Our next Artist You Need To Know is Susanna Heller (1956 – 2021). Susanna Heller was born in New York, NY but lived in Montreal from the age of 7. She earned her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1977. This was during the heady days of the...
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...
