Winsom

Winsom (born December 23, 1946)[1] is a Canadian-Jamaican Maroon artist working in textiles and installations. Her work explores human spirituality.[2][3]

Biography

Winsom was born in 1946 in Jamaica,[1] where she studied at Jamaica School of Art.[3] She immigrated to Canada in 1969.[1]

Winsom been exhibiting her work since the mid-1980s at galleries around the world.[4] Her work was featured in the group exhibition, "Black Wimmin: When and Where We Enter" (1989), which toured Canada.[5] She has held solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of the Cayman Islands.[4] In 2003, Winsom had four exhibitions running concurrently in Toronto galleries.[6] In 2018 to 2019, her solo show “I Rise” was curated by Andrea Fatona for the Art Gallery of Ontario.[7]

NOW Magazine described Winsom as "the defining artist of Black History Month in Toronto".[6]

In 2015, she was the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate from OCAD University.[8]

References
  1. Government of Canada. "Winsom". Artists in Canada. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  2. Winsom (1994). "My voice, my art". Canadian Women Studies. 14 (2): 39.
  3. McQuaid, Cate (2000-04-08). "Potent pairing of Jamaican-born artists". The Boston Globe. p. 71. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  4. Canadian Who's Who. Grey House Publishing.
  5. Jim, Alice Ming Wai (1996). "An Analysis and Documentation of the 1989 Exhibition "Black Wimmin: When and Where We Enter"". RACAR: Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review. 23 (1/2): 71–83. ISSN 0315-9906.
  6. Hirschmann, Thomas. "Multi-Winsom Local installation artist's four shows prove that sincerity can trump irony". NOW Magazine. NOW Central Communications Inc. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  7. Fatona, Andrea. "Winsom: I Rise". AGO. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  8. Armstrong, Neil. "Ontario College Of Art And Design University Honours Celebrated Arts Mentors". Pride. Pride News. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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