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Shelagh Hope Alexander
Born(1959-05-30)May 30, 1959[1][2]
Winnipeg, Manitoba[1]
DiedNovember 27, 2017(2017-11-27) (aged 59)
NationalityCanada
Known forPhotomontage

Shelagh Alexander (May 30, 1959 – November 27,2017) was a Canadian visual artist based in Toronto, Ontario.[1] Alexander is known for her large scale photographic montages that often used found film footage and found photographs as source.[3][4]

Alexander was a part of the 1982 exhibition New Canadian Photography at the Canadian Centre of Photography in Toronto.[5] The same year, she was part of the exhibition Monumenta, staged by artist-run centre YYZ across six venues in Toronto.[6] In 1984, her work was included for exhibition at the 49th Parallel in NYC, New York. In 1985, her work was exhibited in the 18th Bienal de São Paulo in Brazil as well as at the Centre culturel canadien in Paris, France and at Canada House Cultural Centre Gallery in London, UK. In 1986 she exhibited in the 42nd Venice Biennale in the Aperto portion.[7]

Her works are included within the collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton[8] and the National Gallery of Canada.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Shelagh Alexander". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 2018-01-14. Retrieved 2019-05-16.
  2. ^ "Artists in Canada". app.pch.gc.ca. Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage.
  3. ^ "Kate Linker on "Subjects in Pictures"". www.artforum.com. Archived from the original on 2019-07-05. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  4. ^ "Jeanne Randolph on Shelagh Alexander". www.artforum.com.
  5. ^ Livingstone, David. "Art without a heartbeat | Maclean's | OCTOBER 4, 1982". Maclean's | The Complete Archive. Archived from the original on July 5, 2019. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
  6. ^ "Representations: YYZ in the 80s". www.virtualmuseum.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-02-06. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  7. ^ "Artscribe International". Artscribe. 16 May 1986 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Ghost". tms.artgalleryofhamilton.com.


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