Artist Information:
Ingrid Koivukangas
Vancouver,
Canada
Member Since: Oct 2000
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Artist Statement:
My work is classified as
environmental art and
encompasses many mediums
including site specific
ephemeral & permanent works,
interventions, installation,
video, sound, web,
photography, painting,
printmaking, and drawing. I
work in response to sites in
the natural world. Viewers are
encouraged to leave gallery
settings with maps to find
ephemeral site specific works
or sites that natural
materials in the gallery came
from. The gallery work itself
has ranged from installations
bringing site materials to the
gallery via video,
photography, sound to framed
works that combine site
photographs with topographic
maps, aerial photographs,
stereoscopic glasses, GPS
readings and natural site
materials -- that combined,
act as a map to the site.
In a world that is constantly
changing via incredible leaps
in technology and unbelievable
strains upon the environment I
am constantly questioning our
connection to the land and our
loss of connection to that
land. How do we arrive at a
place where a balance has been
found between technology and
nature? At what point do we
begin to realize that we are
not moving through a passive
landscape, but through a
landscape that is a reflection
of our having lost touch with
the sacredness of the earth
itself. I am ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 TBA, Art Gallery of
Algoma, Sault Ste Marie,
Ontario
2005 The Other Gallery,
Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta
2005 Under the Sheltering
Sky, University College of the
Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, BC
2004 Full Circle, Algoma
University College, Sault Ste
Marie, Ontario
2004 Keweenaw, Finlandia
University, Hancock Michigan
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Artist Galleries:
Artist is available for
residencies and to create new
works in response to areas and
also welcomes the opportunity
to work with students –
elementary, high school,
college, university – in
workshop situations in
conjunction with
exhibitions/residencies.
Please contact Anne at:
anne@ingrid-koivukangas.com
for more information....
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Artist Reviews:
PUBLICATIONS/CATALOGUES
2004 St Lawrence River
Project: Montreal, Langara
College Library Collection,
Vancouver,
British Columbia
2004 Flow A Festival of Art
and Ecology, Mendel Art
Gallery, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan
2004 South Saskatchewan River
Project: Saskatoon –
Meewasin, Mendel Art Gallery,
Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan
2004 Eaux Vives Regards
Croises, Programme, Maisons de
la culture ...
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Collections:
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
INCLUDING WORKS INSITU
Pazo de Mariñán, A Coruña,
Spain
SKV, Svenska Konstskolans
Vänner, Finland
Okanagan University College,
Kelowna, British Columbia
Langara Community College,
Vancouver, British Columbia
University of British
Columbia, Vancouver, British
Columbia
Algoma University College,
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario
City of Saskatoon, Mendel Art
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Commissions:
New works created in response
to sites and left in situ
commissioned by:
Consultores de Medio Ambiente
y Desarrollo, A Coruña, Spain
Algoma University College,
Fine Arts Department, Sault
Ste Marie, Ontario
BC Festival of the Arts,
Prince George, British
Columbia
Canadian International
Development Agency (CIDA) with
Environmental Studies ...
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Ingrid Koivukangas's Free Artist Portfolio
| Welcome to Ingrid Koivukangas's Portfolio. Browse Koivukangas's body of work: My work is classified as environmental art and encompasses many mediums including site specific ephemeral & permanent works, interventions, installation, video, sound, web, photography, painting, printmaking, and drawing. I work in response to sites in the natural world. Viewers are encouraged to leave gallery settings with maps to find ephemeral site specific works or sites that natural materials in the gallery came from. The gallery work itself has ranged from installations bringing site materials to the gallery via video, photography, sound to framed works that combine site photographs with topographic maps, aerial photographs, stereoscopic glasses, GPS readings and natural site materials -- ... |
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La Luna de Galcia, 2005
Outdoor Installation,
72 x 1 X 216 feet
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Keweenaw Project , 2004
Indoor Installation,
18 x 5 X 32 feet
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St Lawrence River Project Montreal, 2004
Indoor Installation,
30 x 6 X 1 feet
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South Saskatchewan River Project, 2004
Outdoor Installation,
20 x 20 X 1 feet
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North Saskatchewan River Project, 2004
Indoor Installation,
30 x 50 X 1 feet
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La Ligne du Nord Sud Oest, 2003
Outdoor Installation,
600 x 40 X 10 inches
Not for Sale
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