About the Artist
Phoebe Todd-Parrish is a Canadian artist and printmaker. Currently Phoebe is pursuing her MFA in Printmaking at the University of Alberta.
My practice focuses on the notion of desire for connection and communication in living and non-living things (present/absent, material/imagined) in a shared environment. In an ever-more augmented reality, distinctions between reality and fiction become blurred, affecting our interpersonal relationships through miscommunication, misrepresentation or paramnesia. Using imagery from spaces, textures, and surfaces where inner/outer “worlds” can coalesce, I explore themes of loneliness –and its distinction from aloneness– through narrative worldbuilding.
My practice focuses on the notion of desire for connection and communication in living and non-living things (present/absent, material/imagined) in a shared environment. In an ever-more augmented reality, distinctions between reality and fiction become blurred, affecting our interpersonal relationships through miscommunication, misrepresentation or paramnesia. Using imagery from spaces, textures, and surfaces where inner/outer “worlds” can coalesce, I explore themes of loneliness –and its distinction from aloneness– through narrative worldbuilding.
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Education
2016-Present Master’s of Art and Design, Printmaking, University of Alberta 2015-2016 Master’s of English, York University 2010-2015 BFA hons. dbl. Major in Visual Arts and English, York University Selected Exhibitions and Group shows: Artist May-June 2018, Ottawa Miniature Print Biennial, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa May 2018, Edmonton Landmarks, Community Gallery, SNAP, Edmonton April 2018, SGC International: Altered Landscapes Exhibition, Las Vegas, USA April 2017, HOPE AND FEAR, Group Exhibition, Rutherford Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton May 2017, Lasting Impressions, Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers (SNAP), Edmonton May 2017, Quick/Dirty, The Lodge, Edmonton December 2016, Canadian Mountain Network Art Show, University of Alberta, Edmonton June 2016, Team Up, Graven Feather, Toronto February 2016, Art Outright, Nuvango Gallery, Toronto March 2015, York University Juried BFA Exhibition, Propeller Gallery, Toronto January 2015, Ameliorate, Gallery 1313, 1313A Queen St West, Toronto December 2014 Salon of Inclusiveness, Black Cat Gallery, 2186 Dundas Street West, Toronto November 2014 Bound, Gales Gallery, York University, Toronto August 2014 Shared Places, Shared Spaces, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto August 2014 Under the Hermitage Vaults, State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia May 2014 Underscore: Installation Area Show, Eleanor Winters Arts Gallery, York University, Toronto Exhibitions: Curator April 2016, After Image, 161 Walnut Ave, Toronto Awards 2017-2018 Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS M) 2017 Alberta Foundation For the Arts Graduate Scholarship 2016/2017 Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship, Government of Alberta 2015 Jeannie Thib Print Media Award 2015 Jack Bush Scholarship Fund 2014 Commission from the Division of Advancement at York University 2014 The State Hermitage Museum Foundation of Canada, Art Semester Residency in St. Petersburg, Russia. 2014 York University Student Mural Award, Toronto, Ontario 2014 Holt Renfrew Window Design/Installation Competition, Toronto, Ontario 2014 Kondor Fine Arts Award, York University Juried Portfolios Collections Academic Papers - Presentations 2017 26 October "Objects Unknown: Kijiji, Online Materiality and Being Alone", panel presentation UAAC - AAUC - Universities Art Association of Canada Conference, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff Alberta 2018 January 30 - Artist Talk, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta |