Biography Rosanna Marmont currently works and resides in Tucson, Arizona. Her work is informed predominantly by Western North America. She exhibits primarily in Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Her preferred canvas of wood emphasizes the natural grain and figure through hundreds of thinly applied layers of oil pigments using a self-developed technique unique to her work. Born in rural New Zealand, a life of continuous travel and exploration gave rise to Marmont's’ first experience of Western Canada in southern Alberta. The impact of the plains landscapes later became a central muse in her creative endeavors, resurfacing as landscape painting during her studies at Concordia University. Graduating in 2009 from Concordia University with distinction in Fine Arts, she has since embraced a life working full time as an artist. Marmont's work has focused primarily on a unique perspective of Western landscape and culture. Conceptually she seeks to juxtapose the romantic portrayal of Western prairie with contemporary realities. A plastic bag blows in the wind on a barbwire fence, oil pools before the silhouette of an oil jack, a herd of ear-tagged buffalo stand within the confines of a feedlot, a cowboy pushes a grocery cart down the dusty trail. The popular image of the west, saturated with rural nostalgia, cowboy mysticism and the romanticized native ‘indian’ is subversively challenged. As an artist, Marmont acts as a visual journalist, seeking to observe and include that which most often goes edited in the construction of our visual narratives. Solo Exhibitions 2019 ‘Finding Tucson’, Feb 1 - March 30, Gallery 2SUN, Tucson, Arizona 2018 ‘Manifest Destiny’, March 1 - April 30, Gallery 2SUN, Tucson, Arizona 2015 ‘Working the Land’ and ‘Still Life’, June-August, Okotoks Art Gallery, Okotoks, Alberta 2015 ‘Between the Furrows’, June - September, Leighton Art Centre, Millarville, Alberta 2014 ‘Working the Land’, August - September, Pincher Creek Public Art Gallery, Lebel Mansion, Pincher Creek, Alberta 2012 ‘Land/ Landed/ Landless’, June - July, Salmon Arm Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, British Columbia 2011 ‘SCAPE’, July, Gallery V, Montreal, Quebec Group Exhibitions 2019 ‘Refocus Foothills’, Okotoks Public Art Gallery, Okotoks, Alberta. Curated by Brian Rusted (Dean of Arts, Calgary University) and Katherine Ylitalo (Calgary Art Critic) 2017 ‘I AM WESTERN’, Medalta Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta. Curated by Melissa E. Cole. 2017 ‘I AM WESTERN’, CSpace, Calgary, Alberta. Curated by Melissa E. Cole. 2017 ‘PostWest’, Billie Rae Busby and Rosanna Marmont, Lebel Mansion Gallery, Pincher Creek, Alberta 2017 ‘Fresh Picked Southern Alberta’, Lineham House Gallery, Okotoks, Alberta 2016 Artist Studio, Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta 2015 Western Showcase, Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta 2014 Western Showcase, Calgary Stampede, Calgary, Alberta 2012-2014 Peter Brondz Art Gallery, Bird Creek, Alaska 2012-2013 Defining Moments, Top-26 Group Show, traveling show exhibited in all provinces and territories of Canada 2011-2013 Group Exhibition, Odin Gallery, Silver Star Mountain, British Colombia 2011 Feature Artist, September-December, Art First Gallery, Revelstoke, British Columbia 2011 NOAA Members Group Exhibition, Vertigo Gallery, Vernon, British Columbia Artistic Awards 2012 First Place Winner of ‘Defining Moments’ National Art Competition, held by Taking-it-Global and sponsored by Heritage Canada 2005 Awarded the Cameron Memorial Award for Compatibility and Artistic Excellence 2005 First in Art, Grade 12, Strathcona-Tweedsmuir School Artistic Education 2009 Graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction, Majoring in Painting in Drawing 2010-2011 Two month under-study with Alaskan potter Peter Brondz 2010-2011 Six month apprenticeship under Saskatchewan wood and salt firer and functional ceramicist Martin Tagseth 2009-2010 Tutorship under conceptual ceramicist Carmela Laganse 2009-2010 Tutorship under Montreal Wood Carver Bob Comeau