Marina Roy is a visual artist, educator and writer based in

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Life

Roy was born in

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, and moved to

in her youth. She obtained a

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in French Literature at

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, a B.F.A. from the

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design NSCAD University, also known as the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design or NSCAD, is a public art university in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The university is a co-educational institution that offers bachelor's and master's degrees. The uni ...

, and an M.F.A. from the

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. She has shown nationally and internationally, including the

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, the

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, Malaspina, and Or Gallery. She is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory.

Artistic practice

Roy's practice is cross disciplinary, with a focus on drawing, painting and animation. Her work investigates material intelligence in a post-humanist perspective. The evolution of her practice draws upon

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and Bataille, demonstrating modes of fantasy, eroticism, and compulsion by way of changed symbols and recognized icons. The Canadian artist's use of cartoons also aligns her with the domain of the death drive: According to Žižek, characters like

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occupy a libidinal space where one can live through any catastrophe.

Collaborations

Roy has collaborated with artist Natasha McHardy as the group "Roy & McHardy", in video performance productions of a

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ethos. Roy has also collaborated on a web-site project with David Clark and Graham Meiser, creating an online extension of her book ''Sign After the X''. She has also collaborated with artist

Abbas Akhavan Abbas Akhavan is a Montreal-based visual artist. His recent work consists of site-specific installations, sculpture, video, and performance, consistently in response to the environment in which the work is created. Akhavan was born in Tehran, Iran i ...

in artworks, such as the video installation ''Victoria Day (

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)'', wherein they update

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, with a performance titled "liquid luncheon on the grass", as well as duo exhibitions such as ''Neighbours'' and ''Fire/Fire''.

Select exhibitions

*2018: ''Leaning Out of Windows,'' Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons,

Emily Carr University 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-e ...

, Vancouver *2017: ''Landfall and Departure: Prologue,'
Nanaimo Art Gallery
*2017: ''Becoming Animal/Becoming Landscape,'
Kamloops Art Gallery
*2016: ''Becoming Animal/Becoming Landscape,''

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the campus of the University of British Columbia. The gallery is housed in an award-winning building designed by architect Peter Cardew and o ...

, University of British Columbia *2016'': Your Kingdom to Command'', Vancouver Art Gallery (Offsite) *2015: ''The Floating Archipelago,'
Connexion ARC
Fredericton, NB *2015: ''Screen Play: Print and the Moving Image''
Open Studio
Toronto *2013'': Once things are reduced to nothing'', Artspeak * 2012'': Fire Fire'' (in collaboration with Abbas Akhavan),

Malaspina Printmakers Malaspina can refer to: ;People *The Italian noble Malaspina family. Members of this family include: **Albert Malaspina (1160/65 – 1206/12), Italian marquess. **Conrad Malaspina (The Old) ( – after 1254), Italian nobleman. ** Spinetta Malaspin ...

* 2011: ''What's Pushed out the door, Comes back through the window'', (part 2) La Central * 2011: ''New Work'', Contemporary Art Gallery' * 2011: ''Unreal'', Vancouver Art Gallery * 2009: ''How soon is now'', Vancouver Art Gallery * 2008: ''When the Mood Strikes Us'',

Platform Gallery Platform Gallery is a contemporary art gallery formerly located for 12 years in the Tashiro Kaplan Building in historic Pioneer Square, Seattle, Pioneer Square District in Downtown Seattle. It was founded in 2004 by four artists, including Stephen ...

*2008'': Neighbours'' (in collaboration with Abbas Akhavan; curated by Joni Murphy and Kika Thorne), AMS Gallery * 2006-08: ''Trappings'' (participant in the public art library project Group Search (Art in the Library),

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) * 2006: ''Beauty and the Beast'', Alternator Gallery * 2006: ''Everyday Every Other Day'',

Art Gallery of Mississauga The Art Gallery of Mississauga (AGM) is a public, not-for-profit art gallery in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the Mississauga Civic Centre right on Celebration Square across from Square One Mall. The Gallery is open six days per ...

* 2004-06: ''Roy and McHardy'' (in collaboration with Natasha McHardy). Or Gallery, Concordia University VAV Gallery * 2002: ''Greener Pastures'' (in collaboration with Abbas Akhavan): Open Space Gallery, Artspeak

Bibliography

* Kathleen Ritter, ''How soon is now'', exhibition catalogue, Vancouver Art Gallery * Julie Tremble, ''Marina Roy/Abbas Akhavan: Menagerie'', exhibition catalogue, AXENEO7/DAIMON * Joni Murphy, ''Better Homes and Gardens'',

VIVO Media Arts Centre VIVO Media Arts Centre, run under the Satellite Video Exchange Society, (SVES) is an artist-run centre and video distribution library located in Vancouver, Canada. It was founded in 1973 to promote the non-commercial use of video technology by pro ...

* J.J. Kegan McFadden, ''When the Mood Strikes Us…'', Platform Gallery * Lorna Brown, ''"Marina Roy: Trappings"'', Vancouver Public Library * Seamus Kealy, ''"The King and I,"'' Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery * Seamus Kealy, ''"A Few Notes on an Everyday Exhibition,"''

Blackwood Gallery The University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), also known as U of T Mississauga, is one of the three campuses that make up the tri-campus system of the University of Toronto. Located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, the campus opened in 1967 as Eri ...

* Sydney Hermant, ''"Roy and McHardy,"'' in d'Or (Goin' Solo), Vancouver: Or Gallery * Jeremy Todd, ''"Some errant thoughts"'' in d'Or: Explorations in Psychic Geography, Vancouver: Or Gallery

Reviews

* Claer, José ''"Menage a trois: entre l'humain, l'animal et l'art,"'' * Dahle, Sigrid ''"When the Mood Strikes Us…"'' * Milroy, Sarah ''"Pictures are out—experience is in''" * Witt, Andrew ''"Contemporary Public Art at Vancouver Library"'' * Tomic, Milena ''"Everyday Every Other Day"''

Writing

Marina Roy's art practice and writing inform and intersect in their investigation of material, language, history and ideology. She published Sign after the x (Artspeak/

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) in 2001. She contributes reviews and critical essays, for artists such as Lyse Lemieux and

, in various magazines and catalogues.

Publications

*Roy's first book, ''Sign After the x'' (with Artspeak Gallery) was published in 2002. *''In Haguenau Forest'' (short story), in there's something I want to show you *''Holy Shit'' C Magazine, December 2010

Honours

*VIVA Award, 2010

References

External links

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