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Cynthia Girard-Renard

Cynthia Girard-Renard

Canadian artist


Cynthia Girard-Renard (born 1969), also known as Cynthia Girard, is a Canadian artist.[1]

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Education

Girard-Renard earned their Bachelor of Fine Arts from Université du Québec à Montréal and their Master of Fine Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London in 1998.[2][3]

Career

In 1995, Girard-Renard released a collection of poetry titled "A Disappeared Death."[4] In 2008, they participated in a group exhibition titled "Triennale québécoise" which was displayed at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. The following year, their solo exhibit "Tous les oiseaux sont ici" was on display In Berlin.[4]

In 2016, their piece "Les Sans-culottes" was on display at the Hugues Charbonneau Gallery. The series of puppets, banners and paintings was worked on by Girard-Renard during their 2015, residency and was meant to reimagine the French Revolution.[5] She displayed a second solo exhibit at the gallery in 2018 titled, "Love and Anarchy," after the film by the same name.[6]

In 2017, their satirical painting series "Our Mad Masters" was on display at Musée d'art de Joliette. The title was derived from Jean Rouch’s anthropological film the 1995 film Les maîtres fous.[7] While working as an artist in resident at Concordia University, her solo exhibition "La Main Invisible" was picked up at the McClure Gallery.[8] As well, their work "No Foreigners" was on display at the National Gallery of Canada for the 2017 Canadian Biennial.[9]

In 2018, they were one of the first recipients of the Takao Tanabe Purchase Prize in Painting for Young Artists.[10] Later that year, they were awarded the Prix Louis-Comtois by the Association of Contemporary Art Galleries (AGAC) and the City of Montreal.[3]

Collections

Their work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,[11] the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[12] and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.[1]


References

  1. "Cynthia Girard". MAC Montréal. Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  2. "Cynthia Girard-Renard". /ville.montreal.qc.ca (in French). Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  3. Kenneth Gibson; Andy Murdoch (December 10, 2018). "Concordians sweep city art awards". concordia.ca. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  4. Clement, Eric. "CYNTHIA GIRARD-RENARD ET ADAM BASANTA HONORÉS". mi.lapresse.ca (in French). Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  5. "LA REVANCHE DES SANS-CULOTTES". eavm.uqam.ca (in French). Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  6. "LOVE AND ANARCHY: CYNTHIA GIRARD-RENARD". thebelgoreport.com. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  7. "Cynthia Girard-Renard – Our Mad Masters". museejoliette.org. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  8. Marieke Gruwel (September 25, 2017). "Five exhibitions you'll want to catch this fall". concordia.ca. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  9. "The National Gallery of Canada presents the 2017 Canadian Biennial". gallery.ca. October 18, 2017. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  10. Griffin, Kevin (March 16, 2018). "ART SEEN: Takao Tanabe funds new award for young artists at National Gallery". Vancouver Sun. Archived from the original on April 12, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.

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