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