Nationality Canadian Name Carol Wainio | Known for Painting Books Carol Wainio: Dialogue | |
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Awards George Gilmour Award (1985), Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Academician award (2004), Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts (2014) Education NSCAD University, University of Toronto, Concordia University | ||
Carol wainio 2014 canada council laureate a film by julie perron
Carol Wainio (born 1955) is a Canadian painter. Her work, known for its rich, tactile complexity and monochrome colour palette, and has been exhibited in major art galleries in Canada, the U.S., Europe and China. She has won multiple awards, including the Governor General's Award in Visual & Media Arts.
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- Carol wainio 2014 canada council laureate a film by julie perron
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- Life
- Painting career
- Awards
- References
Carol wainio kw ag interactive spaces exhibition video for old masters
Life
Born in Sarnia, Ontario, Wainio is the daughter of Finnish immigrants, Wainio grew up in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. She studied at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and at the University of Toronto and later completed a Master of Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. Wainio lives in Ottawa and is an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa.
Painting career
Wainio's father, who had an interest in art, bought her first painting supplies and showed her how to use them.
Her paintings often reference a variety of sources from fairy tales, medieval manuscripts o the 2008 financial collapse. Wainio's canvases have been described by art critic Emily Falvey as "fairy-tale landscapes littered with the detritus of contemporary consumerism."
Wainio's first solo exhibition took place at the Yarlow/Salzman Gallery, in Toronto, Ontario in 1982. In 1990, her paintings were displayed in the "Aperto" exhibit at the Venice Biennale, in Venice, Italy. In 2010, Wainio's work was featured in a travelling exhibition, Carol Wainio: The Book, curated by Diana Nemiroff and organized and circulated by Carleton University Art Gallery. This exhibition displays Wainio's interest in the evolution of fairy-tales, the art of the copyist, industrialization, and the narrative power of images. It was on display at Carleton University Art Gallery (2010), the Varley Art Gallery (2011), the Kelowna Art Gallery (2013), the Dunlop Art Gallery (2013), the McIntosh Gallery (2013), and the Galerie de l'UQAM (2014).
Wainio's large-scale canvases have also been exhibited in more than 40 museums and galleries, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Shanghai Art Museum in China and the Stedelijk Museum in the Netherlands. Her work can also be found in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and the Art Gallery of Ontario, among other institutions.
Awards
Wainio was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2004. She received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2014 for her outstanding achievements in contemporary visual and media arts.