List of Canadian artists
The following is a list of Canadian artists working in visual or plastic media (including 20th-century artists working in video art, performance art, or other types of new media). See other articles for information on Canadian literature, music, cinema and culture. For more specific information on the arts in Canada, see Canadian art.
The Artists in Canada Reference Library provides an in-depth list of Canadian artists and the museums who feature them. The following is a brief list of some important Canadian artists and groups of artists:
Individuals
A
- Kirsten Abrahamson (born 1960), ceramist
- Marc Adornato (born 1977), painting, sculpting, performance and new media
- M.J. Alexander (born 1961), artist
- Vikky Alexander (born 1959), artist
- Robert Archambeau (born 1933), ceramist
- Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961), painter
- Kenojuak Ashevak (born 1927), artist and printmaker
- Myfanwy Ashmore (born 1970), new media artist
- Barbara Astman (born 1950), photography and new media
B
- Frédéric Back (born 1924), painter, animator
- Joan Balzar (1928–2016), painter
- Marian Bantjes (born 1963), graphic designer, artist, illustrator, typographer, writer
- Bruce Barber (born 1950), multimedia installation artist
- Earl W. Bascom (1906–1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
- Robert Bateman (born 1930), painter, naturalist
- Jay Battle (born 1966), Canadian-born sculptor now working in Salisbury, England
- Carl Beam, RCA (1943-2005), painter
- Jackson Beardy (1944-1984), painter
- Charles Beil, sculptor
- Sylvie Bélanger (born 1951), installation artist
- Rebecca Belmore (born 1960), performance artist, installation artist
- Leonid Berdichevsky (born 1945), painter
- Aggie Beynon, metalsmith[1]
- David Bierk (1944-2002), painter
- David Blackwood (born 1941), printmaker
- David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter, video artist
- Molly Lamb Bobak (born 1922), painter, printmaker
- Jordi Bonet (1932–1979), sculptor, muralist
- Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960), painter
- John Boxtel (born 1930), sculpture, woodcarving
- Shary Boyle (born 1972), sculpture, painting, drawing, performance
- Roland Brener (1942–2006), sculptor
- Mark A. Brennan (born 1968), landscape painter
- AA Bronson (born 1946), mixed-media artist
- William Brymner (1855-1925), painter
- Ralph Wallace Burton (1905-1983), painter
- Edward Burtynsky (born 1955), photographer
- Jack Bush (1909–1977), painter
C
- Janet Cardiff (born 1957), installation artist
- James Carl (born 1960), sculptor
- Emily Carr (1871–1945), painter
- Ian Carr-Harris (born 1941), installation artist
- Gino Cavicchioli (born 1957), sculptor, artist
- Jack Chambers (1931-1978), artist and filmmaker
- Robert Chaplin (born 1968), artist, publisher
- Benjamin Chee Chee (1944-1977), artist
- Keith Cole, performance artist
- Nicole Collins, painter
- Alex Colville (born 1920), painter
- Christian Corbet (born 1966), painter, sculptor
- Bruno Cote (1940-2010), painter
- Douglas Coupland (born 1961), sculptural installation[1]
- Donigan Cumming (born 1947), multimedia artist
- Greg Curnoe (1936–1992), painter, musician
- George Cuthbertson (1898–1969), marine artist, researcher, author
D
- Karen Dahl (1955) ceramist[1]
- Greta Dale (1929–1978), sculptor
- Frederick Dally (1838-1914), photographer
- Ken Danby (born 1940), painter
- Charles Daudelin (1920–2001), sculptor, painter
- Raven Davis (born 1975), multimedia and mixed media artist
- Dennis Day (born 1960), video artist
- Forshaw Day (1837-1901), landscape artist, printmaker
- Eric Deis (born 1979), photographer
- Roseline Delisle (1952–2003), ceramist
- Berthe des Clayes (1877–1968), painter[2]
- Claire Desjardins (born 1965), painter
- Bonnie Devine, Ojibway installation artist, performance artist, and sculptor
- Walter Dexter (born 1931), ceramist
- Yuri Dojc (born 1946), photographer
- Stan Douglas (born 1960), installation artist
- Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986), sound artist, composer, painter
- Marcel Dzama (born 1974), artist
E
- Arthur Elliot (19th century), watercolourist
- Arthur John Ensor (1905–1995), painter
- Paterson Ewen (1925–2002), painter
- Ivan Eyre (born 1935), painter
F
- Barker Fairley (1887–1986), painter, writer
- André Fauteux (born 1946), sculptor
- Marcelle Ferron (1924–2001), painter, glazier
- George Fertig (1915–1983), painter
- Peter Flinsch (born 1920), painter, sculptor, television set designer
G
- Yechel Gagnon (born 1973), mixed media artist
- Marianna Gartner (born 1963), painter
- Will Gill (born 1968), sculptor, painter, photographer and video artist
- Joseph Giunta (1911–2001), painter, collage/assemblage artist
- Gerald Gladstone (1929–2005), sculptor, painter
- Eric Goldberg (1890–1969), painter
- Dina Goldstein (born 1969), visual artist
- Noam Gonick (born 1973), filmmaker[1]
- Betty Goodwin (born 1923), printmaker, sculptor, painter
- Rodney Graham (born 1949), photographer, installation artist
- Pierre Granche (1948–1997), sculptor
- George Grie (born 1962), digital 2D, 3D, neosurrealism artist
- Suzanne Guité (1927–1981), sculptor, painter[3]
H
- Lawren Harris (1885–1970), painter
- Paul Hartal (born 1936), painter, poet
- Douglas Haynes (1936–2016)
- Fred Herzog (born 1930), photographer
- William G. Hobbs (born 1927), painter, historian
- Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (born 1913), sculptor
- Edwin Holgate (1892–1977), painter
- Margaret Lindsay Holton (born 1955), painter, pinhole photographer, writer
- Robin Hopper (born 1939), ceramist
- Robert Houle (born 1947), First Nations artist
- Barbara Howard, RCA (1926—2002), painter, wood engraver
I
- Osuitok Ipeelee (1922-2005), sculptor
- Gershon Iskowitz (1921-1988), painter
J
- A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974), painter
- Sybil Henley Jacobson (1881–1953), British-born Canadian painter
- Mendelson Joe (born 1944), painter, musician
- G.B. Jones illustrator, visual artist, experimental filmmaker
- Leonel Jules (born 1953), painter
- Brian Jungen (born 1970), sculptor, installation artist
K
- Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), photographer
- Aart Kemink (1914–2006), painter
- Augustus Kenderdine (1870-1947), landscape and portrait artist
- Christopher Kier (born 1959), painter
- Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1926–1994), painting, performance, multi-media, photography
- John Koerner, (1913–2014), painter
- Germaine Koh (born 1967), conceptual artist
- Cornelius Krieghoff (1815–1872), painter
- Nobuo Kubota (born 1932), multimedia
- Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter
- William Kurelek (1927–1977), painter
L
- Stephen Lack (born 1946), actor, painter
- Jules Lasalle (born 1957), sculptor
- Ozias Leduc (1864–1955), painter
- Joseph Légaré (1795-1855), painter
- Enid Legros-Wise, ceramist[1]
- Jean Paul Lemieux (1904-1990), painter
- Michel Lemieux (born 1959), multimedia artist (film, video, performance)
- Serge Lemoyne (1941–1998), painter
- Laura L. Letinsky photographer[1]
- Mark Lewis (born 1958), installation and film artist
- Maud Lewis (1903–1970), painter
- Robert Henry Lindsay (1868-1938), painter
- Oleg Lipchenko (born 1957)
- Arthur Lismer (1885–1969), painter
- Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967), installation artist
- Attila Richard Lukacs (born 1962), painter
- James Lumbers (born 1929), painter
- Almuth Lütkenhaus (1930-1996)
M
- Landon Mackenzie (born 1954), painter
- Arnaud Maggs (born 1926), photographer
- Liz Magor (born 1948), visual artist
- Lorraine Malach (1933-2003), ceramist
- Arthur N. Martin (1889-1961), painter
- Thomas Mower Martin (1838-1934), landscape painter
- Hannah Maynard (1834-1918), photographer
- Richard Maynard (1832-1907), photographer
- Doris McCarthy (born 1910), painter, printmaker
- Ryan McCourt (born 1975), sculptor, designer
- Elizabeth McIntosh (born 1967), painter
- Rita McKeough (born 1951), installation and performance artist
- Helen McNicoll (1879-1915), painter
- Ray Mead (1921-1998), painter, member of Painters Eleven
- Ivar Mendez, photographer and sculptor
- Kenneth G. Mills (1923-2004), painter
- David Milne (1882–1953), painter
- Leo Mol (born 1915)
- Guido Molinari (1933–2004), painter
- Norval Morrisseau (1932-2007), painter
- Jean-Paul Mousseau (1927–1991), painter, ceramist, muralist
- Kathleen Munn (1887-1974), painter
- Will Munro (1975–2010), artist
- Mathew Murray, filmmaker, creator of the web series teenagers [4][5]
- Paula Murray, ceramist[1]
- Robert Murray (born 1936), sculptor
N
- Jack Nichols (born 1921), painter
- Grace Nickel (born 1956), ceramist[1]
- Arnold Nogy, painter
- Naveed Nour, Iranian-Canadian/American photographer
O
- John O'Brien (1831-1891), marine painter
- Lucius Richard O'Brien (1832–1899), painter, illustrator, first President of the Royal Canadian Academy
- Will Ogilvie (1901–1989), painter, war artist, Order of Canada
- Kim Ondaatje (born 1928), painter, filmmaker
P
- Charles Pachter (born 1942), artist, filmmaker, social commentator
- Aaron Paquette, painter and writer
- Mimi Parent (1924–2005), painter
- Paul Peel (1860–1892), painter
- William Perehudoff (born 1919), painter
- Jim Pescott, painter
- Narcisse Poirier (1883-1984), painter
- Christopher Pratt (born 1935), painter
- Mary Pratt (born 1935), painter
- Ned Pratt (born 1964), photographer
R
- George Raab (born 1948), printmaker
- Nina Raginsky (born 1941), photographer
- Don Reichert (born 1932), painter, multimedia artist
- Bill Reid (1920–1998), sculptor
- Kelly Richardson (born 1972), video artist, photographer
- Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923–2002), painter
- David Rokeby (born 1960), new media artist
- William Ronald (1926–1998), painter
- Endel Ruberg (1917–1989), artist, educator
S
- Carl Schaefer (1903–1995), painter, war artist
- Tony Scherman (born 1950), painter
- Jacques Schyrgens (born 1923), painter, illustrator
- Jack Shadbolt (1909–1998), painter
- Tiffany Shaw-Collinge (born 1982), installation artist
- Henrietta Shore (1880-1963), painter
- Coral Short (born 1973), performance artist
- Joe Shuster (1914-1992), cartoonist, co-creator of Superman
- Dave Sim (born 1956), comic book artist
- James Simpkins (1910–2004), cartoonist, illustrator, film strips
- Damien Smith (born 1969), visual artist
- Freda Pemberton Smith (1902-1991), painter
- Gord Smith (born 1937), sculptor
- Gordon A. Smith (born 1919), painter, printmaker, sculptor
- Michael Snow (born 1929), painter, filmmaker, musician
- David G. Sorensen (1937-2011), painter, sculptor
- Gerald Squires (1937-2015), painter, printmaker, sculptor
- Arlene Stamp, two-dimensional artist and designer[1]
- Owen Staples (1866–1949), painter, etcher, political cartoonist
- Godfrey Stephens (born 1939), painter, sculptor, boat builder
- Reva Stone, digital artist[1]
- Rudolf Stussi, painter
- Jack Sures (born 1934), ceramist
- Marc Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1869–1937), painter, sculptor
- Ginny Stikeman (born 1941), filmmaker
T
- Ewa Tarsia, painter, printmaker[1]
- Ningeokuluk Teevee, illustrator
- Genevieve Thauvette, photographer
- Tom Thomson (1877–1917), painter
V
- Armand Vaillancourt (born 1929), performance art, sculptor, painter
- Frederick Varley (1881–1969), painter
- Bill Vazan (born 1933), land art, sculptor, photographer, painter
- Claude Vermette (1930–2006), painter, ceramist
- Frederick Arthur Verner (1836–1928), painter
- Arthur Villeneuve (1910–1990), painter
W
- Horatio Walker (1858–1938), painter
- Jeff Wall (born 1946), photographer
- Darrell Wasyk (born 1958), painter and multimedia artist
- Margaret Watkins (1884–1969), photographer
- Homer Watson (1855–1936), painter
- Phil R. White (born 1963), sculptor
- Robert Wiens (born 1953), painter and sculptor
- Peter Wilkins (born 1968), multimedia artist
- Jeff Willmore (born 1954), painter and performance artist
- Robert Willms (born 1969)
- Hilda Woolnough (1934-2007), etching and graphics
- Kamila Wozniakowska (born 1956), painter[1]
- Andrew Wright (born 1971), multimedia artist
- Dana Wyse (born 1965), installation artist
X
- Gu Xiong (born 1953), multidisciplinary artist
Z
- Jarko Zavi (born 1987), ceramist
- Robert Zend (1929-1985), typewriter, collage, multimedia, and digital artist; concrete poet
- Edward "Ted" Fenwick Zuber (born 1937), painter, photographer
Groups
- Les Automatistes
- Canadian Group of Painters
- Eastern Group of Painters
- General Idea
- Group of Seven
- Painters Eleven
- Professional Native Indian Artists Association (informally known as "Indian Group of Seven")
- Regina Five
- The Royal Art Lodge
Dealers
- Max Stern (1904-1987), art dealer
See also
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l RCA Academicians elected 2007
- ^ "Des Clayes, Berthe". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
- ^ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G (2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. p. 231. ISBN 1135638829.
- ^ http://playbackonline.ca/2014/01/15/new-web-series-teenagers-attracts-degrassi-alum/
- ^ http://www.shedoesthecity.com/sex-drugs-violence-torontos-provocative-web-series-teenagers-returns-for-season-two