Benita Sanders
Canadian artist (born 1935)
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Benita Sanders (born April 6, 1935) is a Canadian printmaker, painter and pastelist.
April 6, 1935
Benita Sanders | |
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| Born | Benita Elizabeth Sanders April 6, 1935 Betchworth, Surrey, England |
| Education | École des Beaux-Arts des Beaux Arts, Paris; Chelsea College of Art, London; the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze; Atelier 17 with Stanley William Hayter (1960-1963); Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, NY (1963–1973) |
Career
Sanders was born in Betchworth, Surrey.[1] Her mother emigrated to Canada with her in 1940. She studied at the École des Beaux-Arts des Beaux Arts, Paris; the Chelsea Art School, London (1956–1958); the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (1958–1960); Atelier 17, Paris with Stanley William Hayter (1960–1963); and at Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, New York (1963–1973).[2]
After a first visit and solo kayak trip to the Queen Charlotte islands, now Haida Gwaii, in the 1960s, she lived there for 40 years. She participated in a solo show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1964) and the National Gallery of Canada juried group show Canadian Water Colours, Drawings and Prints (1966) and then had a number of solo shows at commercial galleries in Ottawa (Robertson Galleries, 1964 and 1972), Toronto (Gallery Pascal, 1968) and Vancouver (Equinox Gallery, 1973 and 1985).[2] She had a show of 60 years of work at the Haida Gwaii Museum in 2019.[3]
Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,[1] the Metropolitan Museum of Art[4] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[5] She is represented by Duthie Gallery, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.