Christine Major Explained

Christine Major
Birth Place:	Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Education:	University of Ottawa
Alma Mater:	Université du Québec à Montréal
Known For:	Painter

Christine Major (born 1966) is a Canadian painter.

Life and work

Christine Major was born in Quebec City, Quebec, in 1966.^[1] Major earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Ottawa and her Master of Fine Arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal.^[2] She lives and works in Montreal and teaches at the Université du Québec à Montréal.^[2] Women are generally the subject of Major's paintings, with domestic violence being a common theme.^[3]

Collections

• Cuisine Rouge, 2010, Université du Québec à Montréal^[4]
• Collection Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec^[5]

Exhibitions

• "Her Story Today", 2015–16, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.^[6]
• "The Disorderless of Things", 2015, Galerie de l'UQAM, University of Quebec^[7]

Further reading

• Davis, Heather (editor). Desire Change: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press (2017).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artists in Canada . Canadian Heritage . Government of Canada . 12 December 2018 . en . https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070905/https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=26798 . 14 December 2018 . dead .
2. Web site: Resume Christine Major The Painting Project . The Painting Project . Université du Québec à Montréal . 12 December 2018.
3. Web site: Description Christine Major The Painting Project . The Painting Project . Université du Québec à Montréal . 12 December 2018.
4. Web site: Cuisine rouge Christine Major The Painting Project . The Painting Project . Université du Québec à Montréal . 12 December 2018 . 14 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181214071143/http://leprojetpeinture.uqam.ca/christine_major_cuisine_rouge-christine_major_cuisine_rouge-eng . dead .
5. Web site: Christine Major. www.collections.mnbaq.org. 18 January 2020.
6. Web site: Her Story Today . Mutual Art . 12 December 2018 . en.
7. Web site: The Disorderless of Things . Mutual Art . 12 December 2018 . en.