Tanya Morand describes her artistic process as follows: ”Within the constraints of life imposed by the pandemic, and unable to travel, my latest paintings are reminiscent of here and elsewhere. Experimenting with multidisciplinary approaches, I develop these works based on 2 and 3 dimensional photo collage models which I then draw from and develop into paintings. This methodology has allowed me to make pictures that resonate with multiple experiences. The compositions often evoke an arabesque or a twisting ribbon of a building hovering over another space. Manipulating and transforming architectural forms to create dreamlike scenes, I combine and connect cities to invent imaginary places. Highly personal in terms of imagery, these pictures are inspired by the photographs I have taken of various cities as well as photos of my daily entourage. In my own way I resist the confinement measures and free my friends and neighbours by having them amble through imaginary and absurd cosmopolitan scenes that owe as much to Gordon Matta-Clark as Piranesi.”
Canadian artist Tanya Morand is currently represented by Galerie.a in Quebec City. Galerie.a has featured Morand’s artwork in 2 solo exhibitions as well as at the art fairs ”Paper” in Montreal and at ”Art Toronto”, Canada’s leading art fair. Her most recent solo exhibition was ”Flâner” in the fall of 2020 at the Louise Carrier Gallery/Museum in Lévis, Quebec. New silkscreen prints will be presented at the 11th World Triennial of Prints and Original Engravings in Chamalières, France in the fall of 2021. Her works were presented in Madrid at Espacio de Creacion Quinta del Sordo in 2017 and at Brita Prinz Arte in 2015. Her work has been featured in exhibitions in Canada, in the United States and Europe and is included in the collections of The CPOA of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, BANQ, the Inno-Centre Collection in Montreal and the Art Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts, as well as numerous private collections. She has merited awards and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, The Council of Arts and Letters of Quebec, SODEC and The Cecil Buller Foundation. Having completed a BFA at Concordia University, her MFA studies were funded by a Concordia University Graduate Fellowship and an F.C.A.R grant. She currently teaches drawing and painting at Champlain St-Lawrence College and is an active member of the artist-run Gallery and Print-making Studio Engramme in Quebec City, Canada.
Artist’s website: https://www.tanyamorand.com/
Galerie.a website: http://www.galeriea.ca/