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Artist: Michelle Montague
About the Artist:
Michelle Montague was born in Toronto; however she spent much of her childhood living in Edmonton Alberta then later in Windsor, Ontario, where she spent much of her formative years developing her craft as an artist and her mind as a visionary transforming her immediate surroundings into a world existing on several phases of “realities”. Her works combine the influences of abstract and expressionism art through the artistic medium of drawing and painting to depict compelling stories of the otherworld. Since returning to Toronto she has graduated in Marketing Management at Centennial College earned a Bachelors of Fine Arts at Ontario College of Art & Design and has exhibited works in partnership with the Canadian Human Rights Commission and several select galleries.
Artist Statement:
The focus of my work often involves manipulation of everyday, realistic landscapes and their transformation into parallel environments. Once transformed, these pieces become timeless monuments, losing any historical reference they might have had previously. They are non-linear snapshots of reality, only concerned with the moment at hand. Through this imagery my objective is to further consider the interconnections between nature and the built environments - nature as something that is forged by our living planet, and the built environments as manufactured by humans and technology.
Education:
2007 Ontario College of Arts & Design- BFA-Fine Arts
1999 Centennial College of Applied Arts & Technology- Marketing Management
Workshops:
2008 Grant Writing for Professional Artists
2008 Professionalizing Your Art Practice
2008 Wills and Estate Planning for Artists
Solo Exhibitions:
2009 Mythological Landscapes, Impressions Art Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2009 Ontario for Higher Education, The Toronto Star Building, Toronto, CAN
2008 Art in the Workplace, Public Health Agency of Canada, Toronto, CAN
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009 COLOURblind?, City Hall, Metro Hall, Scarborough Civic Centre, Oakville Town Hall, Dufferin Clark Library (touring)
2008 Roots to Rhythm, Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Toronto, CAN
2008 Cultural Landscapes, ACA Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2008 Luminary Spot, Arta Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2008 Cultural Landscapes, ACA Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2008 COLOURblind, Metro Hall, Vaughan Public Library, Scarborough Civic Centre, Mississauga Heritage Centre, Toronto, CAN (touring)
2007 Nuit Blanche, ACA Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2007 Genius Loves Company Edition Two, The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, CAN
2007 Habitat, ACA Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2007 Tour de Force, OCAD Graduate Exhibition, Toronto, CAN
2007 COLOURblind, SPIN Gallery, Toronto, CAN, (touring)
2006 Art Affordable, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2006 Toronto Artists' Inspiration, 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2006 Reflections, ACA Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2006 Genius Loves Company Edition One, Arta Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2006 Abstract Is..., Arta Gallery, Toronto, CAN
2005 Much Silence Makes a Loud Noise, Ashanti Room, Toronto, CAN
2005 Human Rights Through Art Exhibition, Toronto, Halton, CAN, (touring)
2004 Mother Love, Ashanti Room, Toronto, CAN
2004 Human Rights Through Art Exhibition. Toronto, CAN, (touring)
2003 Thefirstannualholidaysale, le.gallery, Toronto, CAN
2003 Creating for the Cure Art Auction, York Event Theatre, Toronto, CAN
2003 The 4th Annual Millennium Artists Art Exhibition, Wagner Rosenbaum Gallery, Toronto,
CAN
2003 Women's Collective Show, OCAD Central Hall and Transit Space, Toronto, CAN
2000-03 Human Rights Through Art Exhibition, Toronto, CAN, (touring)
Representation:
Soho Myriad, 1250 Menlo Drive, Atlanta, GA
Awards:
2006 First Place, 8th Annual Juried Exhibition, Praxis Gallery, Toronto, CAN
Related Experience, Community Involvement:
2009 Artist Talk, Yorkville Art Walk, Impressions Art Gallery
2008 Artist Talk and Exhibition, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
2006-07 Six Ah Wi art collective, Artist Member and Print Media Coordinator
2005 Six Ah Wi art collective, Artist Member
2005 Art Works Art School, Volunteer Teacher Assistant
2002, 2003 Guest Speaker, Valley Park Middle School
1995-96 Art Gallery of Windsor, Volunteer Resource Assistant
Bibliography:
July 2009 Artist Profile: Michelle Montague, Victoria Glizer, Dispatch –The Newsletter of CARFAC Ontario, Vol. 15, Issue 2
July 2008 Canvasing Cultural Ties, David Jager, NOW Magazine, Vol. 27 No. 48
July 2008 Roots to Rhythm Art Exhibition, Royal Ontario Museum (catalogue)
June 2008 ROM Launches Roots to Rhythm, Royal Ontario Museum (news release)
February 2008 Artistic Souls (part 4), CityNews (work presented in television news series)
September 2007 Art Can Change the World, ACA Gallery (work presented in Gallery documentary)
November 2006 Toronto's Art: International Art Treasures- IATWM.com
March 2006 Genius Loves Company Art Project, Afrotoronto.com
January 2005 Art Exhibition Paints Human Rights in a Canadian Perspective, Toronto 1 Channel
August 2003 Featured Artist: Michelle Montague- TheArtGallery.ca
Affiliations/Associations:
Artists in Canada- (www.artistsincanada.com)
CARFAC Ontario- (www.carfacontario.ca)
d’ART- (www.dart.fine-art.com)
World Wide Arts Resources- (www.wwar.com)
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