Tricia Middleton
Joy is just melancholy with a really strong sense of purpose
Curated by Blair Fornwald, Jennifer Matotek, and Wendy Peart. February 14 to April 22, 2015 at Sherwood Gallery.
Additional Information
Art For Lunch Artist Talk: Friday, February 6, 12:00 pm, University of Regina, RC 050
Artist Talk: Saturday, February 14, 1:00 pm, Sherwood Village Meeting Room
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 14, 2:00 pm, Sherwood Gallery
Shown in conjunction with Dunlop’s Central Gallery exhibition, Material Girls, Sherwood Gallery will host Joy is just melancholy with a really strong sense of purpose, an immersive installation by Montreal-based artist Tricia Middleton. Middleton’s practice is motivated by the entropy and decline of all material goods, and her immersive installations are as fantastical, glistening, and seductive as they are horrific. An uneasy marriage of materials and process, Middleton’s practice incorporates castoffs and debris from consumer culture, organic elements, byproducts from studio production, and utilitarian building and craft supplies like paint, fabric, wax, and plastic sheeting, all grafted together in precarious, playful ways that mimic natural processes of growth, accumulation and decay.
Tricia Middleton recently completed residencies at Cité international des arts de Paris in France (CALQ) and the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in New York (Canada Council). Her sculptures and architectural installations have been exhibited in solo exhibitions at the Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal (2009), Southern Alberta Art Gallery (2009), Artspeak Gallery (Vancouver, 2011), Mercer Union (Toronto, 2011), and Oakville Galleries (2012), in addition to numerous group exhibitions. Her work is in the collection of the Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal.
Tricia Middleton, Joy is just melancholy with a really strong sense of purpose (Installation View), 2015. Photo by Don Hall
When
2015, Apr 22 2015 - All day
Where
Dunlop Central Gallery,
Interest
Past