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ARTIST STATEMENT

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​I have always been interested in narratives and they are a recurring theme in my work. Some of the areas I’ve been interested in are about personal memories as well as identity and place.

My current work continues my interest in narrative specifically as it relates to the environment and our place within it as well as our transitions through it. I work in multiple media and image sets simultaneously and my current directions include our intimate experience in wild spaces, fleeting moments in relation to time of day, year and era as well as interactions with the natural world.

I specifically like the textural and sculptural aspect of the needle felt work as it simulates the undulations and dimensional aspects of the images I’m creating. They become more of a living and tactile environment, encouraging the viewer to touch and reminisce.
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I also use wet and needle felting, acrylic painting, and mixed media collage as a base for story telling. I greatly enjoy exploring new media and it’s interplay with the subject because I want the materials to be integral and supportive of the stories I’m trying to portray. I am also intrigued by the textural and mixed media potential of the materials I use on both a visual and emotive level. The materials I use can range from raw wool, paint, photo transfer, hand made and printed papers to acrylic paint, hand stitching and horse hair.

ARTIST BIO


​Corinne Cowell is a mixed media artist who was born in Toronto, Canada. She received her BFA from the Alberta College of Art and Design (now the Alberta University of the Arts) and her work is retained in many collections both commercial and private.

She is an award winning graphic designer and fine artist. After pausing to raise her young family, in 2010 she decided to refocus almost entirely on fine art and fine craft. She discovered a love of fibre in 2011 and has been developing and refining her technique in order to create a unique style of presentation for her fibre and felted work.

Her current work deals with narratives and memories as well as the environment and our place within it. She uses whatever media supports her imagery and theme ranging from needle and wet felted wool, acrylic paint and photography, water colour and ink, to silk, paper, and horse hair to express her visual stories.

She has exhibited her paintings and fibre pieces in many shows and is currently working on several private commissions. Corinne lives and works in Calgary, AB.
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EXHIBITION RECORD

Exhibition Record
​2019    cSPACE King Edward, 2nd Floor Hallway Gallery, Calgary AB
2018    Art Market, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary AB
2017    cSPACE King Edward, 3rd Floor Hallway Gallery, Calgary AB
2017    Harris-Warke Gallery, 'Inventing Narratives', Red Deer AB
2017    Alberta Craft Council - Discovery Gallery, 'Prairie Narratives'
, Edmonton AB
2017    Art Market, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary AB
2016    Alberta Craft Council, 'Along the Bow', Canmore AB

2016    Alberta Craft Gallery, 'Along the Bow', Calgary AB
2016    Art Market, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary AB
2015    Okotoks Art Gallery, Art in the Hall Program - Municipal Building, May-June

2015    Alberta Craft Council - Discovery Gallery, 'Coming Up Next', Edmonton AB
2014    Reflections West Summer Art Show (Stampede Week - Emerging Artist), Calgary AB

2014    Art Market, TELUS Convention Centre, Calgary AB
2012    Nature Conservancy of Canada 50th Anniversary Gala, Calgary AB

2012    Sheep Creek Weavers Fibre Arts Guild Annual Show, Millarville AB
2011    Sheep Creek Weavers Fibre Arts Guild Annual Show, Millarville AB

2011    Inaugural Green Calgary Fundraising Gala, Calgary AB
2001    Down to Earth - Group Show, Calgary AB
1992    Illingworth Kerr Gallery - Graduating Show

1991    Marion Nicoll Gallery - Printmaking Show
1991    Calgary City Hall, Main Mall - Printmaking Show

Collections/Commissions
Alberta College of Art and Design - Printmaking Department, Teaching Collection
Faculty of Fine Arts, Institute of Pedagogy, Ostrava Czechoslovakia, Collective Exhibition - Retained
Multiple Private Collections and Commissions, National and International
Workers Compensation Board of Alberta - Corporate Collection

Related Activities
2011-13    Sheep Creek Weavers Fibre Arts Guild - Member
2015 -   Alberta Craft Council Professional Member
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