30/150: Brandy Saturley – Canadian Symbols
What could be more appropriate for Canada Day than the symbolic art of realist Brandy Saturley, whose works explore the…
150 Artists
29/150: Dil Hildebrand – Scenographer
Montreal artist Dil Hildebrand (b: 1974) worked as a set painter for theatre and TV before moving into the international mainstream…
28/150: Joyce Wieland – The Feminist
The legendary Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) was a mixed-media artist, experimental filmmaker and Canadian nationalist whose feminist art made use of sewing, knitting, rug hooking and embroidery….
27/150: George Dunning – Animator
Toronto-born animator George Dunning (1920-1979) is best known for his role as director of The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine but he had…
26/150: Kent Monkman – Shame & Prejudice
Kent Monkman’s (b: 1965) powerful, large-scale travelling project for Canada’s Sesquicentennial takes the viewer on a journey through 300 years of…
25/150: Geoffrey Farmer – The Sensation
Geoffrey Farmer (b: 1967) has become an international art sensation in the years since he first attended an art class…
24/150: David Burdeny – Long Exposures
Born in Winnipeg, David Burdeny (b: 1968) started to photograph the prairie landscape at age 12, making his own black…
23/150: Derek Sullivan – Cacophony
It’s been said that Derek Sullivan (b: 1976) creates a “cacophony of messages” in his drawing, painting, sculpture and book works, as…
22/150: Glenn Lewis – Avant-Garde
Glenn Lewis (b: 1935), winner of a 2017 Governor General’s Award in Visual Arts, has worked in video, performance, film, ceramics,…
21/150: Maud Lewis, The Movie
British actor Sally Hawkins is turning heads and creating Oscar buzz for her role as Nova Scotia folk artist Maud…
