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Born in London, England in 1955, Angela Grossman received a BFA from the Emily Carr College of Art and Design (now Emily Carr University) in 1985, and an MFA from Concordia University in 1991. According to her website (http://www.angelagrossmann.com…

Flemming Jorgensen was born in Aalborg, Denmark, in 1934, and in 1956 immigrated to Canada. Arriving in Victoria in the late 1950s, he studied commercial art with artist Herbert Siebner. Jorgensen began painting and teaching in the early 1960s,…

Ian Thomas’s career has been as an artist and a teacher. He received his initial training at Birmingham College of Arts and Crafts, going on to receive an MA in Art Education at the University of British Columbia. Thomas taught at a variety of…

Fran Benton is a graduate of the Visual Arts Program at Camosun College. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr College of Art and Design (now Emily Carr University), and a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Victoria (UVic).…

Artist and educator Charles Brookman was born in London, England. He began studying art at Camberwell and Horsey art colleges in London. He worked for several years as an interior designer for Sanderson’s London. In 1958 he immigrated to Canada,…

Laurie Rolland graduated from Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design (Mississauga, Ontario) with honours. She is a professional potter and instructor, and has been active in the arts community as an instructor, artist in residence (Medalta…

Artist and educator Charles Brookman was born in London, England. He began studying art at Camberwell and Horsey art colleges in London. He worked for several years as an interior designer for Sanderson’s London. In 1958 he immigrated to Canada,…

Roz Marshall is a Welsh-born Canadian artist who has resided in Hawaii since 2002. In 1962 Marshall moved to Vancouver, BC where she studied art at the University of British Columbia (1965-1966) and honours painting at the Vancouver School of Art (…

A native of Vancouver, BC Michelle Forsyth spent much of her early years living in the cramped quarters of a sailboat with 4 other members of her family. The restriction of space dictated she abandon her usual play things for pen and colored pencils…

Richard Rondow was a mouth artist producing drawings and paintings from his home in Saanich B.C. Rondow’s work includes autobiographical themes related to physical ability and body image (Rondow was quadriplegic), and wry humour conveyed through the…

Gu Xiong is a multi­media artist from China now living in Vancouver, Canada. He holds a MFA and BFA from the Sichuan Institute of Fine Arts in China. He has taught at the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Simon Fraser University, Kwantlen…

Born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine in 1966, Taras Polataiko immigrated to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1990. Polataiko holds a BFA (painting and drawing focus) from the Stroganov Museum of Fine and Industrial Arts, Moscow, Russia, and a MFA from the…

Patrick Mahon is an artist, curator, writer, and a professor of visual arts at Western University, London, ON. Mahon’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions nationally (including Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto; Katzman…

In 1987 Ken Flett received a diploma in Photographic Arts from the Alberta College of Art. Throughout his career he has used photography in his work, often building on top of selected photographic images with layers of various media (including paint…

Jane Martin was born in Montreal, received her BA (Hons) at Bishop University in 1965, and her MA at Carleton University in 1966. Martin has worked extensively as a painter, printmaker, and photographer representing images of the body and exploring…

Art Thompson was born in 1948 in Whynac, an isolated reserve of the Ditidaht (Nuu-chah-nulth) located in the south-western region of the Pacific Coast on Vancouver Island. His father and grandfather were both carvers, producing totem poles, masks,…

Walter Dexter was born in Alberta in 1931 and received his diploma in ceramics from the Alberta College of Arts in Calgary, after which he continued his studies at the Swedish School of Arts and crafts with the help of a Swedish government…

Qin Huilong is a self-taught artist known for his detail-oriented traditional realistic Chinese brush paintings and bolder free-hand brushwork pieces. Originally from Han Cheng in the Northeast Shaanxi province, his works, based on memories of his…

Born in Cheltenham, England in 1939, A. Murray B. Polson (Murray Polson) received his Bachelor of Science at the University of Oregon (1968) and his Master of Fine Arts at the Instituto Allende in Mexico (1972). He studied theatrical set design at…

Stephen McCallum is a freelance animator, art director, and illustrator. He has collaborated on a range of project types including short films, children’s books (print and electronic format), and computer games with creative companies including the…

Richard Rondow was a mouth artist producing drawings and paintings from his home in Saanich B.C. Rondow’s work includes autobiographical themes related to physical ability and body image (Rondow was quadriplegic), and wry humour conveyed through the…

Phyllis Serota was born in Chicago 1938. She graduated from the University of Victoria with a BFA in 1979 and has exhibited extensively throughout the United States and Canada. Serota uses painting to explore both her memories and perceptions of…

Patrick (Pat) George is an artist who works primarily in printmaking, and to a lesser extent in sculture and photography. George has exhibited his work since 1968, showing in the USA, Canada, Australia, and at international exhibitions including the…

Artist and educator Charles Brookman was born in London, England. He began studying art at Camberwell and Horsey art colleges in London. He worked for several years as an interior designer for Sanderson’s London. In 1958 he immigrated to Canada,…