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Amanta Scott

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	Amanta Scott works in sculpture, surround-sound audio, video, piano, percussion, voice and performance.

	Critically acclaimed as 'cutting edge', *'ground breaking'* and 'strikingly innovative', Amanta Scott has exhibited and performed extensively in art galleries, museums, theatres, dance, concert venues and festivals throughout Asia and North America including:
		Music Gallery Roy Thomson Hall Thunder Bay Art Gallery Art Gallery of Algoma Art Gallery of Ontario Art Gallery of Peterborough National Gallery of Canada.
The Canadian Embassy in Tokyo Ilan Cultural Centre Theatre, Taiwan Singapore International Arts Festival Royal Ontario Museum Edmonton Art Gallery The Robert McLaughlin Gallery

Degree	U of T - Music - Walter Hall
Amanta holds a Bachelor's Degree in Music Composition and Theory from the University of Toronto

Globe-Trotter:
	Born in Toronto, Amanta has travelled extensively, circumnavigating the world several times...

Canadian Artist Honoured with Japanese Fellowship Awards:
	In 1994 the Government of Japan - Agency for Cultural Affairs honoured Amanta with an Artist Fellowship Award...
	In 1995/6 Amanta Scott and collaborator David Tomlinson became the first Canadian artists to be honoured with an Artist Fellowship Award from the Japan Foundation...

Canadian Artists Featured at World Trade Center:
	In 1995 the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei commissioned Amanta to create a sound sculpture entitled: O Canada?!

Tamashii no Kodama: Spirit Echoes in Japan:
From Zazen and Experimental Jazz Piano performances, Amanta still found the time for...

1999 Gemini Award: Best Cinematography
	A short film on Dragon Tango commissioned by Bravo Arts Network garnered three Gemini Award nominations and won the 1999 Gemini Award for Best Cinematography.

Dragon Tango at ROM: Visitors Exceed Gallery Capacity
	In 1998 Dragon Tango was the featured exhibition at the Edmonton Art Gallery, the Singapore International Arts Festival and the Royal Ontario Museum.

Arising Phoenix at The National Gallery (and others)
Arising Phoenix integrates the dramatic assembly of a sound sculpture installation with exciting percussion music played upon found objects, haunting vocalizations and movement. Arising Phoenix featured at the 2001 Earth day celebrations at the Ilan Cultural Centre in Taiwan and toured extensively across Ontario to art galleries, festivals and schools in 2002-3. Arising Phoenix was presented by the Music Gallery in Toronto in 2003 and featured at the National Gallery of Canada in April 2004.

Glove Forest at Edmonton AG and ROM:

The artist's work Glove Forest began in 1998 at the Edmonton Art Gallery as an installation of gloves donated from visitors. From there it was exhibited at the Royal Ontario Museum as a series of hanging glove trees with the continued donation of gloves from visitors.

Syncretic Art:

Since 1985 Amanta has been creating Syncretic Art works integrating visual arts, music, theatre, movement, multimedia, mythology and contemporary archaeology.

Cyril Scott:

Amanta is also the granddaughter of renowned British composer, Cyril Scott.

Leading Tone Arts:

Amanta Scott is the Artistic Director and co-founder of Leading Tone Arts Productions Inc...

Dragons in Japan:

Amanta circled the globe researching dragons worldwide prior to creating Dragon Tango in Japan.

Free Jazz Piano in Tokyo:

In addition, Ms. Scott collaborated with several Tokyo-based artists in a work presented at the Fuchu no Mori Gekijo Theatre in Tokyo.

Unique - The Phoenix:
In 2000 the artist created Arising Phoenix, a unique art experience integrating visual art, music, theatre, mythology and archaeology.

LockDown

The art series features sculptures created with prison beds from Kingston Penitentiary for Women; door hardware, air vent diffusers, office dividers and other objects recycled from government buildings.