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 reality, as well as the quality of life being both beautiful and terrible. As a Jewish artist, she has interpreted the atrocities of the Holocaust through her painting. Serota's paintings are included in the collections of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, University of Victoria, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, City of Victoria, and Province of British Columbia. ARTIST INFO: http://phyllisserota.weebly.com/ (Accessed January 16, 2017); Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Phyllis-Serota-Artist-374102302701987/ (Accessed January 16, 2017); Profile on Sono Nis Press website: http://www.sononis.com/our-authors/authors-m-z/phyllis-serota (Accessed January 16, 2017); Youtube: Serota discusses her painting "Parable": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcAsX161i9w&feature=youtu.be (Accessed January 16, 2017)
