Bedros Aslanian :: Gallery Phillip

Sunday Morning, 2014 oil on board, 48" × 32"	Chateau Frontenac, 2017 oil on board, 24" × 36"	Gypsies oil on board, 20" × 24"
La Promenade, 2014 oil on board, 48" × 28"	Landscape, 2017 oil on board, 36" × 24"	Le Sirop d'Erable, 2013 oil on canvas, 40" × 30"
Les Filets, 2015 oil on board, 24" × 30"	Methoni, 2015 oil on board, 16" × 20"	To The Village, 2012 oil on board, 40" × 30"
The Cove oil on canvas, 30" × 24"	The Decision, 2014 oil on board, 24" × 36"	Winter, 2015 oil on board, 24" × 30"

Bedros Aslanian – Artist Biography

Born in Alexandria in 1937, Bedros Aslanian began studying at the age of sixteen under Professor Silvio Bicchi and graduated from the Beaux Arts d'Alexandria in 1961. He won first prize at the Biennale des Pays Mediterraneens in both 1958 and 1960. In 1965 Aslanian moved to Montreal. He currently spends time between his residences in Montreal and Greece. His works have been exhibited across Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan.

Aslanian is a painter of striking individuality. His canvases are records of people and places, including the narrow streets of the Greek Islands and the vast landscapes of Quebec. Thick brush strokes give dimension to the colours and create an emotional impact reminiscent of Van Gogh and Utrillo. His use of a variety of media, including tempera, oil, and pastel favours strong colouring - a synthesis of Impressionism, Cubism and Abstraction.

Aslanian's work can be found in private collections in Montreal, Athens and Paris.

Daphne Odjig, Canadian Indigenous Artist and Icon Dies at 97. Click here for more details.

Odjig is frequently referred to as the "Grandmother of Indigenous Art." She has been the recipient of many awards, honours and recognitions for her works, to name a few: The Order of Canada, the Governor General's Award, and eight Honorary Doctorates. Her works have been shown in the National Gallery of Canada, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

She established the first native-run fine art print house in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1971. Known as 'Odjig Indian Prints,' this print house was so successful that it evolved into an Indigenous gallery space in 1974, called the New Warehouse Gallery, run by Odjig and her husband, Chester Beavon. She was also a founding member of the Indian Group of Seven. This artistic group's purpose was to promote Contemporary Indigenous art and artists.

Alex Janvier's major retrospective, "Alex Janvier: Modern Indigenous Master" was recently on display at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Alex Janvier is one of Canada's most acclaimed contemporary Indigenous artists. His career of sixty-five years has yielded thousands of paintings, and more than twenty-five murals and public commissions.

This exhibition has now travelled to the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, Saskatchewan until September 10th. The retrospective will end off at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Toronto. No official dates have been announced as of yet. (Photo credit: Kim Griffiths)

Gallery Gevik congratulates renowned Canadian and International abstract painter, Rita Letendre, on her first major museum retrospective exhibition outside of Québec. Rita Letendre: Fire and Light is now open until September 17, 2017 at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

This exhibition, which covers Letendre's career from the 1960's to 2000's, is co-curated by Wanda Nanibush and Georgiana Uhlyarik. The retrospective features nearly forty large-scale paintings drawn from major national public and private collections.

Letendre was widely exhibited with the artistic groups, Les Automatistes and Les Plasticiens. She has received the Governor General's Award in Visual Arts, the Prix Paul-Émile Borduas, and the Orders of Canada, Ontario and Québec. Click here for more details.