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Gabrielle Teaney

Truro
Following an eight year stay in Canada, Gabrielle Teaney applies her distinctive style to her new Cornish home, reflecting on the transient nature of technology, life and the environment

My studies are in Photography and Art History, I am a self-taught painter and drawer. I started my career as a portrait artist then developed my creative voice during a 5 year period in Saskatchewan, Canada. After a rigorous mentorship application process, I took part in a year long mentorship which culminated in my first solo show. My work in oils are colourful, layered and geometric. They explore transitions and a sense of place by taking found structures, machinery and objects in our landscape, and superimposing them to create unusual compositions and shapes. Since then I have moved to Quebec where I completed my BA in Art History and recently back to Cornwall. Similarly to my SK experience, I have redeveloped myself in these new surroundings and completed my second solo show. I was a Cultivator Kernow member and am a CAMP member.

 

Exhibitions:

Spirit of Cornwall, group show, Cornwall Museum, Truro, October 2023

Found in Cornwall, solo show, Veryan Galleries, Cornwall, September 2023

We Will Survive, collaborative exhibition, Jupiter gallery, Cornwall, May 2021

Bringing Nature Forward, solo show, Cultural Centre, Moose Jaw SK, June 2017

Emergence, collaborative exhibition, Gravelbourg SK, 2016

L’envol de l’Inspiration, collaborative exhibition, Moose Jaw, 2015

Pop-Up Downtown, site-specific exhibition, Regina SK, 2014

Artists in Action Day, open day for the public, Cultural Centre, Moose Jaw, 2013

Flat Art, juried exhibition, University of Regina SK, 2012

Work:

Botanical & animal commission for Garderie Nature, QC, Canada, 2019 

Artfarm Festival, in-situ portraits, Weyburn SK, 2014-2017

Art educator for children, teenagers and adults, Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery, SK, 2012 - 2017

Commissioned Portraits, UK, 2008 - 2012

Education:

Mentorship, Cultivator Kernow, Cornwall, 2023

BA Open Degree, Art History, Open University, 2019

Mentorship Program, Carfac Sask, Canada, 2016-2017

HND Photography in the Arts, Swansea Institute, 2003

Photography Foundation, Clifton College, Bristol, 2001

Memberships:

CAMP

Cultivator Cornwall

CARFAC Sask

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