Carol Wainio

Carol Wainio
Born 1955 (age 59–60)
Sarnia, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Education Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, University of Toronto, Concordia University
Known for Painting
Awards George Gilmour Award (1985), Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Academician award (2004), Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts (2014)

Carol Wainio (born 1955 in Sarnia, Ontario) is a Canadian painter. Her work, known for its rich, tactile complexity and monochrome colour palette, has been exhibited in major art galleries in Canada, the U.S., Europe and China.[1] She has won multiple awards, including the Governor General's Award in Visual & Media Arts.[2]

Life

Wainio grew up in Sarnia, Ontario. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.[3] Wainio lives in Ottawa and is an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa.

Painting career

Wainio's first solo exhibition took place at the Yarlow/Salzman Gallery, in Toronto, Ontario in 1982. In 1990, her painting "Aperto" was displayed in the Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, in Venice, Italy. 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.

Wainio's canvases have been described by art critic Emily Falvey as "fairy-tale landscapes littered with the detritus of contemporary consumerism."[4]

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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Carol Wainio". Paul Petro Contemporary Art. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Carol Wainio". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Carol Wainio Receives 2014 Governor General's Award for Media and Visual Arts". Trepanier Baer. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  4. ↑ "Artist: Carol Wainio". Trepanier Baer Gallery. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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