Our next Artist You Need To Know is Walter Bachinski. Born in 1939 in Ottawa, Bachinski worked with the artist Frederick Hagan at OCA (Ontario College of Art) which he graduated from in 1959 and later obtained a Master’s Degree at the University of Iowa...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is someone who left us very recently: Cathy Daley (1955 – 2022) was a Canadian visual artist and educator who was born and lived in Toronto. She had a definitive hand in shaping the visual arts community in Toronto, but also in many...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Florence Henri (1893 – 1982): Henri is one of the finest examples of the New Photography School in France (an art historical era you can learn more about here). Alongside contemporaries like Germaine Krull, Dora Maar, Claude Cahun...
Our next Artist You Need To Know was a significant artist and community activist in Niagara. Tobey Anderson’s (1946 – 2014) legacy as an artist, educator and cultural worker is still very prevalent, after his passing. From a lovely tribute written by NAC...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Janet Bellotto. She’s an artist, writer and curator who is originally from Toronto and is currently based in Dubai. A graduate of the Sculpture/Installation program at OCAD, Bellotto also earned an MFA from Concordia...