Irene F. Whittome, is a multimedia artist.

Life

Whittome was born in

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on March 4, 1942. She attended the

Vancouver School of Art Emily Carr University of Art + Design (abbreviated as ECU) is a public art university located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The university's campus is located within the Great Northern Way Campus in Strathcona. The university is a co- ...

, and then spent five years studying printmaking at Stanley William Hayter's ''Atelier 17''. From 1968 to 2007, Whittome taught visual art in the Faculty of Fine Arts at

Concordia University Concordia University (French: ''Université Concordia'') is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College and Sir George Williams University, Concordia is one of the th ...

Work

Whittome has had over 35 solo exhibitions, including a major

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of her work at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in 2000.

Awards

In 2004, she was made an Officer of the

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. In 1997, she was awarded the

Prix du Québec The Prix du Québec are awards given by the Government of Quebec to individuals for cultural and scientific achievements. Founded in 1977, the government annually awards seven awards in the cultural field and six in the scientific field. Cultura ...

Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas The Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec The Prix du Québec are awards given by the Government of Quebec to individuals for cultural and scientific achievements. Founded in 1977, t ...

. She was also awarded the

Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award The Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award is a monetary award given since 1971 by the Canada Council for the Arts to Canadian artists judged to be outstanding in their mid-careers. Since 2005, the award is given to one recipient in each of the follo ...

in 1989, an award for excellence in the arts from the

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Foundation in 1992, and the

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's Visual and Media Arts Award in 2002. She is a member of the

Royal Canadian Academy of Arts The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) is a Canadian arts-related organization that was founded in 1880. History 1880 to 1890 The title of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts was received from Queen Victoria on 16 July 1880. The Governor Genera ...

. In 1993 Whittome participated as a juror in selecting Beth Alber's design for "The Women's Monument: the Marker of Change," in Vancouver's Thornton Park..

References

External links

Women Artists in Canada profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Whittome, Irene 1942 births Living people Artists from Vancouver Officers of the Order of Canada Canadian multimedia artists Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts 20th-century Canadian women artists Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts winners Concordia University faculty Atelier 17 alumni Canadian collage artists