Artist Portfolio: Janina Anderson
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
At the intersection of frugality, utility, and ingenuity, artists have a long history of cutting up their paintings as a means of manifesting new ideas. Janina Anderson weaves cut oil paintings with bound fabric and twine. The resulting objects function at the crossroads of sculpture and fibre arts.
A portfolio of Anderson’s work appears in Kolaj #18. To see this portfolio and others from the issue, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.
These woven sculptures are placed directly over the model’s face, obscuring likeness, and eliminating the ability to accurately perceive physical and emotional surroundings.
Born in Asuncion, Paraguay, Anderson studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Anderson’s work has been exhibited in the United States, Spain, and Canada. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Fine Art in Fibre and Material Studies at Concordia University in Montreal.
A portfolio of Anderson’s work appears in Kolaj #18. To see this portfolio and others from the issue, SUBSCRIBE to Kolaj Magazine or Get a Copy of the Issue.
Images:
(top)
“Meaning Structures” installation view
Digital Prints: Digital Prints on Vinyl
Sand: 100 kg of sand, wire armature
Masks: woven oil paintings, twine, fabric, thread, found Plants, wire
2014-2015
(centre)
Meaning Structures (Yellow Structure)
by Janina Anderson
cut and woven oil on canvas, yarn, wire
2014
(bottom)
Bound Painting III
by Janina Anderson
mixed media
2014