Communication Design Group
First Name: Communication Design Group
Biography (English): Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Biography (French): Halifax, Nova Scotia
Medium: graphic design
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Graphic Design Associates
First Name: Graphic Design Associates
Biography (English): Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Biography (French): Halifax, Nova Scotia
Medium: graphic design
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Horst Deppe
First Name: Horst
Last Name: Deppe
Biography (English): Horst Deppe was a graphic designer who taught at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
Biography (French): Horst Deppe était un graphiste qui à enseigné au Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
Birth Year: 1929
Medium: graphic design
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Gerald Ferguson
First Name: Gerald
Last Name: Ferguson
Biography (English): Gerald Ferguson was a Canadian-American conceptual artist and painter. After receiving his MFA from Ohio University Ferguson taught at two institutions before coming to Canada in 1968, invited to teach at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) in Halifax. He continued to teach at NSCAD until his retirement in 2006. During his time at NSCAD he developed his conceptual approach to painting, what the Dalhousie Art Gallery curator Susan Gibson Garvey refers to as "literal, task-oriented paintings." With NSCAD president Garry Neill Kennedy, Ferguson helped establish NSCAD as an important centre for conceptual art, noted for his role in the idea of "the dematerialization of the art object" in Lucy Lippard's influential history of conceptualism Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972. His work is represented in numerous public and private collections in Canada, the US and Europe. Ferguson has had solo exhibitions at Dalhousie Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Ontario, Vancouver Art Gallery, Winnipeg Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada. Ferguson has work in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum Sztuki, in Łódź, Poland. In 1972-73 he was a visiting professor at the California Institute of the Arts. His work has been regularly reviewed in national and international art journals and news media. In 1996, he was the recipient of 1995 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize.
Biography (French): Gerald Ferguson était un artiste conceptuel et peintre canado-américain. Après avoir obtenu sa maîtrise en beaux-arts de l'Université de l'Ohio, Ferguson a enseigné dans deux établissements avant de venir au Canada en 1968, invité à enseigner au Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) à Halifax. Il a continué à enseigner au NSCAD jusqu'à sa retraite en 2006. Durant son séjour au NSCAD, il a développé son approche conceptuelle de la peinture, ce que la conservatrice de la Dalhousie Art Gallery, Susan Gibson Garvey, appelle des « peintures littérales orientées vers une tâche ». Avec le président du NSCAD, Garry Neill Kennedy, Ferguson a contribué à faire du NSCAD un centre important pour l'art conceptuel, connu pour son rôle dans l'idée de « la dématérialisation de l'objet d'art » dans l'histoire influente du conceptualisme de Lucy Lippard, Six ans : la dématérialisation de l'art. Objet de 1966 à 1972. Son travail est représenté dans de nombreuses collections publiques et privées au Canada, aux États-Unis et en Europe. Ferguson a présenté des expositions personnelles à la Dalhousie Art Gallery, au Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario, à la Vancouver Art Gallery, à la Winnipeg Art Gallery et au Musée des beaux-arts du Canada. Ferguson a des œuvres dans la collection du Musée des beaux-arts du Canada. Musée d'Art Moderne de New York et Musée Sztuki, à Łódź, Pologne. En 1972-73, il était professeur invité au California Institute of the Arts. Son travail a été régulièrement examiné dans des revues d'art et des médias d'information nationaux et internationaux. En 1996, il a reçu le Prix Molson du Conseil des Arts du Canada en 1995.
Birth Year: 1937
Medium: painting
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Susan Gibson Garvey
First Name: Susan
Last Name: Garvey
Biography (English): For over forty years, Susan Gibson Garvey has been active in the Canadian visual arts community as an artist, educator, critic, curator, and gallery director. She was the Curator and later the director of the Dalhousie Art Gallery from 1990 to 2007.
Biography (French): Depuis plus de quarante ans, Susan Gibson Garvey est active dans la communauté canadienne des arts visuels en tant qu'artiste, éducatrice, critique, conservatrice et directrice de galerie. Elle a été conservatrice puis directrice de la Dalhousie Art Gallery de 1990 à 2007.
Medium: critique curation text-based
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Duane Jones
First Name: Duane
Last Name: Jones
Biography (English): Duane Jones holds an Associates Degree in Art and Design from Bermuda College, a Communication Design (Honours) Degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University and a Master’s Degree in Information Management from Dalhousie University. In 2021 he was named one of the most inspiring Immigrants in the Maritimes and in 2023, his clothing brand Art Pays Me was a finalist for Small Business of The Year in the Halifax Business Awards. His practice consists of painting, drawing and graphic work that ranges between figurative, abstract and typographic depending on the intended message. His expressive paintings feature heavy usage of paint that sometimes form sculptural shapes that sit in stark contrast to his minimalist graphic work. Duane’s art is informed by popular culture and often explores race, gender and sex. His work is an outpouring of his own self-reflection, skepticism and willingness to learn and feel discomfort. His work holds a mirror up to the viewer and sends them on their own journey to self-reflection.
Biography (French): Duane Jones est titulaire d'un diplôme d'associé en art et design du Bermuda College, d'un diplôme en communication (avec distinction) du Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University et d'une maîtrise en gestion de l'information de l'Université Dalhousie. En 2021, il a été nommé l'un des immigrants les plus inspirants des Maritimes et en 2023, sa marque de vêtements Art Pays Me a été finaliste pour la petite entreprise de l'année aux Halifax Business Awards. Sa pratique se compose de peinture, de dessin et de travaux graphiques qui oscillent entre figuratif, abstrait et typographique selon le message visé. Ses peintures expressives présentent un usage intensif de peinture qui forme parfois des formes sculpturales qui contrastent fortement avec son travail graphique minimaliste. L’art de Duane s’inspire de la culture populaire et explore souvent la race, le genre et le sexe. Son travail est une effusion de sa propre réflexion, de son scepticisme et de sa volonté d’apprendre et de ressentir un inconfort. Son travail tend un miroir au spectateur et l’envoie dans son propre voyage vers l’introspection.
Social Media Link: https://www.instagram.com/vereduanejones/
Additional Social Media Link: https://www.instagram.com/artpaysme/
Website Link: https://vereduanejones.myportfolio.com/
Birth Year: 1981
Medium: audio conceptual digital painting
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Bruce Kierstead
First Name: Bruce
Last Name: Kierstead
Biography (English): Bruce currently lives and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Biography (French): Bruce currently lives and works in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Medium: graphic design
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Bryan Maycock
First Name: Bryan
Last Name: Maycock
Biography (English): Bryan Maycook is an artist and educator. He teaches at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Maycock graduated from Bath Academy of Art where he studied painting, photography and education. After emigrating to Ontario he worked as an education curator, taught and was founding president of the White Water Gallery. In 1983 Maycock relocated to Nova Scotia. He completed an MA at NSCAD and, subsequently, administered and taught full-time in Foundation Studies until retirement in 2013. His connection to NSCAD continues as Research Fellow in the Drawing Lab that he co-founded with Dalhousie University psychologist, Raymond Klein. Maycock’s interests and work are multi-disciplinary in nature although, most recently, his focus has returned to painting. The threads and themes that have resulted in fourteen solo exhibits in public galleries have included such disparate subject matter as movement, genealogy, computers, compost and mapping. Aside from the solo exhibitions, Maycock’s work has been exhibited in group and juried shows across Canada and internationally, and he is represented in numerous public and private collections.
Biography (French): Bryan Maycook est artiste et éducateur. Il enseigne au Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Maycock est diplômé de la Bath Academy of Art où il a étudié la peinture, la photographie et l'éducation. Après avoir émigré en Ontario, il a travaillé comme conservateur de l'éducation, a enseigné et a été président fondateur de la White Water Gallery. En 1983, Maycock a déménagé en Nouvelle-Écosse. Il a complété une maîtrise au NSCAD et, par la suite, a administré et enseigné à temps plein les études de base jusqu'à sa retraite en 2013. Son lien avec le NSCAD se poursuit en tant que chercheur au laboratoire de dessin qu'il a cofondé avec le psychologue de l'Université Dalhousie, Raymond Klein. Les intérêts et le travail de Maycock sont de nature multidisciplinaire même si, plus récemment, son attention s’est tournée vers la peinture. Les fils et thèmes qui ont donné lieu à quatorze expositions personnelles dans des galeries publiques ont inclus des sujets aussi disparates que le mouvement, la généalogie, les ordinateurs, le compost et la cartographie. Outre les expositions individuelles, le travail de Maycock a été exposé dans des expositions collectives et avec jury partout au Canada et à l’étranger, et il est représenté dans de nombreuses collections publiques et privées.
Website Link: https://www.bryanmaycock.com/
Birth Year: 1944
Medium: mixed media painting
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Alexandra McCurdy
First Name: Alexandra
Last Name: McCurdy
Biography (English): Alexandra McCurdy is a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (BFA) and the Cardiff Institute of Higher Learning in Wales (Master in 3D Design – Ceramics). She was an Associate Curator of Ceramics at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and has shown her work both nationally and internationally.
Biography (French): Alexandra McCurdy is a graduate of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (BFA) and the Cardiff Institute of Higher Learning in Wales (Master in 3D Design – Ceramics). She was an Associate Curator of Ceramics at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and has shown her work both nationally and internationally.
Social Media Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandra-mccurdy-2b467955/?originalSubdomain=ca
Website Link: https://www.amccurdyceramics.ca/index.html
Birth Year: 1944
Medium: ceramics
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Mary Reardon
First Name: Mary
Last Name: Reardon
Biography (English): Mary Reardon graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1993. Her paintings have been shown in numerous juried exhibitions in Canada and abroad. Mary's recent acrylics on paper explore the theme of memory through meticulously composed traditional still life arrangements.
Biography (French): Mary Reardon a obtenu un baccalauréat en beaux-arts du Nova Scotia College of Art and Design en 1993. Ses peintures ont été présentées dans de nombreuses expositions avec jury au Canada et à l'étranger. Les récentes acryliques sur papier de Mary explorent le thème de la mémoire à travers des arrangements de natures mortes traditionnelles méticuleusement composées.
Social Media Link: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/mary-reardon-06505441
Website Link: https://www.maryreardonart.com/
Medium: painting photography
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