Ernestine Tahedl

Artist Statement:

I was born and educated in Austria and received a Master's Degree in graphic art from the Vienna Academy of Applied Arts. Following graduation in 1961, she collaborated with her father, Professor Heinrich Tahedl, in the design and execution of stained glass commissions until she immigrated to Canada in 1963.
My studio is in King City, Ontario.
I am is represented in public, corporate and private collections and galleries in Canada, United States, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Japan.
The Varley Art Gallery of Markham organized and presented a Retrospective 1946-2006, curated by Katerina Atanassova, at present Curator of Canadian Art, the National Gallery, in 2006. This Retrospective travelled to several centers in Ontario. Tickle Scratch Productions produced a film for the Bravo television series: “The Artist's Life: Ernestine Tahedl" under the direction of Michael Glassbourg .

9 large size Mosaic panels created by the artist in 1965 were reclaimed from the Canada Post office and are now part of the new Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton Alberta.

m u s i c r e f l e c t i o n e m o t i o n

"All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music."
Walter Pater (1839-1894)

My recent work comes close to a musical experience and was painted and inspired while listening to classical Music from the baroque to the contemporary era which are reflected in the titles of the works.

I feel these paintings are a more direct, human and spiritual expression without confinement of the motif or formal restriction; yet still consist of all those elements that I have explored in my work over the years.

Education:

I received a Master's Degree from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.

Awards & Distinctions:

I was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1977 and of the Ontario Society of Artists 1984. She received the Governor General's Canada 125th Anniversary Medal in 1993. I was the recipient of the Arts and Letters Award from the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto in 2000, the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002, the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012 and the Elmore Besen Award from the OSA in 2014. I was invited to participate in the Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy in 2003. I received the President's Medal of the Ontario Society of Artists in 2006 and was awarded 2016, Golden Decoration of Honour for services to the Republic of Austria

Exhibitions:

A Solo exhibition: Ernestine Tahedl “OPUS- Works 1946-2012" took place in St. Poelten, Lower Austria at the Niederösterreichischen Documentations Zentrum für Moderne Kunst, September of 2012, in Zagreb, Croatia, at Moderna Galerija in November 2012, Austria. In 2016 her work with her Fathers work was shown in a large exhibition in the Künstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria.

Artistic Influences:

My father, Prof. Heinrich Tahedl and many old masters such as Rembrandt , Velasquez, Goya and many others