In 2015 her portraits of women, entitled "Models of Resistance", were exhibited at the Marion Scott Gallery. [8] [9]

Grossman is a co-founder of the Portfolio Prize Foundation, an organization which financially supports emerging artists. [10]

Solo exhibitions (selected)

Collections

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  3. ↑ Joan Murray (1 November 1999). Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Dundurn. p. 214. ISBN   978-1-4597-2236-1.
  4. ↑ "Angela Grossmann's Models of Resistance upends erotica" Archived 2016-07-03 at the Wayback Machine . The Georgia Strait, by Robin Laurence on April 22nd, 2015
  5. ↑ "Canadian Art, Summer, 2006, Vol. 23 No.2". Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. ↑ "Angela Grossmann's women provoke strong responses" Archived 2017-12-16 at the Wayback Machine . Vancouver Sun, April 24, 2015 Kevin Griffin
  7. ↑ Egan, Danielle (September 2016). "Angela Grossmann: Doll Parts". White Hot Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  8. ↑ "Best of 2015: West Coast artists continue to sparkle" Archived 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine . Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun, 12.30.2015
  9. ↑ "Angela Grossmann Eternal return." Archived 2016-07-13 at the Wayback Machine . Monte Cristo Magazine, July 12, 2016 Sunshine Frère
  10. ↑ "Town Talk: From budding to benefactors" Archived 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine . Malcolm Parry, Vancouver Sun 11.05.2015
  11. ↑ "Angela Grossmann: the Future Is Female shows little sign of change" Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Georgia Straight] 24 April 2012.
  12. ↑ "Collection". aggv.ca. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
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