Gathie Falk
| Gathie Falk | |
|---|---|
 Gathie Falk, December 2010 | |
| Born |
Agathe Falk[1] 1928 (age 86–87)[1] Manitoba, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | artist |
| Known for | painting, sculpture, pottery |
| Awards |
Order of Canada Order of British Columbia |
Gathie Falk CM OBC is a Canadian painter, sculptor and performance artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia.[1][2]
Life and Work
Gathie Falk was born 1928 in Alexander, Manitoba, Canada, to immigrant Russian parents. Her father Cornelius died that same year and her mother Agatha went to work to support her and her older brother Gordon, while her eldest brother Jack had to move in with another family.[3] In 1930, the Falk family relocated to another small town in southern Manitoba and continued to move around, eventally ending up in Winnipeg when Falk was a teenager.[4] At 16, she left high school to work so she could assist with the family finances and completed her education via correspondence courses.[5] When she was 19, Falk and her mother moved to Vancouver where she still resides.[6] She became a school teacher and taught elementary students until 1965, when she left to commit herself full-time to creating art.[6] At one time, Falk was a pupil of Lawren Harris, one of the artists from the Group of Seven.[7]
She has worked in various media, including ceramics, painting, drawing and papier mâché. Her subjects are often everyday objects.
Falk has participated in group and solo exhibitions in Canada, the United States, France and Japan. A major retrospective show of her work at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2000 later toured to various Canadian galleries including the National Gallery of Canada.
Her work can be found in private and public collections including the Vancouver Art Gallery,[8] the Winnipeg Art Gallery[9] and the National Gallery of Canada.[10]
Falk is represented by Equinox Gallery in Vancouver, B.C., Canada and by Gibson Gallery in London, Ontario, Canada.
Grants and awards
Falk has received many awards including the Gershon Iskowitz Prize (1990), the Order of Canada (1997),[11] the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts (2003) and the Viva Award for Lifetime Achievement (2012). Others are:
- Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts (2013)
- Order of British Columbia[12] (2002)
- Canada Council Senior Grant (1980)
- Canada Council Arts Bursary (1971, 1969, 1968)
- Sun Award (1968)
- Canada Council Short Term Grant (1967)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Canadian Heritage Information Network - Gathie Falk".
- ↑ "Gathie Falk - National Gallery of Canada".
- ↑ Lind, Jane (1989). Gathie Falk. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. p. 7. ISBN 9780888948151.
- ↑ Lind, Jane (1989). Gathie Falk. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. pp. 7–9. ISBN 9780888948151.
- ↑ Lind, Jane (1989). Gathie Falk. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9780888948151.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lind, Jane (1989). Gathie Falk. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. pp. 10–11. ISBN 9780888948151.
- ↑ Birnie Danzker, Jo-Anne. Foreword. Gathie Falk: Retrospective. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1985. p. 5. Print.
- ↑ "Vancouver Art Gallery, The Permanent Collection" (PDF). p. 2.
- ↑ "Canadian Art, Winnipeg Art Gallery".
- ↑ "Artwork - National Gallery of Canada".
- ↑ "The Governor General of Canada - Honour Recipients".
- ↑ "Order of British Columbia - 2002 Recipient - Gathie Falk".
Further reading
- Laurence, Robin, et al. "Gathie Falk: paperworks". Burnaby Art Gallery, 2014. ISBN 978-927364-11-6
- Laurence, Robin. Gathie Falk. Douglas & McIntyre, 2000. ISBN 978-1550547450
- Falk, Gathie, et al. "Gathie Falk Retrospective". Vancouver Art Gallery, 1985. ISBN 0-920095-52-6
- Rosenberg, Ann. "Gathie Falk Works". Issue 1.24 & 1.25. Capilano College, 1982. ISSN 0315-3754