Reva Stone facts for kids

Reva Stone is a Canadian artist born in 1944. She is famous for her amazing digital artworks. Reva Stone was one of the first women to work with new media art in Canada. Her big projects helped and inspired many other artists.

Early Career

Reva Stone finished her studies at the University of Manitoba in 1985. She first started as a painter in art school. But she soon found her true passion. By 1989, she began making art that people could interact with.

One of her early interactive pieces was called Legacy. It was finished in 1993. Legacy looked like a child's room. One wall showed things often linked to girls, and the other showed things linked to boys. This art piece explored how young children learn about gender roles. Viewers could even play a computer game that said, "Come play with me!"

Exploring Art and Technology

Since the early 1990s, Reva Stone has mostly focused on art that uses technology and allows people to interact with it. She uses technology to look closely at different parts of what it means to be human. Her art has explored many ideas. These include the world of video games and how medical science affects us. She also looks at how human intelligence works in robots. And she even explores how protein molecules look when modeled visually.

Imaginal Expression

One of her most important works is Imaginal Expression. This piece was shown at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in 2004. For this artwork, Reva Stone shaped parts of her own body, like her hair, skin, and fingers. She turned them into protein molecules. These molecules were then projected as moving images onto a very large screen. It was 9 feet tall and 48 feet wide! Reva Stone sees Imaginal Expression as a way to show the possibilities of changing our genes.

Carnevale 3.0

Another interesting piece is Carnevale 3.0, which she finished in 2002. This artwork tries to show how human memory works. It takes pictures of people visiting the gallery. Then, it either saves these pictures or "forgets" them. This helps to copy how our own memories work. The robot in the artwork was inspired by a picture of Reva Stone herself as a young girl. She chose this on purpose. She wanted to challenge how women are often shown in computer culture.

sentientBody

In 1998, Reva Stone created sentientBody. This artwork used recordings of her own breathing. She matched these sounds with images of water and sand. This piece aimed to show the body's presence while also making it seem less physical.

Reva Stone's art has been shown in many solo exhibitions. She has also been part of many group shows. Her work is also kept in six public art collections across Canada. Many private collectors in Canada and the United States also own her art.

Awards and Recognitions

Reva Stone has received many honors for her work. In 2007, she became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Her artwork Carnevale 3.0 received a special mention in Spain. This was from the Life 5.0, Art & Artificial Life International Competition. In 2015, she was given a Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts. This is one of Canada's highest honors for artists.

Exhibitions

• sentientBody - Multimedia installation (1998)
• Carnevale 3.0 - Multimedia installation (2002)
• Imaginal Expression - Multimedia Installation (2004)