Oceans Between Us

Woman balancing on a rectangle holding outstretched hair in each hand with blue strands of colour around her and moon like circle on her head.
Year
2017
Artist
Kristina Corre
Media
Mixed media
Material
mixed media on paper
Collection number
2018-0014
Venue
Art in the moveable Collection

Description

Kristina Corre is an Ottawa-based artist whose practice includes analog collage and illustration. Born in Manila 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, 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. Collecting imagery from contemporary sources allows Corre to create 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.