Jorge Zontal

Slobodan Saia-Levy (born 1944 in Parma, Italy – February 3, 1994), publicly known as Jorge Zontal,[1][2] was a Canadian artist.

Life

Zontal was born in Parma, Italy, in 1944, the son of Yugoslav refugees. He grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, and in 1968 he earned a degree in architecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he also studied film making and acting. Zontal died on February 3, 1994 of AIDS-related causes.[3][4][5]

Work

Soon after graduation, he met Felix Partz and AA Bronson while working on a film in Toronto and their group, General Idea, soon became an active part of the Canadian and then the international art scene.[4]

References
  1. General Idea biography ~ Electronic Arts Intermix Archived 2007-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Ehrenstein, David (2005). "Canadian Art". glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture. Archived 2007-04-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. 2002 Laureates ~ Canada Council for the Arts Archived 2012-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Smith, Roberta. "Jorge Zontal, 50, Partner in Canadian Art Group". New York Times. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. J. Keri Cronin; Kirsty Robertson (23 September 2011). Imagining Resistance: Visual Culture and Activism in Canada. Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. pp. 95–. ISBN 978-1-55458-311-9.


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