Cynthia Girard-Renard
Canadian artist
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Cynthia Girard-Renard (born 1969), also known as Cynthia Girard, is a Canadian artist.[1]
Goldsmiths, University of London (MFA)
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| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Education | Université du Québec à Montréal (BFA) Goldsmiths, University of London (MFA) |
| Website | www |
Education
Girard-Renard earned their Bachelor of Fine Arts from Université du Québec à Montréal and their Master of Fine Arts from Goldsmiths, University of London in 1998.[2][3]
Career
In 1995, Girard-Renard released a collection of poetry titled "A Disappeared Death."[4] In 2008, they participated in a group exhibition titled "Triennale québécoise" which was displayed at Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. The following year, their solo exhibit "Tous les oiseaux sont ici" was on display In Berlin.[4]
In 2016, their piece "Les Sans-culottes" was on display at the Hugues Charbonneau Gallery. The series of puppets, banners and paintings was worked on by Girard-Renard during their 2015, residency and was meant to reimagine the French Revolution.[5] She displayed a second solo exhibit at the gallery in 2018 titled, "Love and Anarchy," after the film by the same name.[6]
In 2017, their satirical painting series "Our Mad Masters" was on display at Musée d'art de Joliette. The title was derived from Jean Rouch’s anthropological film the 1995 film Les maîtres fous.[7] While working as an artist in resident at Concordia University, her solo exhibition "La Main Invisible" was picked up at the McClure Gallery.[8] As well, their work "No Foreigners" was on display at the National Gallery of Canada for the 2017 Canadian Biennial.[9]
In 2018, they were one of the first recipients of the Takao Tanabe Purchase Prize in Painting for Young Artists.[10] Later that year, they were awarded the Prix Louis-Comtois by the Association of Contemporary Art Galleries (AGAC) and the City of Montreal.[3]
Collections
Their work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,[11] the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,[12] and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.[1]