Contributor

Roula Partheniou’s practice explores the replica and how the remaking of a familiar object can shift our perception and perspective. Her projects take the form of sculptural installations that make use of material puns, context, colour cues, and various degrees of trompe l'oeil to deconstruct the familiar and trigger a reconsideration of common forms. Her work questions how we see and read objects and challenges the viewer to negotiate between the perceived and the actual. She has exhibited throughout Canada and internationally, with recent exhibitions at Oakville Galleries (Oakville); The Art Gallery of Peterborough (Peterborough); Owens Art Gallery (Sackville, NB); Blackwood Gallery (Mississauga); The Power Plant (Toronto); Museum of Bat Yam (Bat Yam, Israel); Plug In ICA (Winnipeg) and MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA). Forthcoming exhibitions include Tanya Bonakdar (New York); Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran (Montreal); UWAG (Waterloo); MKG127 (Toronto) and The Dunlop Art Gallery (Regina). She is represented by MKG127 in Toronto.