Shanie Tomassini
Through a practice rooted in sculpture and drawing, Shanie Tomassini explores the renewable and cyclical experience of objects, places and ideas. Evoking sustainability, craft and ecofeminism, she reflects on the sacred that permeates the everyday.
In her work, she analyzes the nature of a material and its evolution in space and time. Her work explores the ramifications of an existential crisis and her ideas often crystallize around a form that becomes a motif of poetic emancipation. She uses symbols from her daily life that she interprets in a divinatory manner through her sculptures and drawings. Her projects often take the form of self-therapeutic ruses to cope with a chronic eco-anxiety, symptomatic of the current era.
Shanie Tomassini’s studio is sponsored by the generous support of Cogir Real Estate in 2023-2024.
Biography
Shanie Tomassini has presented several solo exhibitions in Canada, the United States and Europe, including at the Centre Clark (Montreal), Tenerife Espacio de las Artes in Spain and the UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum (Austin), where she was the 2018 recipient of the institution's award. Shanie Tomassini holds a master's degree in sculpture from the University of Texas (Austin) and a bachelor's degree in visual arts from L'UQÀM.
Recent exhibitions
| 2024 | As Above, so Below, duo exhibition, Patel Brown, Montréal, CA |
| 2023 | Conditions d'utilisation, group exhibition, Phi Foundation, Montreal, CA Personal Allegories, group exhibition, Patel Brown, Toronto, CA |
| 2022 | COLAPSO, group exhibition, Tenerife Espacio de Las Artes (TEA), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, ES Material Knowledge, group exhibition, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, US Mortarium, solo exhibition, Rad’Art, San Romano, IT Mystic Toolkit, group exhibition, Artpace, San Antonio, US |
| 2021 | iPhone Rituel, solo exhibition, Centre Clark, Montréal, CA Le spectre des objets, group exhibition, Sporobole, Sherbrooke, CA Water Whispering Through the Drain, group exhibition, Courtyard Gallery, Austin, US |
| 2019 | The Cheetos Puff Experiment, Thesis Exhibit, Visual Art Center, Austin, US Outdoor Cat, group exhibition, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas, US |
| 2018 | Slippery Clump, solo exhibition, UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum, Austin, US A Witch is Born Out of the True Hungers of her Time, TAP Art Space, duo with Guillaume Adjutor Provost, Montreal, CA Les propriétés mathématiques d’un beigne, Group exhibition, CIRCA Art Actuel, Montreal, CA |