List of Canadian artists

The following is a list of Canadian artists working in visual or plastic media (including 20th-century artists working in video art, performance art, or other types of new media). See other articles for information on Canadian literature, music, cinema and culture. For more specific information on the arts in Canada, see Canadian art.
The Artists in Canada Reference Library provides an in-depth list of Canadian artists and the museums who feature them. The following is a brief list of some important Canadian artists and groups of artists:
Individuals
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Kirsten Abrahamson (born 1960), ceramist
Kim Adams (born 1951), sculptor
Michael Adamson (artist) (born 1971), painter
Marc Adornato (born 1977), painting, sculpting, performance and new media
Latcholassie Akesuk (1919-2000), sculptor
Manasie Akpaliapik (born 1955), sculptor
Eric Aldwinckle (1909-1980), designer
David T. Alexander (born 1947), painter
M.J. Alexander (born 1961), artist
Vikky Alexander (born 1959), artist
John Martin Alfsen (1902-1971), printmaker
Ralph Allen (1926-2019), artist, painter and printmaker
Edmund Alleyn (1931-2004), painter
Stephen Andrews (born 1956), artist
Kay Angliss (1923-2004), printmaker, watercolour and fibre art
Elizabeth Angrnaqquaq (1916-2003), textile artist
Danielle April (born 1949)
Isa Paddy Aqiattusuk (1898-1954), sculptor
Louis Archambault (1915-2003), sculptor, ceramicist
Robert Archambeau (born 1933), ceramist
Shelagh Armstrong (born 1961), painter
Roy Arden (born 1957), sculptor
Kenojuak Ashevak (1927-2003), artist and printmaker
Myfanwy Ashmore (born 1970), new media artist
Barbara Astman (born 1950), photography and new media
William Edwin Atkinson (1862-1926), painter
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Frederic Back (1924-2013), painter, animator
Joan Balzar (1928-2016), painter
Frances Bannerman (1855-1944), painter, poet
Marian Bantjes (born 1963), graphic designer, artist, illustrator, typographer, writer
Bruce Barber (born 1950), multimedia installation artist
J. M. Barnsley (1861-1929), painter
Ed Bartram (1938-2019), printmaker, painter
Earl W. Bascom (1906-1995), sculptor, painter, printmaker, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Robert Bateman (born 1930), painter, naturalist
Patricia Martin Bates (born 1927), printmaker
Jay Battle (born 1966), Canadian-born sculptor now working in Salisbury, England
Helen D. Beals (1897-1991), painter
Carl Beam (1943-2005), painter
Jackson Beardy (1944-1984), painter
J. W. Beatty (1869-1941), painter
Henri Beau (1863-1949), Impressionist painter
Charles Beil (1894-1976), sculptor
Sylvie Belanger (1951-2020), installation artist
Leon Bellefleur (1910-2007), painter
Rebecca Belmore (born 1960), performance artist, installation artist
Louis Belzile (1929-2019), painter, member of the Plasticiens in Montreal
Lorraine Benic (born 1937), painter, sculptor
Tom Benner (born 1950), sculptor, installation artist
Douglas Bentham (born 1947), sculptor
William Berczy (1744-1813), painter
Judith Berry (born 1961), painter
George Theodore Berthon (1806-1892), painter
Derek Michael Besant (born 1950), printmaker, painter
Aggie Beynon, metalsmith
David Bierk (1944-2002), painter
B. C. Binning (1909-1976), painter
David Blackwood (1941-2022), printmaker
David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter, video artist
Molly Lamb Bobak (1920-2014), painter, printmaker
Catherine Bolduc (born 1970), drawing, sculpture, installation, public art
David Bolduc (1945-2010), painter
Eleanor Bond (born 1948), multi-media artist, art educator
Theodosia Bond (1915-2009), photography
Jordi Bonet (1932-1979), sculptor, muralist
Paul-Emile Borduas (1905-1960), painter
Sam Borenstein (1908-1969), painter
Simone Mary Bouchard (1912-1945), painter, textile artist
Celine Boucher (born 1945)
Robert Bourdeau (born 1931), photographer
John Boxtel (born 1930), sculpture, woodcarving
John Boyle (artist) (born 1941), painter
Shary Boyle (born 1972), sculpture, painting, drawing, performance
Barry Bradfield (born 1981), cartoonist
Claude Breeze (born 1938), painter
Roland Brener (1942-2006), sculptor
Mark A. Brennan (born 1968), landscape painter
Rita Briansky (born 1925), painter and printmaker
AA Bronson (born 1946), mixed-media artist
Reva Brooks (1913-2004), photographer
J. Archibald Browne (1862-1948), painter
William Brymner (1855-1925), painter
Karin Bubas (born 1976), painter, photographer
David Buchan (artist) (1950-1994), performance artist, designer
Cecil Tremayne Buller (1886-1973), printmaker
Martin Bureau, multimedia
Dennis Burton (artist) (1933-2013), painter
Ralph Wallace Burton (1905-1983), painter
Edward Burtynsky (born 1955), photographer
Jack Bush (1909-1977), painter
Jane Buyers (born 1948), sculptor
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Elaine Cameron-Weir (born 1985), visual artist
Janet Cardiff (born 1957), installation artist
James Carl (born 1960), sculptor
Florence Carlyle (1864-1923), painter
Franklin Carmichael (1890-1945), member of the Group of Seven
Emily Carr (1871-1945), painter
Ian Carr-Harris (born 1941), installation artist
Barbara Caruso (1937-2009), painter
Gino Cavicchioli (born 1957), sculptor, artist
Christiane Chabot (born 1950), artist
Cynthia Chalk (1913-2018), nature photography
Frederick Challener (1869-1959), muralist, painter, teacher
Jack Chambers (1931-1978), artist and filmmaker
Horace Champagne (born 1937), master pastelist
Robert Chaplin (born 1968), artist, publisher
Nan Lawson Cheney (1897-1985), painter and medical artist
Ann Clarke (artist) (born 1944), abstract painter
Benjamin Chee Chee (1944-1977), printmaker, painter
F. S. Coburn (1871-1960), painter, illustrator, photographer
Stanley Cosgrove (1911-2002), painter, draughtsperson and muralist
Graham Coughtry (1931-1999), painter
Yucho Chow (1876-1949), photographer
F. S. Coburn (1871-1960), painter, illustrator, photographer
Daniel Cockburn (born 1976), video artist, performance artist, film director
Keith Cole, performance artist
Nicole Collins, painter
Alex Colville (1920-2013), painter
Stephanie Comilang (born 1980), artist and filmmaker
Christian Corbet (born 1966), painter, sculptor
Sonia Cornwall (1919-2006), painter
Bruno Cote (1940-2010), painter
Douglas Coupland (born 1961), sculptural installation
E.B. Cox (1914-2003), sculptor
Josephine Crease (1864-1947), painter
Marlene Creates (born 1952), artist
Susan Reynolds Crease (1855-1947), painter and women's rights activist
William Nicoll Cresswell (1818-1888), painter
Arthur Crisp (1881-1974), designer, illustrator, muralist
Donigan Cumming (born 1947), multimedia artist
Greg Curnoe (1936-1992), painter, musician
George Cuthbertson (1898-1969), marine artist, researcher, author
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Karen Dahl (born 1955) ceramist
Greta Dale (1929-1978), sculptor
Frederick Dally (1838-1914), photographer
Ken Danby (1940-2007), painter
Charles Daudelin (1920-2001), sculptor, painter
Olea Marion Davis (1899-1977), ceramist, sculptor
Raven Davis (born 1975), multimedia and mixed media artist
Betty Davison (1909-2000), printmaker
Dennis Day (born 1960), video artist
Forshaw Day (1837-1901), landscape artist, printmaker
Nicholas Raphael de Grandmaison (1892-1978), painter
Louis de Niverville (1933-2019), painter
Eric Deis (born 1979), photographer
Roseline Delisle (1952-2003), ceramist
Xiomara De Oliver (born 1967), painter
Rene Derouin (born 1936), printmaker
Berthe des Clayes (1877-1968), painter
Bonnie Devine (born 1952), Ojibway installation artist, performance artist, and sculptor
Walter Dexter (1931-2015), ceramist
Yuri Dojc (born 1946), photographer
Lynn Donoghue (1953-2003), painter
Stan Douglas (born 1960), installation artist
Ann MacIntosh Duff (1925-2022), painter
Walter R. Duff (1879-1967), painter, designer
Caroline Dukes (1929-2003), painter, installation artist
Albert Dumouchel (1916-1971), printmaker, painter, teacher
Kyle Bobby Dunn (born 1986), sound artist, composer, painter
Aganetha Dyck (born 1937), sculptor, installation artist
Edmond Dyonnet (1859-1954), painter, teacher
Marcel Dzama (born 1974), artist
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Susan Edgerley (born 1960), glass artist
Arthur Elliot (1809-1892), watercolourist
Emily Louise Orr Elliott (1867-1952), oil painter and fashion designer
Harold Elliott (1890-1968), painter
Ennutsiak (1896-1967), sculptor
Arthur John Ensor (1905-1995), painter
Lucassie Etungat (1951-c. 2016), sculptor
Evergon (born 1946), photographer and photo-collage
Paterson Ewen (1925-2002), painter
Ivan Eyre (born 1935), painter
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Barker Fairley (1887-1986), painter, writer
Lilias Farley (1907-1989), painter
Geoffrey Farmer (born 1967), installation artist
Caroline Farncomb (1859-1951), painter
Andre Fauteux (born 1946), sculptor
Marcelle Ferron (1924-2001), painter, glazier
George Fertig (1915-1983), painter
Peter Flinsch (1920-2010), painter, sculptor, television set designer
Dulcie Foo Fat (born 1946), painter
Marc-Aurele Fortin (1988 -1970), painter
Margaret Frame (1903-1985), painter
Leonard Frank (1870-1944), photographer
Statira Elizabeth Frame (1870-1935), painter
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Louise Landry Gadbois (1896-1985), painter
Robert Ford Gagen (1847-1926), painter
Charles Gagnon (artist) (1934-2003), multidisciplinary artist
Yechel Gagnon (born 1973), mixed media artist
Marianna Gartner (born 1963), painter
Pierre Gauvreau (1922-2011), painter, writer
Wyn Geleynse (born 1947), pioneer film and video projection artist
Carlo Gentile (1835-1893), photographer
Robert Genn painter
Will Gill (born 1968), sculptor, painter, photographer and video artist
Violet Gillett (1898-1996), painter
Joseph Giunta (1911-2001), painter, collage/assemblage artist
Gerald Gladstone (1929-2005), sculptor, painter
Henry George Glyde (1906-1998), painter, draftsperson, art educator
Elaine Goble visual artist
Ted Godwin (1933-2013), painter, member of the Regina Five
Eric Goldberg (1890-1969), painter
Dina Goldstein (born 1969), visual artist
Noam Gonick (born 1973), filmmaker
Betty Goodwin (1923-2008), printmaker, sculptor, painter
Paul Goranson (1911-2002), painter
Hortense Gordon (1886-1961), painter
Richard Gorman (1935-2010), painter, printmaker
K.M. Graham (1913-2008), painter
Rodney Graham (born 1949), photographer, installation artist
Pierre Granche (1948-1997), sculptor
John Greer (sculptor) (born 1944), sculptor
Edmund Wyly Grier (1862-1957), painter
Angela Grossmann (born 1955), painter
Aline Gubbay (1920-2005), photographer, art historian
Suzanne Guite (1927-1981), sculptor, painter
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Samra Habib, photographer
Alexandra Haeseker (born 1945), painter, printmaker, installation artist
Fred Hagan (1918-2003), lithographer, painter, art instructor
John Hall (Canadian artist) (born 1943), painter
Paul Hartal (born 1936), painter, poet
John Hartman (artist), (born 1950), painter
Bess Larkin Housser Harris, (1890-1969), painter
Lawren Harris (1885-1970), painter
Douglas Haynes (1936-2016), painter
J. C. Heywood (born 1941), printmaker
Fred Herzog (1930-2019), photographer
Colleen Heslin (born 1976), painter
Carle Hessay (1911-1978), painter
Barbara Roe Hicklin (1918-2010), painter
Gilah Yelin Hirsch (born 1944), multi-disciplinary artist
William G. Hobbs (1927-2012), painter, historian
Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook (1913-2009), sculptor
Edwin Holgate (1892-1977), painter
Elsie Holloway (1882-1971), photographer
Robert Holmes (artist) (1861 - May, 1930), naturalist painter
Thaddeus Holownia (born 1949), photographer
Margaret Lindsay Holton (born 1955), painter, pinhole photographer, writer
Elisabeth Margaret Hopkins (1894-1991), painter
Frances Anne Hopkins (1838-1919), painter
Robin Hopper (1939-2017), ceramist
Cleeve Horne (1912-1998), painter, sculptor
Robert Houle (born 1947), First Nations artist
Yvonne McKague Housser (1897-1996), painter, teacher
Barbara Howard (1926-2002), painter, wood engraver
Alexander Hryshko (born 1980), photographer
Simone Hudon-Beaulac (1905-1984), painter, printmaker
Natalka Husar ((born 1951), painter
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Charlie Inukpuk (born 1941), sculptor
Johnny Inukpuk (1911-2007), sculptor
Osuitok Ipeelee (1922-2005), sculptor
Jay Isaac (born 1975), painter
Gershon Iskowitz (1921-1988), painter
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A. Y. Jackson (1882-1974), painter
Sybil Henley Jacobson (1881-1953), British-born Canadian painter
Donald Jarvis (1923-2001), painter
Mendelson Joe (born 1944), painter, musician
Frank Johnston (artist) (1888-1949), painter, member of the Group of Seven
John Young Johnstone (1887-1930), Impressionist painter
G.B. Jones, illustrator, visual artist, experimental filmmaker
Anique Jordan, multi-disciplinary artist
Leonel Jules (born 1953), painter
Brian Jungen (born 1970), sculptor, installation artist
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Dusan Kadlec (1942-2018), painter
Anne Kahane (born 1924), sculptor
Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002), photographer
Herzl Kashetsky (born 1950), painter
Ali Kazimi (born 1961), filmmaker and media artist
Shelagh Keeley (born 1956), visual artist
Augustus Kenderdine (1870-1947), landscape and portrait artist
Garry Neill Kennedy (1935-2021), conceptual artist and educator
Kiakshuk (1886-1966), sculptor and printmaker
Alicia Killaly (1836-1908), painter
Holly King (artist) (born 1957), photographer
Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (1926-1994), painting, performance, multi-media, photography
Harold Klunder (born 1943), abstract painter
Dorothy Knowles, (born 1927), painter
Deborah Koenker, (born 1949), interdisciplinary artist
John Koerner, (1913-2014), painter
Germaine Koh (born 1967), conceptual artist
Valerie Kolakis (born 1966), sculpture, installation
Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872), painter
Nobuo Kubota (born 1932), multimedia
Maya Kulenovic (born 1975), painter
William Kurelek (1927-1977), painter
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Stephen Lack (born 1946), actor, painter
Sylvie Laliberte (born 1959), performance artist, video artist, musician
Michel Lambeth (1923-1977), photographer
Cal Lane (born 1968), sculptor
Fenwick Lansdowne (1937-2008), wildlife artist
Christine Laptuta (born 1951), photographer
Jules Lasalle (born 1957), sculptor
Ozias Leduc (1864-1955), painter
Gary Lee-Nova (born 1943), painter, printmaker, sculptor, filmmaker
Elizabeth Lefort (1914-2005), tapestry artist
Joseph Legare (1795-1855), painter
Enid Legros-Wise (born 1943), ceramist
Jean Paul Lemieux (1904-1990), painter
Michel Lemieux (born 1959), multimedia artist (film, video, performance)
Serge Lemoyne (1941-1998), painter
Beatrice Lennie (1905-1987), sculptor
Rita Letendre (1928-2021), abstract painter
Laura L. Letinsky (born 1962), photographer
Mark Lewis (born 1958), installation and film artist
Maud Lewis (1903-1970), painter
Robert Henry Lindsay (1868-1938), painter
Robert Linsley (1952-2017), painter and writer
Oleg Lipchenko (born 1957), artist and illustrator
Arthur Lismer (1885-1969), painter
Glen Loates (born 1945), painter and coin designer
Judith Lodge (born 1941), painter and photographer
Karen Lofgren (born 1976), painter
Victor Albert Long (1866-1938), portrait painter
Frederick Loveroff (1894-1959), painter
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967), installation artist
Attila Richard Lukacs (born 1962), painter
James Lumbers (born 1929), painter
Almuth Lutkenhaus (1930-1996)
Laura Muntz Lyall (1860-1930), painter
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J.E.H. MacDonald (1873-1932), painter, member of the Group of Seven
Thoreau MacDonald (1901-1989), illustrator, graphic and book designer, artist
Jock Macdonald (1897-1960), member of Painters Eleven
John MacGregor (artist) (1942-2019), painter, printmaker, sculptor
Landon Mackenzie (born 1954), painter
Sarah Jean Munro Maclean (1873-1952), painter
Arnaud Maggs (1926-2012), photographer
Liz Magor (born 1948), visual artist
Lorraine Malach (1933-2003), ceramist
Rafal Malczewski (1892-1965), landscape and portrait painter
Jen Mann (born 1987), portrait artist
Kavavaow Mannomee (born 1958), printmaker
Enook Manomie (1941-2006), carver
Charles Marega (1871-1939), sculptor
Robert Markle (1936-1990), draughtsman, painter of the female nude
Arthur N. Martin (1889-1961), painter
Bernice Fenwick Martin (1902-1999), painter, printmaker
Ron Martin (artist) (born 1943), abstract painter
Thomas Mower Martin (1838-1934), landscape painter
Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew (1958-2006), media artist
Hannah Maynard (1834-1918), photographer
Richard Maynard (1832-1907), photographer
Doris McCarthy (1910-2010), painter, printmaker
Ryan McCourt (born 1975), sculptor, designer
Gregory A McCullough (born 1960), painter,artist
Clark McDougall (1921-1980), painter
Jean McEwen (1923-1999), abstract painter
Elizabeth McGillivray Knowles (1866-1928), painter
Florence Helena McGillivray (1864-1938), painter
Elizabeth McIntosh (born 1967), painter
Rita McKeough (born 1951), installation and performance artist
Ruth Gowdy McKinley ((1931-1981), ceramic artist
Isabel McLaughlin (1903-2002), painter, patron, philanthropist
Helen McNicoll (1879-1915), painter
Ray Mead (1921-1998), painter, member of Painters Eleven
Ivar Mendez, photographer and sculptor
John Meredith (artist) (1933-2000), abstract painter
Gwendolyn Mews (1893-1973), painter
Arnold Mikelson (1922-1984), wood sculpto
Laura Millard (born 1961), mixed media artist, educator
Kenneth G. Mills (1923-2004), painter
David Milne (1882-1953), painter
Janet Mitchell (1912-1998), painter
Ellen Moffat (born 1954), mixed media artist
Esmaa Mohamoud (born 1992), sculptor, installation artist
Leo Mol (1915-2009), stained glass artist, painter, sculptor
Guido Molinari (1933-2004), painter
E. Louise De Montigny-Giguere (1878-1969), sculptor
Edmund Montague Morris (1871-1913), painter
Ron Moppett (born 1945), painter
Kathleen Morris (1893-1986), painter
Michael Morris (artist) (born 1942), visual artist, educator, curator
Norval Morrisseau (1932-2007), painter
Rita Mount (1885-1967), painter
Jean-Paul Mousseau (1927-1991), painter, ceramist, muralist
Kellypalik Mungitok (1940-?), printmaker
Kathleen Munn (1887-1974), painter
Will Munro (1975-2010), artist
Paula Murray (born 1958), ceramist
Robert Murray (born 1936), sculptor
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Mina Napartuk (1913-2001), textile artist
Alison Houston Lockerbie Newton (1890-1967), painter
Lilias Torrance Newton (1896-1980), painter
Jack Nichols (1921-2009), painter
Grace Nickel (born 1956), ceramist
Adamie Niviaxie (1925-?), sculptor
Louise Noguchi (born 1958), multidisciplinary visual artist
Arnold Nogy, painter
Alice Nolin (1896-1967), sculptor
Naveed Nour (born 1963), Iranian-Canadian/American photographer
Elizabeth Styring Nutt (1870-1946), painter
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John O'Brien (1831-1891), marine painter
Lucius Richard O'Brien (1832-1899), painter, illustrator, first President of the Royal Canadian Academy
Will Ogilvie (1901-1989), painter, war artist
Katie Ohe (born 1937), sculptor
Bobbie Oliver (born 1943), abstract painter
Kim Ondaatje (born 1928), painter, filmmaker
Sheokjuk Oqutaq (1920-1982), sculptor
Nina May Owens (1869-1959), painter
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Charles Pachter (born 1942), artist, filmmaker, social commentator
George Paginton (born 1901-1988), painter
Aaron Paquette (born 1974), painter and writer
Josie Pamiutu Papialuk (1918-1996), printmaker and sculptor
Mimi Parent (1924-2005), painter
Andrew James Paterson (born 1962), interdisciplinary artist
Paul Peel (1860-1892), painter
Sophie Pemberton (1869-1959), painter considered to be British Columbia's first professional woman artist
Freda Pemberton-Smith (1902-1991), painter
William Perehudoff (1918-2013), painter
Mark Prent (1947-2020), sculptor, performance artist
Rajni Perera (born 1985), painter, sculptor
Sheouak Petaulassie (1918 or 1923-1961), printmaker
Ed Pien (born 1958), known for drawings, large-scale drawing-based installations
Marjorie Pigott (1904-1990), painter
Robert Pilot (1898-1967), painter
Leopold Plotek (born 1948), painter
Eegyvudluk Pootoogook (1931-2000), printmaker and sculptor
Kananginak Pootoogook (1935-2010), sculptor and printmaker
Narcisse Poirier (1883-1984), painter
Edward Poitras (born in 1953), mixed-media sculptures, installations
Christopher Pratt (born 1935), painter
Mary Pratt (1935-2018), painter
Ned Pratt (born 1964), photographer
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Lucy Qinnuayuak (1915-1982), graphic artist and printmaker
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George Raab (born 1948), printmaker
Nina Raginsky (born 1941), photographer
William Raphael (1833-1914), painter
Gordon Rayner (1935-2010), abstract expressionist painter
Walter Redinger (1940-2014,) sculptor
Gladys Reeves (1890-1974), photographer
Don Reichert (1932-2013), painter, multimedia artist
Bill Reid (1920-1998), sculptor
George Agnew Reid (1860-1947), painter, influential educator, administrator
Leslie Reid (artist) (born 1947), painter, printmaker
Mary Hiester Reid (1854-1921), painter
Reinhard Reitzenstein (born 1949), environmental sculptor
Kelly Richardson (born 1972), video artist, photographer
Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002), painter
Jim Robb (born 1933), Yukon watercolour painter
Goodridge Roberts (1904-1974), painter
Albert H. Robinson (1881-1956), landscape painter
Melanie Rocan (born 1980), painter
Brent Roe (born 1956), painter
David Rokeby (born 1960), new media artist
William Ronald (1926-1998), painter
Ethel Rosenfield (1910-2000), sculptor
Evelyn Roth (born 1936), interdisciplinary artist
Endel Ruberg (1917-1989), artist, educator
Jeffrey Rubinoff (1945-2017), sculptor, founder of the Jeffrey Rubinoff Sculpture Park on Hornby Island
John Wentworth Russell (1879-1959), painter
Erica Rutherford (1923-2008), painter, filmmaker, writer
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Benita Sanders (born 1935), printmaker, painter, pastelist
Henry Saxe (born 1937), sculptor, painter, draughtsman
Carl Schaefer (1903-1995), painter, war artist
Tony Scherman (born 1950), painter
Charlotte Schreiber (1834-1922), painter
Jacques Schyrgens (born 1923), painter, illustrator
John Scott (Canadian artist) (1950-2022), painter
Regina Seiden (1897-1991), painter
Aqjangajuk Shaa (1937-2019), stone carver
Jack Shadbolt (1909-1998), painter
Steven Shearer (born 1968), painter, draughtsman
Peter Clapham Sheppard (1879-1964), painter
Henrietta Shore (1880-1963), painter
Coral Short (born 1973), performance artist
Edward Scrope Shrapnel (1845-1920), painter
Ron Shuebrook (born 1943), abstract painter, administrator
Joe Shuster (1914-1992), cartoonist, co-creator of Superman
Dave Sim (born 1956), comic book artist
Ellen Rosalie Simon (1916-2011), stained-glass artist, illustrator, printmaker
James Simpkins (1910-2004), cartoonist, illustrator, film strips
Dionne Simpson (born 1972), textile artist
Charlie Sivuarapik (1911-1968), sculptor, illustrator, and storyteller
Paul Sloggett (born 1950), abstract painter
Damien Smith (born 1969), visual artist
Gord Smith (born 1937), sculptor
Gordon A. Smith (1919-2020), painter, printmaker, sculptor
Jean Smith (born 1959), musician, painter, author
Michael Snow (born 1929), painter, filmmaker, musician
Nicolas Sollogoub (1925-2014), sculptor, glassmaker
Daniel Solomon (born 1945), abstract painter
David G. Sorensen (1937-2011), painter, sculptor
David Spriggs (born 1978), sculptor, installation artist
Gerald Squires (1937-2015), painter, printmaker, sculptor
Helen Stadelbauer (1910-2006), painter
Arlene Stamp (born 1938), two-dimensional artist and designer
Owen Staples (1866-1949), painter, etcher, political cartoonist
Barbara Steinman (born 1950), video and installation artist
Godfrey Stephens (born 1939), painter, sculptor, boat builder
Ginny Stikeman (born 1941), filmmaker
Reva Stone (born 1944), digital artist
Ron Stonier (1933-2001), abstract painter
Rudolf Stussi (born 1947), painter
Jack Sures (1934-2018), ceramist
Marc Aurele de Foy Suzor-Cote (1869-1937), painter, sculptor
Gabor Szilasi (born 1928), photographer
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Otis Tamasauskas (born 1947), printmaker, painter
Takao Tanabe (born 1926), painter
Ewa Tarsia, painter, printmaker
Jamasie Teevee (1910-1985), printmaker
Ningeokuluk Teevee (born 1963), illustrator
Nalenik Temela (1939-2003), sculptor
Mashel Teitelbaum (1921-1985), painter
Louis Temporale (1909-1994), sculptor
David Thauberger (born 1948), painter
Genevieve Thauvette (born 1985), photographer
George Campbell Tinning (1910-1996), painter, graphic designer, muralist, illustrator
Jeff Thomas (born 1956), photo-based storyteller
Denyse Thomasos (1964-2012), painter
Tom Thomson (1877-1917), painter
Gentile Tondino (1923-2001), painter
Serge Tousignant (born 1942), multidisciplinary artist, photographer
Jackie Traverse (born 1969), painter
Julie Tremble, animator, experimental videographer
Angus Trudeau (1905-1984), painter, builder of ship models
Akesuk Tudlik (1890-1966), printmaker and carver
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Ina D.D. Uhthoff (1889-1971), painter
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Armand Vaillancourt (born 1929), performance art, sculptor, painter
John Vanderpant (1884-1939), photographer, gallery owner, author
Frederick Varley (1881-1969), painter
Bill Vazan (born 1933), land art, sculptor, photographer, painter
Claude Vermette (1930-2006), painter, ceramist
Frederick Arthur Verner (1836-1928), painter
Arthur Villeneuve (1910-1990), painter
Ola Volo, muralist
Julie Voyce (born 1957), multi-media artist, printmaker
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Marion Wagschal (born 1943), painter
Ruth Salter Wainwright (1902-1984), painter
Horatio Walker (1858-1938), painter
Jeff Wall (born 1946), photographer
Esther Warkov (artist) (born 1941), painter, draughtsman
Lowrie Warrener (1900-1983), painter
Margaret Watkins (1884-1969), photographer
Homer Watson (1855-1936), painter
Gordon Webber (artist) (1909-1965), multi-media pioneer of modernism, teacher
Esther Wertheimer (1926-2016), sculptor, educator
W. P. Weston (1879-1967), painter, teacher
Phil R. White (born 1963), sculptor
Tim Whiten (born 1941), sculptor, performance and installation artist
Peter and Catharine Whyte (1905-1966, 1906-1979), painters
Joyce Wieland (1930-1998), painter
Robert Wiens (born 1953), painter, sculptor
Peter Wilkins (born 1968), multimedia artist
Yvonne Williams (1901-1997), stained glass artist
Curtis Williamson (1867-1944), painter
Jeff Willmore (born 1954), painter, performance artist
Robert Willms (born 1969)
Joan Willsher-Martel (1925-2017), painter
York Wilson (1907-1984), painter, muralist
Rita Winkler (born 1987), artist
Susan Wood (1954-2018), artist
Anna Wong (1930-2013), printmaker
Hilda Woolnough (1934-2007), printmaker, painter, draughtsman
Kamila Wozniakowska (born 1956), painter
Andrew Wright (born 1971), multimedia artist
Mary E. Wrinch (1877-1969), painter, printmaker
Dana Wyse (born 1965), installation artist
X
Gu Xiong (born 1953), multidisciplinary artist
Y
Xiaojing Yan (born 1978), sculptor, installation artist
Walter Yarwood (1917-1996), abstract painter and a founding member of Painters Eleven
Cecil Youngfox (1942-1987)
Z
Jarko Zavi (1907-1987), ceramist
Joy Zemel Long (1922-2018), painter
Robert Zend (1929-1985), typewriter, collage, multimedia, and digital artist; concrete poet
Lorena Ziraldo (born 1960), painter
Edward "Ted" Fenwick Zuber (born 1932), painter, photographer
Tim Zuck (born 1941), painter
Groups
Les Automatistes
Canadian Group of Painters
Eastern Group of Painters
General Idea
Group of Seven
Painters Eleven
Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. (informally known as "Indian Group of Seven")
Regina Five
The Royal Art Lodge
Dealers
Dorothy Cameron Bloore (1924-2000), Toronto art dealer, and installation artist
Douglas Moerdyke Duncan (1902-1968), Toronto art dealer
Heffel Gallery, Canada-wide auction house
Avrom Isaacs (1926-2016), Toronto art dealer
Alan Klinkhoff of Alan Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal art dealer
G. Blair Laing (1911-1991), Toronto art dealer
David Mirvish (born 1944), Toronto art dealer
Pete Ohler (1940-2021), football player and Calgary and Vancouver art dealer
Jack Pollock (1930-1992), Toronto art dealer
Ash K. Prakash, Toronto art dealer, patron and writer
D. & J. Ritchie Auctioneers and Appraisers, Toronto auction house
Max Stern (1904-1987), Montreal art dealer
Jean-Pierre Valentin of Valentin Gallery, Montreal art dealer
Walker's Auctions, Ottawa
William R. Watson (1887-1973), Montreal art dealer
See also
List of Canadian painters
Pop Art
Impressionism
Minimalism
Post-Impressionism
Postmodernism
Notes
Lists of artists
Lists of Canadian people