Name/Title
Clear Eyes Full HeartEntry/Object ID
2019.07.01Description
Elizabeth Zvonar (b.1972, Thunder Bay, Ontario) is a Canadian contemporary artist based in Vancouver British Columbia. Working primarily in mixed-media collage, Zvonar works towards reinterpreting images and giving them new meaning. The images for her collages are collected from a variety of photographic sources such as magazines, newspapers, and textbooks. These source images are cut out, scanned, and then assembled in a collage which is then turned into a single photograph. Zvonar makes clear that her artworks are collages and not photographs leaving the white outlines and rips as visible evidence of where she has cut.
Zvonar’s images explore the conflicting meanings that exist within Western media, playing with inherent hypocrisies in the media’s depictions of women, consumerism, and history. Clear Eyes Full Heart (2019) centers around the artist’s interest in taking away the contexts and meanings behind everyday images. Through a layering of unrelated subject matter, Zvonar creates a space where the viewer can make their own interpretation without the usual consumer messaging. The only clue for understanding the work is in the title, which often references the source material or subject matter. The work aims to be subjective and ambiguous to stress how context means everything in our contemporary visual culture.
Zvonar has attended Aichi Gakusen University in Toyota City, Japan (1994), Capilano College in North Vancouver, Canada (1995), and Hokkaido University of Art & Design in Sapporo, Japan (1996).[2] She ultimately received a BFA at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. She is a recipient of the Emily Award for Outstanding Achievement (2011) and the City of Vancouver Mayor's Award for Emerging Visual Artist (2009). Her artwork has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions throughout Canada and internationally in New York, Australia, Japan and Belgium.
https://www.elizabethzvonar.com/Artwork Details
Medium
Kodak slickrock on SintraMade/Created
Date made
2019Edition
ed. 1/3