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
- Manasie Akpaliapik (born 1955), sculptor
- M.J. Alexander (born 1961), artist
- Vikky Alexander (born 1959), artist
- Kay Angliss (1923–2004), printmaker, watercolour and fibre art[1]
- Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916–2003), textile 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
- Helen D. Beals (1897–1991), painter
- Carl Beam, RCA (1943–2005), painter
- Jackson Beardy (1944–1984), painter
- Charles Beil, (1894-1976), sculptor
- Sylvie Bélanger (born 1951), installation artist
- Rebecca Belmore (born 1960), performance artist, installation artist
- Aggie Beynon, metalsmith[2]
- David Bierk (1944–2002), painter
- David Blackwood (born 1941), printmaker
- David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter, video artist
- Molly Lamb Bobak (born 1922), painter, printmaker
- Theodosia Bond (1915–2009), photography[3]
- Jordi Bonet (1932–1979), sculptor, muralist
- Paul-Émile Borduas (1905–1960), painter
- Simone Mary Bouchard (1912–1945), painter, textile artist
- John Boxtel (born 1930), sculpture, woodcarving
- Shary Boyle (born 1972), sculpture, painting, drawing, performance
- Barry Bradfield (born 1981), cartoonist
- Roland Brener (1942–2006), sculptor
- Mark A. Brennan (born 1968), landscape painter
- AA Bronson (born 1946), mixed-media artist
- William Brymner (1855–1925), painter
- Karin Bubaš (born 1976), painter, photographer
- Cecil Tremayne Buller (1886–1973), printmaker[4]
- Ralph Wallace Burton (1905–1983), painter
- Edward Burtynsky (born 1955), photographer
- Jack Bush (1909–1977), painter
C
- Elaine Cameron-Weir, visual artist
- Janet Cardiff (born 1957), installation artist
- James Carl (born 1960), sculptor
- Florence Carlyle (1864 – 1923), painter
- Franklin Carmichael (May 4, 1890 – October 24, 1945), member of the Group of Seven
- Emily Carr (1871–1945), painter
- Ian Carr-Harris (born 1941), installation artist
- Gino Cavicchioli (born 1957), sculptor, artist
- Cynthia Chalk (born 1913), nature photography[5]
- 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
- Sonia Cornwall (1919–2006), painter
- Bruno Cote (1940–2010), painter
- Douglas Coupland (born 1961), sculptural installation[2]
- Josephine Crease (1864–1947), painter[6]
- Susan Reynolds Crease (1855–1947), painter and women's rights activist[7]
- 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[2]
- 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
- Nicholas Raphael de Grandmaison (1892–1978), painter
- Eric Deis (born 1979), photographer
- Roseline Delisle (1952–2003), ceramist
- Berthe des Clayes (1877–1968), painter[8]
- 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
- Emily Louise Orr Elliott (1867–1952), oil painter and fashion designer[9]
- Arthur John Ensor (1905–1995), painter
- Evergon (born 1946), photographer and photo-collage
- Paterson Ewen (1925–2002), painter
- Ivan Eyre (born 1935), painter
F
- Barker Fairley (1887–1986), painter, writer
- Lilias Farley (1907–1989), painter
- Geoffrey Farmer (born 1967), installation artist
- 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
- Margaret Frame (1903–1985), painter
- Statira Elizabeth Frame (1870–1935), painter
G
- Louise Landry Gadbois(1896–1985), painter
- Yechel Gagnon (born 1973), mixed media artist
- Marianna Gartner (born 1963), painter
- Carlo Gentile (born 1835), photographer
- Will Gill (born 1968), sculptor, painter, photographer and video artist
- Violet Gillett (1898–1996), painter
- 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[2]
- Betty Goodwin (born 1923), printmaker, sculptor, paint
- Hortense Gordon (1886-1961), painter
- K.M. Graham (born 1913), painter
- Rodney Graham (born 1949), photographer, installation artist
- Pierre Granche (1948–1997), sculptor
- Angela Grossmann (born 1955), painter
- Aline Gubbay (1920–2005), photographer, art historian
- Suzanne Guité (1927–1981), sculptor, painter[10]
H
- Bess Larkin Housser Harris, (1890–1969), painter
- Lawren Harris (1885–1970), painter
- Paul Hartal (born 1936), painter, poet
- Douglas Haynes (1936–2016)
- Fred Herzog (born 1930), photographer
- Carle Hessay (1911–1978), painter
- Barbara Roe Hicklin (1918–2010), painter
- Gilah Yelin Hirsch (born 1944), multi-disciplinary artist
- William G. Hobbs (born 1927), painter, historian
- Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (born 1913), sculptor
- Edwin Holgate (1892–1977), painter
- Elsie Holloway (1882–1971), photographer
- Margaret Lindsay Holton (born 1955), painter, pinhole photographer, writer
- Frances Anne Hopkins (1838–1919), painter
- Robin Hopper (born 1939), ceramist
- Robert Houle (born 1947), First Nations artist
- Barbara Howard, RCA (1926–2002), painter, wood engraver
- Alexander Hryshko (born 1980), photographer
- Simone Hudon-Beaulac (1905–1984), painter, printmaker
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
- Dusan Kadlec (born 1942)
- Yousuf Karsh (1908–2002), photographer
- Aart Kemink (1914–2006), painter
- Augustus Kenderdine (1870–1947), landscape and portrait artist
- Christopher Kier (born 1959), painter
- Alicia Killaly (1836-1908), painter
- Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1926–1994), painting, performance, multi-media, photography
- Dorothy Knowles, (born 1927), painter
- 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
- Cal Lane (born 1968), sculptor
- Jules Lasalle (born 1957), sculptor
- Ozias Leduc (1864–1955), painter
- Elizabeth Lefort (1914–2005), tapestry artist
- Joseph Légaré (1795–1855), painter
- Enid Legros-Wise, ceramist[2]
- Jean Paul Lemieux (1904–1990), painter
- Michel Lemieux (born 1959), multimedia artist (film, video, performance)
- Serge Lemoyne (1941–1998), painter
- Laura L. Letinsky photographer[2]
- 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
- Glen Loates (born 1945), painter and coin designer
- Judith Lodge (born 19410, painter and photographer
- Karen Lofgren (born 1976), 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
- Sarah Jean Munro Maclean (1873–1952), painter
- Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (1866–1928), painter
- Arnaud Maggs (born 1926), photographer
- Liz Magor (born 1948), visual artist
- Lorraine Malach (1933–2003), ceramist
- Jen Mann (born 1987), portrait artist [11]
- Arthur N. Martin (1889–1961), painter
- Bernice Fenwick Martin (1902–1999), painter, printmaker
- 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
- Gwendolyn Mews (1893–1973), painter
- Kenneth G. Mills (1923–2004), painter
- David Milne (1882–1953), painter
- Ellen Moffat (born 1954), mixed media artist
- Leo Mol (born 1915)
- Guido Molinari (1933–2004), painter
- E. Louise De Montigny-Giguère (1878–1969), sculptor[12]
- Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007), painter
- Rita Mount (1885–1967), 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 [13][14]
- Paula Murray, ceramist[2]
- Robert Murray (born 1936), sculptor
N
- Mina Napartuk (1913–2001), textile artist
- Alison Houston Lockerbie Newton (1890–1967), painter
- Jack Nichols (born 1921), painter
- Grace Nickel (born 1956), ceramist[2]
- Arnold Nogy, painter
- Alice Nolin (1896–1967), sculptor[15]
- Naveed Nour, Iranian-Canadian/American photographer
- Elizabeth Styring Nutt (1870–1946), painter
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
- Katie Ohe (born 1937), sculptor
- Kim Ondaatje (born 1928), painter, filmmaker
- Nina May Owens (1869–1959), painter
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 (1918–2013), painter
- Jim Pescott, painter
- Marjorie Pigott (1904–1990), 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
- Gladys Reeves (1890–1974), 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
- Ethel Rosenfield (1910–2000), sculptor[16]
- Endel Ruberg (1917–1989), artist, educator
S
- Carl Schaefer (1903–1995), painter, war artist
- Tony Scherman (born 1950), painter
- Charlotte Schreiber (1834–1922), painter
- Jacques Schyrgens (born 1923), painter, illustrator
- Regina Seiden (1897–1991), painter
- Jack Shadbolt (1909–1998), painter
- 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
- Helen Stadelbauer (1910–2006), painter
- Arlene Stamp, two-dimensional artist and designer[2]
- Owen Staples (1866–1949), painter, etcher, political cartoonist
- Godfrey Stephens (born 1939), painter, sculptor, boat builder
- Reva Stone, digital artist[2]
- 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[2]
- Ningeokuluk Teevee, illustrator
- Genevieve Thauvette, photographer
- Tom Thomson (1877–1917), painter
- Jackie Traverse, painter
- Julie Tremble, animator, experimental videographer
U
- Ina D.D. Uhthoff (1889–1971), 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
- Ruth Salter Wainwright (1902–1984), painter
- 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
- Peter and Catharine Whyte (1905–1966, 1906–1979), painters
- Joyce Wieland (1930–1998)
- Robert Wiens (born 1953), painter and sculptor
- Peter Wilkins (born 1968), multimedia artist
- Yvonne Williams (1901–1997), stained glass artist
- Jeff Willmore (born 1954), painter and performance artist
- Robert Willms (born 1969)
- Anna Wong (1930-2013), printmaker
- Hilda Woolnough (1934–2007), etching and graphics
- Kamila Wozniakowska (born 1956), painter[2]
- Andrew Wright (born 1971), multimedia artist
- Dana Wyse (born 1965), installation artist
X
- Gu Xiong (born 1953), multidisciplinary artist
Y
- Xiaojing Yan (born 1978), sculptor, installation artist
- Cecil Youngfox (1942-1987)
Z
- Jarko Zavi (born 1987), ceramist
- Robert Zend (1929–1985), typewriter, collage, multimedia, and digital artist; concrete poet
- Lorena Ziraldo (born 1960), painter
- 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
- ↑ "Angliss, Katherine Margaret (Kay)". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 RCA Academicians elected 2007 Archived 2007-07-26 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Bond, Theodasia". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
- ↑ "Cecil Buller". National Gallery of Canada.
- ↑ "Chalk, Cynthia". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
- ↑ "Crease, Josephine". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
- ↑ "Crease, Susan Reynolds". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
- ↑ "Des Clayes, Berthe". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
- ↑ "Elliott, Emily Louise Orr". 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.
- ↑ "New Paintings by Jen Mann". juxtapoz.com. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
- ↑ "De Montigny-Giguère, Élisabeth-Louise (1878-1969)". Historical Dictionary of Quebec Sculpture in the 20th Century.
- ↑ "New web series Teenagers attracts Degrassi alum » Playback". playbackonline.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ↑ "Sex, drugs & violence: Toronto's provocative Web Series "Teenagers" returns for Season Two Events & Culture". shedoesthecity.com. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ↑ "Nolin, Alice (1896-1967)". Historical Dictionary of Quebec Sculpture in the 20th Century.
- ↑ Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G (2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. p. 2483. ISBN 1135638896.
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