Jeff Nolte

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Jeff Nolte. He was born in 1950, in Zanesville, Ohio, in the United States: Nolte is a photographer and teacher whose practice is often centred around social and public spheres and expanding portraiture to encompass larger stories...

Janny Fraser

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Janny Fraser. Fraser produces evocative mixed-media installations, working with mediums such as clay, fiber and found objects. Her art primarily focuses on “creating hybrid mixed media objects that deal with time as the vehicle of...

Mariette Rousseau-Vermette

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Mariette Rousseau-Vermette (1926 – 2006).  An internationally renowned artist (who worked in paint as well as weaving) Rousseau-Vermette was a trailblazer in the arena of textile art. Many of her monumental ‘colour...

Patrick Traer

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Patrick Traer. Traer’s background incorporates writing and psychology. He earned a BA in English Literature from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA from York University, Toronto. He was a professor of fine arts at the...

Elaine Ling

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Elaine Ling (1946-2016). Ling was a traveler and photographer, whose camera acted as a documentary tool of her life and experiences. She was born in Hong Kong but emigrated to Canada when she was nine. The wide open spaces and...