Born in Montréal, Peter Adamakos has made animation and live-action film a way of life. He created his first animation film at the age of ten, and by university; he headed a film-making group of 125 people making features, documentaries and shorts. He formed Disada Productions in 1971 and moved the company to Ottawa in the late 1990s, producing new animation and live-action productions. Exhibitions and film retrospectives include museums and cultural centers in Quebec City, New York, Toronto, Atlanta, Montreal, Tampa, Turkey, France, and Belgium.
Peter has served three terms as President of the Society of Film Makers, the association grouping all film professionals, and has also served as Vice President of ASIFA Canada, been on the Board of the Genie Awards, the Advisory Board of the Federal Government for film, in addition testifying before Parliament\'s Committee on the Arts. He has written extensively on animation and film and continues to write regular articles. Peter wrote Canada\'s first comic strip to be syndicated across the country in both daily black and white and color weekend formats. He has taught animation in various schools in both Montreal and Ottawa and has been an animation instructor at the Ottawa School of Art since the Animation Certificate Program was launched in 1999.
Aida Alves
Aida Alves was born in Vancouver, B.C and raised in Ottawa. She has studied Fine Arts at Cambrian College in Sudbury, and Massage Therapy at Kine Concept in Ottawa. Currently she is studying 3D Game Artist. Over the years her art has taken expression through sculpting, drawing and her most favorite, painting. The mediums used in her paintings include acrylic, oil and mixed media.
Aida’s work has been constantly changing through out her life experiences. The symbology represented reflects her interpretations of the subconscious meanings in her dreams. The feminine realm portrayed in her art is an integral part of her self expression. Her works are a subtle expression of sexuality and feminine beauty. Aida has participated numerous times at the Ottawa School of Art exhibitions. Her work can be found in private collections across Canada.
David Barbour
David Barbour balances freelance photo assignments, personal projects and teaching. Highlights to his career is a mid-career Canada Council Grant in 1999 to complete his project in Havana, Cuba and a World Press Award in 1985 for a photograph he took in Egypt. He studied photography at the Banff School of Fine Arts in 1973/76 and has photographed in over 30 countries for clients such as CIDA, UNICEF, IDRC as well as for Canadian Geographic Magazine. All his assignments are now produced with digital cameras while he prefers black and white film for his personal work. His most recent project, "Home" is a series of landscapes produced in six provinces of Canada. Since 1994, he has taught numerous courses and workshops in the Ottawa region. www.davidbarbour.com
Morton Baslaw
A graduate of the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, Morton Baslaw studied watercolour with Ruth Van Sickle Ford. He fashions his paintings using a technique based on the interpretive realism in still life, landscapes, cityscapes, and seascapes.
Morton\'s work is widely exhibited throughout Canada with the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour and the Ontario Society of Artists. He is also the founding president of the Ottawa Watercolour Society.
Morton is a winner of the G. Allan Burton Award, has exhibited with the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Cultural Branch of the Government of Alberta, Visual Arts Ottawa, Wallack Galleries of Ottawa and Studio Colleen, and is represented in national and private collections.
Morton is also a recognized designer, lecturer, and a veteran instructor on the faculty of the Ottawa School of Art.
Line Bouchard
Line's artistic journey began in 1985 in a pictorial organization class given by Geneviève Belzile at the Outaouais College. The medium used, which was watercolour, allowed her to express spontaneity and vitality as well as gentleness and tenderness. In 1999, Line's passion has veered towards oriental painting and calligraphy. As a student of Tomoko Kodama, at the Ottawa School of Art, she learned to handle the oriental brush using breath, rhythm and body movement. Using black and color ink, she sketches with minimum strokes to reveal the essence of the subject.
Bhat Boy
With a style unique to himself, painter Bhat Boy's whimsical cityscapes bring a personal touch to a scene, turning cities into villages. Never without a sense of humour, the artist is known for putting nuns and hidden details in his paintings, and refers to his style as "ENVISIONISM". Born in England, Bhat Boy studied drawing and painting in Florence, Italy and at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. He lives in Canada's capital, whose building remain his favorite subject for painting.
André Breau
coming soon...
Dana Brezina
Adept in classical drawing and a painter in oils, Dana Brezina teaches Artistic Anatomy and Composition at the OSA. Born in Czechoslovakia, she graduated from the Classical Spanish School of Painting in Madrid. Dana is a founding member of the International Society of Academic Classical Artists. Her paintings and drawings can be found in private collections in Canada, Spain and the Czech Republic.
Ana Iriondo de Bryson
Native from Spain, Ana studied painting and interior design in Madrid and in Vienna. Ana is well-established in international art communities, painting hundreds of portraits, doing ink sketches and teaching art and theory classes. She exhibited in Brussels, Vienna and Ottawa. While in Brussels, she became interested in Medieval Flemish techniques and Eastern Orthodox Iconic painting. Ana has continuously pursued her art studies which included two years at the Volkshoschule Art School in Vienna. Ana continues her artistic development by participating in art exhibitions, as well as doing private commissions which include ink sketches, drawings and portraits in oil, pastel and pencil. She is a member of the Ottawa Art Association as well as instructor at the Ottawa School of Art. www.anairiondo.com
Fabio Cattelan
Fabio Cattelan has taught art in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa. He is presently with the OCDSB as an Art, and Design & Technology instructor. Fabio has acted as art director for seven stage productions and has taught painting, animation, sculpture, web design, as well as stage and lighting design. Fabio spent several years working as a commercial artist in Toronto. There he worked on many national accounts as both a designer and illustrator.
Currently, works produced by Fabio’s students are on display at the Museum of Nature in Ottawa. Fabio’s own recent works include sculpture in both wood and stone.
Fabio received an Honors B.F.A from York University in 1985. He holds a teaching diploma from McGill University and is certified to teach special education. Fabio has been with the Ottawa School of Art since 1997.
Richard Charlebois
“I want to create art that will be representative of the concern for wildlife, natural resources and historic sites surrounding us, by using woods that would otherwise be destroyed or discarded as waste and use this wood to give new awareness of the beauty of life.”
A nature enthusiast at heart, Richard Charlebois has a background in Drafting and Electro-Mechanical, but after obtaining his Marquetry Certificate in 2005, he hasn\'t looked back since. A member of Arts Ottawa East and a Pictorial Marquetry instructor at the Ottawa School of Art, Orleans Campus, Charlebois brings his attention to detail and appreciation for the beaty of nature to his students through the art of using inlaid wood and Pyrography to create a three dimensional effect. www.artisanwoodbois.com
Chikonzero Chazunguza
Born in Zimbabwe, Chikonzero did his MFA in Bulgaria. He taught art courses for 15 years at Universities and colleges in Southern Afirca, and has exhibited in Africa, Europe, Canada and the USA. In his mind, art goes beyond the idea of making just good pictures: it is the process or art making and what it does to the individual, how it reconnects with their creative source, that truly matters. Chiconzero's work stems from the understanding of traditional approaches, intertwined with modern and classical concepts.
Audrey Churgin
Audrey Churgin works in a variety of media. Represented by Wallack Galleries, she has created an extensive collection of pastel paintings, as well as oil paintings, graphite drawings, and collaborative works produced with young children. Her current work is a combination of play-writing and audio production. Her latest audio project is included in the bookmobile Project, and soon will be exhibited on-line in the virtual gallery, Artengine.
Audrey has been featured in many solo exhibitions in Ottawa, Toronto, Washington DC, Scottsdale, and in numerous group shows across the US and Canada. She has an MFA from Vermont College, a B.F.A. and a post-Graduate Diploma in Art Education from Concordia University, and studied drawing and painting at the Art Student\'s League of New York, the New School of Art in Toronto, and the Banff School of Fine Arts.
Audrey has been teaching at the Ottawa School of Art since 1984. Among the many courses she has taught are Foundation Drawing, Visual Foundations, Inter-Media, Intermediate Drawing, Painting, and Pastels.
Since 1998, she has served as a Board member at Canadian Artists\' Representation (CARFAC), for Ontario and Nationally. She recently accepted the position as its National Executive Director.
David Clendining
Born in Canada, David has pursued and developed his art throughout Europe, Canada and the US for over 25 years. While studying bronze casting and commercial art at the Ontario College of Art, he also audited animation classes at Sheridan College. He worked in the field of animation at Dick Williams Disney Studio in London, England, Nelvana Studios in Toronto, and in the television and film industry in Canada, the US and England. His art can be found in many public and private collections, and his illustrations have graced the pages of a variety of children's books.
Bryna Cohen
Bryna Cohen holds B.F.A. degrees from McGill University and the University of Ottawa in addition to studies at the Rhode Island School of Design.
For the past 11 years, Bryna was Educator/Guide in the Education & Public Programs Division at the National Gallery of Canada. Her broad experience with various media has enabled her to deliver high quality educational programming in an effective manner to audiences of all ages.
Since 1986, Bryna\'s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions in Ottawa and throughout Canada. In 2000, she had two solo exhibitions, one at Galerie St-Laurent + Hill in Ottawa and the other at David Ariss Fine Arts in St. John\'s, Newfoundland. She is also represented by Painted City Gallery in Toronto. Bryna\'s work can found in several private and public collections, among them the Canada Council Art Back and the City of Ottawa.
The Ottawa School of Art is pleased to welcome Bryna as an Instructor in the Children\'s Program in which she recently piloted the successful Multimedia Fun for Family and Friends course.
Pamela Cockcroft-Lasserre
Pamela Cockcroft-Lasserre studied Fine Art at the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting (St Martin’s Central, University of the Arts, London) and graduated with merit distinction. Subsequent experience included gallery custodianship, teaching Art History and being an Art Critic for the Cape Times in South Africa.
Widely traveled in Africa and Europe, she has settled in the Gatineau Hills where she has a studio, creating predominantly figure paintings and drawings; she teaches at the Ottawa School of Art and exhibits regularly in Ottawa and South Africa. Her work can be found in private collections in Canada, USA, France and South Africa.
Grant Collins
Grant Collins is a visual artist living in Montreal whose image making practices use the techniques and conventions of both comics and fine arts to experiment with distinctions between looking at drawn and painted images and reading them. He has a BFA in Studio Arts, and a Masters degree in Media Studies, which he’s recently received from Concordia University’s Communications department. While working extensively as a scenic painter for film and theater, where he has specialized in large format high-realist painting, Grant has nurtured a keen interest in experimenting with the combination and sequencing of words and pictures, and is equally enthusiastic about working with students towards developing their own creative interests with comics and art.E
Erika Connor
Erika Connor is an artist and writer from the Gatineau Hills in Quebec, with a BFA in Studio Art and Creative Writing from Concordia University, where she won \'The Irving Layton Award" for best fiction in 1991. She has published several times with the US travel anthology "Travelers\' Tales": Best Travel Writing. Her writing and mixed-media paintings are inspired by her many experiences: journeys by horse in Africa and Mongolia, work as an observer of the Przewalksi horses, work in Ottawa with wild birds and wildlife at rehabilitation centres and at the Humane Society with the "Brightening Lives" Program, healing people with animals, work with street dogs in India, as well as studies in tracking and bushcraft and a lifelong connection to nature. This is brought extensively into her mixed-media classes for children and adults at the OSA where she has taught since 1999.
Vanessa Coplan
Since receiving her MA in art history this past spring, Vanessa has been continuing to work on her recent series entitled, The Living House. It is a composite of written and and visual pieces that compares the domestic life of humans and animals, highlighting the fact that what separates Us from Them is often smaller than we believe. She resides in her own home here in Ottawa that is very much alive with her two small kids, he husband, and a flurry of activity from (uninvited) furry and feathery friends.
André Coutu
André is a graduate of La Cité collégiale who has nurtured his passion for photography since relocating to the Ottawa Valley. He is an Instructor for La Cité collégiale in the continuing education, full time studies and for Henry’s School of Imaging. André shoots film by choice, but is equally at home using digital when required. Possessing a diverse portfolio, he gets his greatest enjoyment from product shots, creative cuisine and style driven portraits.
Dawn Dale
Dawn Dale has been an instructor at the Ottawa School of Art since 1990, teaching sculpture, in both the General and Diploma Progams (Basic Sculpture, Modeling the Figure in Wax and Clay, The Classical and Comtemporary Bust, Sculptures I, II, Intermediate Sculpture and Advanced Studio). A BFA graduate from the University of Ottawa, she has exhibited across Canada and abroad.
She is an active member of the arts community and has been in the classroom with MASC, ArtSmarts and Les Artistes à l’école. Her work can be found at www.dawndale.com and www.aregeebee.net/dawndale/.
Adam Fraser Davidson
I developed my talents early as I used art as a source of fun and I still do. At the age of 15 I began to become fascinated with Abstraction, Odd Illustrations, Native Art and Symbols, at that time I began to create my own. Art took a new meaning as I became almost too fascinated as to where my art and its realizations had brought me. At the age of 18 I was determined to not ever focus on the traditional, figurative or the realistic at all anymore and I began the pursuit of working in any medium, written, painted or otherwise as an abstractionist.
All of my Post Secondary education and extra curricular with other artists has been in my hometown of Ottawa, the Ottawa Region and via the Internet. The Ottawa School of Art has allowed me to take the roll of Student then to Technician, now Teacher and Instructor for General Interest Courses, Teens Courses and Outreach Programs. As for my Instruction I have trimmed a formula to teach composition and demonstrate visual art material properties. As the attempt, approach and usage of materials are important to the process, the work it self. Above and beyond all that is the idea, which is the initial work and takes the most time. Through mistakes, trials and studies I think that art thrives in those thoughts before the true works of art can even begin. For now I am verging on a new territory with my own art unlike my other previous attempts. At this time I am bridging my talents and styles to push in a new direction, the pursuit continues.
John Alexander Day
Nature is a wonderful teacher who continues to surprise and inspire John while working plein-air. The experience of working on location and seeing everything "first hand" helps keep his work fresh. This is mainly why John continues to work only from his outdoor sketches and not work based on photos. Back home in his studio, he will use these paintings done on location to produce work of a more substantial nature. " I try to put more into these studio works while at the same time retaining the same feeling as the smaller works. By doing this, it is my hope to convey in each of my paintings a real "sense of place" to the viewer.
Lucia De Marinis
Lucia De Marinis graduated from a five-year Bachelor of Fine Arts program at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1984, where she majored in painting. She was given advanced standing to third year upon admission to the program, and was selected for the National Dean’s List in 1984. She was a finalist for the prestigious Gund Award competition at graduation. Lucia also has a Bachelor of Arts in Italian Literature from Carleton University, and studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome with the assistance of a scholarship from the Italian government.
Lucia has been teaching at the Ottawa School of Art since 1988 and in the Department of Part-Time Studies at Algonquin College since 1994. She was a faculty member in the Department of Visual and Creative Arts at St. Lawrence College from 1988 to 1991. In 2006 she was the recipient of the first Instructor of the Year Award at the Ottawa School of Art. She has exhibited her work in numerous solo, group and juried shows in Canada and the USA and is represented in corporate, public and private collections.
Mahshid Farhoudi
Born in Iran (1971) Mahshid Farhoudi immigrated to Canada in 1987. She Attended York University and the Ontario College of Art and Design. Upon completion of the Drawing and Painting program, she then studied traditional method of drawing and painting in Florence, Italy.
Mahshid is a Canadian Figurative painter who addresses issues of identity and belonging. Her work has been published alongside the poetry of Canadian writer and Trent university professor Kelly Young. Mahshid is a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts and teaches at the Ottawa School of Art. She is one of the founding members of Propeller Gallery and AWOL Gallery in Toronto.
Mahshids’ work was featured on Canoe Live Television (2007). Her work can be found in private collections in Canada, Europe, Australia and the United States. www.mahshidfarhoudi.com
Andrew Fay
Andrew Fay was raised and educated in Ottawa and received his training at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. His work continues to focus on figurative subject matter. The paintings centre on the human image, examining a gamut of physical and emotional drives. The figures are often nude, not to portray excessive sexuality but rather to convey the essence of the human spirit. The nudity in his work also reflects his appreciation and affection of the nude as found in the great masterpieces throughout art history. The narrative of his paintings is often intentionally ambiguous. He creates a surreal atmosphere which invites the viewer to interact with the work on their own terms, with minimal direction.
He has participated in numerous exhibitions, most notably at the Karsh-Masson Gallery, the Ottawa Art Gallery, and the Ottawa School of Art Gallery. Andrew’s paintings can be found in important civic and private collections in Ottawa, and his work is currently on view at the La Petite Mort Gallery.
Alex Fichera
Alex Fichera graduated form Ottawa University with a BFA.
Her interests include psychology, feminism and identity, which she explores in her work using a variety of mediums to create images and sculptures. Alex has been working at the Ottawa School of Art for 8 years now and is currently teaching in the children’s department.
Mauricio Flores Guarneros
Born in Mexico City, Mauricio completed his photography training at the Escuela Activa de Fotografia in 1996. In the following year a short-term course with photographer Charles Harbut of Magnum agency complemented his visual education. Since then he has developed a variety of historical, documentary, commercial, social, architectural, and artistic photography projects.
In 1999 he enrolled in the visual arts program at the Ottawa School of Art where he was awarded two scholarships. After completing his art studies there he was awarded a research fellowship by the National Gallery of Canada to develop a digital procedure that serves conservators today in photo-documenting their restoration treatments. He has also juried exhibitions and participated in numerous photography shows as well as presented several alternative photography projects locally and abroad. He is presently working to develop an ecological alternative to the traditional B&W photo darkroom.
His work has been published in specialized magazines, exhibit halls, catalogues, and presented in several galleries including the Soumaya Museum in Mexico City, the Cultural Centre of the National University Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico and Canada, and in the Centro de Arte in the city of Holguin, Cuba. He has been teaching photography and delivering photography lectures and workshops since 1997 in Mexico, Cuba and Canada. His work is geared around the research and practice of historical, traditional, digital and specialized photographic processes.
Tami Galili Ellis
Tami Galili Ellis was born in Israel and immigrated to Canada in 1986. She graduated from the University of Ottawa with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Shortly thereafter, she joined the Ottawa of School of Art as an Instructor in the Children\'s Program.
From 1995 to 1998, she returned to Israel with her family where she designed and delivered a very successful multimedia arts program to children in an alternative school. Her main passion is painting in oils. Since graduation, she has exhibited mostly in group exhibits and various galleries both in Israel and Ottawa.
Leonard Gerbrandt
Leonard Gerbrandt was born in Saskatchewan, Canada. After working in commercial art, he studied at the University of Guelph, majoring in Fine Arts with specialization in printmaking and art history, and graduating from there in 1970 with an Honours B.A.
Leonard has taught at the Ottawa School of Art and in high schools since 1972, aside from periods during which he lived in Bangladesh and Kenya. In 1973, with the assistance of the Ontario Arts Council, he designed and constructed a pneumatic-hydraulic printing press at Canterbury High School.
He has been a Board member of the Ottawa School of Art and was instrumental in setting up its Printmaking Studio, which is named after him. His work has been in regional traveling exhibitions with the Manitoba Arts Council and CSPW. He is represented in collections such as The National Film Board, the Agnes Etherington Gallery, City of Ottawa, Royal Trust, The Canadian Centre for Managerial Development as well as numerous private collections in Canada and abroad.
Karen Goetzinger
Karen Goetzinger is an award winning artist. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fashion Design with a minor in Fine Arts. Since 2004, she has taught at the Ottawa School of Art and is a mentor/instructor in the Fine Crafts Certificate Program.
Karen is known and sought after for her finely detailed mixed media textile works that are influenced by her roots in traditional quilt making, couture construction, and her life-long passion for the urban landscape. Her works have been exhibited by public and private galleries in Canada and the United States, in museums, at regional art exhibitions throughout North America, hang in private collections internationally and are featured in the recently released book "500 Art Quilts" (Lark Books a division of Sterling Publishing Co. Inc.). www.karengoetzinger.com
Detlef Gotzens
Detlef currently runs ANET Glass Form & Design Inc. Studios in Quebec specializing in restoration, conservation and custom design projects. His work can be seen in Cologne, Manhattan (collaboration with Architect Ali Tayar), Montreal (Christ Church Cathedral, St.James the Apostle, St.Joseph's Oratorio) and Ottawa (Memorial Chamber windows - Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, Notre Dame Cathedral, St.Patrick's Basilica).
In 2009, Detlef decided to stop working on conservation and restoration to devote all his time to his "first love", making art! By now, his career spans over 43 years in glass and for many years Detlef has also been teaching. He is now teaching Stained Glass as well as The Art of Mosaic at the Ottawa School of Art Orleans campus. http://www.degoarts.com
Nathalie Grice
Nathalie Grice holds a Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts from the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. She is a painter, mould maker and sculptor and has worked as a commercial artist for over 12 years. Currently, Nathalie works as an instructor at the Ottawa School of Art Orleans Campus, and the Outreach Program. She is also pursuing the Ontario College of Teacher's certification in order to teach arts at the high school level.
Deidre Hierlihy
Deidre received her B.A. and Bachelor of Education from Queen\'s University. Upon completion of her studies, she received a bursary from Graff Centre de Conception Graphique in Montreal where she worked as an artist in residence for one year. She continued her printmaking studies in Japan, learning Japanese wood art from Akiru Kurosake. She has exhibited her prints in Japan, Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa.
Deidre has been teaching for 16 years, 13 of which have been at at the Ottawa School of Art in the Diploma, General, and Children\'s Program. She is currently the Coordinator of the Children\'s Department.
Robert Hinchley
Robert Hinchley is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art. His paintings and prints have been shown in many exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Painting trips in Canada and especially the Ottawa Valley offer Rob an endless source of inspiration.
His unique approach to printmaking combines painterly and experimental methods to this timeless graphic form. A selection of his prints was presented as gifts from Canada to the world leaders that attended the APEC summit in Vancouver.
Robert Hyndman
Robert Hyndman (1915 - 2009) was a distinguished painter and teacher whose contribution to Canadian art has extended over many decades. He began his training at the Central Technical School in Toronto with Carl Schaffer and Charles Goldhammer. Upon graduation, he continued his studies at the Central School for Arts and Crafts in London, England while freelancing as an illustrator of children\'s books.
At the onset of the Second World War, Robert returned to Canada and soon after joined the RCAF. He continued to sketch and paint throughout the war and it wasn\'t long before he attracted the attention of the Canadian War Art Program. In 1944, Robert was appointed Official War Artist; he created 68 war paintings (most of which are portraits) in a year and a half.
In 1947, Robert set up a studio in Ottawa. Critics were quick to acclaim his talent; his war paintings became the launching pad for a career that has included numerous commissions, exhibits and several years of teaching at the Banff School of Fine Arts and the Ottawa School of Art. Figure painting and drawing were always his passion. His portrait painting took him around the world and has included a broad range of subjects from society matrons and government officials to businessmen and military personnel.
Naz Ikramullah
Born in London, England, Naz holds a Fine Arts degree from Byam Shaw School, with post-graduation studies in Lithography from Slade in London. She studied etching with Michael Ponce de Leon, visiting Artist from Pratt Institute NY in Karachi. Collections: Library of Congress, Washington DC, National Gallery of Jordan, CMC Permanent Collection New Delhi, Senate, Islamabad, Ottawa Civic Hospital, & others. Exhibitions: Solo: Ottawa School of Art, \'94, Cymroza Gallery, Bombay, \'90, Art Heritage, Delhi, \'89, Indus Gallery, Karachi , \'87. Group: Bradford Art Gallery UK \'94/\'95, Women Artists of Pakistan, National Gallery of Jordan, 3 Women Artists, \'92, 2nd 7 3rd Bharat Bhavan International Biennial of Prints (invited) India \'91/\'95.
Naz designed and wrote a filmstrip for the NFB film "Making Faces" which won 1st prize for Art Education in Oakland California in 1989. She has recently completed a film regarding Cultural Life of Muslim Women of the Indian Sub-Continent. Naz teaches painting and printmaking at the Ottawa School of Art.
Agnes Ivan
Agnes Ivan was born in Budapest, Hungary. She has achieved recognition throughout Canada and Europe as an innovative modern artist. She creates colourful acrylic paintings with themes of modern women/men relationships, love, neighbours, and multicultural ideology.
Her stories are told through acrylic paints on canvas and paper, her talent mirrored through every brush stroke. She is currently represented by Calligrammes Gallery on Murray Street in Ottawa\'s Bywark Market.
Marika Jemma
Marika Jemma tends to work with images that are commonplace or ordinary, to point out the underlying belief system that drives our daily decisions and cultural responses; using appropriate media and technology to express ideas in a way that best supports the expression of these ideas. A subversive odd-jobber, Marika has juggled many different jobs to support her art habit. Graduating from Camosum College, VisArts diploma in hand, Marika joined Xchanges Gallery Studio CoOp in 1991, and in 1996 conceived an interest in film/video making. Since then, Marika continues to struggle towards self-expression in the mediums of installation, painting and filmmaking.
Aline Joanis
Aline grew up in a rural area and gets her inspiration from nature and from trips around the world. Attracted by the colours, she chose oil and acrylics as her media. She enrolled herself in classes at the Ottawa School of Art and kept improving her abilities through personal experiences, special workshops and plein-air painting sessions.
Many exhibitions, solo and in group, were done successfully, and her work is shown in many galleries and also part of private collections in Canada, the USA and Europe. She is recognized by a few Art Associations of which she is member. "Working in the arts and developing my talents as an artist is my dream coming true."
David Kearn
David was born in the U.K., and from an early age showed interest in both arts and sciences. Choosing a career first in Aerospace Engineering and then in business, he returned a few years ago to his love of art full time. From the outset, he was drawn to portraiture and the capture of something of the human condition. David has completed portrait commissions for clients in Montreal, the NCR and the U.K.. He is a recipient of the Ted Marshall Memorial Scholarship from the Ottawa Art Association and one of his portraits won second prize in the oil painting category at the Ottawa Art Association 2009 Annual Juried Awards Show. His watercolour portrait studies have been widely acclaimed and he was invited to demonstrate portraiture with the Ottawa Watercolour Society. www.davidkearn.com
Shannon Kennedy
Bio coming soon.
Maggie Knaus
Maggie Knaus is a professional photographer and artist originally from Washington, DC. Her favorite topic is documenting her children and her extensive travels, using many non-traditional photographic processes in her work. She is a photo teacher (in Ottawa at SPAO and OSA), a commercial photographer (for the White House Historical Association and many stock agencies), and an artist (with shows in galleries across the US). In Ottawa, she has shown at the Bruyere Gallery and at La Petit Mort Gallery. www.maggieknaus.com
Penelope Kokkinos
Penelope Kokkinos is a ceramic artist, curator, writer and instructor at the Ottawa School of Art. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Kokkinos' career has been transitory in nature, developing her art practice in a variety of cities across Canada and abroad. Her main areas of intrigue are contemporary ceramics, sculpture and drawing. She has acquired and MFA from Concordia University and a BFA from the University of Ottawa.
Yves Larocque
As a world scholar in Canadian Surrealism, Yves Larocque holds Bachelors degrees in Visual Arts and Theory and Art History from the University of Ottawa, a Master’s degree in Art History from the Université de Montréal, a Diplôme d’Études Approfondies and a Doctorate in Art History and Archeology from the Sorbonne (Université de Paris I). He is also a painter and consultant in the fields of visual arts and architecture. In Paris he studied under renowned professors such as François-Marc Gagnon, René Payant, José Vovelle and Jacques Derrida at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (ÉHÉSS).
As well as demonstrating extensive knowledge in the survey of Art History, Yves specialized in Surrealism and Canadian Art. His doctoral thesis deals with the mediology of Surrealism in English-speaking Canada. He has been teaching the aforementioned disciplines at the Ottawa School of Art for 20 years. He curated Mikihiro Nishimatsu and Robert Hyndman: 50 years of painting.
His paintings have appeared in several group exhibitions, most significantly Arteder 82 at the Muestra d’Arto Grafica of Bilbao, Spain, where he represented Canada. His works have also been shown in Rome, Toronto, Montréal and Ottawa; many are in private collections. www.painting-workshops.com/leader.htm
Elizabeth Lees
Elizabeth Lees is a mixed-media artist who works in photography, acrylics and printmaking. She has a degree in Fine Arts (Honours) in Photography from the University of Ottawa and has photographed for the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Her passion for the arts has also led her to teach Visual Arts in High School. Her work reflects her interest in nature and the surroundings she discovers in new places throughout Canada and foreign countries.
Elizabeth has taught many multi-media courses to a variety of ages for the past four years, including Introduction to Cartooning and Animation at the Ottawa School of Art.
Michel Levesque
Michel Levesque is a commercial graphic artist living in Eastern Ontario who does illustration, comics and graphic design under his company Vec Royale Illustrative Studio. His personal practice explores how comics can be integrated into the community and collaborative arts and how the comic arts can be studied as a distinctive medium within the fine arts. He holds an Honours BFA in Visual Arts from the University of Victoria, and has interned at graphic novel and alternative comics publisher Drawn and Quarterly (Montréal). He has been an administrator for Le Studio coopératif Premières Lignes in Gatineau, in which he continues to be a general member and graphic designer.
Heather MacDonald
I began pursuing formal Western calligraphy & fine art courses in the late 1970’s in Montreal and I’ve been privileged to study with internationally known calligraphers & painters since that time. Travel and Eastern philosophies are a major influence on my artistic style and I often incorporate text, poetry or Asian elements into my work. My long-standing fascination with Asian art forms led me to study with both Japanese and Chinese Sumi-e painters. At the same time, I enjoy the discipline and the freedom that Western lettering offers from a formal as well as an abstract perspective. I love teaching the appreciation of calligraphy from both the Eastern and Western perspectives; I believe the most important attitude we should cultivate is “Beginner’s Mind” which allows us to approach learning without judgement. My artistic journey has taught me that, like yin and yang, each style can complement the other and both are necessary to unify understanding. My academic background includes diplomas in Computer Science and Museum science; however, art is what informs all aspects of my life. In turn, all aspects of life inform my art! www.yohaku.wetpaint.com
André Martel
André lives and works in Ottawa. He studied graphic design and visual art at Algonquin College and Ottawa University. He was designer and art director before concentrating his efforts to visual art exclusively since 2000. His works were featured in several solo exhibitions in Ontario and Quebec. André Martel is a sculptor and installation artist who creates volumetric works which occupy space in various ways. Sometimes on the floor sometimes on the walls, the installation sculptures of Martel join together natural elements found in the environment and high tech elements recycled from various sources. In his studio, mechanisms and organisms are transformed into forms renewed under the actions of the artist. Like an engineering lab in his studio, the artist fuses elements apparently unrelated into inventions with unknown purposes. Influenced by Zen buddhism for the past 30 years, thematically his work explores the vary nature of Creativity and the role of continually evolving human consciousness.
Don McVeigh
An accomplished watercolourist, printmaker and illustrator, Don McVeigh has lived and worked in Ottawa since 1985. His work is found in many public and private collections in Canada and abroad. He holds a B.F.A. fromt the University of Alberta, 1972 and an M.F.A. from the University of Regina, 1978. Don teaches Beginner's Drawing at the Ottawa School of Art.
Sharon Mintz
Her first career was as a registered nurse with a postgraduate diploma in psychiatry. She was always interested in art, and started her BFA at the University of Manitoba. She then completed her education at Concordia University with a BFA in Art Education, and an MA in Art Therapy. In Ottawa, she maintains a private practice, gives motivational talks and workshops, and teaches at the OSA.
Andrea Mossop
A rich balance of experience as an artist and as a teacher, with her background in art history and her passion for painting, has shaped Andrea Mossop's reputation for depth of knowledge and breadth of imagination in teaching and lecturing. Originally from Toronto, Andrea has a B.A. from the University of Western Ontario, followed by advanced studies in drawing and painting from the Ontario College of Art. Andrea teaches intensive two-day long workshops at the OSA Orleans Campus.
Lindy Nadarajah
Lindy Nadarajah was born in Ottawa in 1963. She has always had an afinity for art. She is a dedicated member of the Ottawa Art community who continuously thrives to bring artists and their work to the forefront. Art has always been a part of her life since very early on when she excelled in various mediums during her high school years. Continuing on with 4 years of formal training in Vocation Art followed by over a decade of teaching adults and children alike.
Lindy is knowlegdeable to work with many type of mediums including Acrylics, Oils, Digital, and Sculptures. Her current focus is Portraiture, Landscapes, and still lifes using Acrylic. Lindy has sat on the Board of Directors for Visual Arts Center, Orleans and is a current member of the Executive Committee for ArtEast and also a member of Arts Ottawa East. Lindy is currently the an Art Curator of Promenade Arteast Gallery in the Shenkman Center as well as the Cumberland Public Library. Her own paintings have been exhibited at many galleries and special events in the Ottawa region.
She is an official artist of the Ottawa Tulip festival and has hosted Arteast community events such as Queen Elizabeth Elementary Art Day. Lindy is proud to be an art teacher for the Ottawa School of Art and looks forward to continuing teaching art in the Ottawa Region.
Patti Normand
Patti Normand has been a professional artist for the last twenty years. She has done extensive work for the Children's Museum, designing and creating interesting visual elements. She also teaches art classes to children in the community, as part of the Ottawa School of Art's Outreach program. She lives and works in Hintonburg, and exhibits her paintings in the region.
ElBagir Osman
ElBagir Osman is a visual and media artist and educator. Originally from Sudan, he studied painting in the College of Fine Arts (Khartoum, Sudan), and earned a graduate degree in Scenic Design at the Academy of Arts (Cairo, Egypt). He has practiced art since many years and exhibited in several countries. Osman teaches art to students of all ages. ElBagir has also won several prizes for art and design. His works can be found in many institutes around the globe.
Britt Quinlan
Britt Quinlan teaches papermaking and bookbinding at the OSA. She began papermaking in 1993 and especially enjoys working with cooked fibres, clays, creative textures, and creating paper based, stone and wood sculptures. Her artwork has been shown regionally and is part of the National Library collection. Through her business, The Paperwright, Britt supplies products and builds equipment for papermakers worldwide. www.paperwright.ca
Erin Maura Robertson
Erin Robertson is a versatile, classically trained artist. She has worked as an artist and teacher in Ottawa for several years. Erin works in a variety of media including; oil, acrylic, watercolour, clay, plaster, papier-mache and wood. Her mixed media sculptures can be found in museum displays and in private collections throughout the world. She has exhibited her paintings and sculptures in public and private shows in Canada and Tanzania. Erin is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Guelph University
Krystyna Sadej
Krystyna is mostly known as a tapestry artist, and this woven medium has greatly influenced her mixed-media art. These texture-rich works reflect her own unique philosophy: "The best thing you can do as an artist, is to allow yourself looseness of expression. Run away from conventional forms and landscapes by creating new relationships with traditional technique, colour and media."
Originally from Poland, she has exhibited her works internationally over the last 30 years, and her art is owned by collectors in Europe, Canada and the USA. www.krystynasadej.com
John Sadler
A native of Oshawa, Ontario, John received his education at Carleton University, the University of Toronto and the Ontario College of Art. He now resides just outside of Almonte where he has his studio.
"In my career as a sculptor and abstract painter, I have enjoyed the experience of teaching art. With the creative learning process, there is always a strong dialogue between myself and the student. I try to bring to the students a way of experiencing and looking at art by sharing with them my own study and experience of art created by the leaders of the art world, specifically New York and Europe-based artists and their unique approach to their work."
Tricia Wilmot Savoie
Tricia has a deep rooted passion for colour and light, and a great love of painting "en plein-air". Her paintings have a life of their own, with a subtle strenght to draw the viewer right into the canvas itself. Her works, which could be described as contemporary impressionism, now hang in private and corporate collections in the United States, Brazil, Australia, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Germany and across Canada. http://www.twilmotsavoie.ca
Ruth Secunda
A visual and performance artist returned to her hometown of Ottawa in 2002. Prior to leaving, she helped to establish “85 Clarence,” a noted artist cooperative that contributed to a growing local visual arts community. After five years in Montreal, Ruth was awarded a Canada Council Writing Grant, which took her to the Banff School of Fine Arts. Following the completion of her project, she remained a Banff resident for the next 16 years. She helped to establish the Banff Arts Council, Banff First Night Celebrations and various visual arts projects. She also received a Governor General’s Caring Canadian award for her community work in 2001.
Since her return to Ottawa, she became a Board member of the Council for the Arts in Ottawa. She currently teaches at the Ottawa School of Art where she conducts mixed media classes to adults and children. She is actively involved in numerous solo and group exhibitions.
Blair Sharpe
Blair Sharpe completed his “A” Level in Fine Art (University of London Board) at Kent School, Germany and a special Post “A” Fine Arts Programme while living in Düsseldorf, Germany from 1971–73, followed by studies at the Ottawa School of Art (then the Ottawa Municipal Art Centre), notably with Richard Gorman and the late James Boyd. He has exhibited widely, with numerous solo shows in Ottawa and Toronto, including a major mid-career survey at the Ottawa Art Gallery in 1989 as well as group shows across Canada and abroad. He is represented in Ottawa by Wallack Galleries.
His work is found in many public, corporate and private collections notably the Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa Art Gallery, Carleton University Art Gallery, City of Ottawa and Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada. His painting River Keeper is on permanent exhibition at the Canadian Embassy in Oslo, Norway. Public commissions include the mural Ouananiche at the Jack Purcell Community Centre and a floor work, River\'s Invitation at the Smyth Transitway Station in Ottawa.
Blair teaches painting and drawing at the Ottawa School of Art, and has contributed writings on art and art practice to a number of publications. While his work is formally centred in the traditions of abstract painting, a profound affinity to nature and natural process pervades his work. www.blairsharpe.com
Ranajit Sinha
Ranajit is a professional artist from Ottawa. He received his MFA in printmaking from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan in India, and a later did a second MFA at Central Washington University, USA. He is a recipient of many awards and has received many grants from the Canadian government as well as from various organizations in the USA and Canada. In 2007, Ranajit was nominated as one of the three finalists of Mississauga Arts Awards in the established artist category. He has had many solo and group shows in India, UAE, Canada and the USA. Ranajit's works are part of museum collections which includes the National Gallery of Modern Art in India and the Dubai Art Centre in UAE. His works are also in private as well as corporate collections around the world.
Gerald Smith
Gerald Smith received his B.F.A. at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick and then attained a Master's Degree in Studio Painting at the University of Saskatchewan. At both institutions, he received many awards and bursaries. Upon graduation, he taught at community colleges throughout Saskatchewan for two years, followed by five years teaching Fine Art at the degree level at the University of Saskatchewan as part of its off campus program.
For the past 14 years, Gerald has been a regular instructor at the Ottawa School of Art. During the summer of 1999, he taught a course in landscape painting in France under the auspices of ICSCIS, called "Atelier Monet", covering some of the places painted by Claude Monet. He also taught art appreciation for 6 years for the City of Ottawa. He has participated in numerous art exhibitions across Canada and is represented in many public and private collections.
Gerald has completed four murals to date and is currently working on a large 40\' x 6\' mural, containing over 60 figures, for a recently constructed church in Kanata. His teaching philosophy stresses the fundamentals of good craftsmanship but he also believes in letting the individual student develop his or her own style and approach to making art. To that end, he regards himself largely as a facilitator in the creative process.
Rosy Somerville
Rosy received a foundation in fine arts in England, and worked in graphic design before immigrating to Canada. She paints in oil, acrylic and watercolour, and teaches watercolour painting. "Painting is for me a meditation. I love the challenge, the unique movements of the medium, the contrasts of control and unpredictability, the total focus it demands. I enjoy the tension between working within rules, and allowing intuition to speak. I work both en plein-air and in the studio. Through the play of light and dark, of colours, shapes, textures, lines, the defined and the undefined, the stated and the implied I like to capture something of the unique essence that defines everything created."
Jennifer Stead
Jennifer Stead is known for her large-scale landscape drawings and smaller landscape paintings. Throughout the last two decades, her work has been shown in a mix of commercial and public venues, including the 2003 Alberta Biennal, the Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, the Glenbow, the London Regional Art Gallery, the Nickle Arts Museum, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador. She received her BFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax in 1982. In 1984-85, she was a resident at the Banff Centre for the Arts and completed an Arts Education degree at McGill University in 1991. In 2007, she completed her MFA at the University of Calgary, winning the Chancelor's Gold Medal for her thesis. Her work is represented in various private, public and corporate collections nationally.
Gayle Thomas
Gayle Thomas was born in Montreal where she attended the École des Beaux Arts and subsequently Concordia University from which she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
For over twenty years, Gayle has worked as an animation filmmaker at the National Film Board of Canada as well as in the private sector. During this time, Gayle won many international awards for her films that cover a wide range of subjects and techniques. At the moment, she is living in Ottawa and freelancing as an animation filmmaker and graphic artist. The School is happy to welcome Gayle as an instructor to the Animation Certificate Program.
Jim Thomson RCA
Jim Thomson was born in 1953, Ottawa, Canada and has been creating in clay since 1972. In 2008 he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts. Jim has exhibited his work across Canada, in the UK, China, Japan, The Netherlands, Italy, as well as in Columbus, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. He has lectured at The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Ontario College of Art, Concordia University, Sheridan College of Art & Design, Queen\'s University, The Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, The National Gallery of Canada, and The Burlington Arts Centre. Jim’s publicly commissioned work titled On Top of the World can be seen at the former Regional Headquarters in Ottawa, now the new City Hall. At the old Ottawa City Hall on Sussex Drive, Ottawa, his commissioned work of 12 Benches can also be viewed. His work is also found in many private and corporate collections. www.jimthomson.ca
Guillermo Trejo
Guillermo Trejo was born in Mexico City and has a BFA from Bellas Arts School of Painting, Sculpture and Printmaking. His first subject after emigrating to Canada in 2007 was a serie of drawings inspired by characters from Canadian newspapers. As he tries to understand the "multicultural" landscape in Canada, he likes to draw plants and make prints of people. His profound understanding of art history is reflected in his contemporary work. He currently teaches printmaking and drawing at the Ottawa School of Art.
Mary Ann Varley
Native from England, Mary Ann Varley began teaching in 1968 in Quebec City. When she moved to Ottawa with her family, she taught at Ashbury College where she was invited to develop an art program for the Junior School and later the Senior School. She worked there for thirty years. Mary Ann is a life long learner, with a Master of Arts in Art Education (Concordia), a B.Ed. (Ottawa) and a B.A. in Fine Arts (Concordia). She is now an active member of Arteast and instructor at the Ottawa School of Art.
Yvon Villarceau
Yvon Villarceau, BFA, BEd, is a multi-disciplinary visual artist who immigrated to Canada in 1972 from Haïti. He curated and exhibited at the African-Canadian Colorlux Studio, one of the fist artist-run centres in Winnipeg: was an artist in residence at teh St Norbert for the Arts; represented Canada at Dak'Art Bienale in Dakar; Senegal and Videogram in Helsinki, Finland.
His artwork can be found in collections of the City of Ottawa and the Ministry of External Affairs as well as online with Sawvideo.com and Artengine.ca. He has won many awards and grants from provincial and national arts councils, and for many years, was a popular Educator-Guide at the National Gallery of Canada, giving school tours and workshops.
Lindsay Watson
Lindsay Watson is an emerging artist (currently residing in Ottawa) who works with oil paint, mixed media and photographs to "construct" alternative truths to real-life situations. She had long been fascinated by the connection between story-telling and history, both small and large scale, and tries to reconcile that in her imagery by making works that can be read in a number of "true" - but often conflicting - ways.
Russell Yuristy
Russell Yuristy (1936-) is a Saskatchewan-born painter, sculptor and printmaker who has lived in Ottawa for twenty years. He graduated with an MFA from the University of Wisconsin and taught at the University of Regina. More recently he has also taught at the University of Ottawa and has given several printmaking courses at the Ottawa School of Art.
His commissioned sculptures include Switch Hitter at the former Ottawa Lynx stadium and Saskatchewan Rain at the CBC building, Regina. In printmaking he works primarily with large-scale woodcuts, drypoint and etchings. Russell has had numerous solo exhibitions (Regina, Lethbridge, Montreal and Ottawa, among others). His work is in many public collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Canada Council Art Bank, Mackenzie Art Gallery, and the Ottawa Art Gallery.
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