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Myfanwy Ashmore
Myfanwy Ashmore is a Canadian artist known for her game-related art. She works across digital and new media formats. Education Ashmore studied at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1990, moving to the Ontario College of Art & Design's Sculpture/Installation where she graduated in 1996. She received her MFA from York University in 1998. Career Ashmore is primarily known for her software-related art. She has exhibited alongside Yoko Ono, Sol LeWitt, Liam Gillick, Robert Gober, George Brecht, lo-bat, COVOX, Mark Hosler of negativland, Norman White and others. Her 2000 ''soma/somo'' project, a series of networked decaying grapefruits, was publicly criticized in the Canadian Parliament by Inky Mark, heritage critic of the Reform Party. Mark argued that the public money spent by the Canada Council for the Arts on this and other artistic projects was misspent. Her 2000 software art work entitled ''Mario Battle no.1'' has been one of her most recognized and widely exhibite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Carr University Of Art And Design
Emily Carr University of Art + Design (abbreviated as ECU) is a public art university located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The university's campus is located within the Great Northern Way Campus in Strathcona. The university is a co-educational instutiton that operates which operates four academic faculties, the Faculty of Culture + Community, the Ian Gillespie Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media, the Audian Faculty of Art, and the Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies. The school was established in 1925 as the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts. During the 20th century, the school was renamed three times, the Vancouver School of Art in 1933, the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in 1978, and the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design in 1995. The university was able to issue its own degrees by 1994 and began offering its first graduate programs in 2003. In 2008, the institution was designated as a special purpose teaching university under the province's '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
