Jerry Evans is an artist of Mi’kmaq and settler ancestry born in Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland). In 1986, he graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He completed a degree in Education at Memorial University and has been a practicing artist for over 30 years. He has exhibited across Canada and internationally, and his work is included in private and public collections. He received an honorary degree from Memorial University in 2024. The work of Jerry Evans is rooted in Indigenous concepts of time, storytelling, and beauty.
Christopher Pratt was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He attended the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University. Pratt was the first curator of the Memorial University Art Gallery, and after leaving that position, his first solo exhibition was held at the university’s gallery in 1965. Pratt received an honorary degree from Memorial in 1972. He designed the provincial flag of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1980. His art has been exhibited across Canada and internationally, and his work is included in private and public collections. Christopher Pratt is considered one of Canada’s greatest painters. His work is celebrated for its meticulous precision and austerity.
Mary (West) Pratt was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Mount Allison University in 1961 and relocated to St. John’s that year. Her first solo exhibition was held at the Memorial University Art Gallery in 1967, and she received an honorary degree from Memorial in 1986. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is included in both public and private collections. Mary Pratt’s art is celebrated for its focused attention on domestic themes and for her depictions of light and the way it intensifies our experience of the world around us.
Chesley Flowers was born in Flowers Bay, Labrador. He moved to Hopedale in 1949 and lived there for most of his life. He worked as a fisherman, hunter, trapper, and boat builder. When he first started carving, Flowers would sell his sculptures for a dollar each. His work has since been exhibited across Canada and is included in public and private collections.
Anne Meredith Barry was born in Toronto, Ontario. She graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1954. After first visiting Newfoundland in 1971, Barry returned to the province regularly to paint and to oer workshops through Memorial University’s Extension Services. In 1986, Barry moved to Newfoundland permanently. She received an honorary degree from Memorial University in 1998. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is included in private and public collections. Anne Meredith Barry’s art is known for consistently engaging with the beautiful and sublime aspects of the Newfoundland landscape.
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