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KRISTI ROPELESKI: VANISHING POINT
September 8th – October 14th 2017
Opening on Friday September 8th at 5:30pm
Project description
As an artist and painter Ropeleski is interested in how we represent our world to ourselves and in how these representations influence us in return. Using classical painting techniques, she deliberately exaggerates the realism of her images. In Vanishing Point, she explores the relationships between pictorial space, illusion and desire.
Photo: Guy L’Heureux
Kristi Ropeleski is a Montreal-based artist. Her paintings have been exhibited internationally over the span of the past 10 years in diverse venues such as The Philoctetes Center for the Study of the Imagination in New York City and at the Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art. She studied at Dawson College, Concordia University and holds a Master’s degree in Visual Arts from York University. She is also professionally trained in makeup application, photography and ceramics. As ongoing education, she is self-training in classical painting and drawing techniques. She has received several awards, scholarships and grants, from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, The Social sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and the Canada Council for the Arts. She worked for several years in the commercial industry designing prototype paintings for the home décor market under the pseudonym Mia Archer. She is a member at articule and Skol, and sat on the board of directors at articule between 2014 and 2016. Currently, she teaches painting and drawing at Dawson College. https://kristiropeleski.com
Text by Christina Bagatavicius
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