Bonnie Devine
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Bonnie Devine is an Ojibway installation artist, performance artist, sculptor, curator, and writer from Toronto, Ontario. She is currently the Interim Director of the Aboriginal Visual Cultural Program and Associate Professor in the faculties of Art and Liberal Studies at the Ontario College of Art and Design.
. In 1997 Devine graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design, with degrees in sculpture and installation, and she earned her master of fine arts degree at York University
in 1999.
, she created eight-foot long knitting needles and knitted 250 feet of copper cable to bring attention to the contamination of the Kashechewan water system. She has fashioned full-sized canoes from paper and works with natural materials such as reeds in her 2009 piece, New Earth Braid. She also created land-based installations.
in 1999, a variety of awards from the Ontario College of Art and Design, as well as many grants and scholarships. She has been chosen for the 2011 Eiteljorg Museum fellowship.
Background
Bonnie Devine was born in Toronto and is a member of the Serpent River First NationSerpent River First Nation
The Serpent River First Nation, a signatory to the Robinson Huron Treaty of 1850, is an Anishinaabe First Nation in the Canadian province of Ontario, located midway between Sault Ste...
. In 1997 Devine graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design, with degrees in sculpture and installation, and she earned her master of fine arts degree at York University
York University
York University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
in 1999.
Artwork
As a conceptual artist, Devine works a variety of media. At a 2007 solo exhibition, Medicine River, at the Axéneo 7 art space in QuebecQuebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, she created eight-foot long knitting needles and knitted 250 feet of copper cable to bring attention to the contamination of the Kashechewan water system. She has fashioned full-sized canoes from paper and works with natural materials such as reeds in her 2009 piece, New Earth Braid. She also created land-based installations.
Awards and recognition
Devine has received numerous awards, including 2002 Best Experimental Video at the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, the Toronto Arts Awards Visual Arts Protegé Award in 2001, the Curry Award from the Ontario Society of ArtistsOntario Society of Artists
Founded in 1872, the Ontario Society of Artists is Canada's oldest continuously operating art society. The list of objectives drawn up by the founding executive included 'the fostering of Original Art in the province, the holding of Annual Exhibitions, and formation of an Art Library and Museum...
in 1999, a variety of awards from the Ontario College of Art and Design, as well as many grants and scholarships. She has been chosen for the 2011 Eiteljorg Museum fellowship.
Published work
- Devine, Bonnie, Duke Redbird, and Robert Houle. The Drawings and Paintings of Daphne Odjig: A Retrospective Exhibition. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2007. ISBN 978-0888-848406.
External links
- Bonnie Devine, timeline of images at the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art
- Station Gallery Artists Interview: Bonnie Devine - Medicine Basket, Body Bags