Christine Major
Christine Major (born 1966) is a Canadian painter.
Also recorded as Professor at the School of Visual and Media Arts, UQAM · Major, Christine
Christine Major
- Name
- Christine Major
- Born
- 1966
- Birthplace
- Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
- Education
- University of Ottawa
- Known for
- Painter Christine Major (born 1966) is a Canadian painter.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- painter · university teacher
- Fields
- visual arts · photography · appropriation · figurative art
- Languages
- French
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Key facts
Key facts
Christine Major studied at University of Ottawa and Université du Québec à Montréal. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is visual arts, photography and appropriation. Residence is recorded at Quebec City. Employment is recorded with Université du Québec à Montréal. Work by Christine Major is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
• Name — Christine Major • Born — 1966 • Birthplace — Quebec City, Quebec, Canada • Education — University of Ottawa • Alma Mater — Université du Québec à Montréal • Known for — Painter Christine Major (born 1966) is a Canadian painter.
Life and work
Life and work
Christine Major was born in Quebec City, Quebec, in 1966. Major earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Ottawa and her Master of Fine Arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal. She lives and works in Montreal and teaches at the Université du Québec à Montréal. Women are generally the subject of Major's paintings, with domestic violence being a common theme.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• "Her Story Today", 2015–16, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. • "The Disorderless of Things", 2015, Galerie de l'UQAM, University of Quebec
Collections
• Cuisine Rouge, 2010, Université du Québec à Montréal • Collection Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
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Notes from the source article
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- 1.Le projet peinture.
- 2.Jean-Claude Rochefort. Christine Major, Angèle Verret :« Quand voir, c'est perdre ». Spirale. janvier-février 2004. 0225-9044. 39-41.
- 3.Édith-Anne Pageot. Corps et chaos : Regard sur le travail récent de Christine Major / Body and Chaos : in Christine Major’s Recent Work. Esse arts + opinions. automne 2012. 0831-859X. 58-61.
- 4.Christine Major Collection Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. collections.mnbaq.org.
- 5.La Galerie Donald Browne présente Matière noire de Christine Major. Le Vadrouilleur urbain. 2014-02-17. 2018-11-07.
- 6.De visu - Le paradoxe du vivarium. Le Devoir. 6 novembre 2004.
- 7.Michel Bricault. Une fable à dé/lire / Christine Major, Le Vivarium, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal. 21 octobre 2004 - 13 mars 2005. ETC. été 2005. 0835-7641. 15-19.
- 8.De visu - Le paradoxe du vivarium. Le Devoir.
- 9.Nymphes jonchant le sol. Le Devoir. 6 mars 2010.
- 10.Michel Bricault. L’emblème / Christine Major, Ninfa moderna, Galerie Donald Brown, 20 février - 20 mars 2010. ETC. octobre-novembre-décembre 2010, janvier 2011. 0835-7641. 55-56.
- 11.Description Christine Major Le Projet Peinture. www.leprojetpeinture.uqam.ca.
- 12.Melina Schoenborn. Six femmes peintres au musée. Gazette des femmes. 1 juin 2016. 2018-11-07.
- 13.Citation Christine Major Le Projet Peinture. www.leprojetpeinture.uqam.ca.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Anne-Marie Ninacs, « Terreurs intimes de Christine Major », Annie Gauthier (coordination), Pink Link ou la proposition rose, Montréal : La Centrale/Galerie Powerhouse, 2001, , 60.
- Christine Major, « Corps à corps avec l'œuvre », Élaine Frigon, Danièle Racine et Manon B. Thibault (coordinatrices), Trans-mission, Montréal : La Centrale/Galerie Powerhouse, 1996, .
- Christine Major, Programme ICI Doctorat en études et pratique des arts, École des arts visuels et médiatiques, Faculté des arts, Galerie Donald Browne, UQAM, 18 février 2010, durée de .
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