Jorge Zontal

Slobodan Saia-Levy (born 1944 in Parma, Italy), publicly known as Jorge Zontal, ^[1] ^[2] was a Canadian artist and cofounder of the artistic collective General Idea with Felix Partz and AA Bronson.

Zontal was born in Parma, Italy, in 1944, the son of Yugoslav refugees. He grew up in Caracas, Venezuela, and in 1968 he earned a degree in architecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he also studied film making and acting. Soon after graduation, he met AA Bronson and Felix Partz while working on a film in Toronto and their group, General Idea, soon became an active part of the Canadian and then the international art scene.^[3]

Zontal died on February 3, 1994 of AIDS-related causes. ^[4]

References

^ General Idea biography ~ Electronic Arts Intermix
^ Ehrenstein, David (2005). "Canadian Art". glbtq: An Encyclopedia of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Culture.
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^ 2002 Laureates ~ Canada Council for the Arts

Persondata
Name	Zontal, Jorge
Alternative names	Saia-Levy, Slobodan (real name)
Short description	artist; founding member of General Idea
Date of birth	1944
Place of birth	Parma, Italy
Date of death	3 February 1994
Place of death