Post-Mortem Survey for Making Art Work 2020-21
Thank you for participating in the Making Art Work professional development workshop series co-presented by Modern Fuel Artist-Run Centre, Union Gallery, and Agnes Etherington Art Centre. We are looking for feedback from participants of the program to inform future professional development programs. The survey should take no longer than 10 minutes to complete. Your answers will be anonymous. Thank you for your time!
Thu, Jan 15
|Room B
Artist Talk with Riisa Gundesen
Join us to learn more about Riisa Gundesen's artistic practice and the forthcoming exhibition Après le Bain.
Time & Location
Jan 15, 2026, 4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Room B, Stirling Hall, Queen's University
About the Event
ABOUT RIISA
Riisa Gundesen (she/her) is an oil painter based in Edmonton, AB, on Treaty 6 Territory. Her practice deals with self-portraiture and still life, exploring intersections of personal narrative, gender, consumerism, and the abject. Her paintings have been shown in galleries and artist-run centres across North America; her newest body of work has been exhibited in major group shows at Contemporary Calgary, and the Esplanade Arts And Heritage Centre, and in recent solo shows in Ottawa, ON, Utica, NY, and Edmonton.
She has also been featured in such publications as Galleries West and The Capilano Review, and her work is included in the collections of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the University of Saskatchewan. Gundesen received her BFA from the University of Lethbridge in 2012, and her MFA from the University of Saskatchewan in 2018. She currently teaches painting and drawing at the University of Alberta and MacEwan University.