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Artist Statement:
Christine Montague
http://www.christinemontague.co
m and http:www,
aheckofanartist.com
christine@aheckofanartist.com
Christine is an award winning,
academically trained artist
who paints representational,
realism oil paintings of
figures, usually children in
the landscape, pure landscape,
and portraitur painting.
Christine’s paintings are
often recognised for their
unusual viewpoint of either
looking up at the subject, or
at being at eye level with a
subject that one would
normally look down at. The
children in her paintings are
often seen as if from behind
so that viewers are given the
illusion they are
participating in the journey
of the subject. The fact that
Christine is accomplished in
painting such large canvases
(as well as small) also
contributes to this illusion.
Christin Montague is also an
accomplished portrait painter
and a passionate photographer.
2005 SOLO SHOW:
"Singular", Paintings,
Photography, and Portraits.
Williams Mill Art Gallery,
Halton Hills, Ontario
SELECTED JURIED SHOWS:
2006 Visual Arts Mississauga
Annual Juried Showw, Art
Gallery of Mississauga
2006 made to measure - Arts
Etbicoke Annual Juried Show
2006 Artworks - Oakville Arts
Council Annual Juried Show,
Oakville Town Hall Gallery,
Oakville, Ontario
2006 The John Sommer Annual
Juried Show, Halton Hills
Cultural Centre Gallery,
Georgetown, Ontario
2006 ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Presently part of summer long
show "eye full III" Art Salon
2008, Williams Mill Gallery,
Glen Williams, Ontario
http://www.williamsmill.com
Recent Juried Shows
2008 Living Arts Centre 10th
Anniversary Juried Show.
Mississauga
2007 Colour and Form Society
Annual Juried Art Show.
Etobicoke Civic Centre
Gallery.
2007 Artworks Oakville ...
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Artist Galleries:
Williams Mill Gallery, Glen
Williams, (Toronto area)
Ontario
http://www.williamsmill.com
Gallery Streetsville,
Mississauga, (Toronto area)
Ontario
http://www.gallerystreetsville.
ca
Morrison Galleries, Chicago
Place, Illinois, U.S.A.
http://www.morrisongalleries.co
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Elizabeth's Gallery, Goderich,
Ontario
Beaux-Arts Brampton Gallery
http://www.beaux-artsbrampton.c
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Artist Reviews:
WHAT THE JURORS SAY:
• “The artist exhibits a
remarkable understanding of
oil painting as well as an
unusual depiction of a subject
which is familiar but seen in
a different light. “- Lupe
Rodriguez , artist, Art
Gallery of Ontario & U. Of T.
lecturer, CBC arts commentator
. - Ann MacDonald,
Director/Curator Doris ...
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Collections:
Living Arts Centre,
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Department of Dentistry,
McGill University, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada
Peel Board of Education,
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
North American Pain
Association
Numerous Private Collections
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Commissions:
Dr. Oscar Peterson. Larger
than life oil painting of the
legendary jazz musician.
Living Arts Centre,
Mississauga. Ontario, Canada
Dean of Dentistry, 30" x 36",
Collection of Faculty of
Dentistry, McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Three Brothers and Dog ,24" x
30" Private Collection,
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada,
Two Sisters. Private ...
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Christine Montague Biography:
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Female
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| Status |
Married
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| Children |
99
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| Religion |
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| Education |
Bachelor of Fine Arts |
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| Hobbies / Interests |
Photography, travel, arts groups, writing. Painting is not a hobby for me- it is my profession. |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Painting Oil
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| Favorite Arthistory Movement |
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood - (1848 - 1854)
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
David Blackwood
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| Favorite Work of Art |
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| Your Personal Biography |
Christine Montague is an award winning Canadian artist who paints representational, realistic oil paintings of children, landscapes and the two combined (referred to as scenic figurative or figurative landscape oil painting). Christine often paints subject matter that is 'usual' in an unusual manner - either because of scale or view point. Christine is also known for her portraiture oil painting and accepts portrait painting commissions- her most recent being the larger than life Oscar Peterson portrait that now hangs in the Living Arts Centre, Mississauga. Christine's reputation as a fine art nature photographer is growing and will have her first two solo photography shows early 2008. Her photography show The Hidden Garden is part of 2008 Contact Toronto Photography Festival.
Academically trained in the fine arts (Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art & Art History, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Bachelor of Science, Biology with Minor in Studio Art & Art History, Concordia), Christine has also completed extensive studies in illustration, communication & design at Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She had a brief residency doing lithography at St. Michael's Workshop, when it was located outside of St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador. She has taken numerous workshops in watercolor painting , art business, and fictional writing.
Christine is one of the original members of Beaux- Arts Brampton, an artists co-operative in downtown Brampton, Ontario. She maintained her artist studio there from 2002 - 2004, was on the Beaux-Arts Brampton Board, and wrote the B.A.B. Bulletin. From 2004 - 2006 Christine painted out of her studio/gallery at the Williams Mill Visual Arts Centre & was an executive on the Williams Mill Board , Glen Williams, Halton Hills, Ontario. In 2007, tired of travelling to create, she began work out of her Mississauga home studio.
SOLO SHOWS:
Upcoming: May 2-4, 2008 'The Hidden Garden' CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival, Visual Arts Mississauga, Mississauga (photography)
Jan.10 - Feb. 10, 2008 'Journey to the Mill' Whitney Community Gallery, Peel Heritage Complex, Brampton (photography)
October 2005 'Singular' . Williams Mill Art Gallery, Glen Williams, Halton Hills (painting & photography)
RECENT JURIED SHOWS:
2007 Colour and Form Society 55th Annual open Juried Art Show. Etobicke Civi Centre Art gallery. Toronto.
2007 Artworks Oakville 8th Annual Juried Show. Oakville Town Hall.
2007 5th Anniversary Members Show. Beaux-Arts Gallery. Brampton.
2007 Diversity. Society of Canadian Artists. J.D. Carrier Gallery. Toronto.
2006 Visual Arts Mississauga Juried Art Show, Art Galley of Mississauga. Mississauga
2006 Made to Measure, Arts Etobicoke Gallery, Toronto
2006 Artworks 7th Annual Juried Show, Oakville Town Hall, Oakville. 2nd prize.
2006 Art Gallery of Peel 33rd Annual Juried Show, Brampton, ON
2006 John Sommer Annual Juried Show, Halton Hills Cultural Centre, Georgetown, ON Juror Award
2006 Contemporary Works: Paintings Sculptures and Other Media, Gallery Streetsville, Mississauga.
2005 Visual Arts Mississauga Juried Art Show, Mississauga Art Gallery, Mississauga.
2005 Arts Etobicoke Annual Juried Art Show, Etobicoke City Hall, Toronto, Ontario.
2005 John Sommer Juried Show. Halton Hills Cultural Centre.
2004 Visual Arts Mississauga Annual Juried Art Show, Mississauga Art Gallery.
2004 Arts Etobicoke Annual Juried Art Show, Etobicoke Civic Centre.
AWARDS
2006 2nd Prize, Artworks Oakville 7th Annual Juried Show.
2006 Juror’s Award ( Photography) John Sommer Annual Juried Show
2004 'Best in Show', (Top Award)Arts Etobicoke Annual Juried Art Show.
2004 Juror's Award (Top Award) , Beaux - Arts Brampton Annual Juried Art Show.
2003 Nancy Bell Memorial Award (Top Award) Beaux - Arts Brampton Annual Juried Art Show.
SMALL GROUP EXHIBITS:
2005 'Mill Works' Halton Hills Art Gallery, Georgetown, ON.
2005 'Sands of Time' Board Director Show. Beaux - Arts Gallery, Brampton, ON
2004 'Black Magic', Beaux-Arts Brampton Gallery, Brampton, ON
2003 'Chasing Seagulls in Pursuit of the Image', Beaux-Arts Brampton Gallery, Brampton, ON
EDUCATION:
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada . 4 years Communication and Design.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Studio Art, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Bachelor of Science, Biology with a minor in Studio Art and Art History, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.
Workshops in Art Business, Watercolour Painting, Monoprinting, Serigraphy, Photography
Am working towards Sheridan College Writer's Certificate.
GALLERIES:
Morrison Galleries, Chicago, Illinois.
Williams Mill Art Gallery, Halton Hills
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Peel Board of Education Peel Summer Academy for Gifted Children
Peel Board of Education Continuing Studies for Adults (Watercolour Painting)
Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Adults Beginner OIl painting
MEMBERSHIPS:
Artists in Mississauga (AIM)
Oakville Arts Council
Ontario Plein Air Society (OPAS)
Visual Arts Ontario
CARFAC
Oakville Arts Council
Mississauga Arts Council
Visual Arts Mississauga
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