Visiting Artist and Scholar Series

Tanya Rusnak is an interdisciplinary artist who lives and works in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She studied at the Alberta College of Art + Design and l’’École Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg, France, prior to obtaining a Master of Fine Arts degree in Art with a specialization in interdisciplinary work from the University of Calgary. Working predominantly through the mediums of drawing and installation, Rusnak’s research focuses on drawing viewers into a reflective experience in which the environment serves as the temporal dimension around which meanings and processes are formulated. Exhibitions of the artist’s work have been presented at various exhibition spaces across Canada and abroad, including: the Illingworth Kerr Gallery (Calgary, Alberta), the Art Gallery of Alberta (Edmonton, Alberta), the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (Lethbridge, Alberta), The Confederation Centre Art Gallery, (Charlottetown, P.E.I) and the Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff, Alb erta). The recipient of various awards and honours, including grants from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Canada Council for the Arts, her work is held in national and international collections. Tanya Rusnak currently teaches within the School of Visual Studies at the Alberta College of Art and Design. Free and open to the public More Info: http://arts.ucalgary.ca/events/art-visiting-artist-and-scholar-series-0

Location:

Gallery Hall – Taylor Family Digital Library

Speaker:

Tanya Rusnak

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/visiting-artist-and-scholar-series