Roula Partheniou (born 1977) is a Canadian

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. She currently practices in Sackville,

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Biography

Partheniou was born in 1977 in

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. She was educated at the

University of Guelph , mottoeng = "to learn the reasons of realities" , established = May 8, 1964 ()As constituents: OAC: (1874) Macdonald Institute: (1903) OVC: (1922) , type = Public university , chancellor ...

, where she received a bachelor of fine arts degree in 2001. She lives and works in

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and is known for her installations that make use of minimalist forms. These forms often aestheticize everyday objects such as the

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, beach balls, books, tennis balls and bottle caps, at the same time as they imitate the original form of the object. Art critic Terence Dick has said that Partheniou's work "sits intriguingly in the middle ground between the essence of something, and the instance of it". She is the co-founder of artists' editions press, Nothing Else Press.

Collections

Her work is held in numerous private and public collections, including the

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Art Collection, the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives,

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, The Bank of Montreal, and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Partheniou, Roula 1977 births Living people 21st-century Canadian artists 21st-century Canadian women artists Artists from Ontario People from Niagara Falls, Ontario University of Guelph alumni Canadian installation artists Canadian contemporary artists