Revealing and often surprising, the Artist Spotlight Series looks into the lives of Canadian artists and their art practices. In their own words, these artists expose their personal struggles, their thoughts and their stories related not only to their art practice but also to the impact of global events on their lives.
Artist Spotlight | Jose Jimenez
Why does someone become an artist? It's a big question that can yield seemingly inconsequential answers. Sometimes, it all comes down to a chance encounter [...]
RUBEENA RATCLIFFE ABSTRACT PAINTINGS
Why does someone become an artist? It's a big question that can yield seemingly inconsequential answers. Sometimes, it all comes down to a childhood chance [...]
MARA KORKOLA
Elissa Cristall is pleased to present our Artist Spotlight interview with Toronto-based artist Mara Korkola. In conversations and email over two [...]
JESSICA KORDERAS
We delve into the meticulous three dimensional cast resin sculptures by Halifax artist Jessica Korderas. Film is a major inspiration for [...]
CARRIE WALKER
Carrie Walker's art practice explores the fraught relationship between humans and non-human animals by looking at how humans write about, photograph [...]
JEROEN WITVLIET
In this interview we present five new large-scale paintings by Dutch-Canadian artist Jeroen Witvliet. Witvliet's art is a response to [...]
GILLIAN RICHARDS
Vancouver artist Gillian Richards spoke to me about her path to contemporary art making and the curiosity that continues to drive [...]
