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

Reference: Kikuo Saito was a Japanese American abstract painter with ties to the Color Field tradition. Born in Tokyo, he came to New York City in 1966, where he worked as an assistant for such eminent painters as Helen Frankenthaler, Kenneth Noland, and Larry Poons.

Saito's work infuses richly saturated colorscapes with delicately drawn lines. Saito was the creator of sui generis theatre and dance events, working under Ellen Stewart at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Company and collaborating with innovative and influential directors and choreographers Robert Wilson, Peter Brook, Jerome Robbins and Eva Maier.

Saito's paintings have been featured in numerous solo and group shows worldwide, and are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Aldrich Contemporary Museums, and numerous private and corporate collections. KinoSaito, a non-profit museum and art space in Verplanck, New York, will open in 2020, in honor of Saito's interdisciplinary practice and spirit

biography from kikuosaito.com; included on the Getty Union List of Artist Names Online, by the Getty Research Trust website at Getty Union List

Reference: for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at www.allensapp.com

see
Cree Life - the Art of Allen Sapp, published by J. Warner, Douglas Ltd., 1977;
Two Spirits Soar - The Art of Allen Sapp, The Inspiration of Allan Gonor, by W.P. Kinsella, published by Stoddart, 1990;
Kiskayetum - Allen Sapp: - Retrospective, by Bob Boyer, published by MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1994;
The Song Within My Heart, David Bouchard, published by Raincoast Books, 2002;
Nokum is My Teacher, by David Bouchard, Red Deer Press, 2006

biography and other examples in
Time for Dialogue, by Joane Cardinal-Schubert, pg. 19, published by Calgary Aboriginal Awareness Society, 1992;
Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by Marketa Newman, pg. 223, published by Fifth House, 1994;
Westbridge, Vol. 4, pg. 4

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

Reference:

Reference: see Louise Scott, Variations autour d'une Tapisserie, byJ.P. Valentin, Galeriel 'Art Francais, 1979; L'Art au Quebec, depuis 1940, by G.Robert, pg.172, Les Editions la Presse, Montreal, 1973 for biography and other examples as well as By a Lady, Celebrating Three Centuries of Art by Canadian Women, by M.Tippett, pg.145, Viking, 1992; listed in Guide Vallee, by F.Vallee, pg.1013

Reference: Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg. 227, Fifth House Pub., 1994; see Robert Scott, Paintings of the '80s, by R.Bingham, Edmonton Art Gallery, 1986; included in Selections from the Westburne Collection, by K.Wilkin, pg.38, E.A.G., 1982; biography and another example in Contemporary '88 Calgary, by M.Laviolette, pg.24, Olympic Arts Festival

Reference: Shadbolt was born in England and came to Victoria, British Columbia as a child with his family. His work is represented in all the major galleries across Canada as well as in corporate and private collections. Shadbolt's numerous awards include the Order of Canada in 1972 and an Honorary Degree from the University of British Columbia. In 1987 he and his wife, art historian and curator Doris Shadbolt, established VIVA, the Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts, which supports and recognizes the achievement of artists in British Columbia.

for more biographical information and examples of work see the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery website at shadbolt.belkin.ubc.ca and also artist listing at National Gallery of Canada;

see
In Search of Form, by J.Shadbolt, McClelland, 1968;
Jack Shadbolt, by S.Watson, Douglas and McIntyre, 1990;
Correspondences - Jack Shadbolt, by P.Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, 1991;
Counterpoint: The Prints of Jack Shadbolt, by K.Henry, Burnaby Art Gallery, 1996

biography and other examples in
A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.417;
N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.279;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.18, Westbridge Pub., 2003

exhibition lists in
R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.371;
M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.348

Reference: for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at rakukaren.com; represented by Gallery Elca London, Quebec

Reference: Calgary-born Shaw benefitted at an early age from the instruction of his mother who was an artist. He has worked as an illustrator for the federal government and as a teacher to Dene children along Great Slave Lake. Despite his love of the North, he resettled on Vancouver Island to work as an artist full time.

for more biographical information and examples of work see gallery websites at whiterockgallery.com and webstergalleries.com

Reference: Raised in the mining town of Rosedale, Shelton felt a kinship with both nature and working class people which greatly influenced her art. She studied under such celebrated artists as A.C. Leighton, H.G. Glyde and Walter J. Phillips, and managed to appear regularly in Alberta art exhibitions despite raising a family during the 1950s and '60s. She was a master printmaker whose ouevre of vibrant and meticulous work has enriched the Canadian art tradition.

for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at margaretshelton.ca

see Margaret Shelton: Block Prints 1936-1984, by P.Ainslie [MSBP#], Glenbow Museum [no date]

biography and other examples in
Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by B.Cochran, pg.132;
Images of the Land, 1919-1945, by P.Ainslie, pg.90;
Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.28, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955;
Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy-Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.43, U of C Press;
Westbridge,Vol.4, pg.507;
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed.J.Heller, pg.507, Garland Pub., 1995

Reference: see Objiwa Dream, by A.Shilling, Tundra Press, 1986; Arthur Shilling, by C.Podedworny, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1986; other examples in the McMichael Canadian Collection; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg. 22, Westbridge Pub., 2003; 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: for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at petershostak.com

see
When Nights Were Long, by P.Shostak, Yalenka Books, 1982;
Saturday Came but Once a Week, by P.Shostak, Yalenka Books, 1984;
For Our Children, by P.Shostak, Yalenka Books, 1991

biography and other examples in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg. 23, Westbridge Pub., 2003

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

Reference: see
Herbert Siebner: A Monograph, by R.Skelton, Maltwood Art Museum, 1979;
One Hundred Years of B.C. Art 1858-1958, by V.A.G, 1958

biography and other examples in
Art in Victoria 1960/1986, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V.;
Four Decades, by P.Duval, pg.159, Clarke Irwin, 1972;
The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, by A.Oko, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1981

exhibition list in Nova Scotia Society of Arts 1922-1972 , by M.O'Neil, pg.64, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1997

Reference: Smith was the co-founder of Artists for Kids Trust in 1989, with Jack Shadbolt and Bill Reid. He is the brother of Donald Applebe Smith. He created the Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation for Young Artists and you can read about it at smithfoundation.co

see
Gordon Smith Don't Look Back, by I.Thom, Black Dog Pub., 2014;
Black and White, by Patrik Andersson, pub. Equinox Gallery, 2011;
Gordon Smith by D. Coupland, pub. Equinox Gallery, 2003;
Gordon Smith: The Act of Painting, by I. M. Thom and A. Hunter, Douglas and McIntyre, 1997;
Gordon Smith Recent Work by K.Wallace, V.A.G., 1988

biography and other examples in
A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.423;
N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg. 283;
1975-76 The Canadian Canvas, by Time Canada Ltd., 1975;
7 West Coast Painters, by I.McNairn, Fine Arts Gallery, U.B.C., 1959;
Westbridge, Vol.4, pg. 30

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

Reference:

Reference: see Spirit Matters - Ron [Gyo-Zo] Spickett, Artist, Poet, Lay-Priest, by G.Simmins, UofC Press, 2009

biography and other examples in
Founders of the A.C.A., by L.Greenfield pg.102;
A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.427;
Permanent Collection, 1968, by F.Smith, cat.# 136, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1968;
Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg.238, Fifth House Pub., 1994;
Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.29, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955;
Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.101, plate 41, UofC Press

Reference: biography in Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.1003, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992; 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