Sara Angelucci (born 1962) is a Canadian artist based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1]

Sara Angelucci
Born1962 (age 61–62)
NationalityCanadian
Alma materNSCAD University, University of Guelph
Notable workAviary (2013)
Websitewww.sara-angelucci.ca

Education

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She has a B.A. (Hons.) in Art History and B.F.A in Fine Arts from University of Guelph, and an M.F.A. from NSCAD University.

Work

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Angelucci works primarily in photography, video and audio. She has exhibited her photography across Canada including exhibitions at the Art Gallery of York University, Le Mois de la Photo in Montreal, and the St. Mary's University Art Gallery in Halifax. Her work has been included in group shows internationally in the United States, Europe, and at the Pingyao Biennale in China.[2]

Angelucci's works explore archival materials such as home movies, snapshots and vintage portraits and their limitations.[2] Her major works include Aviary (2013), an exhibition of avian-morphed, faux-Victorian portrait photography, video and audio in the collection of Art Gallery of York University.[3][4] The photographs in Aviary embody many themes of the nineteenth century. Born of the domestic realm, they express a conflation of interests where the family photo album, with its role of commemoration, is brought together with natural science and spiritual emanations. Made by combining photographs of endangered or extinct North American birds with anonymous nineteenth century cartes-de-visite portraits—they portray creatures about to become ghosts. Of the two extinct birds featured in the series, the plight of the passenger pigeon is particularly telling. Once the most numerous bird in North America, numbering in the billions, it was wiped out by 1914 through a combination of brutal over-hunting and habitat destruction.[5]

She served as an Artist-in-residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario from November 2013 to January 2014.[2][6]

Currently, she is an adjunct professor in Photography at the School of Image Arts at Toronto Metropolitan University.[7]

Exhibitions

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References

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  1. ^ Reid, Robert (15 April 2006). "Photos explore shifting identities of immigrants". The Record.
  2. ^ a b c "Sara Angelucci". AGO Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ^ Milroy, Sarah (12 April 2013). "Toronto artist Sara Angelucci morphs birds and humans in just-opened exhibition". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. ^ Foster, John. "The Aviary: New Photographs by Sara Angelucci". The Design Observer. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Patrick Mikhail Gallery _ Sara Angelucci".
  6. ^ "Q&A: AGO artist-in-residence Sara Angelucci". Art Matters Blog. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  7. ^ "FACULTY | IMA". www.imagearts.ryerson.ca.
  8. ^ "SARA ANGELUCCI TAKING FLIGHT". www.patrickmikhailgallery.com. Patrick Mikhail Gallery. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Sara Angelucci: Artist-in-Residence". ago.net. Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  10. ^ Whyte, Murray (10 December 2014). "Connecting contemporary culture to the past at the ROM". thestar.com. The Toronto Star. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  11. ^ Surrey, City of. "(Da bao)(Takeout)". www.surrey.ca. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  12. ^ "Out There - Sara Angelucci: Provenance Unknown". theagyuisoutthere.org. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Wynick/Tuck Gallery". www.wynicktuckgallery.ca. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Sara Angelucci: Somewhere in Between | Art + Design | Idea Exchange". ideaexchange.org. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  15. ^ "Canadian Photo-Based Art Digital Archive". archive.gallerytpw.ca. Retrieved 21 January 2016.