Diana Thorneycroft

Diana Thorneycroft is a Winnipeg-based artist whose work has exhibited been exhibited nationally and internationally. The recipient of numerous awards, Thorneycroft works primarily in photography, drawing, and sculpture/installation.

Education

Diana Thorneycroft graduated with an MFA from the University of Wisconsin in 1980 and with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from the University of Winnipeg in 1979.[1]

Selected Artworks

Canadians and Americans (best friends forever … it's complicated)

A series of digital photoraphs, Canadians and Americans (best friends forever … it's complicated) looks at iconic moments and figures in American and Canadian history to explore the unbalanced relationship and power dynamic between the two neighbouring countries.[2]

A People's History

Looking at the horrific history of crimes and atrocities perpetrated against vulnerable people in Canada, A People's History is a series of photographs based on dioramas created by the artist.[3]

Group of Seven Awkward Moments

Group of Seven Awkward Moments is a series which looks at the effect of the mythology of the Canadian landscape on the construct of Canadian identity. These black humour feature dioramas of histories that are part of Canadian symbolism paired with backgrounds of reproductions of paintings by The Group of Seven.[4]

There Must Be 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover

This series of drawings explores violence in the media through the behaviour of popular cartoon characters.[5]

The Canadiana Martyrdom Series

The photographs is this series uses paraphernalia depicting Canadian tourism, identity, and culture to discuss spectacles of martyrdom and apathy to human suffering.[6]

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