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Cynthia Girard-Renard

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

Cynthia Girard-Renard
Born1969 (1969)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationUniversité du Québec à Montréal (BFA)
Goldsmiths, University of London (MFA)
Websitewww.cynthiagirardrenard.ca

Education edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b 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. ^ a b 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.
  11. ^ "Le réputé peintre et graveur Takao Tanabe crée un nouveau prix pour les artistes canadiens émergents". www.beaux-arts.ca. Archived from the original on 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  12. ^ "Girard-Renard, Cynthia".
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