Cigarette Dogs – Corinne Thiessen
Cigarette Dogs – Corinne Thiessen
Opening Reception: Saturday November 7, 6pm – 9pm (part of a 5-stop downtown gallery crawl)
Cigarette Dogs – Corinne Thiessen
Corinne Thiessen is a multidisciplinary artist born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Treaty 1 territory. She holds a Master’s degree in Fine Art from the University of Lethbridge. Her paintings, animations, performances, and installations take a humorous view of human behaviour and social control, questioning success and productivity under capitalism. Comedy and failure are recurring themes in her practice.
Thiessen has exhibited at Galeria Enrique Guerrero, Mexico City; The Penticton Art Gallery, B.C.; Esker Foundation and Stride Gallery in Calgary, Soo Visual Arts in Minneapolis, and a solo exhibition at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Residencies and collaborative projects at the Banff Centre, ZK/U, Berlin; Island Mountain Arts, B.C.; Centre Pompadour, France; The Museum of Loss and Renewal, Italy, also include published work in MAP Magazine and in the 2019 Printing Plant Art Book Fair in Amsterdam as well as sessional instruction at Lethbridge College and in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge.
Date:November 7th, 2026 - January 8th, 2027
Location:Casa - Passage Gallery
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