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WEB INTERVIEW: Lisette Leboeuf nous présente une entrevue avec l’artiste Emily Hermant, présente sa première exposition à la Galerie Artcite au centre-ville de Windsor. Radio-Canada, Matins Sans Frontireres March 14, 2012 (en Francais 6:53)

Read impressions of the show by members of our Critical Writing group at here

“The new sculptural works in the installation are made of interconnected, hand-bent, hardwood planks whose curves and twists create a swirling, energetic, spatial drawing.  By rendering solid hardwood pliable and then bending it in unusual ways, I treat the wood as three-dimensional thread. The unexpected tension of the shaped wood and the configurations and treatment of these forms present the viewer with contradictions:  on the one hand, between material and form, and on the other hand, between the made and the process of making.” – Emily Hermant

Ms. Hermant’s work is presented in conjunction with the 2012 International Woman’s Day celebrations, held annually on March 8.
Setup and opening night on our 2012 flickr page:
Emily Hermant received her BFA With Distinction in Studio Arts and Religion from Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada in 2004, and completed her MFA as a Trustee Scholar from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010, where her work was supported by a research grant from the Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC).  She has exhibited widely in museums, galleries, and festivals in Canada, the United States, South America, and Europe, including the FAB Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University (2011), Articule Artist-run Center for Contemporary Art in Montréal, QC (2010), Hyde Park Art Center (2010), Merchandise Mart (2010), and DOVA Gallery at the University of Chicago (2010) in Chicago, IL, The Triennale di Milano Museum in Milan, Italy (2009), the Biennale Internationale du Lin in Québec (2009), and at the Museum of Arts & Design in New York (2007-8).  Her work has been reviewed in Espace Sculpture, Time Out Chicago, the Chicago Tribune, the Village Voice, American Craft Magazine, and Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, among others.  Hermant has been awarded residencies at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT (2010) and at Studio XX Media Arts Center in Montréal, QC (2004-5), and has been the recipient of grants from the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec (2007, 2009).  Hermant has upcoming solo exhibitions at The Arlington Arts Center in Arlington, VA, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art in Wilmington, DE, and at the Durand Art Institute at Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL (all 2012).  Hermant is currently based in Richmond, VA where she is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Craft and Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University (2011-12). See also here.