Cameo and Cameo Revisited
1986 – 2020
Cameo
1986
The central image in Cameo is a damaged porcelain print that I salvaged in 1985 from a now-demolished warehouse in London, Ontario. The woman whose image it is, the circumstances surrounding its making, its perversion, and at whose hand—all are unknown to me. These unknowns create a tension; they invest the image with strength while, at the same time, posing disturbing questions.
Miriam Fabijan (London Life: Young Contemporaries ‘87 catalogue notes)
Cameo revisited: portrait study; miniatures; view finder
1988
Cameo animated: hand cinema
flip book, disintegrating photocopies
centre page, plus details (intermittent pages)
1990
On the edge of beauty and disruption
pen and ink on paper
shadow cameo, self-portrait
2020
my intimacy
Deeply
pen and ink on paper
self portraits
2020
SOLO EXHIBITION
1986
Images in Context. Off Centre Gallery (The New Gallery), Calgary, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020-21
The Many Paths That Have Led Us Here: Stories of Resilience in the Arts. Miriam Fabijan, curator, Arts Commons +15, Calgary, Canada; 1990
Window #1: Cameo revisited
Window #2: On the edge of beauty and disruption
Window #3: Deeply
2021
Art from the Unknown 2021. Alberta NDP caucus temporary virtual gallery, Canada
2021
Portraits of Resilience. Online exhibition. Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, Canada
1990
La Bouche Dan La Mur (Cameo revisited.) Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
1987–88
London Life; Young Contemporaries ’87. Touring exhibition.
London Regional Art Gallery, London, Canada
Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Canada
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada
Concordia Art Gallery, Montréal, Canada
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, Canada
Mississauga Civic Centre, Mississauga, Canada
CATALOGUES
1990
La Bouche Dans Le Mur. Ian Robertson, curator and author. Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Canada
1987
London Life: Young Contemporaries ’87. Marnie Fleming, curator and author. London Regional Art Gallery, London, Canada