Artist talk. Nina Canell was born in Växjö, Sweden and currently lives and works in Berlin. Her work has been featured in solo exhibitions at Midway Contemporary in Minneapolis (2013), The Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin (2012), Cubitt Gallery in London (2012), and throughout Europe since 2005. She participated in the Sydney Biennial in 2012, and other group exhibitions, including Intense Proximity: La Trienniale at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, The Devils Fidelity at Marion Goodman Gallery, Paris, Under Destruction at the Swiss Institute, New York, and Leopards in the Temple at the Sculpture Center, New York. She is a recipient of the Edstrandska Stifelsen, Malmö award, the Ars Viva- Preis from the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft in Germany, and the Baloîse Art Prize.
Materiality is a year-long lecture series interrogating material practice in the arts. From conservation to conceptualizing the infinite, this series explores how the material stuff of art practice intersects with making and meaning. Conservators, Curators, Anthropologists, and Artists will debate the topic in a ground-breaking interdisciplinary series brought to you by Blaffer Art Museum and the UH School of Art.
Materiality is supported through the Innovation Grants program of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts which is funded in part by the Houston Endowment, Inc.
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