Grace Channer

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Grace Channer
Born1959
Britain
NationalityCanadian
EducationBFA Queen’s University, MFA York University, PHD Brock University (in progress)
Known forVisual art

Grace Channer (born 1959) is an African-Canadian lesbian painter and multi-media visual artist.[1][2]

Education[]

Born in Britain, Channer received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Queen's University in 1978.[3] She has also earned a postgraduate diploma in Animation Filmmaking from Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning.[4]

Artistic career[]

In 1987 Channer, along with painter Lynne Fernie, photographer Cyndra MacDowall, and filmmaker Marg Moores contributed to an exhibit titled Sight Specific: Lesbians and Representation. The exhibit explored connections between lesbian and artistic identities, relationships, narratives and politics.[5] The same year, Channer was one of six artists invited to participate in a site-specific mural project, Women On Site, curated by Sarah Denison for the A Space Community Arts Committee. Channer's mural, titled "Black Women Working", was located at the Parkdale Library in Toronto.[6] Channer curated the travelling exhibition Black Wimmin: When and Where We Enter with Buseje Bailey in 1989.[7] She is the subject, alongside artist Faith Nolan, of Dionne Brand's 1993 documentary film, Long Time Comin', which explores the activism inherent in the practice of both artists.[8][9]

Channer is a member of the W5ART Collective, an artist collective established in 2011 by Buseje Bailey, Grace Channer, , and Alexandra Majerus.[10] In 2012, Channer was one of three artists, along with Sandra Brewster and Jay Stewart, who painted a 100-foot long mural celebrating women in visual and martial arts. Located in the East-end of Toronto, the public art piece is titled KIA: Unified Movement of Power, and it celebrates the strength of martial arts movement.[11]

Exhibitions[]

"Who Will Fight For Our Liberation," Power Plant Gallery, 1992.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ Female Gazes: Seventy-Five Women Artists. Second Story Press. 1997. p. 158. ISBN 0929005996.
  2. ^ Junne, George H. (2003-01-01). The History of Blacks in Canada: A Selectively Annotated Bibliography. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313322921.
  3. ^ Nzegwu, Nkiru. The Creation...of the African-Canadian Odyssey. The Power Plant. p. 13. ISBN 0-921047-51-7.
  4. ^ "Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre: Grace Channer". www.cfmdc.org. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  5. ^ Pierson, Ruth Roach; Cohen, Marjorie Griffin (1993-01-01). Canadian Women's Issues: Volume I: Strong Voices. James Lorimer & Company. ISBN 9781550284157.
  6. ^ Denison, Sarah (1987). Women on Site: Buseji Bailey, Grace Channer, Margaret Chen, Sarah Denison, Banakonda Kennedy-Kish, Megan Vun Wong. Toronto: A Space. p. 32.
  7. ^ Nelson, Camille; Nelson, Charmaine, eds. (2004). Racism, Eh? A Critical interdisciplinary Anthology of Race and Racism in Canada. Captus Press. p. 354. ISBN 9781553220619.
  8. ^ Kung, Kate (1994). "Long Time Comin' (review)". Canadian Woman Studies. 14 (2): 125–126.
  9. ^ Waugh, Thomas (2006-07-18). Romance of Transgression in Canada: Queering Sexualities, Nations, Cinemas. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773585287.
  10. ^ "Arts Etobicoke - The Photography Project". www.artsetobicoke.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  11. ^ InsideToronto.com. "DeSantos Martial Arts unveils community mural at Main and Gerrard". www.insidetoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
  12. ^ Female Gazes: Seventy-Five Women Artists. Second Story Press. 1997. p. 158. ISBN 0929005996.

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