M.E. Sparks
b. Kenora, ON
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As a contemporary painter, M.E. Sparks grapples with the long history of her medium – specifically with its Western, Eurocentric tradition. The dialogues between past and present, as well as the tensions and suppressions embedded in the narrative of painting, play out across her canvas as genres and canons are variously accessed, refuted, and revised. He Said She Said gives dramatic visuality to Sparks’ occupying an unresolved state in the midst of these internal debates: a zone of incipiency, possibility, and power.
M.E. Sparks is a painter based between Vancouver and Halifax. She holds a BFA from NSCAD University (2013) and an MFA from Emily Carr University (2016). Sparks was a finalist for both the 2016 and 2017 RBC Painting Competitions and the recipient of the 2016 Nancy Petry Award. Recent exhibitions include solo presentations at The Ou Gallery in Duncan and Fifty Fifty Arts Collective in Victoria. Sparks’ forthcoming solo exhibition at Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art (Kelowna) will open in the fall of 2021.
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As a contemporary painter, M.E. Sparks grapples with the long history of her medium – specifically with its Western, Eurocentric tradition. The dialogues between past and present, as well as the tensions and suppressions embedded in the narrative of painting, play out across her canvas as genres and canons are variously accessed, refuted, and revised. He Said She Said gives dramatic visuality to Sparks’ occupying an unresolved state in the midst of these internal debates: a zone of incipiency, possibility, and power.
M.E. Sparks is a painter based between Vancouver and Halifax. She holds a BFA from NSCAD University (2013) and an MFA from Emily Carr University (2016). Sparks was a finalist for both the 2016 and 2017 RBC Painting Competitions and the recipient of the 2016 Nancy Petry Award. Recent exhibitions include solo presentations at The Ou Gallery in Duncan and Fifty Fifty Arts Collective in Victoria. Sparks’ forthcoming solo exhibition at Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art (Kelowna) will open in the fall of 2021.
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M.E. SPARKS
commenting on the COVID-19 situation from Vancouver, BC. M.E. Sparks is an artist currently living between Vancouver, BC and Halifax, NS. In her recent paintings, Sparks reassembles forms culled from art history, found objects and childhood narrative. Her practice revolves around ideas of observation and obfuscation, as well as the desire to reconfigure familiarized and oppressive narratives within painting discourse. During this time of self-isolation, she is interested in documenting the slowed experience of watching and waiting. April 9, 2020 |
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