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Reverberation, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Sara Gardner
Painting - 76.2 x 121.9 x 3.8 cm Painting - 30 x 48 x 1.5 inch
$1,322
Painting : acrylic
91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm 36 x 36 x 2 inch
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Hand-signed by artist
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Medium
Painting: acrylic
Dimensions cm • inch
91.4 x 91.4 x 5.1 cm 36 x 36 x 2 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Not framed
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Artwork location: Canada
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Zatista Contemporary & Fine Art • United States
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I was born in Poland but have been living now in Canada for many many years. I graduated from OCAD after doing a Psychology and English major at the University of Toronto. But really, I have always painted. It was my first and last love.
In the last number of years, I have received a Medal from France in a Painting Festival in Avignon. (Grand Prix). Not my first there. Also I have shown at the Grand Palais in Paris, before that, where all my work was stolen and the Paris police deemed it to be an honour as that is where Picasso was discovered. Photography is my second passion.
When I graduated from OCAD (Ontario College of Art) my initial paintings were large surrealistic pieces like “Fool" which is on my image inventory. It depicts the life cycle of a woman; we are born, we grow up and then die, in between we drink coffee and shop, or so it seemed to me at the time. Also I had a number of what seemed like prophetic dreams back then, one of which was awakening to a city under water. I remember thinking in my dream that as long as I could still get a good cup of coffee, all would be well.
From there I went on to paint “Birdwomen". And quite honestly I don't know where that theme came from as I had no knowledge of Aboriginal culture at the time and only discovered it much later on. However at the Met one day I fell onto a show of Birdwomen sculptures from Africa and Europe and realized that they even carved them in Poland during the earth religion era. I guess what I was trying to say was that we need to go back to seeing art as related to spirituality and life, not just an aesthetic idea. Now of course this is quite a common theme. This was almost 20 years ago. That series was popular in France, and I was offered a show at the Sorbonne in Paris and Bordeaux. A French writer said that his first novel was inspired by my paintings.
I also have always loved to observe people in subways and trains and try to see underneath their personas. I did a number of portraits at the time trying to capture this. Then followed many paintings about Masks, the ones we hide behind and the ones that inspire us.
I started to practice Zen Meditation for many years after and that spurred a series called “Silence". Also at the same time I began to be interested in abstract art and tried in this series to harmonize the real with the minimal. I had a solo show with this series in New York, Jadite Gallery. Now for quite awhile I have returned to simplified figures, people I meet in my art community, Queen West, young and old “Hip" people, the ones who move into an area because the artists are there, the ones who proudly walk their dogs who take on their owner's expression. (“Man walking dog" and “Man With Dog")
“Peace" and “Ole for Aging" indicate my mood about aging. As long as I can be involved in art-making I am a happy camper no matter how the clock ticks on.
Most recently, I have been pre-occupied with shooting abstract photos. I just finished a show with them in Toronto in The Lens Factory Gallery. Mostly I love to manipulate photos in Adobe Photoshop, so I started a series called “Envy".
Besides painting, I teach art and lead Creativity and Health Workshops at Universities and private boardrooms and do regular work 3 days a week. Otherwise I couldn't live or afford art supplies. My art work everybody says is strong but a “hard sell". I still don't understand what that means….
Below is a list of some of my exhibitions and awards.
Exhibitions
Salon Grand Palais, Paris, France Figuration Critique, September 1991
Chapelle De La Sorbonne,
Paris Grand Prix De Paris, 1992
Commanderie Museum D'unet,
Bordeaux, France,Grand Prix , D'aquitaine,
Museum Of Miami, Usa, 1992
Montserrat Gallery, New York, Usa May 1991,
August 1991
Gallery Twenty Four, Berlin, Germany October
2001
Ariel Gallery, New York, Usa April/May, 1990
Total Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada March, 2001
Pekao Gallery, Toronto, Canada April/May, 1993
Arcturus Gallery, Toronto, Canada April/May,
1998
Ashton/Evicta Gallery, Toronto,Canada
February/March, 2000
Re-Focus Now Gallery, London, Uk, 2001-2002
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, St. Thomas
University
Antwerp, Belgium, Gallery Sd Worx 2004
Pulcheria Arte, Rome, Italy September 2001
Entreprendre Gallery – Avignon, France, 2003
Arta Gallery – Toronto, 2004
Aca Gallery – Toronto, 2006
Gitoni Exhibtion, Toronto, Canada, May 2006
Art Square Gallery, Toronto, Canada, June 2007
Jadite Gallery – Solo Exhibit, New York, 2008
Ocad Alumni Window Gallery, Toronto 2009
Bezpala Brown Gallery, Toronto 2010
Gallery 1313 - 2018, 2017
Gevik Gallery 2018
Nya Gallery 2019
Awards
“Gold Medal Award" - France, presented for paintings, 2001
Winner of Juried Exhibition - New York Contemporary and Spanish Artists in Barcelona, Spain - 1990
IDAA 2001 Digital Art Awards
IIAPC Art Contest in Japan
Dictionnaire Drouot Cotation 2004 – Contemporary Artists
1er Grand Prix International de Peinture et Sculpture du
3 au 19 Julliet 2004 Festival d"Avignon
Leonardo da Vinci 2009 – “The Leonardo da Vinci's true face" by Associazone Culturale “Italia in Arte", Universita del Salento
Education:
Education
AOCAD - Ontario College of Art and Design - Fine Arts
BA – University of Toronto
Digital Photography - GBC
Awards & Distinctions:
Awards
“Gold Medal Award" - France, presented for paintings, 2001
Winner of Juried Exhibition - New York Contemporary and Spanish Artists in Barcelona, Spain - 1990
IDAA 2001 Digital Art Awards
IIAPC Art Contest in Japan
Dictionnaire Drouot Cotation 2004 – Contemporary Artists
1er Grand Prix International de Peinture et Sculpture du
3 au 19 Julliet 2004 Festival d"Avignon
Leonardo da Vinci 2009 – “The Leonardo da Vinci's true face" by Associazone Culturale “Italia in Arte", Universita del Salento
Artistic Influences:
I am influenced by expressive art that portrays emotions. - love Alice Neel, Modigliani, Milt Kobayashi and many many others...
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