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Born 1928 Alexander, Manitoba, Canada. Known for: Ceramics, painting, conceptual and performance art, printmaking.
Gathie Falk CM, OBC (1928). "This very ordinary thing will be made very special," - Gathie Falk (1). An important Canadian sculptor, painter, ceramist*, printmaker, muralist, and performance artist,... Read full biography
Gathie Falk CM, OBC (1928). "This very ordinary thing will be made very special," - Gathie Falk (1). An important Canadian sculptor, painter, ceramist*, printmaker, muralist, and performance artist, Gathie Falk was born in Alexander, Manitoba (about 140 miles west of Winnipeg) and has lived in... Read full biography
Gathie Falk CM, OBC (1928). "This very ordinary thing will be made very special," - Gathie Falk (1). An important Canadian sculptor, painter, ceramist*, printmaker, muralist, and performance artist, Gathie Falk was born in Alexander, Manitoba (about 140 miles west of Winnipeg) and has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1947. She is discussed in virtually every recent comprehensive Canadian art history book, her works have been included in dozens of landmark exhibitions, and her... Read full biography
Gathie Falk CM, OBC (1928). "This very ordinary thing will be made very special," - Gathie Falk (1). An important Canadian sculptor, painter, ceramist*, printmaker, muralist, and performance artist, Gathie Falk was born in Alexander, Manitoba (about 140 miles west of Winnipeg) and has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1947. She is discussed in virtually every recent comprehensive Canadian art history book, her works have been included in dozens of landmark exhibitions, and her paintings and sculptures are in the permanent collections of many major Canadian museums. She is also the recipient of numerous awards and honors including one of her country's highest - the Order of Canada*. (2) (3). Her mediums include oil, acrylic,... Read full biography
Gathie Falk CM, OBC (1928). "This very ordinary thing will be made very special," - Gathie Falk (1). An important Canadian sculptor, painter, ceramist*, printmaker, muralist, and performance artist, Gathie Falk was born in Alexander, Manitoba (about 140 miles west of Winnipeg) and has lived in Vancouver, British Columbia since 1947. She is discussed in virtually every recent comprehensive Canadian art history book, her works have been included in dozens of landmark exhibitions, and her paintings and sculptures are in the permanent collections of many major Canadian museums. She is also the recipient of numerous awards and honors including one of her country's highest - the Order of Canada*. (2) (3). Her mediums include oil, acrylic, watercolor, tempera*, charcoal, ink, colored pencil, graphite, found objects*, collage*, chalk, clay, wood, papier mache*, serigraph*, lith... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Conceptual
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Painting, Fine Art
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Assemblage
- •Bronze
- •Ceramic Art, Porcelain, Design and/or Decoration
- •Chalk
- •Charcoal
- •Clay, Earthenware Vessels
- •Colored Pencil
- •Found Objects, Junk, Recycles
- •Lithography, Lithograph
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Papier Mache, Paper Mache
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Plexiglas
- •Screenprinting, Serigraphy, Silkscreen
- •Tempera
- •Video Art, Documentary Photo, Cinema, Filmmaking
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
- •Wood for carving, sculpture, and/or surface
Art Style
- •Dada, Dadaism
- •Expressive, Expressionist, Expressionism
- •Fauve, Fauvism, Strong, Vivid Coloration
- •Performance Art, Happenings
- •Realist, Representational, Naturalist Style
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Fantasy, Fancy, Fables, Dreams, Visions, Mystery, Creatures
- •Fruit Still Life
- •Humor, Whimsy
- •Interior Scenes
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Self-Portrait
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
- •Still Life
- •Symbolism, Iconography, Ceremonial
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •France After 1900
- •Italy
Art Association
- •British Columbia Society of Fine Arts/Society of Artists
Art Teacher
- •Jacques de Tonnancour
- •James Alexander Sterling MacDonald
- •Lawren Phillips Harris
Art School
- •Vancouver School of Art, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Audain Prize in the Visual Arts
- •Gershon Iskowitz Prize
- •Governor General's Award for Arts, Canada
- •Order of British Columbia
- •Order of Canada, Elected Member
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Ceramic Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •British Columbia Society of Fine Arts/Society of Artists
- •Canadian Group of Painters-
Exhibition of Museum
- •Agnes Etherington Art Centre
- •Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- •Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts)
- •Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
- •National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
- •Vancouver Art Gallery
Exhibition of Special Group
- •British Columbia Women Artists, 1885-1985