PAIGE KURPJUWEIT
artist statement
In my hand cut collages, I construct a new world with a random assortment of print media, book clippings, and items bound for the landfill. My collage making process starts with discovering several odd pieces, then meticulously arranging them to create balance by using conventional collage techniques. The dynamics of each collage epitomize a matter of controlled chaos. Focusing on angles, colours, and lines, the collage content lay in the seam of surrealism and ridiculousness. I continually find inspiration from architecture, nature, product packaging, and traveling. I encourage individual interpretation and contemplation.
biography
Paige Kurpjuweit grew up on a farm in southern Alberta. She works mainly with hand cut collage, creating a space between surrealism and ridiculousness. She uses magazine clippings, landfill bound garbage, and books to create her collages. The randomness of each collage is intended to transform printed media environments into a state of silliness. Several roads of humour can be found in her work. When Paige isn’t creating, she is roller skating, running, sharing awful dad jokes, or hanging out with her cat Merlin. She has had her collage work exhibited at Cuts and Paste Gallery, Atelier 8.18 Gallery, and Arts Commons. Paige has also been published in UPPERCASE magazine for her illustration work. Kurpjuweit is currently based in Edmonton, AB.
Curriculum
Vitae
selected GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 The Personal is Political, Atelier 8.18, Vancouver, British Columbia
2023 Paper + Post, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho, USA
2023 Cuts and Paste Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2020 Fragments of a Layered Landscape, RBC Emerging Visual Artists Program,
Arts Commons, Calgary, Alberta
2019 Showcase Artist, Rosso Coffee Roasters, Calgary, Alberta
2019 Big Winter Classic Fence Artist, Big Studio, Calgary, Alberta
Publications
2023 Issue 21, Contemporary Collage Magazine
2023 Issue 16 - Film is not Dead, Juste Milieu Zine
2023 Issue 2, AltYeg Music Magazine
2022 Issue 6, Contemporary Collage Magazine
2020 Arts Commons Presents Series Subscribers “Thank You Card Project:
Human Connection Through Art”
2018 Issue 38, UPPERCASE magazine
OTHER
2023 Six Impossible Things with Madcollage Podcast (listen on Spotify)
2017 Runner’s Soul T-Shirt Design, Runner Up