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…
150 Artists
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…
20/150: Paraskeva Clark, The Activist
Paraskeva Clark (1898-1986) was a unique artist with leftist political leanings who focused on social and political turmoil, including the consequences…
19/150: John Hammond, Adventurer
John Hammond (1843–1939): An adventuring artist, and an important chronicler of the opening of Canada’s railways, Hammond was a world traveller. This…
18/150: Alex Janvier -The Retrospective
Contemporary artist Alex Janvier was influenced by painters Wassily Kandinsky (Russian) and Paul Klee (Swiss) but his ultimate style is a…
17/150: Michael Snow – Always Inquiring
Michael Snow at 87 remains a giant, renowned in film, sound, sculpture, photography and painting. He may be best known by the…
16/150: André Biéler – Painting Rural Québec
André Biéler (1896-1989) brought a modernist approach to his traditional rural Québec subject matter in paintings, prints and murals. Biéler was…
15/150: Oscar Cahén – A Powerful Influence
Oscar Cahén (1916–1956) fled Nazi Germany in 1939 and settled in Canada. One of the founders of Painters Eleven, Cahén…
