Early in 2019 I was thinking about a new series of beaded works, which I had titled Beaded Baroque. The original concept was to bring contemporary beading into conversation with the Baroque period of art history. I’m interested in the Baroque period as it is a time when European nations were accumulating great wealth from…
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In Over Our Heads, original designs are beaded onto bonnets, caps, and headpieces in an interrogation of verbal expressions that describe mind-sets, attitudes, and dreams, particularly in reference to women. Expressions such as “mind full of butterflies” and “bee in her bonnet” have been used to suppress curiosity, exploration, or emotion in women living in…
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ArtFarm Pilastro 2019 (June 28-30). In this project, a rustic niche in an outbuilding of a 17th century farmhouse in the low country of the Italian province of Verona was temporarily transformed into a little chapel dedicated to the other than human. The exhibition was part of an international residency hosting 35 artists working across…
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This body of work combines photography and performance in an ongoing conversation about relevant discourses in contemporary practice and art history, specifically by reflecting our current time of uncertainty and environmental decline in conversation with the Baroque period. Current events bombard us with images of disaster, war, and suggestions of our impending demise as a species.…
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Over a year in the making, this is the most ambitious work I’ve ever taken on. It is a chronicle, of sorts, of my adaptation to my new home city of Brescia, Italy. The birch used to form the path is something from my homeland, the foundation of the composition, and the material onto which…
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In 2017, I started incorporating beading into sculptural works. The resulting series of fishes reflects my personal study of the Mediterranean Sea and Italian lace-making, combined with a long-standing interest in beadwork. Materials are central to this series. Copper was selected for its conductive properties to form the skeleton of each work. Even though the…
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Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition at the Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada from September 12-23, 2016. Click here for the Thesis Exhibition Statement.
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Beaded works on felt. http://www.grainmagazine.ca/462
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During the creation of this work I was researching Métis identity from a visual perspective. I was looking closely at the work of numerous contemporary Métis artists as well as historical family photos. In those photos several women, my ancestors, took the stance that you see The Woman in; a strong stance with one hand…
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Corinna Wollf presents Third Space Carnival Print Installation at Nuit Blanche Saskatoon – September 26, 2015.
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