Tina Struthers

Tina Marais (born 23 August 1977) is a Canadian textile artist. She is known for her 3-dimensional fabric and mixed media sculptures as well as her cultural mediation projects.

Biography Marais attended the Open Window Art Academy in Pretoria, South Africa from 1996 to 1999, where she earned two diplomas: one in fine arts, and one in visual communication with a fine art specialization.

In 2008, Marais moved to Canada with her family, settling first in Ontario before settling in Quebec in 2011.

Cultural mediation projects Marais has been involved in various cultural mediation projects throughout the greater Montreal region supported by the municipalities there.

La Danse des Mains (the Dance of the Hands) Sculpture inside Salle Pauline Julien, 15615 Boul Gouin O, Sainte-Geneviève, QC, 2019

307 participants, including adult students in francization at Cégep Gérald-Godin, special education classes from the Marguerite-Bourgeoys School and l'école Secondaire Saint-George worked alongside Struthers making hands out of wire that were then covered in tissue paper. CODEX, 2017 Galerie de la Ville, Dollard des Ormeaux, Canada Soixante 17, 2017, Musée Régional de Vaudreuil-Soulanges, Canada Racines au Carre, 2015, Salle Hélène-Rouette, L'Île-Bizard, Canada

Selected group exhibitions 16th International Triennial of Tapestry, 2019, Łódź, Poland Contemporâneo, international textile art exhibition, 2019, Brazil WorldTextile Association's International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art; 2019, Madrid, Spain; 2017, Montevideo, Uruguay Scythia, the 12th International Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art, 2018, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine The Brain Project, 2017; 2016, Toronto, Canada International Textile Biennial 2017, Kunststichting Perspektief vzw, Haacht, Belgium

Awards Artiste dans la communauté 2021, Arts Council of Quebec, CALQ, Quebec Canada Artist of the Year 1996 Merit Award, Pretoria, South-Africa, South African Art Society Honorable mention VII World Textile Art Biennial in Montevideo, 2017 ideau Partnership Award 2020 for La Danse des Mains