Tara Bryan

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Tara Bryan
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Born
Tara Tidwell

(1953-10-14)October 14, 1953
Cuero, Texas
DiedSeptember 29, 2020(2020-09-29) (aged 66)
Known forPainter, Book artist
Elected Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (2012)
Website tarabryan.com

Tara Bryan RCA (1953-2020) was an American-born Canadian artist known for her landscape paintings and artist books.

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Early life and education

Bryan née Tidwell was born in Cuero, Texas on October 14, 1953. [1] She studied Music Theory and Composition at the University of New Mexico (1975) and received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1987. [2] In 1992 Bryan moved to Newfoundland. [3]

Career

Bryan created several paintings of icebergs. One of those images was recreated as a mural on the facade of St. John's Convention Centre. [4]

Bryan's artist book Making Bread (not bombs) is included in the al Mutanabbi Street Coalition project. [2]

In 2010 Bryan was a recipient of a Long Haul Award from the Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador-CARFAC. In 2021 the same organization posthumously awarded her the Endurance Award. [5] She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2012. [1]

Her work is in the Victoria and Albert Museum [6] and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. [7]

Bryan published under the imprint walking bird press. [2] Her work in paintings are represented by Christina Parker Gallery. [8]

Bryan died on September 29, 2020. [1] From June 25–October 2, 2022 The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery featured a selection of her work in a memorial show title Unfolding Horizon. [9] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tara BRYAN". SaltWire. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "CFPR Book Arts: Exhibitions and Events: 'An Inventory Of Al-Mutanabbi Street' : Tara Bryan, Canada : Book Arts at the CFPR". www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  3. 1 2 "Tara Bryan: Unfolding Horizon". The Rooms. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  4. ↑ Sullivan, Joan. "Remembering Tara Bryan". St. John's Telegram. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  5. ↑ "Winners of the Past EVA Awards". VANL-CARFAC. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  6. ↑ "Down the Rabbit Hole | Bryan, Tara (Ms) | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tara Bryan". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  8. ↑ "Tara Bryan › Christina Parker Gallery". christinaparkergallery.com. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  9. ↑ Power, Craig Francis (2022). "Tara Bryan: Unfolding Horizon, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery". Newfoundland & Labrador Studies. 37 (1). ISSN   1715-1430.

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