Corri-Lynn Tetz:
Bell, Book and Candle
Opening Saturday, October 25, 6 - 8pm

10.25.25 - 12.06.25
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12.26 is pleased to present Bell, Book and Candle, a solo exhibition by Montreal-based artist Corri-Lynn Tetz and her second presentation with the gallery.
Bell, Book and Candle, the title of a film from 1958 about a modern New York City witch, and the title of Tetz’s exhibition is an incantation on feminine knowledge, power, and sexuality.
While the body of work is not about witches, nor does it picture such characters, it does cast a statement on how oppressive powers have shaped women’s bodies, sex, and pleasure.
Leading up to creating the body of work present in Bell, Book and Candle, Tetz studied the intersections of sex, Christianity, and magic. The artist read books with titles such as “Lower than Angels: A History of Sex in Christianity,” “Immaculate Forms: A History of the Female Body in Four Parts,” and even attended a course on witch aesthetics.
There is a mysticism about the female body that is ever-present in Tetz’s paintings. Works like Practical Magic pose the body relaxed and hazy, bathing the figure’s skin in jewel tones, it’s like magic.
In Moment of Pleasure and Secret, a woman bites into an apple, a reference to Eve and her eternal curse. Historically, women’s bodies have been described as dirty or evil, but this shame is disregarded in Tetz’s work. In fact, Tetz welcomes and encourages us to bite the apple.
Corri-Lynn Tetz (b. 1977, Calgary, Alberta) studied at Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta; received a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, British Columbia; and received her MFA from Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. Recent solo exhibitions include Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles (2023); Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY (2023); Art Lover, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (2022). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at 12.26, Dallas, TX; Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY; Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal, Quebec; and Big Pictures, Los Angeles, CA, among others. Tetz has received project support from the Conseil des Art et des Lettres du Quebec, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, and in 2016 was awarded the Brucebo Residency Fellowship. Tetz lives and works in Montreal.
Bell, Book and Candle, the title of a film from 1958 about a modern New York City witch, and the title of Tetz’s exhibition is an incantation on feminine knowledge, power, and sexuality.
While the body of work is not about witches, nor does it picture such characters, it does cast a statement on how oppressive powers have shaped women’s bodies, sex, and pleasure.
Leading up to creating the body of work present in Bell, Book and Candle, Tetz studied the intersections of sex, Christianity, and magic. The artist read books with titles such as “Lower than Angels: A History of Sex in Christianity,” “Immaculate Forms: A History of the Female Body in Four Parts,” and even attended a course on witch aesthetics.
There is a mysticism about the female body that is ever-present in Tetz’s paintings. Works like Practical Magic pose the body relaxed and hazy, bathing the figure’s skin in jewel tones, it’s like magic.
In Moment of Pleasure and Secret, a woman bites into an apple, a reference to Eve and her eternal curse. Historically, women’s bodies have been described as dirty or evil, but this shame is disregarded in Tetz’s work. In fact, Tetz welcomes and encourages us to bite the apple.
Corri-Lynn Tetz (b. 1977, Calgary, Alberta) studied at Red Deer College, Red Deer, Alberta; received a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver, British Columbia; and received her MFA from Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec. Recent solo exhibitions include Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles (2023); Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY (2023); Art Lover, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Alberta (2022). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at 12.26, Dallas, TX; Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY; Bradley Ertaskiran, Montreal, Quebec; and Big Pictures, Los Angeles, CA, among others. Tetz has received project support from the Conseil des Art et des Lettres du Quebec, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, and in 2016 was awarded the Brucebo Residency Fellowship. Tetz lives and works in Montreal.