Victoria Cantons British, b. 1969
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Plein soleil or contender, someone, 2021 -
The Heart is Not Just an Organ, 2020
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In Times of Doubt I Turn to You, 2019
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On the images of gold, on the weapons of the warriors and the crown of the king, I write your name (Achilles’ shield), 2019
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How you live your life is your business, just remember, our hearts and our bodies are given to us only once, And before you know it, your heart is worn out, and, as for your body, there comes a point when no one looks at it, much less wants to come near i, 2018
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What is going on right now? That is the question. And what can you do Right Now to make Now better? Make each Now better and the future will take care of itself, while the past will not matter, 2018
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When our lives are knocked off-course, we imagine everything in them is lost, it is only the start of something new and good, 2018
Victoria Cantons (b. 1969, London, UK) is a BA Painting graduate of Wimbledon College of Arts (2017) and Turps Art School (2018). Due to coronavirus related interruptions, completing her MFA in Painting at Slade School of Fine Art has been delayed to 2021. She received the Felix Slade Scholarship in 2018. Cantons studied Drama for The Stage and Screen at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts (ALRA South) (1995-1997). Most recently she initiated and curated the Slade Masters Showcase at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery (2020) and went on to curate MA/MFA Slade graduates in London Grads Now. at Saatchi Gallery (2020).
Cantons is a cross-disciplinary artist and curator with primarily a drawing and painting practice that can be best described as figurative and colourist with political undercurrents. Her work is informed by a multinational and multicultural upbringing and a background in photography and theatre as well as the fact that she is also transgendered.
Lives and works in London.
