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Anna Madelska

19xx-•Artist Curator DF Interview Educator
In 2003, Anna Madelska received her Associate degree in sculpture and installation from the Ontario College of Art and Design. In 2005, she completed her MFA at Western University and now teaches drawing foundations and foundations in visual arts in the Department’s curriculum. She is also the Associate Director of DNA Artspace in downtown London ...

Catherine Morrisey

1949-•Artist DF Interview Info.Professional
Born in Brampton, Ontario, Catherine Morrisey grew up in Port Credit near Toronto and from an early age was active in dance, painting, canoeing, and camping. At York University, she studied with artists Ron Bloore, William Ronald, Tim Whiten, Doug Morton, Ted Bieler, and critics John Bentley Mays, and Michael Greenwood ...

Doris Murray

1916-1984•Artist Painting Watercolour
Doris Murray was born in Princeton, New Jersey. She graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts with a BA in Zoology with a minor in Art. Despite this multidisciplinary background, Murray did not devote herself to painting until over a decade after graduating ...
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Kim Neudorf

1977-•Artist Curator DF Interview Educator
Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Kim Neudorf attended the Alberta College of Art and Design from 2001-2005, achieving a BFA in painting. In 2012, she completed her MFA in Visual Arts at Western University. Neudorf’s paintings have been exhibited across Canada; most recently in Kingston at Modern-Fuel Artist-Run Centre, in London at DNA Gallery and Forest City Gallery, and in Toronto at Franz Kaka Gallery, Susan Hobbs Gallery, and Paul Petro Gallery ...

Shelley Niro

1945-•Artist DF Interview
Born in Niagara Falls, New York, Shelley Niro moved with her family to the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, a member of the Turtle Clan of the Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) Nation. She is a multi-media artist whose work involves photography, painting, beadwork, and film ...
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Bonnie Parkinson

1941-•Artist Educator Fashion Artist Oil Painting
Bonnie Parkinson was born in December 1941 in London, Ontario. Her father, Harry Cluff, had shown promise as a young art student at H. B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ontario, but had unfortunately had to leave school to help his family financially. Parkinson’s father took a great interest in her early artistic talent and was very supportive when she entered the Special Art Programme at Beal, where she showed an innate artistic ability ...

Mildred Peel

1856-1920•Artist Painting Sculpture
Mildred Peel was born in 1856 in London, Ontario. She was the eldest child of John Robert Peel and Amelia Margaret Hall. Her parents, originally from London, England, came to London, Ontario in the early 1850s. Mildred’s artistic talent was apparent during her childhood, and she grew up in a household that supported her interests ...

Jill Price

1969- •Additional Media Artist Curator DF Interview Educator Installation
Jill Price is a professional artist, curator, and educator who received a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Bachelor of Education at Western University. While studying and living in London, Ontario, Price immersed herself in the vibrant art scene, specializing in printmaking and drawing and receiving excellent instruction and mentoring from nationally recognized artists Helmut Becker, Kim Moodie, Wyn Geleynse, Sheila Butler, the late Colette Urban, David Merritt, Patrick Mahon, and Duncan DeKergommeaux ...

Leslie Putnam

19xx-•Additional Media Artist Ceramics DF Interview Educator Installation Mixed-Media Sculpture
Leslie Putnam is a London-based sculptor, multimedia and installation artist whose work, comprised of elements found in nature, responds to the experience of how we as humans connect to the natural world. She investigates in the gap between human perception of the natural world, and how humans experience the natural world based on these perceptions ...