Margaux Williamson
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Margaux Williamson is a Canadian artist, born in the United States. She lives in Toronto
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She has exhibited her work in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver and elsewhere. Her last solo painting exhibition was at the Marvelli Gallery in New York City
Her work has been written about favorably in Canadian Art Magazine, The Toronto Star, The New York Times and other publications.
Williamson’s first film Teenager Hamlet was presented in 2008 as a gallery installation piece at the Toronto International Film Festival
. An altered version was released as a DVD in 2010. It stars Sheila Heti
and Sholem Krishtalka. It was shot by the photographer Lee Towndrow
and produced by Julia Rosenberg of January Films.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742250/ With the film, Williamson constructed a fiction out of documentary footage consisting primarily of reality-based interviews and scenarios set up between her friends and neighbors.
She appears as a character in Sheila Heti
’s novel “How Should A Person Be?”
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
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She has exhibited her work in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Vancouver and elsewhere. Her last solo painting exhibition was at the Marvelli Gallery in New York City
Her work has been written about favorably in Canadian Art Magazine, The Toronto Star, The New York Times and other publications.
Williamson’s first film Teenager Hamlet was presented in 2008 as a gallery installation piece at the Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
. An altered version was released as a DVD in 2010. It stars Sheila Heti
Sheila Heti
Sheila Heti is a Canadian writer.Heti, who was born in Toronto, Ontario, studied art history and philosophy at the University of Toronto and playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada....
and Sholem Krishtalka. It was shot by the photographer Lee Towndrow
Lee Towndrow
Lee Towndrow is a Canadian commercial and portrait photographer based in New York.-Biography:Towndrow began his career as a designer and photographer at a design firm he founded...
and produced by Julia Rosenberg of January Films.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0742250/ With the film, Williamson constructed a fiction out of documentary footage consisting primarily of reality-based interviews and scenarios set up between her friends and neighbors.
She appears as a character in Sheila Heti
Sheila Heti
Sheila Heti is a Canadian writer.Heti, who was born in Toronto, Ontario, studied art history and philosophy at the University of Toronto and playwriting at the National Theatre School of Canada....
’s novel “How Should A Person Be?”