Larissa Tiggelers
Research Interests
Larissa Tiggelers’ primary areas of practice and research are based in abstraction as materially expressed in painting, collage, and drawing. She is steadfastly interested in exploring articulations of care through mindful colour selections, surface, and soft cumulative gestures. Her established painting practice investigates the unknowability of colour, the limitations of authorship, and quiet expressions of care. This work is grounded in feminism and epistemological inquiry into the study of colour knowledge and colour theory.
Larissa Tiggelers’ is an artist and educator. She holds an MFA in Studio Art (2017) from the University of Guelph and a BFA in Fine Arts with Distinction (2010) from the Alberta College of Art & Design. Tiggelers’ work has been exhibited at Norberg Hall (Calgary), Christie Contemporary (Toronto), Erin Stump Projects (Toronto), Galerie D’Este (Montréal), The Bakery (Vancouver), Art Gallery of Alberta (Edmonton), and Paniki Gallery (Batan, Philippines). Her works are included in private and public collections, including the Royal Bank of Canada, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and Global Affairs Canada. Starting in 2010, Tiggelers served in a number of positions within Calgary-based artist-run centres (ARC), culminating her service in 2015 as the Director of Stride Gallery. From 2020 to 2023 she was a board member for Regina-based ARC Neutral Ground. Since 2020, Larissa has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Regina, on Treaty 4 lands.