Lot
24
See Through Dress
Monotype print, 2019
69,85 x 57,15 cm,
1/1
Estimate
$2 800
In her practice, which encompasses painting, drawing, and printmaking, Bea Parsons depicts allegorical figures who replay patterns of death and rebirth in the underworld that they inhabit. Alluding to the multiple histories of her Indigenous and settler background, she conveys both verbal and visual forms of storytelling through symbolic imagery, often centring on grotesque representations of femininity. The monotype print See Through Dress characterizes eroticism through a transformational, metaphysical state. The gaze is replaced by the artist’s stare, boring through to the inner personal reaches of the imagination.
Biographical note
Bea Parsons (b. 1981 in Saskatoon) is based in tiohtia:ke/Montreal, Quebec. She holds a BFA in painting and drawing (2010) and art education (2008) from Concordia University and an MFA in visual art from Columbia University (2012). She taught full time at the University of Texas at Austin (2013–15), University of California, Davis (2015–16), and Concordia University (2017–19). Children’s art education has played a vital role in her career through her teaching at the Visual Arts Centre (Montreal) and a teaching residency at Art City (Winnipeg). Residencies attended by Parsons include the Catwalk Institute (NY), the Kala Art Institute (Berkley, CA), and Wallace Stegner House (Eastend Saskatchewan, Canada). In 2012, she was the recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Grant in New York City. Her work is included in numerous art collections, including the Musée d’art de Joliette, Hydro-Québec, Scotiabank, and the Royal Bank of Canada.