About The Artist

ASTRID ARN artist | painter | sculptor | photographer website: art@astridarn.com RESUME Astrid ARN was born, raised and resides in Alberta, Canada. Having worked in administration and management, she began her art career when the inspiration struck at an art festival called "Art Walk". That day awakened something in her that she feels remained dormant for a long time, something that had been missing and felt a longing for...finally it had been found ...IT was art. Since then Astrid ARN has been creating; 3 dimensional objets d'art, painting, photography, drawings and other things. Working in series, she record's her intentions towards the objects using a combination of materials to confound the generic limits of what one knows, while holding a visual comprehension the piece ultimately becomes strangely familiar yet unfamiliar. Deviations from what is known permits modification using geometric forms and solid presence, all the while injecting categorical confusion to reveal the levels of deception involved in illusionism. Astrid Arn's work focuses on the structures of perception, striving to conflate the world of images and thoughts, which can be apprehended but at times not physically grasped, amid the world of objects, which is the same space that we ourselves occupy. Gallery Associations (Present and Past) Tu Gallery, 10718 – 124 St., Edmonton, Alberta G Squared, 10615 -124th Street, Edmonton, Alberta Modern Urban Designers (M.U.D.), 104th Ave. & 124th St., Edmonton, Alberta D’Lish, 10418-124th Street, Edmonton, Alberta Liliana’s Boutique and Art Gallery, 12302 – Jasper Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta Destina Art Gallery, 124th Street, Edmonton, Alberta NOTE: All the above are on “Gallery Row” in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Art Education and Training September 1998 to 2005 – Numerous art classes through to professional level with Sutton Art, Sherwood Park, Alberta October 2000 – Drawing Instruction, Strathcona Art Society March 2004 – Watercolor Workshop with Frances Alty-Arscott March-April 2004 – W. Wong’s Watercolor Course Winter 2004 – University of Alberta Extension – Drawing Classes Fall 2009 – Sculpture Class with Alan Milne, Bev Facey Composite HS, Sherwood Park, Alberta Exhibitions Many juried shows at the “Loft Gallery”, Strathcona County, Sherwood Park, Alta. “The Works” juried art display, Edmonton, and associated Galleries. My artwork hangs within many corporate and private collections including “G’ Squared, Edmonton; Urban Granite, Edmonton; and Little Warriors (Edmonton); Alberta Diabetes Foundation Awards ArtSlant Worldwide Art Competition 6th Showcase Winner for Photography (see ArtSlant.com) ArtSlant Worldwide Art Competition 8th Showcase Winner for Photography (see ArtSlant.com) ArtSlant Worldwide Art Competition 2nd Showcase Winner for Photography (see ArtSlant.com) Publications Purnev Gallery, Belgium Is IT about the art or is IT about the math? ASTRID ARN