Artist

Amantea, Gisele

Title

Untitled

Date

1996

Dimensions

65.0cm height x 50.0cm width

Type

tapestry

Accession Number

2019.17.8

Owner

City of Burnaby

Collection

Permanent Collection

Gift of Karen Henry

Gisele Amantea is an artist whose work uses materials and formats drawn from popular culture, such as flock, graphic narrative, commercial film and sound to explore questions related to women, class, nostalgia, history and memory. Born in Calgary, she has lived in Montreal since 1995 where she teaches in the Studio Arts Department at Concordia University. She has exhibited widely in Canada and internationally.