Marina Roy

Marina Roy
Born Quebec, Canada
Nationality Canadian
Known for Artist, Writer
Awards VIVA
Website http://www.marinaroy.ca/

Marina Roy is a visual artist, educator and writer based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Life

Roy was born in Quebec, and moved to Vancouver in her youth. She obtained a B.A. in French Literature at Université Laval, a B.F.A. from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and an M.F.A. from the University of British Columbia. She has shown nationally and internationally, including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Contemporary Art Gallery, Centre A, Malaspina, and Or Gallery. She is an Associate Professor[1] at the University of British Columbia, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory.

Artistic practice

Roy's practice is cross disciplinary, with a focus on drawing, painting and animation. Her work investigates material intelligence in a post-humanist perspective. The evolution of her practice draws upon Freud and Bataille, demonstrating modes of fantasy, eroticism, and compulsion by way of changed symbols and recognized icons. The Canadian artist's use of cartoons also aligns her with the domain of the death drive: According to Žižek, characters like Wile E. Coyote occupy a libidinal space where one can live through any catastrophe.[2]

Collaborations

Roy has collaborated with artist Natasha McHardy as the group "Roy & McHardy", in video performance productions of a DIY ethos. Roy has also collaborated on a web-site project with David Clark and Graham Meiser, creating an online extension of her book Sign After the X.[3] She has also collaborated with artist Abbas Akhavan[4] in artworks, such as the video installation Victoria Day (Bombay Sapphire), wherein they update Manet, with a performance titled "liquid luncheon on the grass", as well as duo exhibitions such as Neighbours[5] and Fire/Fire.[6]

Exhibitions

Bibliography

Reviews

  • Claer, José "Menage a trois: entre l'humain, l'animal et l'art,[14]"
  • Dahle, Sigrid "When the Mood Strikes Us…"[15]
  • Milroy, Sarah "Pictures are out—experience is in"[16]
  • Witt, Andrew "Contemporary Public Art at Vancouver Library" [17]
  • Tomic, Milena "Everyday Every Other Day"[18]

Writing

Marina Roy's art practice and writing inform and intersect in their investigation of material, language, history and ideology. She published Sign after the x (Artspeak/Arsenal Pulp Press) in 2001. She contributes reviews and critical essays, for artists such as Lyse Lemieux and Abbas Akhavan, in various magazines and catalogues, and is currently on the Editorial board and contributor of leftcoastart.ca along with Randy Lee Cutler, Ariane Noël de Tilly, and Christine D'Onofrio.

Publications

  • Roy's first book, Sign After the x (with Artspeak Gallery) was published in 2002.[19]
  • In Haguenau Forest [20](short story), in there's something I want to show you
  • Holy Shit [21] C Magazine, December 2010

Honours

  • VIVA Award, 2010[22]

References

  1. ↑ University of British Columbia, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory. "Marina Roy".
  2. ↑ Tomic, Milena (2006). "Everyday Every Other Day". Border Crossings. 25 (4): 107–08.
  3. ↑ Roy, Marina. "Sign After the x". Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Akhavan, Abbas. "Abbas Akhavan".
  5. ↑ Ritter, Kathleen (2009). "Marina Roy-Abbas Akhavan". Esse (65): 70.
  6. ↑ Muir, Justin (2012). Fire/Fire. Vancouver, BC: Malaspina Printmakers Society. ISBN 9780969299868.
  7. ↑ "Your Kingdom to Command, Vancouver Art Gallery".
  8. ↑ Artspeak Gallery. "Once things are reduced to nothing".
  9. ↑ Centre A. "Fire Fire".
  10. ↑ La Centrale. "What's pushed out the door comes back through the window".
  11. ↑ Contemporary Art Gallery. "CAG - Marina Roy".
  12. ↑ Vancouver Art Gallery. "Unreal".
  13. ↑ Vancouver Art Gallery. "How Soon is Now".
  14. ↑ Claer, José (Summer 2009). "Menage a trois: entre l'humain, l'animal et l'art". Revue Liaison (137): 40–41.
  15. ↑ Dahle, Sigrid (2009). "When the Mood Strikes Us…" (108): 121–122.
  16. ↑ Milroy, Sarah (14 February 2009). "Globe & Mail". The Globe and Mail.
  17. ↑ Witt, Andrew. "Contemporary Public Art at Vancouver Library". White Hot Magazine. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
  18. ↑ Tomic, Milena (2006). "Everyday Every Other Day". Border Crossings. 25 (4): 107–108.
  19. ↑ Roy, Marina (2002). "Sign after the x". Arsenal Pulp Press, 2002.
  20. ↑ Dahl, Sigrid (2011). in there's something I want to show you. Winnipeg: Lives of Dogs.
  21. ↑ Roy, Marina (December 2010). "Holy Shit". C Magazine.
  22. ↑ Shadbolt, Jack & Doris. "VIVA Award Winners". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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