Canadian painter (born 1949)
Mina Totino (born 1949) is a Canadian painter currently based in Vancouver , British Columbia .[ 1] Totino's work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto and Berlin.[ 1] She first came to prominence in the 1985 Young Romantic s exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery . Totino's work is informed by contemporary criticism, especially literary and film criticism that have analyzed the position of the imaginary spectator.[ 2]
Life and education
Mina Totino was born in Greater Sudbury , Ontario .[ 1] She obtained her BFA from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 1982.[ 1]
Solo exhibitions
Mina Totino: Flirt , Monica Reyes Gallery, 2023[ 3]
Twisting , Mónica Reyes Gallery, 2020[ 4]
Charles H. Scott Gallery, 2010[ 5] [ 6]
Mina Totino , Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 1997[ 7] [ 8]
Mina Totino – PAINTINGS , Contemporary Art Gallery, 1994[ 9]
Group exhibitions
The Eyes Have Walls: Nicole Ondre and Mina Totino , West Vancouver Art Museum, 2020[ 10]
Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures , Vancouver Art Gallery, 2017[ 11]
Readymades , Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, 2016[ 12]
Young Romantics , Vancouver Art Gallery, 1995[ 13]
Curatorial work
In 2014, Mina Totino curated Persian Rose Chartreuse Muse Vancouver Grey at Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC.[ 14] The exhibition proved significant in marking shifting attitudes and discussions around painting and abstraction.[ 14]
Writings
Mina Totino has an artist book, I Look Up, Volume One , 1997 – 2000, co-published by Charles H. Scott Gallery and Publication Studio Vancouver.[ 5]
Awards
Mina Totino alongside Skeena Reece received the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation VIVA awards on April 11, 2014.[ 15]
Collections
Mina Totino's work is found in the collections of the Walter Phillips Gallery , Banff, AB ; the Vancouver Art Gallery; and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery , Vancouver, BC.
Publications
Catherine M. Soussloff. Mina Totino: Colour Figurations in Mina Totino's Monochromes. Vancouver: Monica Reyes Gallery, 2023
Scott Watson, et al. Mina Totino . Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 1997
References
^ a b c d "Herzog Wins Audain, Reece & Totino Scoop Viva Awards" . Canadian Art . 10 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017 .
^ "Mina Totino" . Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery . Retrieved 2024-10-24 .
^ "Mina Totino" . MÓNICA REYES GALLERY . Retrieved 2024-10-24 .
^ Wadsley, Helena (2020-07-26). "Mina Totino" . Galleries West . Retrieved 2024-10-24 .
^ a b "Exhibitions: Mina Totino" . Charles H. Scott Gallery . 2010. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017 .
^ Laurence, Robin (24 August 2010). "Mina Totino and Derek Root exhibitions reveal lively abstraction in Vancouver" . The Georgia Straight . Archived from the original on 11 April 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2017 .
^ Gagnon, Monika Kin. "Mina Totino." Review of Mina Totino by Mina Totino. Parachute 88 , 1997, pp. 68.
^ "Mina Totino" . Belkin Art Gallery . 1997. Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2017 .
^ Watson, Scott. "Mina Totino." Review. Canadian Art , Summer 1994. Accessed March 15, 2017. http://canadianart.ca/issues/summer-1994/
^ "The Eyes Have Walls: Nicole Ondre and Mina Totino | West Vancouver Art Museum" . westvancouverartmuseum.ca . Retrieved 2024-10-24 .
^ Laurence, Robin (7 December 2016). "Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures sparks delight in dark times" . The Georgia Straight . Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2017 .
^ "Past - Readymades" . Gordon Smith Gallery . Archived from the original on 3 May 2019.
^ Grahauer, Curtis (8 June 2015). "The Young Romantics are well represented in SFU's art collection" . The Peak . Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2017 .
^ a b Turner, Michael (9 April 2014). "A Look at Painting as Journey in Vancouver" . Canadian Art . Archived from the original on 6 December 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2017 .
^ Parry, Malcolm (18 April 2014). "Town Talk: Over-achieving, but modest, photog finds praise a bit unrecognizable" . Vancouver Sun . Archived from the original on 11 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2017 .