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Art NOW series presents Roula Partheniou
Double Double
12 pm | November 4, 2022
University Recital Hall
Free admission, everyone welcome

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Roula Partheniou's largely sculptural practice centers on an exploration of the replica, calling into question the language of everyday objects and the ways that we read and decipher our environment. Utilizing mechanisms such as optical illusion, associative play, visual similes, material puns, colour cues and the double-take, the works draw an alternate logic from commonplace materials.

Partheniou has exhibited throughout Canada and internationally, with recent exhibitions at Marta (Los Angeles); Essex Flowers (NYC); Arroniz Contemporary (Mexico City); Manif d’Art Biennial (Quebec); BMO Project Room (Toronto); and Fundacion Calosa (Guanajuanto).  Her work is held in numerous private, public, corporate and institutional collections including the Bank of Montreal, TD Bank, MunichRe, the Royal Bank of Canada, Blackwood Gallery, Art Museum at University of Toronto, Hyundai Corporation, Fidelity Investments, Soho House Group, The Art Gallery of Peterborough, the Musée d’art contemporaine de Montréal, the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and Fundacion Calosa (Guanajuato, Mexico). In 2019, she was artist-in-residence at Google HQ in Mountainview (CA). She is the co-founder of the Nothing Else Press, a publisher of artist’s books, multiples and editions. She is represented by MKG127, Toronto. 

Artist's website: www.roulapartheniou.com

Images: Courtesy of MKG127 and the artist.
(1) Chalk to Cheese (detail), acrylic on wood, polymer clay, plaster, marker on vellum, Slinky, 2016. Photo credit: Don Hall. 
(2) Tape Rolls, acrylic paing and drywall mesh on wood, 2022. Photo credit: Roula Partheniou.