Roula Partheniou

Roula Partheniou (born 1977) is a Canadian contemporary artist.[1]She currently practices in Sackville, New Brunswick and is co-Director of Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre.[2]

Biography

Partheniou was born in 1977 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. She was educated at the University of Guelph, where she received a BFA degree in 2001.[3] She lives and works in Toronto and is known for her installations that make use of minimalist forms.[4] These forms often aestehticize everyday objects such as the Rubik's cube,[5] beach balls, books, tennis balls and bottle caps,[6][7] at the same time as they imitate the original form of the object.[8] 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".[9]

She is the co-founder of artists' editions press, Nothing Else Press.[10]

Collections

Her work is held in numerous private and public collections, including the University of Toronto Art Collection, [11] the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, Munich Re, The Bank of Montreal, and TD Bank. [12]

Partheniou is currently represented by MKG127 in Toronto. [13]

Bibliography
  • Matotek, Jennifer; Davies, Jon; Jurakic, Ivan (2018-02-27). Roula Partheniou: Index. Black Dog Publishing. ISBN 9781911164036. OCLC 945357416.

References
  1. Network, Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage Information. "Artists in Canada". app.pch.gc.ca.
  2. "Dave Dyment and Roula Partheniou announced as new Co-Directors of Struts Gallery & Faucet Media, Sackville". Akimbo. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
  3. "Blackwood Gallery - Communicating Vessels". blackwoodgallery.ca.
  4. "Roula Partheniou and the Art of the Double Take". canadianart.ca.
  5. "Roula Partheniou: Changing the Rules of the Game". canadianart.ca.
  6. "Everyday Item Sculptures : Roula Partheniou".
  7. "In Studio with Roula Partheniou: Ready made, hand made". The Star.
  8. Jennifer, Matotek (3 August 2018). "Fall 2016 : Roula Partheniou : Chalk to Cheese". Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. "Akimbo - Akimblog - Roula Partheniou at MKG127". Retrieved 2018-08-02.
  10. "About". Nothing Else Press. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  11. "University of Toronto Art Museum Collection".
  12. "Roula Partheniou – MKG127".
  13. "Roula Partheniou – MKG127".
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