Our next Artist You Need To Know is Norman McLaren (1914 – 1987). Norman McLaren was an award winning filmmaker, earning one Oscar, one Palme d’Or, three BAFTA Awards and six Venice Film Festival awards. An animator, director and producer – best...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is FIONA ANNIS. Annis is a multidisciplinary artist (often creating environments that employ visuals and sound) whose artwork often intersects with photography in both a contemporary and historical sense. She was born in Glasgow,...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Joyce Wieland (1930 – 1988). A painter, mixed media artist and filmmaker, Wieland began her career in Toronto in the 1950s before relocating to New York City in 1962. This spurred her to begin working with new materials (in...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Ross Beard (1953 – 2019). Beard began landscape painting at the age of twelve and later developed his unique style while completing his post-secondary education at Sheridan and Niagara College. He began painting full time in...
Our next Artist You Need To Know is Carolyn Wren. Wren’s works are very labour intensive and monumental. Often they become an installation that fills an entire room. Her aesthetic is influenced by literature, specifically writers such as Virginia Woolf or more...
