Description
Kristina Corre is an Ottawa-based artist whose practice includes analogue collage and illustration. Born in Manila (Philippines) and raised in Toronto, a lifetime of imagining new worlds led Corre to study architecture at Carleton University's Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism (Ottawa), where she graduated with a Master of Architecture degree in 2012. Beyond the history, theory and practice of architecture, her studies instilled the importance of narrative in image making, of meticulousness in her craft, and of making as a means to discovery. Corre cuts, tears, arranges and pastes disparate components that are primarily sourced from contemporary images. She produces works that are reflections on current moods and events, while the recurring use of dried flora and the careful consideration of shadow create depth and a sense of temporality. There is an underlying architectural spatial order to the way Corre composes her artworks; her aim, above all, is to invite the viewer's imagination into the small worlds and spaces that she produces.