The career of Takao Tanabe, RCA, incredibly, spans nearly 70 years. Born in 1926 in Prince Rupert, Tanabe is one of Canada’s most important and enduring painters. In 2013, Tanabe received the Audain...
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Victor Cicansky “Studio Bouquet” Live Auction Lot #3
Victo Cicansky asserts that “art has to come from somewhere.” In his case, Cicansky’s witty bronze and ceramic sculptures are all about the backyard garden: the gardens he remembers from early...
Walter May “High Chairs (hat and globe)” Live Auction Lot #19
Walter May amalgamates “curious objects”—obsolete, derelict, and disconnected from their original functionality— into unconventional sculptures that challenge the viewer to derive meaning...
Tia Halliday “In the Skin of a Painting, Blue Composition II” Silent Auction Lot #116
Tia Halliday uses performance, dance, and photography to literally “get under the skin” of her paintings. Halliday analyzes, creates and questions the body’s relationship to painting and sculpture:...
Geoffery Hunter “Garden” LIve Auction Lot #12
Canadian artist Geoffrey Hunter approaches painting as an archaeological process. An archaeologist uncovers what has been lost, classifies the debris, and attempts to fit it into an...
Reinhard Skoracki “Darkness” Live Auction Lot #23
Reinhard Skoracki launches his sculpted figures against a backdrop of current or historical drama. He believes that we are caught in the social and political views of our time, having no choice but...
John Will “GOING GOING GONE!” Live Auction Lot #27
Experimental artist John Will, RCA, infuses his work with a distinct blend of political satire, biting wit, and sardonic commentary on pop culture. Dating back to the 1960s, his autobiographical art...
Harry Mitsuo Kiyooka, RCA, “Agean” Live Auction Lot # 17
Born in Calgary in 1928, Harry Mitsuo Kiyooka, RCA, is an exceptionally accomplished painter and printmaker. Kiyooka holds two undergraduate and two Masters degrees in Education (University of...
Katie Ohe, RCA, LLD “Ripple” 5/34 Live Auction Lot #21
Katie Ohe, RCA, LLD is a Canadian sculptor of international renown, a beloved teacher, and known as one of the first artists to make abstract art in Alberta. Born in the hamlet of Peers in 1937, Ohe...
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