Tiina Kivinen

TIINA KIVINEN CV
Born 1971 in Kuusankoski, Finland – currently lives and works in Espoo, Finland
Contact: tiina.kivinen@luukku.com

ARTISTIC EDUCATION AND STUDIES

1989 - Helsinki High School of Arts, Torkkeli, Finland
1990 - Kuusamo Peoples College – Study line of printmaking and Graphic Art, Finland
1994 - North Karelia College of Arts, Major in Printmaking and Graphic Art, Finland

EXHIBITIONS (SOLO)

2011 - Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere, Finland
2011 - Galerie Arktika, Marktoberdorf, Germany
2010 - Finnish Institute in Estonia, Tallinn
2009 - WeeGee, Aarni gallery, Espoo, Finland
2009 - Gallery Harmaja, Oulu, Finland
2008 - La Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
2006 - Bronda Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
2005 - The Art Museum of Kouvola, Finland

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS (GROUP)

2012 - Art Karlsruhe, Germany 2011 - BERLINER LISTE fair for contemporary art and photography, Berlin, Germany
2011 - 3rd Guanlan International Print Biennial, China
2011 - X International Biennial of Engraving Acqui Prize, Italia
2009 - The 15th SPACE International Print Biennial, Seoul, Korea
2008 - IX Biennal of Graphic Art of the Baltic States "Kaliningrad-Koeningsberg"
2007 - Aomori International Print Triennal, Japan
2004 - BIN-2004, 2nd Independ International Biennal of Graphic, St.Petersburg, Russia
2002 - Grafinnova 02, International Graphic Art Exhibition, The Art Museum of Vaasa
2001 - International Print Triennal of Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000 - International Print Triennal Cracow, 3rd International Print Triennal, Poland

EXHIBITION (GROUP)

2012 - Art Centre Salmela, Artist of the summer, Mäntyharju, Finland
2010 - Helsinki Contemporary Art Fair
2010 - The Retretti Art Centre Summer Exhibitions, Punkaharju, Finland
2010 - Argos Art, Stockmann, Helsinki
2005 - The 110th Finnish Artists` Exhibition, The Kunsthalle Helsinki
2005 - Graphica Creativa`s 30th Anniversary Exhibition, The Art Museum of Jyväskylä

MEMBERSHIPS

The Association of Finnish Printmakers
Visual Artists Association of Espoo

WORKS IN COLLECTIONS

Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art
Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova museo, Turku
The Government of Finland
The Finnish Parliament
Finland's Embassy, Singapore
Finland's Embassy, Seoul, Republic of Korea
The Parish Union of Helsinki
The Collection of The Art Museum of Helsinki, Tampere, Oulu, Jyväskylä and Kouvola
Union of Salaried Employees TU
The Finnish National Fund for Research and Developments (SITRA)

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2005 Public Display Grant for Visual Artists, The Arts Council of Finland
2006 The Finnish Cultural Foundation's annual Grant
2010 Public Display Grant for Visual Artists, The Arts Council of Finland

RESPONSIBILITIES AS AN ARTS INSTRUCTOR

1996-1997 Visiting Graphic Arts Teacher, Espoo People's College
1996-1997 Visiting Graphic Arts Teacher, Vantaa Institute of Adult Education
1997- Children's Arts Instructor, Taidetalo Toteemi, The City of Vantaa
2000- Course Teacher of Graphic Arts, Art School of Northern Helsinki

THE ASSOCIATION OF FINNISH PRINTMAKERS

2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 exhibition committee
2011, 2012 board
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Tadeusz Piotr Potworowski

(autoportrait)

Tadeusz Piotr Potworowski (1898-1962) is one of the few artists whose work may, or should, serve as a benchmark for the art of its times. Not in the sense of a measure or artistic standard, nor of the exploited idea of individuality (art history is after all concerned uniquely with individual achievement), but as an example of separateness which - for all its significant contribution to the surrounding art worldremains a thing apart. Piotr Potworowski's painting, developing, or- as Piotr Piotrowski would have it - dynamising itself between colourism and modernism, is perceived as an oeuvre evolving with a logical rhythm of its own from colourist beginnings, through the fullness and autonomy of expression in the artist's London years, to finding its place in forward-looking Polish art after his return to Poland in 1958. His pre-1939 works are staunchly Colourist, a quality they acquired during his studies at the Academy offine Arts in Krakow. In 1924 he left for Paris with the Capists, and though he broke with the formal constraints of their programme early on - exhibiting separately at the 38th Salon des Independants in Paris in 1927 - photographs of his works from the period: stilllifes, portraits, portraits in interiors indicate a marked affinity with colourist tenets, enhanced by studies of earlier masters such as Delacroix and an understanding of Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, Bonnard and Leger. Echoes, rather than direct references to these artists are sometimes to be found in the drawings, gouaches, and watercolours that Potworowski produced concurrently with his paintings. He elaborated upon the colourist method by paying more attention to planes, making the background more decorative, and placing more emphasis on the relation between the figure and the interior it is depicted in. Subtler arrangements of colour are introduced, and the laborious process by which the Capists arrived at their texture is replaced by a relaxed approach to the outer surface of the pigment. In later years this would lead to techniques of rubbing in paint, applying semi-covering layers and delicate scumbling. The composition of Potworowski's works becomes coherent, balanced and disciplined, a result no doubt of his short stay in fernand Leger's atelier. His works on paper, done after returning to Poland in 1930 contain elements of expressive and surrealist imaging, best seen in a unique series of eight lithographs from 1934 dedicated to Edgar Allan Poe. He fought in the 1939 campaign, escaping after the capitulation to Lithuania and later Sweden, from ??˝where he came to England in January 1943. His paintings from the early 40s contain motifs known from previous years though made more expressive and dynamic. The years spent in England were a time of creative development for Potworowski, who then arrived at his mature idiom in painting. He found the artistic means to express fully his intent of synthesizing the specific impressions that drew him to a theme or motif- landscapes, figures in interiors, cityscapes - with his own multi-faceted perception of them. Descriptiveness gave way to a formal conciseness, barely hinting at the object. Potworowski experimented with forms, producing collages combining paint with a thickly-woven fabric. This amalgamation of impressions demanded a screening process whereby pictorial qualities would be made to represent the sum of colourist experience. It is unjust to consider Potworowski as a monochrome painter relying solely on complementary hues. His particular skill was the way in which he set the temperature of each painting, regardless of whether the colour scheme was cool or warm. Sometimes this was done by applying warm ground under a layer of cool tones, sometimes by defining the effect of the painting through the introduction of a small form, an accent enlivening space and colour. There are no set principles determining the colour scheme of these paintings, though each of them contains a colourist reaction to a whole set of factors conditioning the final representation. Potworowski returned to Poland in 1958, at a time when his position in Britain was well-established. Surprised by the conservatism of the Colourists and intrigued by the vigorous development of young Polish artists embracing modernity, he began working on paintings that were a reaction to the new circumstances while remaining faithful to his selected manner. The works were larger, with colour assuming greater expression and luminosity. His individual exhibition at the N ational Museum in Poznan in 1958 having confirmed his stature in Polish art, Potworowski decided to stay in Poland. He participated in many exhibitions and designed sets, costumes and posters for the theatre. His work gained verve, coming close to full self-realization and seemingly anticipating another breakthrough just before his sudden death in 1962. Piotr Potworowski - a painter, engraver, sculptor, teacher, set designer, critic and writer whose modest yet astounding output remains to be discovered in full. As do his extraordinary meditations contained in successive volumes of the monumental sketch??˝books he kept since 1952, and in the notebooks and letters shedding light on his art which he consistently kept separate from the joys and tribulations of everyday life. Jaroslaw Swierszcz

Jarosław Świerszcz

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John R. Baird

Baird’s practice encompasses both painting and sculpture in a distinctive, bold style. His work often investigates the interior landscape of domestic life and the slippage between utilitarianism and decoration. The comfortable chair, the dressing table or the floral arrangement are all elevated from the commonplace.

Baird explores the activities we engage in as well as the objects that surround us. He plays with the traditional genre of still life in a distinctive whimsical style; fantastical flowers sit majestically amongst stylized interiors, whilst his figures bend and twist themselves into frame. Vintage fabrics and wallpapers are collaged into his latest compositions giving texture to the surface, spatial depth, and the impression of woodblock printing.
Born Melbourne 1954 Painter and Sculptor
‘A painting must first and foremost be a thing of beauty’

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1987 “Fertility” Roar Studios Melbourne
1989 “John R Baird Paintings” Roar Studios Melbourne
1990 “John R Baird Peinture” Australian Embassy Paris
1992 “Aspects of Fatherhood” A.R.T. Gallery. Melbourne
2002 “Recent Paintings” Eastgate & Holst. Melbourne
2003 “John Baird” Eastgate & Holst. Melbourne
2004 “Paintings & Sculpture”   Eastgate & Holst. Melbourne
2005 “Sculpture & Paper” Eastgate & Holst. Melbourne
2007 “Paintings” Art House Sydney
2007 Recent Paintings Eastgate and Holst Melbourne
2008 Recent Works Art House Sydney
2009 Unlikely Florals Art House Sydney
2010 'Consequence' Recent Eastgate and Holst Melbourne

Works
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1988 “The Yellow Show” Roar Studios Melbourne
1989 “Roar Summer Salon” Roar Studios Melbourne
1991 “Roar 2 Summer Salon” Roar Studios Melbourne
1991 “Random Sample” Roar Studios Melbourne
1991 “Art in City Windows” City of Melbourne
1992 “Roar 11 Count to ten” Roar Studios Melbourne
1993 “Roar Ten Years On” LaTrobe Valley Art Centre
1993 “Roar Ten Years On”   Artzone Adelaide
1999 “From the Arts End” Mornington Regional Gallery
2003 “Collectors Show”     Eastgate & Holst Melbourne
2004 “Collectors Show”   Eastgate & Holst. Melbourne
2005 Directors Choice Eastgate & Holst Melbourne
2007 “Dogs in Art’ Castlemaine Art gallery &


Historical Museum
2008 Directors Choice Eastgate & Holst Melbourne
2008- Works from the Art House Sydney
2009 Recent Works
Eastgate & Holst Fine Art
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Melanie Authier

Melanie Authier's paintings bring together visual contradictions into one imaginary space. By drawing upon the histories of abstraction and the strategies of representation, she presents improbable environments. A sense of disorientation comes about through the way in which colour, texture, line and shape compete for room within the canvas.  Each work presents a brimming jostle of oppositions that the viewer is invited to bring into a certain order.

Melanie Authier was born in 1980 in Montreal. She received a BFA from Concordia University, Montreal in 2002 and completed her MFA at the University of Guelph in 2006. Authier has exhibited across Canada. Solo Exhibitions include Nobody's Geometry at the Faculty of Fine Arts (FOFA) Gallery at Concordia University in Montreal (2010) and Warrior Ridge at the Michael Gibson Gallery in London, ON (2010).  Her most recent solo exhibition The Ribbon and the Lightning Rod at Georgia Scherman Projects (2010/2011) was reviewed by R.M. Vaughan in The Globe and Mail.  Other catalogues and reviews include essays by Robert Enright and James D. Campbell. Recent group shows include Four Ottawa Painters at The Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) in Ottawa (2010/2011) and The Phoenix Art curated by Robert Enright at Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal (2009). Authier is included in the following publications: The Magenta Foundation Carte Blanche v.2 Painting, The Donovan Collection, aceartinc's Paperwait and the Royal Bank of Canada Canadian Painting Competition - Ten Years. Among numerous scholarships and awards, she is the recipient of the Honourable Mention Prize for the 9th Annual RBC Painting Competition 2007. Authier's artwork is in numerous national and international collections including the National Gallery of Canada.


Melanie Authier is represented by Georgia Scherman Projects.  She currently lives and maintains a studio in Ottawa.
  SOLO
2010 The Ribbon and the Lightning Rod, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON.
Nobody's Geometry, Solo exhibition, FOFA Gallery, Montreal, PQ.
Warrior Ridge, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON.
2009 Frisky Vista, bilton contemporary art, Red Deer, AB.
Chain Links, Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto, ON.
Chameleon, Definitely Superior Artist-Run Centre & Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON.
2008 Vista Blitz, TNG (The New Gallery), Calgary, AB.
Sneaky Haunt, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON.
2007 Karma Kanyon, aceartinc, Winnipeg, MB.
This could be the place, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON.
  TWO PERSON
2010 Melanie Authier & Martin Golland, Michel Guimont Gallery, Quebec, PQ.
Double Trouble, Polychrome Fine Arts, Victoria, BC.
2006 Kolour your World: Melanie Authier & Gary Spearin , Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON.
  GROUP SHOWS
2010 Four Ottawa Painters, Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON.
2009 The Phoenix Art, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, PQ. Curated by: Robert Enright.
LOOK SIX, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Young Canada presents: Barometric Reading Series 1, LE Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Look 5 - Perceptions in Landscape , Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Behind the Black Curtain, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON.
2008 Soft Abs , Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Kingston, ON.
Look Four, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
Jerome Fortin & New Arrivals, Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON.
2007 9th Annual RBC Painting Competition (tour), Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, ON; Galerie d'art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen, Moncton, NB; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB; Emily Carr Institute Art + Design, Vancouver, BC.
Crossing Borders, The Kenan Centre, Lockport, NY.
Group Show, Edward Day Gallery, Toronto, ON.
Cartographies, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, BC.
2006 Selected Works , Michael Gibson Gallery, London, ON.
StART, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS.
2005 Concordia Alumni Art Exhibit , Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
Varying Degrees of Abstraction , Zavitz Gallery, Guelph, ON.
Art in the Halls , ArtsWeek at 401 Richmond, Toronto, ON.
Just What I’ve Always Wanted, Artery Gallery, Kitchener/Waterloo, ON.
Midnight Artist Run, Ed Video, Guelph, ON.
2004 Bonheur d’'hiver (group show) , Uplands Cultural & Heritage Centre, Lennoxville, QC.
Oeuvres Recents , Gallery Sandra Goldie, Westmount, QC.
  BIBLIOGRAPHY
2010/9/7 The Natural: Remarks on Melanie Authier's Radically Improvisatory Art, Campbell, James, D., FOFA Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, PQ.
2010/5/1/ The Phoenix Art, Campbell, James D., Frieze Magazine: 146-147.
2010/4/31 Melanie Authier: Warrior Ridge, Campbell, James D. (essay), Enright, Robert (intro essay) , Carter's Printing Inc., London, ON.
2010/12/4 Melanie Authier at Georgia Scherman Projects, Vaughan, R.M. The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON. http://www.georgiascherman.com/artists%20represented/Melanie_Authier/selected%20press/GlobeandMail-RMVaughan-Dec42010.pdf
2010/12/13 Lightning Strikes Twice: Melanie Authier at Georgia Scherman Projects, Whyte, Murray, The Toronto Star, Toronto, ON. http://www.georgiascherman.com/artists%20represented/Melanie_Authier/selected%20press/thestar-MWhyte-Dec132010.pdf
2009/5/28 Melanie Authier: Chain Links, Ryan, Carol-Ann M., Canadian Art Online. Toronto, ON. http://www.canadianart.ca/online/reviews/2009/05/28/melanie-authier/
2009/5/27 Mesmerizing art at bilton gallery, Weber, Mark , Red Deer Express. Red Deer, AB, May 27, 2009. http://www.reddeerexpress.com/express/edition02/entertainment-003.html
2009/4/4 In the Bay: Magnets for the eyes, Maehans, Linda, Thunder Bay Source Weekly Newspaper. Thunder Bay, ON, April 3, 2009: 16.
2009/4/3 Avenue Questions & Artists: Does this look like a zebra to you? , Leah, Sandals, National Post. Toronto, ON, April 3, 2009: PM12. http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/story.html?id=1458301
2009/3/23 Les arts et les autres avec Janine Messadie, Burnett, Philippe, Radio Canada. Toronto, ON.
2009/3/21 Get your fill of art - Urban Infill Art exhibit features hot-ticket artists, Davis, Jolene, The Chronicle Journal. Thunder Bay, ON: D1.
2009/3/19 Urban Infill Art-in-the-Core, Latimer, Kim, CBC Radio 88.3 FM. Thunder Bay, ON.
2009/3/1 Exploring the Sublime, Folwell, Matthew, Our Neighbourhood Magazine. Toronto, On, March 2009: 39. http://www.onmagazine.ca/pdf/ON_MAR08.pdf
2008/9/25 RBC Canadian Painting Competition 10 Years, MacMillan, Laurel, (ed.), Friesens: 10, 25.
2008/7/11 A Channel - Janice Zolf for the 6pm news, Zolf, Janice, CHUM TV. London, ON.
2008/12/11 PaperWait 2005-2007, Sims, Theo (ed.), aceartinc.: 77-80.
2008/11/8 Soft Abs, Hills, Matthew, Modern Fuel.
2008/11/27 Contradictions in Landscape, Williamson, Andrea, FFWD. http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/arts/visual-arts/contradictions-in-landscape-2950/
2008/11/15 Carte Blanche v.2 Painting, Urquhart, Jane and Roenisch, Clint, Magenta Foundation: 15, 32.
2008/11/14 Vista Blitz, Golland, Martin, The New Gallery.
2007/9/1 RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Sandals, Leah, Royal Bank of Canada.
2007/8/1 Crossovers –Visual Art -Melanie Authier, Eyland, Cliff, BorderCrossings Magazine. http://www.umanitoba.ca/schools/art/content/galleryoneoneone/authier.html
2007/7/6 In The Know, Arts & Entertainment, Skitt, Drew. , Rogers TV. London, ON.
2007/7/1 The beautiful and the sublime, Scott, Susan, Artscape. http://www.londonsource.com/uploads/assets/minisites/artscape/pdf/200707.pdf
2007/5/25 Melanie Authier’s Karma Kanyon, Abramson, Stacey , Critical Distance Vol 12:4. http://www.aceart.org/wordpress/criticaldistance.php?p=651
2007/5/10 Art Seen: Reinventing Abstraction, Abramson, Stacey, Uptown: 18. http://www.uptownmag.com/2007-05-10/page158.aspx
2007/4/1 What we saw at exhibitions in the West, Wadsley, Helena, Gallerieswest.
2007/10/17 RBC Painting Competition, Leigh, Terry, Talk Local news. Rogers TV. Barrie, ON.
2005/5/1 Carousel 17, Cote, Francis (ed.) and Lauren Stein, Becca Gulka, Mark Laliberte, Guelph, ON: Ampersand, Spring-Summer 2005: 56.
  AWARDS AND GRANTS
2011 City of Ottawa Emerging Artist Production Grant
2010 Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2009 Ontario Arts Council - Exhibition Assistance Grant
2008 Toronto Arts Council Grant
Ontario Arts Council Grant
2007 Honourable Mention for the 9th Annual RBC Painting Competition
2005 OGS (Ontario Graduate Scholarship)
2004 Guelph University Graduate Scholarship
The Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship for the Fall semester
2003 The Guido Molinari Studio Arts Award
2002 The Heinz Jordan Materials award
2001 The Heinz Jordan Materials award
1999 Champlain Convocation Fine Arts Prize
Sara Lee Company Nathan Cummings Scholarship
  COLLECTIONS
2011 The National Gallery of Canada
2009 The Donnovan Collection
2008 TD Bank Collection
BMO Collection
2007 The Government of Foreign Affairs
RBC Collection
TD Bank Collection
2006 The Framework Foundation
Numerous private collections, national and international
  EDUCATION
2004-2006 Master of Fine Arts, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.
1999-2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major in Studio Arts, Minor in Women in the Fine Arts), Concordia University, Montreal, QC.
  SERVICE
2004 Member of the SOFAM Visiting Artist Committee
Hiring Committee for Studio Art Tenure
Grad Student Association (GSA), Fine Art Representative, Guelph University.
2002 President of Concordia University’s Fine Arts Student Alliance (FASA)
2001 President of Concordia University’s Painting and Drawing Association
  TALKS
2009 Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO.
Definitely Superior Artist-run Centre, Thunder Bay, ON.
Georgia Scherman Projects and MOCCA Inside/Out Educational Programming, Toronto, ON.
2008 Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, AB.
University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC.
Painting 310 Class, Emily Carr Institute of Art and design, Vancouver, BC.
Painting 210 Class, Emily Carr Institute of Art and design, Vancouver, BC.
Langara College, Vancouver, BC.
2007 Aceartinc., Winnipeg, MB.
  EMPLOYMENT
2011 Instructor 2952 Drawing and the Figure, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.
2010 Instructor 350 Research Methodologies in Drawing (co-taught with Andrew Morrow), Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, ON.
2009 Workshop at Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO.
2004 Instructor Integrated 2D Media (Sart 1050) , University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.
Publicity Graduate Service Assistantship (artist talks and lecture series promotion) , University of Guelph, Guelph, ON.
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Nerida de Jong

Artist Bio

Nerida de Jong was born in Sydney, Australia. From the age of three she was drawing and painting knowing that art would dominate her life. She joined the National School of Art in Sydney, majoring in fine arts.

Her first one woman show was in Devonport, Tasmania and later displayed her work in a number of mixed exhibitions in Sydney including the Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize and the Portia Geach Memorial Prize for woman.

As well as portraiture, sketches and paintings Nerida has been commissioned for design work. She has also won many art prizes including the North Coast Art Awards and the Southern Cross Festival of Arts.

For most of her married life she and her family of four children have traveled the world spending time in Fiji, France the Cook Islands and the Greek islands with the most recent trip being to France, Tuscany and Sicily.

Nerida now lives in St Cirq Lapopie, France
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