A solo exhibition by Alice Crawford
![Headshot of Alice Crawford. Alice is a white woman with thin grey hair. She is wearing blue rimmed glasses and a dotted shirt. she is smiling and there are trees behind her](https://aanm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/2020-Alice-photo-IG-1024x1024.jpg)
Artist Bio
Primarily a printmaker, Alice Crawford keeps it fresh with unexpected imagery with innovative printmaking using typography, collage, collagraphs, and/or other printmaking techniques on different mediums to bring across perceptions of her surroundings.
Partially deafened at an early age, how she hears and interprets spoken language is in her art; a visual representation of when everything comes together for her in her aural interactions. Or not! She often works with typography exploring how communication leads to the possibilities of misunderstanding and misinterpretation.
Crawford is a graduate of two BSc degrees from the University of Manitoba and an Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design from Red River College. In 2013, participating in the Making Our Mark program at Martha Street Studio expanded her knowledge of printmaking skills leading her to explore the many possibilities in mixing printmaking with other forms of art. Her art is on display in private and public collections across Canada and the USA.
As a Featured Member of the Month in September 2014 by Arts Culture Industries Manitoba (ACI) now Creative Manitoba, Crawford has been mentioned in a number of newspaper articles, the most recent The Winnipeg Free Press in February of 2020. She has exhibited in four solo shows, and several group exhibitions across Canada. You can visit her artwork at Martha Street Studio, and Gallery Lacosse in Winnipeg. Crawford is the Project Director for Manitoba Cultural Society of the Deaf – Deaf Arts Manitoba. She lives in Winnipeg with her family.
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Artist Statement
“Who’s at the Party” is a representation of Alice Crawford’s understanding of the people around her, from the bits of information she gleans from a noisy party environment. She often catches incomplete bits in introductions and snatches of conversations that colours her view of the personalities there.
Crawford’s love of nature comes from living along the Ottawa River in northern Ontario and the Assiniboine River in Winnipeg, both teeming with wildlife camouflaged in the background. She is also concerned about the disrespect that some of the population exhibits for our natural environment. With that on the forefront of her mind, Crawford’s figurines are all made from reused materials or found objects from her home.
Who’s at the Party?
![Photograph of a doll sculpture. The doll has white skin, blue eyes, blond/brown hair and a long tan scarf. She is wearing a long black dress. The doll is holding a flower that is created by twisting reddish coated aluminum wire.](https://aanm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Mmmo-1024x1024.jpg)
![Photograph of a doll sculpture. The doll has Asian skin tone, pink cheeks and lips, and green eyes. Her hair is dark purple Raffia and is made from the segments of the leaves on the Palmyra palm, a tree native to Madagascar . She is wearing a black dress with a purple and black lace skirt. She is also wearing a light pink shawl with purple flowers. She has a yellow twisted wire on her head and is holding flower that is created by twisting reddish coated aluminum wire. The doll has one hand in the air and is looking upwards.](https://aanm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/dancer-square-1-1024x1024.jpg)
![Photograph of two doll sculptures. The doll on the left has white skin, freckles, blue eyes, blue and light purple hair, and a red mouth with a crooked smile. She has a gold bead on her nose and is wearing a red top, striped white and grey bottoms, and red shoes. The baby doll on the right has mocha coloured skin, green eyes, and black wispy hair. She is swaddled in a silvery blue blanket that is wrapped around her like a tornado. There are yellow coated and green coated wire that is wrapped around both of them.](https://aanm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/a-lot-of-babbling-and-noise-1-688x1024.jpg)
![Photograph of a doll sculpture. The doll has light mocha skin, a small red mouth shaped like a heart, pink cheeks and brown eyes. Her hair is purple and pink curls and she has long bronze cut-out earrings. She is wearing a tight pink dress with a cream wrap with pink flowers. She is wearing a pin with gold and glass that looks like diamonds](https://aanm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Question-marks-crop-973x1024.jpg)
![Photograph of two doll sculptures looking at caterpillar with orange tufts which is on the ground. The doll on the left has light mocha skin, a small red mouth shaped like a heart, pink cheeks and brown eyes. Her hair is purple and pink curls and she had long bronze cut-out earrings. She is wearing a tight pink dress with a cream wrap with pink flowers. She is wearing a gold and glass pin. The doll on the right is taller than the other and has fluffy blond hair. She has a pink mouth shaped like an oval, pink cheeks and blue eyes. The doll has a slightly confused look on her face. She is wearing dangly green earrings, a green and blue wrapped top and blue tights. The doll also has a leather purse with a gold chain and a blue button.](https://aanm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Questionmarks-and-Le-1-768x1024.jpg)
![Feathered ginger hair in light green top with a neon pink sash at the waist. The dark green petal like skirt is covered with netting stretched over dark green wire spelling Gerlin. She wears light green capris under her skirt. She is of pale complexion with rosy cheeks, a longish nose with a snowflake stud, green eyes famed by brown eyelashes. Gerlin is happy with her mouth slightly open. In each hand, she is holding out a bouquet of flowers composed of brightly coloured letters spelling PARTY and baby’s breath.](https://aanm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_3838-869x1024.jpg)