Pauline Boty

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Pauline Boty (1938 – 1966). Pauline Boty was a British artist (working in paint, print and collage) and co-founder of the 1960s’ British Pop Art movement as well as being the singular female member of the group. Her...

Catherine Heard

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Catherine Heard. She is an artist, arts writer and educator. She holds an undergraduate degree from OCADU, and a Master of Visual Studies degree from the University of Toronto. Heard “is an interdisciplinary artist whose works...

Ilse Bing

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Ilse Bing (1899 – 1998). Bing was a German photographer who worked both in the artistic sphere as well as the commercial one. Referred to as “the Queen of Leica” in the 1930s, she is best known for her striking black and...

Sandra Blow

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Sandra Blow, R.A. (1925 – 2006). Blow was a trailblazing artist in the British abstract movement of the 1950s and 1960s who “stands alone as the earliest and most original woman painter in Britain able to challenge the...

Mary Ellen Mark

Our next Artist You Need To Know is Mary Ellen Mark (1941–2015). It is difficult to imagine contemporary photography and especially photography in the United States without the contributions and legacy of Mary Ellen Mark. She was an American photographer known for her...