Robin Arseneault: up front

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Robin Arseneault, "Hairy Drawing #7," 2019

graphite & dry pigment on Kinwashi paper, 17" x 25"

up front w/ Robin Arseneault

For years galleries have used the term "back room" when referencing a secondary exhibition space that highlights artist and offers a sense of discovery in viewing the most current and cutting edge work that is coming out of an artists studio.   JHG is no different, with the exception that our back room is located up front.

up front  w/ Robin Arseneault will feature the latest studio work by this multidisciplinary artist. This new series includes a suite of ten Hairy Drawings on Kinwashi paper, each is printed and smudged back into with dry pigments. We are immediately aware of the materiality and tactility of these hairy surfaces. The Hairy Drawings conjure up a disembodied figure, replete with hilarity and sensuality. This fractured sense of body continues with the intimate Table Sculptures, made from a variety of materials including ceramic, bronze clay, found wood and brass.Born in 1975, Arseneault received her MFA from the Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland (2005), and her BFA from the Alberta College of Art & Design, Canada (1998). She has completed residencies at the Banff Centre and has been the recipient of multiple awards and grants throughout her career from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and Alberta Heritage. She was a recipient of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award in 2008 and a long list Nominee for the Sobey Art Award in 2007. Arseneault has exhibited internationally, including Canada, USA, Scotland, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, and Iceland. In 2011, she completed a public sculpture commission, Hunting Blind, in conjunction with the Art Gallery of Alberta, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Most recently her work was part of Monsoon, an exhibition at the Griffin Art Projects in Vancouver, BC, with Katie Ohe, Christian Eckart, Evan Penny and Isla Burns.  A number of Robin's work can be found in the collection of Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Art Gallery of Alberta, Maison Simons Corporate Collection, the Fairmont Hotels (permanent art collection) and numerous others across North America.