Mina Totino Explained

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 Romantics 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.

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

Group exhibitions

Curatorial work

In 2014, Mina Totino curated Persian Rose Chartreuse Muse Vancouver Grey at Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC.[10] The exhibition proved significant in marking shifting attitudes and discussions around painting and abstraction.

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.

Awards

Mina Totino alongside Skeena Reece received the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation VIVA awards on April 11, 2014.[11]

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: 10 April 2014 . Herzog Wins Audain, Reece & Totino Scoop Viva Awards . en-US . . 18 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170319112721/https://canadianart.ca/news/audain-viva/ . 19 March 2017.
  2. Web site: 2010 . Exhibitions: Mina Totino . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170706184545/http://chscott.ecuad.ca/exhibitions/2010/mina_totino.html . 6 July 2017 . 18 March 2017 . Charles H. Scott Gallery.
  3. News: Laurence . Robin . 24 August 2010 . Mina Totino and Derek Root exhibitions reveal lively abstraction in Vancouver . en . . live . 18 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411022300/https://www.straight.com/article-339862/vancouver/mina-totino-and-derek-root-exhibitions-reveal-lively-abstraction-vancouver . 11 April 2019.
  4. Gagnon, Monika Kin. "Mina Totino." Review of Mina Totino by Mina Totino. Parachute 88, 1997, pp. 68.
  5. Web site: 1997 . Mina Totino . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230223042809/https://belkin.ubc.ca/exhibitions/mina-totino/ . 23 February 2023 . 18 March 2017 . Belkin Art Gallery.
  6. Watson, Scott. "Mina Totino." Review. Canadian Art, Summer 1994. Accessed March 15, 2017. http://canadianart.ca/issues/summer-1994/
  7. News: Laurence . Robin . 7 December 2016 . Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures sparks delight in dark times . en . . live . 18 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220816170639/https://www.straight.com/arts/840851/vancouver-special-ambivalent-pleasures-sparks-delight-dark-times . 16 August 2022.
  8. Web site: Past - Readymades . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20190503031820/https://www3.gordonsmithgallery.ca/Gallery/Exhibitions/Upcoming/Pages/default.aspx . 3 May 2019 . Gordon Smith Gallery.
  9. News: Grahauer . Curtis . 8 June 2015 . The Young Romantics are well represented in SFU's art collection . The Peak . live . 18 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170319111825/http://the-peak.ca/2015/06/the-young-romantics-are-well-represented-in-sfus-art-collection/ . 19 March 2017.
  10. News: Turner . Michael . 9 April 2014 . A Look at Painting as Journey in Vancouver . en-US . Canadian Art . live . 18 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211206095013/https://canadianart.ca/reviews/persian-rose-chartreuse-muse-vancouver-grey/ . 6 December 2021.
  11. News: Parry . Malcolm . 18 April 2014 . Town Talk: Over-achieving, but modest, photog finds praise a bit unrecognizable . en-ca . . dead . 18 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180311141657/https://vancouversun.com/life/Town+Talk+Over+achieving+modest+photog+finds+praise+unrecognizable/9753440/story.html . 11 March 2018.

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