Robert Linsley
Canadian artist, writer and professor
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Robert Linsley (1952 – February 2, 2017) was a Canadian artist, writer and professor known for his abstract paintings.[1] He died in Kitchener, Ontario where he had moved in 2002 to teach at the University of Waterloo.[1]
Early life and education
Linsley was born in 1952 in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2] He received a BFA degree in 1982 and a MFA degree in 1988 from the University of British Columbia.[3]
Career
His book Beyond Resemblance Abstract Art in the Age of Global Conceptualism was published in 2017 by Reaktion Books.[4][5] Linsley's work is included in the collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery,[6] the Edmonton Art Gallery[7] and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia.[8]
Linsley died in a bicycle accident in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario in 2017.[7][9]
