Eve Tagny

Biographical Information

Eve Tagny

b. 1986, Montreal Tiohtià:ke, QC; Lives and works in Montreal, QC

Education

2014 Certificate of Journalism, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC

2011 BFA, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

Selected Exhibitions

2021 TBD, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON (solo) (forthcoming)

2021 Monuments aux vestiges, Franz Kaka, Toronto, ON (solo) (forthcoming)

2020 La machine qui enseignait des airs aux oiseaux, Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC (forthcoming)

2020 Condolere sanctuaries, Centre Clark, Montreal, QC (solo)

2019 A Complete Change Of Form Into A More Beautiful Or Spiritual State, Cooper Cole, Toronto, ON

2019 An Archive, But Not an Atlas, Critical Distance, Toronto, ON

2019 Lost Love – Saisons Futures, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON (solo)

www.evetagny.com

Artist Reflection

Eve Tagny’s Gesture for Petasites japonicus and Gestures for Fossil teach me how to take care. How to take care of my surroundings and how to take care of the leaves and fossils whose lives are unique (and perhaps, not so different from mine). I’m enthralled by her approach to movement and the way she takes cues from the earth’s materials to create a new gesture. Gesture for Petasites japonicus reminds me of the motion of a slow, sustained rise and the possibility of a movement’s ripple effect (maybe the ripple effect of care?) as demonstrated by the intricate detail of the leaf’s veins. Gestures for Fossil presents a trio: two figures and a fossil. Together, they illustrate a circular motion, possibly echoing a time where this fossil has stumbled down a hill and later into the hands of a figure whose careful and thoughtful interaction brings us this image. Both these gestures are carefully executed through understanding the intricate details of each material. Eve Tagny’s images bring us a beautiful illustration on ways to approach care for these materials that support us in many different ways.

– Camille Rojas