Our next Artist You Need To Know is Frederick Sommer (September 7, 1905 – January 23, 1999). Sommer worked in a number of artistic media, though he’s perhaps best known for his photographs; he also created artworks in painting, drawing, photography, sculpture,...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Rae Johnson (1953-2020). She was a Canadian artist who worked primarily in painting, based out of Toronto. Originally from Winnipeg, and having lived in Ottawa as well, she moved to Toronto in 1975 where she studied at the New...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Robert Markle. He was a painter, writer, musician and educator who was born in 1936 in Hamilton, Ontario, and passed away in 1990 in Mount Forest, Ontario. Though Robert Markle was Mohawk, his relationship to his heritage was often...
Our latest Artist You Need to Know is Shelley Niro. She’s a member of the Six Nations Reserve, Bay of Quinte Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) Nation, Turtle Clan. Employing such diverse media as photography, painting, sculpture and film, Niro’s art often uses humour...
