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Born in Montreal in 1952, Suezan Aikins studied fine arts at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, the Ontario College of Art, L'École du Musee des Beaux Arts, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NASCAD) where she earned a BFA.…

David Neel, born in 1960, is a professional photographer as well as a hereditary Kwakwaka'wakw artist. He works in a number of mediums including wood sculpture, photography, printmaking, and painting. He specializes in traditional mask about…

Born and educated in Graz, Austria, Karl Spreitz attended the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara and as a guest at the Arts Centre School, Los Angeles, California. He immigrated to Canada in 1952, arriving in Victoria, British Columbia…

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…

Cathi Charles Wherry is Anishinaabekwe and a member of the Rama Mnjikaning First Nation (Ontario), where her Father was born. Her Mother’s ancestors crossed the ocean from England five generations ago. Since 1979 she has lived on beautiful Coast…

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,…

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…

Yves Vial was born in Lyons, France in 1954, and has been a Canadian citizen since 1980. Vial received his art training in both France and Canada, studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Marseille, University of Marseille, l Ácademie de Dessin de…

Friederike Rahn is an artist and educator currently living in Vancouver, BC. Rahn studied ceramics at the Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design and received a BFA (ceramics major) from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1989. She…

Friederike Rahn is an artist and educator currently living in Vancouver, BC. Rahn studied ceramics at the Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design and received a BFA (ceramics major) from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1989. She…

Mixed media artist Jane Ash Poitras was born in Fort Chipewyan, Alberta in 1951. Poitras’ biological mother died when she was six years old and she was raised by her adoptive mother in a German Roman Catholic household in Edmonton. She earned first…

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…

Born in London, England, Mandy Williams is a photography and video artist. Williams attended Goldsmith’s College where she studied Communications (film). Her work explores the psychology of place, the influence of environment on identity, and how…

Al McWilliams is a Vancouver-based artist who creates sculpture, installation, and photo-sculptural works. Born in Vancouver, BC in 1944, McWilliams attended the University of British Columbia (1962-1964) and the Vancouver School of Art, now known…

George Gaudette studied visual arts at the Banff School of Fine Arts and the University of Victoria, receiving his MFA in 1992. Interested in the narrative characteristics of photography, he recontextualizes personal photographic images into…

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1955, Marlene Davis attended the Victoria College of Art and the University of Victoria. In 1987 Davis was awarded the Province of British Columbia Scholarship Grant in 1987, followed by an honourable mention…

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).…

Born in Victoria, BC in 1920, Bill Reid was brought up in a cross cultural home with a German/Scottish-American father (William) and an Anglican-educated Haida mother (Sophie). In his early life Reid was unaware of his Haida ancestry until his…

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…

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…

Born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Roy Green graduated in 1980 with an Applied Communications Diploma from Camosun College. In 1984 Green graduated with honours from the Emily Carr Institute of Art (now Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC), and…

Born in Langenau, Germany in 1943, Brigitte Potter-Mäl is a multi-disciplinary artist who works creating paintings, drawings, photography, and performance art. Potter-Mäl lives and works in Quebec, Canada.

George Gaudette studied visual arts at the Banff School of Fine Arts and the University of Victoria, receiving his MFA in 1992. Interested in the narrative characteristics of photography, he recontextualizes personal photographic images into…

Born in London, England, Mandy Williams is a photography and video artist. Williams attended Goldsmith’s College where she studied Communications (film). Her work explores the psychology of place, the influence of environment on identity, and how…

Yuri Doric is an alumnus of the Camosun College Visual Arts Program (graduated 1990) who has worked in a variety of media including painting, collage, photography, and graphic design. Doric attended Emily Carr College of Art and Design (now Emily…