Giorgia Volpe
Giorgia Volpe Artist in Residence Artist in Residence
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Ma convenient feeds of gestures and objects from the domestic sphere. She led me to experiment polymorphic: in situ projects, video installation, photography and drawing. To accomplish my work, I regularly convenes traditional handicrafts such as weaving, embroidery, knitting, basketry, quilting, mapping, etc.. Through textile metaphor, I accumulate in the everyday gestures memory carriers to make a crossing point between real space and imaginary. Born in Sao Paulo (Brazil), Giorgia Volpe, visual artist and media, lives and works in Quebec since 1998. His work has been presented in Brazil, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Cuba and Europe. She participated in the exhibition It happened near you, Contemporary art in Quebec, the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec. She has made numerous solo and group exhibitions, residency projects and government interventions: among others the International Symposium of Engraving and Picture (Edmonton), Centre Vu, the White House, instead, to videotape, to Engramme at the AKI Art (Quebec) , Praxis (St. Teresa), 3rd Imperial (Granby), Dare-Dare to Instant Landscape, at the Darling Foundry (Montreal), Area F (Matane), at Broad and Vague (Carleton). His works are part of several collections of contemporary art in Brazil and Canada.
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Substitute Material For Waxing Strips
Giorgia Volpe 
My artistic approach " is inspired by the gestures and items that go to make up domestic, household reality. This leads me to engage in polymorphous experimentation through in situ installations, photography and drawing. To create my work, I regularly make use of techniques derived from traditional crafts such as weaving, embroidery, knitting, wickerwork, quilting, card making, etc. Using fabric as metaphor, I assemble those gestures from daily household life which are rich with memory, creating a passageway between a real and imaginary space . Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Giorgia Volpe has been living and working in Quebec since 1998 as an artist in the visual and media arts. Her work has been presented in Brazil, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Cuba and Europe. She participated In The It happened near you, the current art exhibition at Quebec Presented at the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec. She has-been featured in solo and group exhibitions Numerous and participated in residency projects and public debates in coming Such As The International Symposium on Printmaking and Images in Edmonton, the Centre Vu, The White House, The Place, The Band Video Engramme, The protest art (Quebec), Praxis (St. Teresa), The 3rd Imperial (Granby), Dare-Dare, Instant Landscape, The Darling Foundry (Montreal), Space F (Matane), Vast and Vague (Carleton). Her work has-been included in IS SEVERAL contemporary art collections in Brazil and Canada.
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