{{short description|Canadian painter (born 1966)}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Christine Major<!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name --> | honorific_suffix = | image = <!-- use the image's pagename; do not include the "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and do not use brackets--> | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1966}} | birth_place = Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{Coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | nationality = | education = University of Ottawa | alma_mater = Université du Québec à Montréal | known_for = Painter | notable_works = | style = | movement = | spouse = | partner = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | elected = | patrons = | memorials = | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> | module = }} '''Christine Major''' (born 1966)<ref name="AiC"/> is a Canadian painter.
==Life and work==
Christine Major was born in Quebec City, Quebec, in 1966.<ref name="AiC">{{cite web |title=Artists in Canada |url=https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=26798 |website=Canadian Heritage |publisher=Government of Canada |accessdate=12 December 2018 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214070905/https://app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_bas-artist_detail_bas.app?lang=en&rID=26798 |archive-date=14 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Major earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Ottawa and her Master of Fine Arts from the Université du Québec à Montréal.<ref name="TPP3">{{cite web |title=Resume {{!}} Christine Major {{!}} The Painting Project |url=http://leprojetpeinture.uqam.ca/christine_major_cv-christine_major_resume-eng |website=The Painting Project |publisher=Université du Québec à Montréal |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref> She lives and works in Montreal and teaches at the Université du Québec à Montréal.<ref name="TPP3"/> Women are generally the subject of Major's paintings, with domestic violence being a common theme.<ref name="TPP2">{{cite web |title=Description {{!}} Christine Major {{!}} The Painting Project |url=http://leprojetpeinture.uqam.ca/christine_major_description-christine_major_description-eng |website=The Painting Project |publisher=Université du Québec à Montréal |accessdate=12 December 2018}}</ref>
==Collections== *''Cuisine Rouge'', 2010, Université du Québec à Montréal<ref name="TPP">{{cite web |title=Cuisine rouge {{!}} Christine Major {{!}} The Painting Project |url=http://leprojetpeinture.uqam.ca/christine_major_cuisine_rouge-christine_major_cuisine_rouge-eng |website=The Painting Project |publisher=Université du Québec à Montréal |accessdate=12 December 2018 |archive-date=14 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214071143/http://leprojetpeinture.uqam.ca/christine_major_cuisine_rouge-christine_major_cuisine_rouge-eng |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Collection Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600012293|title=Christine Major|website=www.collections.mnbaq.org|accessdate=18 January 2020}}</ref>
==Exhibitions== *"Her Story Today", 2015–16, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.<ref name="HST">{{cite web |title=Her Story Today |url=https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Her-Story-Today/64E83CA3042EA323 |website=Mutual Art |accessdate=12 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref> *"The Disorderless of Things", 2015, Galerie de l'UQAM, University of Quebec<ref name="MA2">{{cite web |title=The Disorderless of Things |url=https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/The-Disorderless-of-Things/2B0C070CB24D4867 |website=Mutual Art |accessdate=12 December 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
==Further reading== *Davis, Heather (editor). ''Desire Change: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada''. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press (2017). {{ISBN|9780773549371}}
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