Angela Grossmann

Angela Grossmann (born 1955) is a Canadian artist, known for her oil paintings and mixed media collages.[1] Her works range from simplistic drawings to rendering of the human body by layering torn and manipulated photos of body parts.[2]

Early life and education

Grossman was born in London, England. She graduated from Emily Carr College (now University) of Art + Design in 1985. That year her artwork was included in the Vancouver Art Gallery's exhibition of "Young Romantic" painters.[3] She earned an MFA at Concordia University.

Career

Grossman taught at Ottawa University, and then returned to Vancouver in 1997 to paint and to teach at Emily Carr. She has exhibited widely across Canada, the United States and Europe and her work is in many public and private collections.

Grossmann's art often portrays subjects of displacement and social margins through the use of collaged and transferred discarded materials.[4] In an early series titled Affaires d'Enfants (1987), Grossman created paintings on the insides of old suitcase. In 1991, her exhibition (Sign)ifying the END of the (Second) 2nd World War, included photographs, found in second-hand shops, of European children. Correction(s) (1999) consisted of mug shots of prisoners in the British Columbia Penitentiary and the records of their crime and daily habits while incarcerated during the 1940s. My Vocation (1999), presented the human figure graphically sketched and enlarged, using letters, photographs, addresses, envelopes, postage and cancellation marks. Alpha Girls (2004), Campbell, Deborah.[5] Paper Dolls (2006) and Swagger (2007) portrayed themes of social status, fashion and identity in teen girls and boys.[6]

In June 2006, she was included in a list of 100 artists who have most influenced students at eleven leading British art schools, including the Royal Academy, Slade and Royal College of Art. In 2006, she joined forces with Douglas Coupland, Graham Gillmore, Attila Richard Lukacs and Derek Root to create a large sculptural installation entitled "Vancouver School". Grossmann collaborates with this group on a regular basis for special projects.

In April 2012, Grossman mounted an exhibition titled, The Future is Female, an introspective look on the essence of being female. Her collages are edited photographs, keeping the heads of the figure untouched, but manipulating the limbs and torso for artistic effect.[7] In combination with monochrome oil on vellum or mylar paintings of candid female subjects, she creates visually complex collages.

In 2015 her portraits of women, entitled "Models of Resistance", were exhibited at the Marion Scott Gallery.[8][9]

Grossman is a co-founder of the Portfolio Prize Foundation, an organization which financially supports emerging artists.[10]

Solo exhibitions (selected)
  • 2012 Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC[11]
  • 2012 Art Gallery of Calgary, curated by Marrianne, Elder
  • 2010 Three Thistles and Other Works, Galerie D'Este, Montreal, QC
  • 2007 Swagger], Diane Farris, Vancouver, BC
  • 2006 Paper Dolls, Diane Farris, Vancouver, BC
  • 2004 Alpha Girls], Diane Farris, Vancouver, BC
  • 1999 Correction(s), Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
  • 1989 Angela Grossmann: A Recent Survey, Simon Fraser Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
  • 1987 Affaires d'Enfants, Diane Farris Gallery

Group exhibitions (selected)
  • 2011 Smaller Than Life], from the collection: Unreal], Vancouver Art Gallery, BC
  • 2010 Six degree of Separation, Claire Oliver, NYC, New York
  • 2007 Fine Line, Kunsthallen Braenderigard, and Senko Studio, Viborg, Denmark
  • 2006 Paint, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 2006 Dancing to the Invisible Piper:L Canadian Figurative Art, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
  • 2004 Basement Show, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB[12]
  • 2004 Form & Figure, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
  • 2002 Memories and Testimonies, Concordia, Montreal, PQ
  • 2002 Toronto Art Fair (Robert Birch Gallery), Toronto, ON
  • 1999 Crime and Punishment, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
  • 1998 Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
  • 1995 The Spectacular State: Fascism and the Modern Imagination, The Teck Gallery, Toronto, ON and Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC
  • 1994 '64-'94 Contemporary Decades, Emily Carr Institute of Arts & Design, Vancouver BC
  • 1994 Artfair Seattle (Diane Farris Gallery), Seattle, WA
  • 1990 ART/LA '90, Diane Farris Gallery booth, Los Angeles, CA
  • 1990 Artropolis '90, The Roundhouse, Vancouver, BC
  • 1989 Gilmore, Grossmann, Root, 49th Parallel Gallery (Diane Farris Gallery), NY
  • 1987 Art Cologne '87 (Diane Farris Gallery), Cologne, West Germany
  • 1987 Fresh Air: Eight Vancouver Painters, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
  • 1987 West Coast Paintings: New Directions, Canada House, London, England
  • 1986 Four Vancouver Young Romantic Painters, Centre Culturel Canadien, Paris
  • 1985 Young Romantics, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 1985 Five Young Artists, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • 1985 Futura Bold Installation, Convertible Warehouse, Vancouver, BC
  • 1985 Group Show of Canadian Painters, 49th Parallel Gallery, New York, NY
  • 1984 Futura Bold, Unit Pitt, Vancouver, BC
  • 1984 Warehouse Show, Vancouver, BC

Collections
  • ABN AMRO International Bank, Amsterdam, Holland
  • Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
  • Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, Florida
  • Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
  • Canadiana Fund Heritage Art Collection, Ottawa, ON
  • Canadian Postal Museum, Ottawa, ON
  • Federation CJA, Montreal, QC
  • Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB
  • Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC
  • Museum Abteiberg], Monchengladbach, Germany
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON
  • Seymour Collection, Vancouver, BC
  • Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
  • Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
  • University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
  • Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC

References
  1. C International Contemporary Art. C magazine. 1996. p. 489. Archived from the original on 2014-06-29. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  2. Egan, Danielle. "Angela Grossmann: Flesh For Fantasy" Archived 2012-05-23 at the Wayback Machine, Canadian Art Archived 2017-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, 3 May 2012.
  3. Joan Murray (1 November 1999). Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Dundurn. pp. 214–. ISBN 978-1-4597-2236-1.
  4. "Angela Grossmann's Models of Resistance upends erotica" Archived 2016-07-03 at the Wayback Machine. The Georgia Strait, by Robin Laurence on April 22nd, 2015
  5. "Canadian Art, Summer, 2006, Vol. 23 No.2". Archived from the original on 2017-12-16. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  6. "Angela Grossmann's women provoke strong responses" Archived 2017-12-16 at the Wayback Machine. Vancouver Sun, April 24, 2015 Kevin Griffin
  7. Egan, Danielle (September 2016). "Angela Grossmann: Doll Parts". White Hot Magazine. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  8. "Best of 2015: West Coast artists continue to sparkle" Archived 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine. Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun, 12.30.2015
  9. "Angela Grossmann Eternal return." Archived 2016-07-13 at the Wayback Machine. Monte Cristo Magazine, July 12, 2016 Sunshine Frère
  10. "Town Talk: From budding to benefactors" Archived 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine. Malcolm Parry, Vancouver Sun 11.05.2015
  11. "Angela Grossmann: the Future Is Female shows little sign of change" Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Georgia Straight] 24 April 2012.
  12. Wallace, Kieth. "Rewind: The Basement Show" Archived 2011-11-15 at the Wayback Machine A review from the Spring 2004 issue of Canadian Art
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