Michael Fernandes

Michael Fernandes
Born	Trinidad
Nationality	Canadian

Michael Fernandes (born in Trinidad)^[1] is a Canadian experimental artist based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

His practice combines linguistic and performance events catalyzed by humour. Through public interventions and text-based installations, Fernandes creates social situations that actively solicit viewer participation. His work explores the intersection of private life with public space, and the relationship between art and everyday life. Michael Fernandes is an instructor in intermedia at NSCAD University and has exhibited and performed throughout Canada and internationally.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://visualeyez2009.latitude53.org/artists/MichaelFernandes
2. ^ http://msvuart.ca/index.php?menid=07/03/02&mtyp=2&article_id=201

Régimbal, Christopher, "Whose life are we talking about anyway? Michael Fernandes' One potato, two potato...it's your life...", Fuse Magazine, 2008, 31, 44-46.

Cronin, Ray, "Who, who, who is Michael Fernandes?" C International Contemporary Art (28 July 2005)

Horne, Stephen, "The Everyday Escapes," Third Text, winter 1997-98

Horne, Stephen, "The Everyday Escapes," Abandon Building, 11 Press, Montreal 2007

Michael Fernandes: Room of Fears and Fixing Room, MSVU Art Gallery [1], 18 March - 14 May 2006.

Wark, Jayne and Peter Dykhuis, Michael Fernandes: Room of Fears, Art Gallery Mount Saint Vincent University (09/2006) 72 pp 23 ill. 5 x .5 in 1-894518-34-9 [2]

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