Amanda Greavette
The Birth Project Artist Statement
Birth is a physiological, emotional and spiritual event. While it is the one experience that unites all of humanity, it remains a social taboo- a topic discussed only in parenting circles or among the medical community. It is a subject rich with controversy, drawing an extreme range of reactions from those confronting it. The media has historically conveyed it in a medical, artificial model that addresses social and healthcare issues, but outside prenatal education the general public never encounters representation of birth or it's processes.
I wish to paint birth as a powerful and profound event of human existance. As an extension of my love for the figure, portrait, nude and narrative, the birth experience also holds immeasurable meaning and unleashed emotion. It's fleshy physicality and heady symbolism is the perfect landscape for an artist to explore the human experience. I aim to represent the raw animalistic nature of birth as well as the beauty and grace of the human form, in an attempt to remind the viewer of our humble and awesome beginnings.
Ciriculum Vitea
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Arts, non-major, September 2000 - June 2004 at Ontario College of Art and Design,
Torchbearer’s Capernwray Bible College, England (2000)
OAC grad, Ontario Scholar, Gravenhurst High School (2000)
Exhibition Participation and Art Experience:
Solo Exhibitions
'Amanda Greavette' the collection October 2008, Ridge West Art Galler, Oro
'Daughters of Eve' December 2007: Auburn Gallery
‘The Inside Story’ December 1-15 2006: Deerhurst Resort/Eclipse Gallery, Hunstville
‘Portraits and Passages’ at the Chapel Gallery in Bracebridge. Oct 22-Nov 12 2005
Group Exhbitions
-3 Woman Show: It's a Human Thing' Amanda Greavette, Annie Veitch and Jennifer Posti, Chapel Gallery, Bracebridge March 2008
-'The Woodland Art Experience' at Wood's End, August 2008
- 'Winter in all its Glory' at Eclipse Gallery December 2007:
-'Seeking Shelter' Chapel Gallery, February 2007
-‘Who Art Thou’ at the Chapel Gallery, November 2007, 2006, 2005,
-‘Contemporary Wisdom’ Amanda Greavette and Jane Gordon at Auburn Gallery, September 2006
-Muskoka Arts and Crafts 44th and 45th and 46th Annual Summer Show, July 2008, 2007, 2006
-'Thyme of the Season' show, May 2007, 2006
-Muskoka Arts and Crafts ‘Spring Members Show’, April 2008, 2007,2006, 2005, 2004
-‘Words and Music’ Exhibition at the Chapel Gallery Februry 2006
-Exhibited through summer/fall 2005 at Gallery 7, Orillia
-‘Seeing Red’ Exhibition at the Chapel Gallery February 2005
-participated in “Naked in May” at the Silver Bridge Gallery in Bracebridge. May, 2004
-participated in the annual Graduation show at the Ontario College of Art and Design. May, 2004.
-‘Family’ Exhibition at the Chapel Gallery February 2004
-various earlier exhibitions as a student
Gallery Representation:
Auburn Gallery of Fine Art, Gravenhurst
Eclipse Gallery and Design, Hunstville
Awards and Scholarships:
-Award of Excellence for 'Self-Portrait at the End of the Day' April 2008, Muskoka Arts and Crafts Spring Show
-Members Choice Award for 'November', April 2007, Muskoka Arts and Crafts Spring Show
-Award of Excellence for ‘Grandpapa’s Barn’ April 2006, Muskoka Arts and Crafts Spring Show
-awarded Jean E. Memorial Scholarship, 2000, from the Muskoka Arts and Crafts
Related Activites:
-member of the Muskoka Arts and Crafts-current, volunteer actively in this community
-private art tutor -current
-annually critique Gravenhurst High School Art class under Sue Buckingham 2003-2006
-judged public school art contest at the Bethune House, Gravenhurst. February 2004.
-donated painting to the “Women in Art” Fundraiser Auction for the Muskoka Sexual Assault Services. July, 2003
-completed numerous private commissions.
- art class assistant in high school, group-work and one-on-one, worked with special needs students
Press:
various local press
'The Inside Story', The Weekender, December 2006
The Muskoka Magazine, October Issue
‘Painting at Naptime, But Painting with Joy’ The Muskokan, July 2006-08-30
‘Greavette opens show…’ Oct. 2005
TV interview with Channel 10