|
Jeff Tallon is a Canadian contemporary artist who presently lives and works in Toronto, Canada. He is noted for synthesizing mobile technology with traditional oil painting and publicly displayed Canada’s first QR Code painting at the 2010 Toronto International Art Fair.〔(Jeff Tallon - 2010 TIAF ) YouTube. Retrieved 11-01-2010.〕 ==Biography== Tallon was born in St. Catharines, Ontario. He attended high school at E.L. Crossley and in his final year he co-opted under the tutelage of Ken Cosgrove, a.k.a. Groundskeeper Willy,〔(Groundskeeper Willy ) WP:SOCIALMEDIA.〕 at Niagara College in the Creative Arts and Design program.〔(Ken Cosgrove - Niagara College ) at Albright-Knox Gallery.〕 At 18, Tallon moved to Calgary, Alberta to attend the Alberta College of Art & Design (ACAD). While at ACAD he played an active role in the community and volunteered at the Stride and Truck galleries. Tallon majored in Drawing and jockeyed between animation and oil painting. He studied under, among others, Richard Halliday, Bev Tosh, Mary Scott, Don Mabie and Chris Cran.〔(ACAD Faculty Profiles ) Retrieved 03-28-2011.〕 Upon graduating from ACAD in 2003, he moved to Gunsan, South Korea where he lived and worked for six months. In 2004, Tallon moved to Dublin, Ireland where he studied at the Dublin Business School. Throughout this period he lived in Dublin’s affluent Ballsbridge neighbourhood and continued to paint. In 2005, Tallon traveled through Northern Europe to Saint Petersburg and Moscow, Russia. He then journeyed south to Israel and Egypt and moved onto Western Europe before returning to Canada. When Tallon returned to Canada he moved to Welland, Ontario and presented designs to the Welland City Council for an 8 ft. x 10 ft. painting commemorating the development of the new Civic Square.〔(Welland Counsel - General Committee Agenda ) Retrieved 11-22-2005.〕 A motion was passed to explore the project, however, the work never came to fruition. Later, in 2007, Tallon attended and graduated from Sheridan College where he studied Interactive Multimedia.〔(Sheridan IMM at Gesture Tek ) Retrieved 11-07-2006.〕 In 2008, he began sharing a studio space with approximately 40 other artists at Walnut Studios in Toronto, Canada.〔(Walnut Studio Artists ) Retrieved 08-12-2009.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeff Tallon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|