ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

The flower has been a perennial theme in Art history. Its reexamination throughout the ages has allowed it to possess multiple meanings. In the still life tradition, it came to represent mortality or the fleeting aspect of time. Georgia O'keefe likened it to the delicate folds of the female genitalia with Judy Chicago going as far as to suggest that such forms were to be understood as characters in a female visual language that could equate to the male monolith. Unafraid of it's loaded history, the artists in this show resolved to approach the theme of the flower with renewed vigor and each in a different way that reflected their individual art practice.

Hai Ying Ding
Hai Ying Ding was born in China and now lives in Montreal. She has studied Studio Arts and Film Animation at Concordia University and is going to receive her BFA in 2007. She has mainly focused on painting, animation, and photography mediums.
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
- Quote from Ranbindranath Tagore <<Stray Bird>>

Mona Sharma
Mona Sharma has lived in Montreal all her life. Her travels include India (5 times), Various parts of Canada and the United States. She received a Fine Arts DEC from Dawson College in 2002 and a BFA from Concordia University in 2007. She works in several different mediums, primarily painting and soft sculpture.
I aim to present the flower in its natural environment but with added dramaticism in the soft sculpture/installation piece.

Nathalie Quagliotto
(b. 1984) She is an Italian Canadian installation artist. She has received her BFA in 2007 from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada where she has held numerous exhibits. She has recently begun the MFA program at the University of Waterloo where she will pursue her studies on the exteroceptive body senses and art.
An intervention in a public place always interests me. It helps push the boundaries of my artistic ideas and brings them to life. My artistic practice focuses on the concept of using one’s senses, other than vision, to access an art form. I concentrate on the manipulation of place, intervention, and the use of senses for the perceiver to notice and interpret art. My goal in my installation piece is to stop
people in their daily activities through art to get them to notice the subtle beauty and complexity of a simple object or location in which they interact with everyday, all while ignoring it completely.

Zhen Hong Jia
ZhenHong Jia was born in Beijing China and studied decorative art atthe Academy of Arts and Design of the Tsinghua University. Throughout her many years as a graphic designer, Zhen Hong Jia never gave up her passion for painting in China. In 2001, she moved toMontreal and has beenworking on her painting until now.
Peace is a mood but also a concept that is found in beauty. The feeling of peace that I cherish enables me to experience beauty and translate it into my artwork.

Exhibition dates:
December 6 - 15, 2007
Vernissage:
Saturday, December 8, 2007 from 2pm onwards