Canadian abstract artists are traditionally painters, drawers, sculptors and photographers, but can also include other mediums like jewelry, printmaking, film, textiles ceramics and more. Artists in Canada views abstract as nonobjective art that depicts real forms in a simplified or rather reduced way - keeping only an allusion of the original natural subject.
Marilyn S. Mylrea was born in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. She lived in small mining towns in Ontario until moving to Vancouver, British Columbia at age seven. Her father was a geological engineer and the family sometimes travelled... (more)
Jodie Blaney is a self-representing Vancouver-based artist with a studio gallery in Delta, British Columbia. Studio open by appointment. Artist Statement... “I strive to move beyond realism when I paint. As I create, I draw on imagination and mem... (more)
MARGARET BREMNER works in mixed media. Her art is intricate, funky, whimsical and joyful. Subjects include trees, leaves, houses and other buildings, mandalas, and more.
It was while working for the City of Burnaby in the sanitation dept. in 1981 that his life would change.
After an injury left him sidelined for 4 months he started to draw again out of boredom.
Dale started thinking about his futu... (more)
abstract/figurative painter
I paint the world that exists somewhere between memory and dream. I am always seeking to express the intangible qualities of our human experience.
In their own way, these works celebrate nature’s unbounded spaces by framing its geometries, linear progressions and algorithms. By refining the basic elements of line, color and texture from the west coast landscapes around me, I pair nature’s... (more)
Pnina Granirer is a prolific and imaginative painter. She works in series, following a new idea as long as it stays fresh and exciting, integrating content within form, never letting her images become stale or repetitive.
Her books, Light... (more)
He is a half-breed. He is gay. His Indigenous heritage was redacted from his birth documents. He was adopted at two months. He was raised a Mennonite. He was bullied for four years at a private school. He was married to a woman. He has four grown... (more)
Art is about relationship: relationship negative and positive to the world and to ourselves and to the space inhabited. Architecture in its pure form: the theories of relativity - how everything works together - the mystery and pursuit of knowledg... (more)
Artist Biography
Originally from the Netherlands, Janna Kumi is a Canadian artist living in Metro Vancouver and exhibiting in British Columbia and across Canada. Her initial art studies were at the Montreal Museum o... (more)