Shani Mootoo Art
Canadian, Irish, b. 1957
Shani Mootoo is an accomplished writer, filmmaker, painter and photographer who has been longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. She earned a BFA from the University of Western Ontario, and an MA in English from the University of Guelph. Her most recent novel, Polar Vortex, has been shortlisted for the 2020 Giller Prize. She is the recipient of a Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Award, the Writers’ Trust Engel Findley Award,and has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Western University.
In her artworks, Mootoo explores the idea of dislocation, identity, belonging: “…identity, like perspective, is inevitably shifting and multi-faceted.”
Mootoo's paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions locally and internationally, most notably at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Queen’s Museum in NYC, the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, and at the Venice Biennale. She lives in Southern Ontario, Canada.
Her videos include “English Lesson”, “Wild Woman in The Woods” and “Her Sweetness Lingers,” and have been screened in film and video festivals and art exhibitions locally and internationally, including at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.to
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Artist: Shani Mootoo
Lake Opinicon 1/8 - abstracted landscape, color photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Rippling waters act as a mirror reflecting the sunlit lush green landscape and a white and red buoy in this peaceful photograph by Shani Mootoo. The shot has ...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
David's World II 1/20 - Photographed interior of beautifully arranged objects
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Known for her photographic portraits of interior spaces, Shani Mootoo reveals the curious and often emotive personal narratives of her subjects. This giclee print on archival paper ...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
Materials
Giclée, Archival Paper
Corridor - color, nude, figurative, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
In this compelling image by Shani Mootoo—the strategic framing of the photograph draws the viewer’s eye down the length of a long, bright corridor past a succession of glass French doors...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Shelter 1/8 - Trinidad, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once intimate and engaging, Shani Mootoo’s photographs are portraits of a life. This image of a garden taken through a sliding glass door framed by a charming wrought iron grate i...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Kingston Floodwater 1/8 - abstracted landscape, color photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Every spring, the Great Lakes swell with rain water and threaten to flood the Ontario shoreline. In this photograph taken by Shani Mootoo she has captured the gentle pattern of the r...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
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Archival Paper, Giclée
Christine's World 1/10 - detailed, interior, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
At once intimate and engaging, Shani Mootoo’s photographs are portraits of a life. This image of a kitchen—the worn white cabinets, the fridge covered in notes and photos, the toaste...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
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Christine's Arrangement 1/10 - still-life, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A dark wood dresser, a collection of objects—family photos, porcelain turtle statues, a china plate, a bottle of perfume—meaningful objects that tell...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
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Archival Paper, Giclée
David's World I 2/20 - Photographed interior of beautifully arranged objects
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A good friend of the artist’s fascinating and prized collection--human and animal bones, taxidermy, ostrich feathers and a child’s figurines strike a...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Powder Bowl 3/8 - detailed, still-life, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This elegant silver edged crystal bowl once sat on her mother’s dresser. One of a series of photographs taken by Shani Mootoo—the ‘History Revisited Series’ captures images of object...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
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Archival Paper, Giclée
Romesh's Wall 1/10 - documentary, interior, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Shani Mootoo’s nostalgic images of her childhood home in Trinidad reveal an intimate and compelling story. Her ‘History Revisited’ series—photographs of interior rooms, furniture and...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
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Self Portrait 1/8 - documentary, interior, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This charming photograph of the artist’s foyer feels both familiar and intimate. That is artist Shani Mootoo’s signature style. Her engaging and enigmatic work allows the viewer to i...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
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Archival Paper, Giclée
Patio 1/8 - detailed, documentary, exterior, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Compelling, enigmatic and ultimately real, Shani Mootoo’s photographs of her childhood home in Trinidad chronicle a life. This is one in a series of images the artist calls the ‘Hist...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
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Archival Paper, Giclée
Sharon 1/8 - detailed, documentary, interior, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Known for her photographic portraits of interior spaces, Shani Mootoo reveals the curious and often emotive personal narratives of her subjects.
This giclee print by Shani Mootoo i...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
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Archival Paper, Giclée
History Revisited 1/10 - detailed, interior, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Shani Mootoo grew up in this house in Trinidad. She returned as an adult and created a photographic memoir of its interior in her ‘History Revisited’ series. Her images of these room...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
Materials
Archival Paper, Giclée
Kavir's World 1/10 - still-life, interior, color, photography, giclée print
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Known for her photographic portraits of interior spaces, Shani Mootoo reveals the curious and often emotive personal narratives of her subjects.
This framed and matted giclee print ...
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2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
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Archival Paper, Giclée
Sharon's Sunroom 1/5 - A photograph of carefully curated collected items
By Shani Mootoo
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Known for her photographic portraits of interior spaces, Shani Mootoo reveals the curious and often emotive personal narratives of her subjects.
This giclee print by Shani Mootoo is editioned, 1/5. The work is matted, framed. Unframed size is 21 x 31.5 inches. It is also available in two other sizes, 12 x 28 (framed 21 x 27 inches, edition of 10, $2,000); and 16 x 24 inches (25 x 33 inches framed, edition of 8, $2,600.).
Mootoo describes how this image was created:
"I was at my printer's studio working on a body of photographs when we were interrupted by a customer who needed his attention for a few minutes. I agreed on a pause so that that customer could be accommodated, and my printer suggested I roam the garden, as there was a lot to see there. Just before the exit to the garden was a room crammed with pastel knick-knacks. A glass sliding door stood closed between me and this room, which seemed to be a combination of very special private space and a storage room. I immediately had the sense that I was seeing a photograph waiting to be taken and, as I had my Sony Rx100m7 camera around my neck, I ran back to my printer and asked if I could go into the room. He generously said, 'By all means, go wherever you'd like". On entering, there wasn't much room to negotiate, but I was struck by the carefully...
Category
2010s Contemporary Shani Mootoo Art
Materials
Giclée, Archival Paper
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