Artist's Biography
Peter von Tiesenhausen has experienced the land around his home for 40 of his 46
years. His travels have taken him to 6 continents and he has worked and lived in the
far north and the far south. He attended the Alberta College of Art in 1979 and 1981
and has been a full time practicing visual artist since 1990. He has exhibited and
lectured widely across Canada as well as in Europe and the United States. He has
had over 35 solo and many group exhibitions over the last 15 years. The land in which
he lives constitutes his primary and ongoing artwork and in 1995 he claimed copyright over that land. He has been successful on several occasions defending this artwork against the incursions of other corporate interests. His work has been widely reviewed and the subject of 2 national television documentaries including a one hour award winning film "Elemental" produced in 2000 for "Adrienne Clarkson Presents".
His practice includes painting, sculpture, drawing, installation, event, video and on occasion, performance.
In the words of Clint Roenisch of Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto:
"Peter is a sculptor, painter, video and installation artist.
Peter von Tiesenhausen's projects evoke the majesty and violent
perfection of the natural world and its rhythms. He is interested in
investing contemporary existence with a more profound connection
to the radiant of nature in a manner that is neither pure ecology nor
distanced irony."
Peter von Tiesenhausen Links
Tiesenhausen.net
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