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Anemone Avenue<\/em> (Floral Homes series)
10″x8″; collage of restructured photograph; 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Anna Belleforte
Soest, Utrecht, Netherlands<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STATEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My work speaks through architectural forms. I\u2019m interested in exploring architecturality and how it translates visually and relates to the human experience. For example, how buildings and spaces shape our lives, express our condition, and give us comfort (or not). I use collage to play with architectural shapes, contrasts, and colors to build something fictional, or I take the printed image and “restructure”. Maps are also a huge paper source for me, which I use in pure form to restructure documented places or in acrylic-tinted form to build toward an unknown architectural outcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BIO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dutch-Canadian artist Anna Belleforte draws on a background in art history (MA, Queen\u2019s University, Canada) and architectural conservation (MA, York University, UK). The act of making by hand at an “overseeable” scale motivated her transition (back) to art. She undertakes residencies abroad, produces commissioned work about place, and was a finalist in the 2021 Salt Spring Art Prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARTIST CONTACT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[click to email<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

annabelleforte.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

IMAGES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Free Masonry 20
<\/em>8″x8″; acrylic & map collage; 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Free Masonry 12<\/em>
12″x9″; collage & acrylic; 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hairy Quarters<\/em> (Architactile series)
11.7″x16.5″; collage of printed matter; 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flight <\/em>(Myth-building series)
12″x15.7″; collage & acrylic; 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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