Ursula Johnson, finalist for the 2017 Sobey Art Award, is an emerging performance and installation artist of Mi’kmaw First Nation ancestry. Her Basket Weaving (Cultural Cocoon) series is an avant-garde version of use of the traditional materials
Saskatchewan artist Ward Schell is on exhibit at Slate Fine Art in Regina with new forest works in his signature tangled undergrowth style. The paintings have a dark edge, a symptom of his battle with worsening Multiple Sclerosis that has affected his ability to paint. In an interview […]
Brazilian artist Carlos Meira is an illustrator who specializes in paper sculptures, like these done for the U.S. magazine Sierra. His works jump off the page, even when reproduced in print. Meira often creates personal projects such as Paradise, below.
It’s no surprise German digital artist, art director and photographer Robert Jahns has 1 million followers on Instagram. His surreal photo manipulated images are often works of art. His Instagram (nois7) here. Website here.
lenn Lewis (b: 1935), winner of a 2017 Governor General’s Award in Visual Arts, has worked in video, performance, film, ceramics, photography, sculpture, and writing. He was a key member of the avant-garde art scene in Vancouver during the 1960s and early 1970s. Like many artists of the era, […]
Minas Halaj mixes elements of his classical education with contemporary influences to provide what he calls “a symphony of graphics, sculptures, collages and figurative compositions that indulge the senses.”
