Artist Information:
Tatiana Parniakova
Montreal,
Canada
Member Since: Nov 2008
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Artist Statement:
Cyanotype has been my creative
destination for some time, and
now I have arrived. My latest
work has departed wholly from
the confines of film and
camera, and paints a broader,
luxurious image in cyan blue
and warm hues of archival
white.
I have carefully cultivated a
unique niche in the rarefied
Cyanotype medium, a
mid-19th-century photographic
discipline originally used for
practical purposes such as
proofing and blueprinting, but
revisited periodically by
photographic artists seeking
an alternative to modern
media.
My new approach to the old
process is original and
innovative due to the
unexpected reversed ‘positive’
tonality of the prints and
their virtually limitless
size.
I wanted my cyanotype prints
-detailed, delicate, and
highly individual - to suffuse
a sense of antiquity with a
fresh, contemporary edge that
is powerful and subtle.
My work is decidedly feminine,
yet forceful and unyielding as
I explore the full bloom and
withering of the natural
cycles of life. I mix floral
arrangements with other,
coarser and more provocative
elements such as snakeskin and
fauna to compose symbolic and
engaging oeuvres.
Although the symbolism and
content of my work expands
well beyond localized
representation, the unusual
clarity of each highly
detailed print ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO SHOWS
2008 Intofocus Photography
Center, Montreal
2006 Old Brewery Mission
Gallery, Montreal
2005 Art Gallery of Eleanor
London Public Library,
Montreal
2003 Espace Trois, Saidye
Bronfman Centre for the Arts,
Montreal
2001 Dawson Institute of
Commercial Photography,
Montreal
DUO SHOWS
2007 Trumpet Impressions
Intofocus Photography Center
Gallery, Montreal,Canada
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Dawson College, Montreal,
Canada
City of Montreal, Canada
Various private collections,
Russia, Canada, USA...
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Commissions:
Pierre Elliot Trudeau
International Airport,
Montreal,Canada
Reporters Communication for
Montreal World Book Capital,
Montreal, Canada
Old Brewery Mission, Montreal,
Canada
AMD Auto, Montreal, Canada
K10 Studio, Montreal, Canada
Kalinka Kennel Int,
Russia/Canada
Grey Hound Rescue of Quebec,
Canada
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Tatiana Parniakova's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Tatiana Parniakova's Portfolio. Browse Parniakova's body of work: Cyanotype has been my creative destination for some time, and now I have arrived. My latest work has departed wholly from the confines of film and camera, and paints a broader, luxurious image in cyan blue and warm hues of archival white.
I have carefully cultivated a unique niche in the rarefied Cyanotype medium, a mid-19th-century photographic discipline originally used for practical purposes such as proofing and blueprinting, but revisited periodically by photographic artists seeking an alternative to modern media.
My new approach to the old process is original and innovative due to the unexpected reversed ‘positive’ tonality ... |
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