Profiles

• Barry Hodgson

  Practicing artist and associate curator of Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton. Current projects include oil and mixed media landscapes and large ink, pastel and watercolour butterflies.

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• Bill Biddle

  Bill studied drawing and painting at the Art Student’s League and the American School of Design in New York. He taught at the Ontario College of Art and Design – Drawing and Painting for 20 years and holds watercolour classes at the Mississauga Visual Arts Centre, the Port Colborne Art Club, Dunnville, and workshops across Ontario and DVSA. Bill is represented by Gallery Wm Biddle in Dunnville, Ontario, and First Glance Print Editions, Dunnville, Ontario.

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• Bonnie Steinberg

  Practicing artist and popular art instructor specializing in transparent watercolour. Bonnie is a guest artist and teacher in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.

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• Bruno Capolongo

  Award-winning artist specializing in drawing and painting and part-time instructor of Advanced Painting at Redeemer University.

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• Carolyn Dover

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• Catherine Gibbon

  Practicing artist who has been described as a “definitive interpreter of the Ontario landscape”. Her studio sits on top of the Niagara Escarpment in Greensville.

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• Catherine Weir

  A ceramic artist who works almost exclusively in raku.

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• Christie Gruppe

  A creator of exceptional clay objects!

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• Colleen O'Reilly

  Practicing artist specializing in slab-built porcelain tableware and tile.

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• Deborah Wilkinson

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• Debra McBride

  Practicing artist who has worked with leather both commercially and privately since the early 70s and more recently in ceramics. She produces percussion instrument and a variety of functional and sculptural ceramic pieces at her studio in Hamilton.

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• Duncan Aird

  Practicing artist and ceramics technician for Mohawk College. Dedicated to creating functional pottery for everyday living.

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• Gordon Perrier

  Gordon was a scholarship student at the Doon School of Art and the Ontario College of Art personally arranged by A.J. Casson of the Group of Seven. He studied privately with Hortense Gordon of Painters Eleven, Carl Schaefer and Franz Kline.

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• Guennadi Kalinine

  Practicing full time artist and restorer at GK STUDIO in Dundas Ontario. Co-owner of McMaster Gallery and Custom Framing in Dundas.

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• Holly Sneath

  Practicing artist and instructor at George Brown College, Holly’s work ranges from the abstract to the figurative.

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• Janet Mercer

  Stained glass artist and one of the two founders of Eclipse Design.

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• Janice Peshke

  Jewellery artist who also teaches at Mohawk College and from her coach house studio in Hamilton.

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• Janus 

  A practicing artist, Janus is currently working on a series of contemporary portraits that celebrate the present by recognizing and claiming personal ancestral heritage.

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• Jerry Hish

  A cartoonist and humorous illustrator working in a variety of both traditional and digital mediums, Jerry creates characters for toy and gift products and teaches cartoon workshops at many local schools, art galleries, recreational community centers and festivals.

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• Jody Joseph

  Practicing artist who also regularly works and offers painting workshops in Umbria, Italy.

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• John Wilkinson

  Practicing artist and faculty member at many colleges and universities in the U.K. and Canada, including the University of Guelph, McMaster, NSCAD, John Moores, the Royal Academy, the Royal College of Art, the University of Toronto and York University.

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• Jonathan Smith

  Jonathan has BFA Art Institute of Chicago and a MFA from the University of Chicago.  He has studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts, and with Harold Rosenberg, Noted Critic and Writer for the New Yorker.  He Has taught at Sheridan College, Mohawk College, and the Burlington Art Centre, and was awarded the John C. Mather Award from the Ontario Craft Council 2000 for Commitment To Promotion Of the Crafts in Ontario

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• Katherine MacDonald

  A figure and portrait painter who also teaches in the BAA Illustration program at Sheridan Institute.

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• Kathy Cope

  Kathy graduated from Queen’s University with an Honours B. Sc. in Biology and continued her studies at Mohawk College and Sheridan College.  Kathy is a fibre artist working in weaving, basketry, papermaking and fabric design.  She is a hands-on Instructor at the BAC working in various media: Fine Arts, Clay, Printmaking and Textiles.

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• Laura Bromwich

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• Les Drysdale

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• Marla Panko

  Marla has been exhibiting and teaching for over 30 years.  She is chair of the DVSA gallery, a DVSA board member and also provides artistic support for early childhood learning.

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• Michael Collins

  A professional potter and teacher for 35 years, Michael Collins specializes in functional reduction fired stoneware, salt glazed stoneware and raku.

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• Pam Norman

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• Peter Karuna

  Practising artist who exhibits regularly. Currently working on light proof, a book of photos.

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• Rae Bates

  Third generation artist and faculty member in the Illustration department at Sheridan College.

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• Regina Haggo

  Art historian, public speaker, journalist. Writes a weekly art column for The Hamilton Spectator and thespec.com. She and her husband write a weekly news quiz for The Hamilton Spectator.

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• Renate MinOo

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• Richard Fisher

  Richard graduated from Queens University and continued his studies at Sheridan College, School of Craft and Design, where he graduated with honours.  Currently, Richard teaches pottery at DVSA.

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• Sandee Ewasiuk

  Currently painting at a studio in Dundas as well as teaching art at DVSA and the Burlington Art Centre.

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• Sandra Greenblatt

  Experienced early childhood educator with an arts focus.

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• Taryn Fleming

   

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• Tibor Nyilasi

  Renowned artist, teacher and craftsman with an extensive and award-winning body of work encompassing the visual arts, including both freelance and commissioned drawings, watercolours, oil paintings and mosaics.

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• Tina Destro

  Artist currently teaching at DVSA, Dundas Montessori School and part-time contracts with area schools. Currently paints commercial and residential murals and specialty finishes.

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• V. Jane Gordon

  A practicing artist, V. Jane is seduced by improvisation and continues to work in installation contexts with a wide variety of media and ideas.

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• Ward Shipman

  Ward is a practicing artist and art teacher for over 20 years.  He has extensive knowledge in illustration, photography and fine art.  He is a graduate of McMaster University and the University of Toronto.

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• Wayne Cardinalli

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