Reference: Ohe is one of the founders of Kiyooka Ohe Art Centre and Sculpture Park in Springbank, Alberta. KOAC is a contemporary art centre founded by Katie with Harry Kiyooka where visitors can view an impressive collection of outdoor sculptures while enjoying the sanctuary of the natural environment. For extensive biographical information and examples of the artist's work see koartscentre.org
See Katie Ohe, by Richard Gordon, published by Alberta College of Art, 1991; Katie Ohe: Ethos, Now and Then, published by Herringer Kiss Gallery, 2015; included in The Shell Canada Collection, by Basil Shammas, pg. 39, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; Artists of Alberta, by Suzanne Devonshire Baker, pg. 36, University of Alberta Press, 1980; Founders of the Alberta College of Art, by Valerie Greenfield, pg. 95, 1986; Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy Five Years, by Kathy E. Zimon, plate 59, University of Calgary Press, 2000; biographies in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by Anthony R. Westbridge, Vol. 3, pg. 60, Westbridge Publishing, 2001 and Dictionary of Canadian Artists, by Colin MacDonald, Vol. 5, pg. 1428; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/description-about.app?lang=en

Reference: included in the University of Calgary Millenium Portfolio, 1999 as alumna

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.5, pg. 1454 for artist's bio; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg. 64, Westbridge Pub., 2001; included in Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, 1999, pg. 534, [CHIN]; also listed on www.artprice.com

Reference: possibly also known as Darek Pala

Reference: see Freda Pemberton Smith: Her Work, In Honour of Her 80th Birthday, by The Van Kleek Gallery, Van Kleek Hill, 1982; biography in Dict. of Canadian Artists - Vol.5, by C.MacDonald, pg.1582; exhibition lis in M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.357 and R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.379; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: see artist's website at sites.google.com/site/stanphelpsart; see Spaces and Places - Eight Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta, by J.Ironside, pg.65 for biography and another example of the artist's work in the collection of the A.A.F.; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

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Reference: artist had studio in Victoria in the 1950's and 60's

Reference: Les Ramsay was born in Vancouver and studied fine arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Universitat de Politecnica in Valencia [Spain] and completed his MFA at Concordia University in 2015. He has taken part in group and solo shows such as Local Cherries Sweet Corn, presented at Towards in Toronto [2020]; The Adventures of Atrevida Reef at Galerie Antoine Ertaskiran, Montreal [2019]; Li Salay, at the Art Gallery of Alberta in Edmonton [2018]; Border X, at Winnipeg Art Gallery [2016]; Retreat of the Horstman, at the Field Contemporary in Vancouver [2016]; Ignition 10 at the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery Montréal [2014]; and Keep the Glove at Sunset Terrace in Vancouver [2014]. His works can be found in many private and corporate collections such as The Claridge Collection, Medcan, the TD Bank and RBC collection. He has exhibited in Canada, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, as well as in the US.

a recent exhibition titled Excitation Station was held at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in 2022

listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

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Reference: CHIN

Reference: see Dict. of Canadian Artists - Vol.7, by C.MacDonald, pg.2116 for biography

Reference: see Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by B.Cochran, pg.119; Images of the Land, 1919-1945, by P.Ainslie, pg.93; The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, by A.Oko, pg.76, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1981; included in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.27, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; see Printmaking in B.C. 1883-1983, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V.; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.108, Westbridge Pub., 2001; Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.109; the proper spelling according to the family is Foard and not Feard which possibly resulted from the artists hand written biographical information sent to the National Gallery

Reference: and examples of work see artist's website at valerierogers.com