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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 for Ingrid Koivukangas:
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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 Association of Canada (ESAC), and the Canadian WSSD Secretariat and the Institute for Environmental Studies (entrance to the video conference room for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, University of Toronto)
CBC Television Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia
Centre des Arts contemporains du Quebec a Montreal, Quebec
City of Montreal, UNESCO International Year of Fresh Water, Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, Quebec
Environmental Design Department Gallery, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta
Environmental Studies Association of Canada’s Ninth Annual Conference, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Finlandia University and Finnish American Heritage Center Gallery, Hancock, Michigan
illumine Exhibition, opening of the Arthur Erickson Waterfall Building, Vancouver, BC
International Conference on Ecological Restoration, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
SKV, Svenska Konstskolans Vänner, Finland
University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford, British Columbia
Works Festival, Edmonton Alberta
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