Marina Roy
| Marina Roy | |
|---|---|
| Born | Quebec, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Artist, Writer |
| Awards | VIVA |
| Website | http://www.marinaroy.ca/ |
Marina Roy is a visual artist, educator and writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Life
Roy was born in Quebec, and moved to Vancouver in her youth. She obtained a B.A. in French Literature at Université Laval, a B.F.A. from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and an M.F.A. from the University of British Columbia. She has shown nationally and internationally, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Contemporary Art Gallery, Centre A, Malaspina, and Or Gallery. She is an Associate Professor[1] at the University of British Columbia, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory.
Artistic practice
Roy's practice is cross disciplinary, with a focus on drawing, painting and animation. Her work investigates material intelligence in a post-humanist perspective. The evolution of her practice draws upon Freud and Bataille, demonstrating modes of fantasy, eroticism, and compulsion by way of changed symbols and recognized icons. The Canadian artist's use of cartoons also aligns her with the domain of the death drive: According to Žižek, characters like Wile E. Coyote occupy a libidinal space where one can live through any catastrophe.[2]
Collaborations
Roy has collaborated with artist Natasha McHardy as the group "Roy & McHardy", in video performance productions of a DIY ethos. Roy has also collaborated on a web-site project with David Clark and Graham Meiser, creating an online extension of her book Sign After the X.[3] She has also collaborated with artist Abbas Akhavan[4] in artworks, such as the video installation Victoria Day (Bombay Sapphire), wherein they update Manet, by performing a "liquid luncheon on the grass" as well as duo exhibitions such as Neighbours[5] and Fire/Fire.[6]
Exhibitions
- Once things are reduced to nothing,[7] Artspeak
- Fire Fire[8] (in collaboration with Abbas Akhavan), Malaspina Gallery & Centre A
- Pushed out the door, back through the window,[9] La Centrale
- Neighbours (in collaboration with Abbas Akhavan; curated by Joni Murphy and Kika Thorne), VIVO Media Centre
- New Work[10], Contemporary Art Gallery
- Unreal,[11] Vancouver Art Gallery
- How soon is now,[12] Vancouver Art Gallery
- When the Mood Strikes Us, Platform Gallery
- Trappings (participant in the public art library project Group Search (Art in the Library), Vancouver Public Library)
- Beauty and the Beast, Alternator Gallery
- Everyday Every Other Day, Art Gallery of Mississauga
- Roy and McHardy (in collaboration with Natasha McHardy). Or Gallery, Concordia University VAV Gallery, Struts Art Gallery
- Greener Pastures (in collaboration with Abbas Akhavan): Open Space Gallery, Artspeak
Bibliography
- Kathleen Ritter, How soon is now, exhibition catalogue, Vancouver Art Gallery
- Julie Tremble, Marina Roy/Abbas Akhavan: Menagerie, exhibition catalogue, AXENEO7/DAIMON
- Joni Murphy, Better Homes and Gardens, VIVO Media Centre
- J.J. Kegan McFadden, When the Mood Strikes Us…, Platform Gallery
- Lorna Brown, "Marina Roy: Trappings", Vancouver Public Library
- Seamus Kealy, "The King and I," Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery
- Seamus Kealy, "A Few Notes on an Everyday Exhibition," Blackwood Gallery
- Sydney Hermant, "Roy and McHardy," in d'Or (Goin' Solo), Vancouver: Or Gallery
- Jeremy Todd, "Some errant thoughts" in d'Or: Explorations in Psychic Geography, Vancouver: Or Gallery
Reviews
- Claer, José "Menage a trois: entre l'humain, l'animal et l'art,[13]"
- Dahle, Sigrid "When the Mood Strikes Us…"[14]
- Milroy, Sarah "Pictures are out—experience is in"[15]
- Witt, Andrew "Contemporary Public Art at Vancouver Library" [16]
- Tomic, Milena "Everyday Every Other Day"[17]
Writing
Marina Roy's art practice and writing inform and intersect in their investigation of material, language, history and ideology. She published Sign after the x (Artspeak/Arsenal Pulp Press) in 2001. She contributes reviews and critical essays to various magazines and catalogues, and is currently on the Editorial board and contributor of leftcoastart.ca along with Randy Lee Cutler, Ariane Noël de Tilly, and Christine D'Onofrio.
Publications
- Roy's first book, Sign After the x (with Artspeak Gallery) was published in 2002.[18]
- In Haguenau Forest [19](short story), in there's something I want to show you
- Holy Shit [20] C Magazine, December 2010
Honours
- VIVA Award, 2010[21]
External links
References
- ↑ University of British Columbia, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory. "Marina Roy".
- ↑ Tomic, Milena (2006). "Everyday Every Other Day". Border Crossings. 25 (4): 107–08.
- ↑ Roy, Marina. "Sign After the x". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ↑ Akhavan, Abbas. "Abbas Akhavan".
- ↑ Ritter, Kathleen (2009). "Marina Roy-Abbas Akhavan". Esse (65): 70.
- ↑ Muir, Justin (2012). Fire/Fire. Vancouver, BC: Malaspina Printmakers Society. ISBN 9780969299868.
- ↑ Artspeak Gallery. "Once things are reduced to nothing".
- ↑ Centre A. "Fire Fire".
- ↑ La Centrale. "What's pushed out the door comes back through the window".
- ↑ Contemporary Art Gallery. "CAG - Marina Roy".
- ↑ Vancouver Art Gallery. "Unreal".
- ↑ Vancouver Art Gallery. "How Soon is Now".
- ↑ Claer, José (Summer 2009). "Menage a trois: entre l'humain, l'animal et l'art". Revue Liaison (137): 40–41.
- ↑ Dahle, Sigrid (2009). "When the Mood Strikes Us…" (108): 121–122.
- ↑ Milroy, Sarah (14 February 2009). "Globe & Mail". The Globe and Mail.
- ↑ Witt, Andrew. "Contemporary Public Art at Vancouver Library". White Hot Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ↑ Tomic, Milena (2006). "Everyday Every Other Day". Border Crossings. 25 (4): 107–108.
- ↑ Roy, Marina. "Sign after the x". Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002. Retrieved 2002. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Dahl, Sigrid (2011). in there's something I want to show you. Winnipeg: Lives of Dogs.
- ↑ Roy, Marina (December 2010). "Holy Shit". C Magazine.
- ↑ Shadbolt, Jack & Doris. "VIVA Award Winners".