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Artist Statement:
Take I
I am a storyteller. I tell
depict stories in
in-the-middle-moments, whether
it is the beginning, middle or
end is left up to You. I tell
stories to motivate, appease
and remind myself of the
stories that make me old and
new.
Take II
The importance of story
telling and the role of myth
in contemporary society are
the predominant concerns in my
work. I invoke the serious
side of play and the use of
humour as a technique to
discuss difficult subject
matter. My images also
reflect past histories in an
attempt to slow societal
amnesia as we are bombarded by
more and more information.
Currently, I am interested in
researching the circus,
specifically, the circus as a
metaphor for life. As an
exaggerated reflection of
society the circus is full of
the bizarre, the death
defying, the spectacular,
where the socially
marginalized are included and
empowered. I want to explore
notions of illusion and
spectacle, performance and
observation, light and shadow,
as ways of understanding how
society defines normality.
In my recent work I am
experimenting with print media
to create installations. At
Concordia I am exploring the
crossover of the 2-dimensional
and ...
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Artist Reviews:
Review One
http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/is
sue_02.24.05/arts/eyecandy.html
From Eye Candy in Eye magazine
Feb 24, 2005
Thus far, two of 2005's best
shows are by Toronto artist
Anna Jane McIntyre, whose
fanciful AWOL outing -- "The
Beastly Beastly Garden," a
collaboration with Jean ...
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Exhibitions for Anna Jane McIntyre:
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Solo Exhibitions
2007 Pppppppprints & drawings, and exhibit of 50 works, Café Pi, Montreal
2007 The Fifteens, Call and Echo, the fifteens; or the Heart of the Matter, installation of dollworks, fridge magnets and prints, Oakville Galleries Shop, Oakville
2006 Mexican Wrestlers, Dump trucks, Nightmares & Tea Warriors, drypoint sketches , Mitzi’s Café, Toronto
2005 It Ain’t Over til it’s Over or Drawings I have been, Moonbeam Café, Toronto
2005 J’ouvert Jouvay, prints & drawing installation, Hugh’s Room, Toronto
2004 Love, What is it good for ?: a Valentines Show, Mixed Media Installation, Mind
Control studios, Toronto
2003 For Those Who Are Preparing To Eat Me, I Have Arrived: An Exhibition of Tea
Warriors , Open Studio, Toronto
2000 Where Are You Going Please?, Installation, Mind Control Gallery, Toronto
Duo Exhibitions
2007 Exorcism is Good For You/L’exorcisme est bon pour vous, Mixed media exhibit with Jean Boulby and transformative performance by Genevieve Sideleau,
Casa Del Popolo, Montreal
2005 The Beastly Beastly Garden, Site specific installation with Jean Boulby, AWOL
Gallery
2004 The Circus & the Pimp’s Jalopy, Site specific installation with Julie Liger_Belair,
AWOL Gallery, Toronto
2002 Population 42: the big city show, with Kevin McBride, PeterRichmond Gallery,
Toronto
2002 ? Love ? with Libby Hague with my installation entitled There were 14 for Dinner
a*level gallery, Toronto
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 The Artists formerly known as Prints, Concordia VAV Gallery, Montreal
2007 Silence dans le Foret, Atelier Circulaire, Montreal
2007 Compression, Concordia MFA exhibit, Art Mur, Montreal
2007 Toronto Outdoor Exhibition, Nathan Philip Square, Toronto
2007 FIMA, Outdoor Exhibition, Montreal
2006 Skullfest: a Hallowe’en show, www.skullfest.com, Steamwhistle Brewery, Toronto
2006 Super Art Market, VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal
2004 Let Me Tell You a Story, Site specific installation, Lafreniere & Pai Gallery,
Ottawa
2003 Dreams and Nightmares, Blue Moon Café, Toronto
2003 Square Foot, AWOL, Toronto
2003 Toronto Outdoor Art Show, Nathan Phillip Square, Toronto
2003 Mind Control Retrospective, Mind Control Studios, Toronto
2002 if i had a hi fi, Mercer Union, Toronto
2002 Book Arts Fair, OCAD, Toronto
2002 Dreams and Nightmares, Blue Moon Café, Toronto
2002 Arcade, Art System, Toronto
2002 dance...dance...dance, Art System, Toronto
2002 Toronto Outdoor Show, Nathan Philip Square, Toronto
2001 Anniversary show, a*level, Toronto
2001 Toronto Outdoor Show, Nathan Philip Square, Toronto
2001 A Doll Show, El Corezon, Montreal
2001 Chroma, a*level, Toronto
2001 Monochrome, a*level, Toronto
2001 Philanthropist, Nelson Park, Etobicoke
2000 Toronto Outdoor Show, Nathan Philip Square, Toronto
2000 Graduate Print Show, Artsystem, Toronto
2000 Solo: A Group Show, Toronto
1999 Luminous Carnivale, Site Specific Light Installation, Poor Alex Theatre,
Toronto
1999 Artists Under Forty, Art Gallery of Ontario Art Rental, Toronto
1999 Visible 99, Peel Heritage Centre, Brampton
1999 Here, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto
1999 Book Arts Fair, OCAD, Toronto
1998 Black Artists Coalition Exhibit, OCAD, Toronto
Performances
2005 Performance Space: Pulsation 2, AGO, Toronto, Paintball performance piece
to music by Claudio Baroni, concept by Fabian Marcaccio
2005 The Intrepid Shapiro Sisters with The One Night Stands, poetry & interpretive
dance black light performance with Isabelle Mignault, Clinton’s Tavern, Toronto
Publications
2006 Regal Beast, artist zine, contributing artist
2006 Globe & Mail, Review Section, Jan. 14 & 21, AGO ad for In Your Face call out
2004 Have Your Poo Rolled Away by Dung Beetles and 99 Other things to do
Before You Die (Plus a few to do Afterwards), Book Cover Illustration, House
of Anansi Press
2004 Walrus Magazine, various illustrations
2004 Regal Beast, artist zine, contributing artist
2002 Queen Anne’s Lace Pancakes, self published zine
2000 Shenetworks.com, a webzine, various illustrations
1999 Space: anthology of handbound prints, contributing artist
1999 Telling a Different Story II, sole illustrator of an anthology of anti_racist literature
1999 Crackheads Are Charming and I’m Full of Magic, self_published zine
1998 Telling a Different Story I, sole illustrator of an anthology of anti_racist literature
1998 OCAP Anthology 20: a limited handbound edition of handprinted works,
contributing artist
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