Mimi Parent
Mimi Parent (as Marie Parent ; born September 8, 1924 in Montreal Canada ; † June 14, 2005 in Switzerland ) was a Canadian surrealist artist .
Early years
Marie Parent, called Mimi, was born as the eight of nine children of the architect Lucien Parent and his wife. In the years 1942 to 1947 she completed her studies of painting at the École des Beaux-Arts Montréal, from 1943 with the painter Alfred Pellan . It was at this school that she met the artist Jean Benoît , whom she married in 1948. In 1947 she was forcibly de-registered because her works were rejected by the Catholic school administration.
artist
In 1948 she worked with Pellan and Benoît in an artist group. She took part in exhibitions with them and was awarded the Cézanne Medal in the same year . She also won an annual scholarship for Paris , married her friend Jean Benoît and traveled with him to France. In the 1950s she created collages and various other works until the couple came into contact with André Breton in 1959 . With him they took part in the activities of the Paris surrealist group. In the years that followed, she and her husband repeatedly took part in various exhibitions in different cities, including New York in 1960 and Milan in 1961.
Mimi Parent died in Switzerland at the age of 80.
Awards
- 2001: Prize from the Woldemar Winkler Foundation, Gütersloh
Exhibitions
- 1965: L'Écart Absolu , Paris, Surrealists' exhibition
- 1967: XIII Exposição surrealista , São Paolo, Brazil
- 1976: Marvelous Freedom - Vigilance of Desire , Chicago
- 1978: Surrealism Unlimited , London
- 1987: La Femme et le Surréalisme , Lausanne
- 1989: I Surrealist , Milan
- 1990: Die Surrealisten , Frankfurt, new edition of I Surrealist
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Parent, Mimi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Parent, Marie (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian surrealism artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 8, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montreal , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 2005 |
| Place of death | Switzerland |