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HARBUZ, Ann Alexandra
- Born
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1908
- Died
- North Battleford, Saskatchewan, 1989
- Biography synopsis
- Self-taught folk artist Ann Harbuz only began painting in her sixties. She drew inspiration from her rural and Ukrainian origins in Western Canada, reflecting her very personal vision of the social life of her community based on her memories. While her art career began late in life, she produced more than 1000 paintings and painted objects. She was commissioned to undertake a painting for the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Her work was exhibited across Canada and acquired for many collections including the Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), the Saskatchewan Arts Board, and The Mackenzie Gallery (Regina). Her work was the subject of the solo exhibition "Ann Harbuz: Inside Community Outside Convention," held in 1996 at the Dunlop Gallery (Regina), and later traveling to the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, the Windsor Art Gallery, the Ukrainian Cultural and Educational Centre in Winnipeg, and the Canadian Museum of History, which has a collection of her paintings.
- Media used
- Painting
- File & Archive locations
- Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Arts Branch
- London Public Library, ON
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of Calgary Library, AB
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
- Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "Folk Art on Exhibit at Whitney." Regina Sun 11 May 2003: 47
- "Folk Artists." Vanguard 1986: 12
- "Making a Home Out of Existence: Nine Prairie Folk Artists." Artscanada 36.230-31 (Oct-Nov. 1979): 1-14
- Beatty, Greg. "Eclectica Etcetera: Travelling Exhibits Beneficial." The Leader Post (Regina) 06 Oct 1997: 38
- Bell, Lynn et al.. Remembering and Telling: Stories of Identity and Location. Regina, Sask.: Regina, SK: Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1991
- Betterton Rosemary. Unframed: Practices and Politics of Women's Contemporary Painting. New York: I.B. Tauris, 2014
- Borsa, Joan. Seven Saskatchewan Folk Artists From the Permanent Collection of the Mendel Art Gallery and Saskatchewan Arts Board. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Mendel Art Gallery, 1983
- Borsa, Joan. "Ann Harbuz." Naming a Practice: Curatorial Strategies for the Future, edited by Peter White. Banff, Alberta: Banff Centre Press, 1996
- Borsa, Joan et al.. Ann Harbuz: Inside Community Outside Convention. Regina, SK: 1997
- Climer, John. Saskatchewan Primitives. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Mendel Art Gallery, 1975.
- Long, Timothy and The MacKenzie Art Gallery. Prairie Icons: The Discovery of Saskatchewan Folk Art. Regina: The MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1990
- Marzoff, H. and V. Lemecha. At the Dunlop: Ann Harbuz, November 4, 1995 - January 14, 1996 Regina, Saskatchewan: Dunlop Art Gallery, 1995
- Marzolf, H. and K. Davis. Chasing Amnesia. Regina, Saskatchewan: Mackenzie Art Gallery, 2005
- Thauberger, David. Grassroots Saskatchewan. Regina, SK: Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1976
