Meet and Greet with Mana Rouholamini followed by Vernissage
A discussion at 3pm with Mana Rouholamini on her exploration of the memory of stone and water, followed by the versissage of the exhibition at 5pm.
Description
This event offers participants the opportunity to meet and talk with visual artist Mana Rouholamini on the occasion of her exhibition, Empreintes, in which she explores the memory of stone and water and the way they communicate with each other. The artist asks: How can narration, the power of storytelling, and the need to tell unite the elements of water and stone, so different at first glance? Meeting hosted by Nayla Naoufal, the festival’s artistic director.
The discussion is followed by the opening of the Empreintes exhibition in the Gesù hall at 5 p.m.
Mana Rouholamini wishes to thank the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario for their support.
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Mana Rouholamini
Originally from Iran and based in Ottawa, visual artist Mana Rouholamini (she, her) explores the notions of identity, language and the meaning of words through the prism of different languages using installations, drawings, in situ actions, prints, artist books and digital prints. Her work is nourished by literature, proverbs, traditions and folklore stories that she tries to actualize and contextualize. She has received her BFA in Visual Communication from Azad University in Tehran and her MFA in Visual Arts from York University. Some exhibitions include: being | née | être | born, Corridor 45|75, Ottawa; … de patience, Karsh Masson Gallery, Ottawa, Marcher le texte, Ottawa School of Art, Orléans; Create this revolution, Gallery 101, Ottawa; Partager le vœu à Granby, 3e impérial, centre d’essai en art actuel, Granby, Québec.
le Gesù
The Centre de créativité du Gesù offers audiences and artists spaces and experiences that inspire, encourage questioning, and provoke encounters, with the aim of fostering expression and accessibility to art.
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Mana Rouholamini
