Rita McKeough

Rita McKeough is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist[1] who frequently works in installation and performance.

McKeough was born in 1951 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. McKeough completed her BFA at the University of Calgary in 1975 and her MFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1979.[2] She currently teaches at Alberta College of Art and Design and resides in Calgary, Alberta.[3] McKeough was the winner of a 2009 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts[4] and received the 2014 Canada Council for the Art International Residency at Artspace Sydney in Australia.[5]

Notable works

H, 2014

"H" was a performance that took place in an old barber shop in Sackville, New Brunswick from July 24 to August 2, 2014. Residents of Sackville were requested to bring their "sick" (i.e., outdated) cell phones to the temporary emergency hospital set up in the barber shop, where, in tiny hospital beds, they were attended by a larger-than-life squirrel and a tree that used a variety of techniques to help the cell phones recover. The public could visit recovering cell phones or simply watch the process.

The Lion's Share, 2012

University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, 2012; Doris McCarthy Art Gallery, Scarborough, Ontario; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, 2013 , Kenderdine Art Gallery at University of Saskatchewan, 2014[6] and Illingworth Kerr Gallery at Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, 2014.[7]

Wilderment, 2010

Art Gallery of Alberta, Timeland: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2010; Neutral Ground, Solo Exhibition, May, 2013  

Alternator, 2008-2012

2008, Nuit Blanche, Toronto; 2009, ArtCity Festival, Calgary; 2009, Art in the Streets Festival, Lethbridge; 2012, Oh Canada! Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Boston.

Collections

McKeough's work is included in many public and private collections including Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa; Glenbow Museum, Calgary; Walter Phillips Gallery at The Banff Centre; Banff, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge;[8] Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina[9]

Music/Bands

McKeough is also a musician. She has played drums/percussion for a number of bands, including Sleepy Panther, The Permuters, Sit Com, Mode d'Emploi, Almost Even, Demi Monde, Confidence Band, and Books All Over the Bed.

Bibliography

  1. Wark, Jayne (2004). Tanya Mars and Johanna Householder, ed. Caught in the Act: Canadian Women in Performance. Toronto: YYZ Books. pp. 344–51. 
  2. Hurtig, Annette (1994). Rita McKeough: An Excavation. Glenbow. p. 12. ISBN 1895379148. 
  3. Beaumont, Hillary (Spring 2014). "Industrial Feast". Visual Arts News 35 (3): 14–16. 
  4. Anderson, Heather (2007). Wilderness Acts. Halifax: Eyelevel Art Gallery. pp. 11–12. ISBN 978-0-9682601-4-2. 

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artist.php?iartistid=3666 Accessed February 1, 2014
  2. ↑ Hurtig, Annette (1994). Rita McKeough: An Excavation. Glenbow. p. 12. ISBN 1895379148.
  3. ↑ https://acad.ca/faculty-staff/faculty/rita-mckeough Accessed February 26, 2016
  4. ↑ http://ggavma.canadacouncil.ca/en/archive/2009/winners Accessed February 1, 2014
  5. ↑ Sandals, Leah (July 23, 2013). "Canada Council International Residencies go to 14 Artists". Canadian Art. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
  6. ↑ Diggon, Elizabeth; Mills, Josephine (2012). The Lion's Share. Lethbridge: University of Lethbrdige Art Gallery. p. 64. ISBN 9780919555457.
  7. ↑ "Rita McKeough: The Lions Share". Alberta College of Art and Design. Alberta College of Art and Design. March 7, 2015. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ Rita McKeough:Graphic Works. Lethbridge: Southern Alberta Art Gallery. 1985. p. 9.
  9. ↑ Rita McKeough: an excavation. Calgary, Canada: Glenbow. 1994. p. 78. ISBN 1895379148.

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