COLLEGES AND INSTITUTES CANADA 2014 Art Showcase
C O L L E G E S A N D I N S T I T U T E S C A N A D A
2014 Art Showcase
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C O L L E G E S A N D I N S T I T U T E S C A N A D A
2014 Art Showcase
Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) is pleased to
present the first artwork booklet for student donations
from member institutions. This exceptional artwork
now decorates the CICan Secretariat office space in
the beautiful Château Laurier in Ottawa and truly brings
out the spirit of our member colleges within our walls,
in order to constantly inspire us. We are very grateful
to our members and their students for the submissions
presented last spring.
The Art Committee had received numerous excellent
submissions, and after much thought, awarded three
top prizes and three regional awards (Alberta, Ontario
and Quebec). A prize was also awarded for an inspiring
sculpture. Although many students participated, only
those that sent in their original pieces are displayed
within this publication.
We welcome you, during your next trip to Ottawa, to
visit the Secretariat to view the beautiful art pieces that
are adored and commented upon regularly by everyone
passing through our corridors.
We look forward to the next call for art and to your
future submissions in 2015.
Sincerely,
Denise Amyot
President and CEO,
Colleges and Institutes Canada
The Art Committee
Michelle Dupras, Hélène Hardy, Sylvie Legault,
and Maha Surani
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North West Regional College Group Piece Homage to Carl Ray in Textiles 1
Grand Prairie Regional College Patrick Evans Transformations of the Inner Self 3
Canadore College Erik Ruhnke Nature’s Abstraction 5
Grand Prairie Regional College Sheila Shaw Unity 7
Humber College Mackenzie Lenters The Entangling of Spirits / Ubifish 9
Dawson College Madeleine Sibthorpe Dancing Pen 11
Grand Prairie Regional College Marissa (Rizz) Skinner The Wolf Mother 13
Cégep de Victoriaville Samuel Bergeron Gracias a Violeta 15
Lambton College Lorraine Kraayenbrink Transformation in Nature 17
Lambton College Jeff McCoy Peel the Surface “Matched Frequency” 19
Sir Sandford Fleming College Jennifer Pattinson Bottle-Necked 21
Humber College Bruce Redstone Untitled 23
Humber College Karen Eisenberg Untitled 25
Humber College Carmen Davidson Untitled 27
Humber College Jody Rimmer Untitled 29
COLLEGE / INSTITUTE STUDENT(S) ARTWORK NAME
Submitted Artwork
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2014 Art Showcase
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Group Piece
North West Regional College, Saskatchewan
Visual Arts 30
Homage to Carl Ray in textiles
Description
Students Quinton Bull, Lyle Kennedy, Beverly Lennie,
Carrolyn Paddy, Ryley Weenie, Merlin Paddy and Delene
Matchee worked together to analyze forms of art from a
variety of cultures and societies as well as researching
individual artists. Their assignment was to create their
own art influenced by the Canadian artist, Carl Ray.
This mural represents their interpretation of his work.
1st Place
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Transformations Of The Inner Self
Description
Looking deep into the subconscious, images and ideas
blur into an abstraction of forms that provoke thoughts.
This automatic drawing was created without a known
direction, tapping into the brain by replacing the rational
with spontaneity.
Biography
I have been studying visual arts at Grande Prairie
Regional College for the past two and a half years.
Recently, I have been exploring the numerous way
images can be represented in paintings and drawings
with the use of line, color, texture, form and composition.
I often relate the content of my work to philosophical
concepts that provoke thought in the viewer.
Patrick Evans
Grand Prairie Regional College, Alberta
Bachelor Fine Arts University Transfer Program
2nd Place
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Erik Ruhnke
Canadore College, Ontario
Graphic Design
Nature’s Abstraction
Description
The objective of this design was to learn to look for
abstraction in natural and man-made forms. Utilizing
letters in individual photographs to create a larger
composition.
Biography
I’ve been in the Graphic Design program at Canadore
College for almost 2 years, and have developed my
skills, professionalism and some lifetime friendships.
Originally from Chalk River, Ontario, I spent many of
my days outdoors, on the river, in the forest, around
people. It was very easy to find things to illustrate,
paint or photograph. My time at college has brought
me to the realization that this is what I want to do for
a living and that I can do this as a career. I’m a creative
person, I really can’t see myself doing anything
but Design.
3rd Place
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Sheila Shaw
Grand Prairie Regional College, Alberta
Bachelor of Fine Arts University Transfer Program
Unity
Description
The warm color palette represents passion. Aggressive,
masculine energy (red) and soft organic forms which
spread out when manipulated with water (black and
sienna) have distinct shapes, yet each compliments the
other, suggesting a sense of movement and growth
which is their unifying element.
Biography
I was raised on the Gift Lake Metis Settlement and
was a self-taught artist before becoming an art student.
I am the mother of two children and currently a full-time
student in my second year of the Bachelor of Fine Arts
University Transfer Program at Grande Prairie Regional
College. I have always had a love for art, especially
painting. In 2013, I was the recipient of the Jason Lang
Scholarship and the Genus Aboriginal Achievement
Scholarship Program. My goal is to own and operate
an art gallery specializing in Aboriginal Art.
Regional Prize - Alberta
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Mackenzie Lenters
Humber College, Ontario
Visual & Digital Arts
The Entangling of Spirits / Ubifish
Description
This piece is a landscape scene that is ultimately meant
to be rather ambiguous. It depicts two subjects, the
unknown fish and the unknown human, that have by some
means of fate or chance have crossed paths. It is set in a
place that can only be dreamed of upon floating islands.
There is a ruin with steps leading up to it in the middle
foreground, this adds another characteristic of unknown
prehistoric existence to ponder. This piece plays on the
ideas of destiny and spirituality and my love of fishing.
This piece is a digital painting. Created as a submission
for the first annual UBI gallery contest held by UBISOFT.
The painting was a finalist of fifteen chosen submissions
by students and was shown at the Ubisoft Toronto Studio.
Biography
Mackenzie is currently a 2nd year student in the
Visual & Digital Arts Program, Humber College. He is
in his graduating semester and is already playing a very
active role in carving out a successful artistic career.
Despite his disability of being legally blind, Mac has been
a very active participant in his artistic pursuits. The last
couple of years have especially been very fruitful. In 2012,
he had a solo exhibition in Cannington, and Williams Mill
Gallery, Ontario. Mac was also chosen as a finalist in a
prestigious art competition organized by UBISOFT and
showed in UBI Gallery, Holt Renfrew,Toronto. His work has
won numerous prizes and is in various private collections.
Regional Prize - Ontario
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Madeleine Sibthorpe
Dawson College, Québec
Illustration and Design
Dancing Pen
Description
This piece was created to convey how when an artist
holds a pen it is on longer a pen. It has become an
extension of the hand which dances across the page.
Biography
Madeleine Sibthorpe is an artist and illustrator who
creates art work in a variety of mediums. Her work
tends towards a faintly surrealist approach. Madeleine
studied at Dawson college in fine arts and is currently in
illustration and design. Madeleine began exhibiting two
years ago after painting for a charity action called artists
in bloom. Madeleine gets inspired by little things which
many other people would never stop to think about.
Regional Prize - Quebec
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Marissa (Rizz) Skinner
Grand Prairie Regional College, Alberta
Bachelor Fine Arts University Transfer Program
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Wolf Mother
Description
Transformation from written text to a tactile sculpture
depicting the Toadstool Motel. This piece was inspired by
the prelude to the novel “Skinny Legs & All” written by
Tim Robins. This “inn” was constructed from cardboard,
model magic, tinfoil, Paverpol, mirrors, chain & acrylic
paint. It is both a literal and metaphorical representation
of the Toadstool Motel as well as the Room described
in the text.
Biography
Rizz was born in MacKenzie British Columbia, married
young and had children. Early on in the first years of
her children’s lives, she pursued a career in carpentry and
industrial scaffolding. After securing a stable financial
base, she decided to quit her job in the oilfield and
pursue her first love ; Art. As a mature student she finds
her experiences in life and education in construction
greatly helps her imaginative ideas come to fruition. She
currently resides in Grande Prairie Alberta & attends the
Grande Prairie Regional College enrolled in the Bachelor
of Fine Arts Transfer Program.
Sculpture
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Samuel Bergeron
Cégep de Victoriaville, Québec
Agriculture biologique
Gracias a Violeta
Description
Imprégnée du printemps érable, l’oeuvre évoque une
recherche de maturité et une prise de conscience des
irritants récurrents qu’il faut affronter lorsqu’on désire
une transformation sociale. La dialectique entre le fond
cartésien et le personnage délirant provoquent une
impression de confusion : sentiment intrinsèque au
processus de transformation avant son aboutissement.
Biography
Samuel Bergeron a déjà publié Perspective d’un
prisonnier, le voyage un feuillet de poésie illustré. Il a
aussi exploré l’être humain dans une série sur le Bal, non
publiée. Il combine peinture et crayon à l’encre et a une
préférence pour les matière recyclées. Ses créations sont
fortement inspirées des rencontres qu’il fait en voyage et
dans la vie de tous les jours. Il recherche la subversion et
la liberté dans la couleur. Après un passage de quelques
années à l’université, il est de retour dans les classes du
Cégep de Victoriaville en agriculture biologique.
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Lorraine Kraayenbrink
Lambton College, Ontario
Digital Photography
Transformation in Nature
Description
This photo is taken of the St. Clair River in Port
Lambtion, Ontario. The transformation of the St Clair
river is drastic from summer to winter but the view of
her remains incredible. On this subzero morning, even
though I was in a hurry, I took some time to enjoy the
breath taking view and had a moment of reflection.
Biography
Lorraine Kraayenbrink is enrolled in the Digital
Photography program at Lambton College, Sarnia,
Ontario. While raising three children she has decided
to pursue her passion in photography. Through her art
work she hopes to remind people that there is unnoticed
beauty in every day surroundings. Since attending the
photography program she has received a recognition
of outstanding artistic merit in the Lambton College
Student Permanent Art Collection Competition - 2013.
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Jeff McCoy
Lambton College, Ontario
Digital Photography
Peel the Surface “Matched Frequency”
Description
Peel The Surface “Matched Frequency” is the eighth
image of a digital abstract series titled Expression of
Noise. The series was developed as part of a creative
release and personal analysis of ‘general life noise’.
Biography
“Creativity is built around anything we do and anywhere
we choose to build it”. That is the starting point for
whatever Jeff McCoy creates in photography. He is
dedicated to creating memorable images while
exploring his digital artistic side too.
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Jennifer Pattinson
Sir Sandford Fleming College, Ontario
Ceramics
21
Bottle-Necked
Description
Bottle-Necked is a series of three slip-cast and silk-
screened bottles that explore the contradictions of
creating art in a world of conspicuous consumption.
Notions of “mass-production”, “disposable”, “knick-
knacks” and “baubles” impede artistic creation. Yet
here, the artist’s anxiety merges with clay, transforming
inhibitions and affirming the artist’s way forward.
Biography
Canadian ceramics artist Jennifer Pattinson was trained
in Global Studies (Trent University, 2005) and Education
(Lakehead University, 2006) before succumbing to her
artistic voice. In 2013, after teaching for many years, she
decided to pursue ceramics at The Haliburton School of
The Arts. Her art is the result of an ongoing exploration
of the internal struggles between a logical mind and
artistic impulse. This tension manifests itself with highly
disciplined yet simultaneously chaotic and expressive
approaches to form, texture and mark-making. Both
sculptural and functional her works moves from rough,
cracked and raw to highly refined and technical.
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Bruce Redstone
Humber College, Ontario
Creative Photography
UNTITLED
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Karen Eisenberg
Humber College, Ontario
Creative Photography
UNTITLED
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Carmen Davidson
Humber College, Ontario
Creative Photography
UNTITLED
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Untitled
Humber College, Ontario
Creative Photography
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