Pnina Granirer

Pnina Granirer (born April 11, 1935 in Brăila, Romania) is a Romanian-born Canadian painter and writer.

Life

In 1944, as a child, Granirer witnessed the transport ready to take her and other Romanian Jews to the extermination camps. Her life was saved when the Jassy–Kishinev Offensive saw the Red Army drove out Nazi German forces. After World War II, Granirer's family were "sold" to Israel by the Romanian government.[1] She emigrated to Israel, where she attended the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. After completing her degree, she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1965.[2]

Career

Her works have been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally.[2][3] Granirer founded the Artists in Our Midst, the first art walk in Vancouver, in 1993.[4][5] Her book, Light within the Shadows; A Painter’s Memoir, was published in May 2017.[6]

References
  1. "Holocaust survivor and artist shares her incredible journey in new memoir". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  2. "Pnina Granirer". Les Femmes artistes du Canada Women Artists in Canada. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  3. "Llega "Lendas", de Pnina Graniert". La Voz de Galicia (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  4. "West of Main Art Walk marks a quarter-century of Artists in Our Midst". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  5. "What We Do, Who We Are and Why it matters". Artists in Our Midst. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  6. "Vancouver artist Pnina Granirer on her new memoir". CBC. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
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