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== Diana Thorneycroft ==

Diana Thorneycroft (born in Claresholm, Alberta, 1956 ) is a Winnipeg artist who has exhibited various bodies of work across Canada, the United States and Europe as well as in Moscow, Tokyo and Sydney. Using photography and drawing, Diana Thorneycroft often explores the darker side of supposedly innocent or benign objects like dolls, toys and cartoon characters. Her work has been the subject of national radio documentaries and a CBC national documentary for television.

EDUCATION 1979-80 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin Master of Arts in Art 1975-79 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours

Selected artworks

Canadians and Americans (Best Friends Forever… It’s Complicated) – unveils a series of photographs that critics the pop culture icons and landscapes to check the ambivalent relation between these two nations.

A People's History Looks at the crimes by Canadians on other Canadians. It looks at the crimes against the most vulnerable and disadvantaged parts of society.

Group of Seven Awkward Moments It has the pictures of everyday contemporary life familiar to many Canadians. It has pictures of social activities like fishing, camping or skating. They show people on their day to day life and also uncover the reality that Canadian condition is not that perfect.

There Must Be 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover It is filled with black humor. It depicts the scenes of murder of wife/girlfriend or boyfriend at the hands of their partner.

The Canadiana Martyrdom Series This series explores photographs of martyrdom of popular Canadian pop icons.

Employment

1994, 97, 2003-current Riding Mountain Artists Retreat, Instructor 1986, 88, 93, 2002, 2011 Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art Advisory Program, Mentor 2011, 2012 Instructor, Summer Classes, Ottawa School of Art 2009 - 2010 National Arts Centre French Theatre, Associated Visual Artist 1984 - 2010 University of Manitoba, Sessional Instructor 2005 Designed and constructed costumes, props and set for the Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers performance of Othello, Sept. 21-23 2001 Designed and constructed props and costumes for the Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers performance of The Garden, Gas Station Theatre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, May 10-12. Was restaged February 20-22, 26-28, 2003. 2001 University of Calgary, Instructor 2000 Crossing Communities Art Project, Elizabeth Fry Society, Mentor

Awards

Winnipeg Arts Council “Making a Mark” Award, 2009 Most Outstanding Teacher Award, School of Art, University of Manitoba, 2002 Nomination, Roloff Beny Award, 2002 Fleck Fellowship, Banff Centre for the Arts, 2001

Collections •	Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Kingston, Ontario •	Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta •	Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba •	Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia •	Bank of Montreal •	Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick •	Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario •	Canadian Museum of Civilization, Ottawa, Ontario •	City of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario •	Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland •	Gallery One One One, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba •	Lerners LLP, London, Ontario •	McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario •	Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan •	Manitoba Printmakers Association, Winnipeg, Manitoba •	Manitoba Arts Council Art Bank, Brandon, Manitoba •	Martha McCarthy & Company, Toronto, Ontario •	National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario •	Royal Bank of Canada •	Rosizo, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, State Museum and Exhibition Centre, Moscow, Russia •	The Donovan Collection, St. Michaelʼs College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario •	The Nickel Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta •	Toronto Photographers Workshop, Toronto, Ontario •	TD Bank Group •	Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia •	University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba •	Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba