Rita McKeough

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Rita McKeough is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist[1] who frequently works in installation and performance.

She was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 1951. McKeough completed her BFA at the University of Calgary in 1975 and her MFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1979.[2] She currently teaches at Alberta College of Art and Design and resides in Calgary, Alberta.[3] She was the winner of a 2009 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.[4]

Notable Works

The Lions Share, 2012

University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, 2012; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 2013  

Wilderment, 2010

Art Gallery of Alberta, Timeland: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2010; Neutral Ground, Solo Exhibition, May, 2013  

Alternator, 2008-2012

2008, Nuit Blanche, Toronto; 2009, ArtCity Festival, Calgary; 2009, Art in the Streets Festival, Lethbridge; 2012, Oh Canada! MassMoCA, Boston.

Bibliography

  1. Wark, Jayne (2004). Tanya Mars and Johanna Householder, ed. Caught in the Act: Canadian Women in Performance. Toronto: YYZ Books. pp. 344–51. 
  2. Hurtig, Annette (1994). Rita McKeough: An Excavation. Glenbow. p. 12. ISBN 1895379148. 
  3. Beaumont, Hillary (Spring 2014). "Industrial Feast". Visual Arts News 35 (3): 14–16. 
  4. Anderson, Heather (2007). Wilderness Acts. Halifax: Eyelevel Art Gallery. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-0-9682601-4-2. 

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=3666 Accessed February 1, 2014
  2. ↑ Hurtig, Annette (1994). Rita McKeough: An Excavation. Glenbow. p. 12. ISBN 1895379148. 
  3. ↑ http://www.acad.ca/rmckeough.html Accessed February 1, 2014
  4. ↑ http://ggavma.canadacouncil.ca/en/archive/2009/winners Accessed February 1, 2014

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