Brandy Saturley
Brandy Saturley | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 53–54) |
| Alma mater | Emily Carr University of Art and Design Royal College of Art |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | ICONICCANUCK |
| Website | brandysaturley |
Brandy Saturley (born 1972) is a 21st century Canadian visual artist best-known for her figurative paintings depicting aspects of Canadian culture.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Saturley was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1972.[3][4][5] She was raised on a hobby farm in a fishing community in Sooke, Vancouver Island.[6] She is of Ukrainian, Cornish, and Canadian (Vancouver Island) descent.[7] Her mother was a mixed media artist, and her grandmother was a painter.[7]
Saturley studied visual culture at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and contemporary art practices at the Royal College of Art in London, England.[3][8] Saturley is also a graduate of the Victoria Motion Picture School, where she earned a degree in cinema.[3][9]
Career
[edit]Saturley began her career as a visual artist in the mid-1990s and transitioned to full-time work in the early 2000s.[7] Her first public gallery exhibition, Iconic Canuck, was the subject of the 2020 documentary The Iconic Canuck, directed and produced by Randy Frykas.[10]
In 2011, Saturley began her art series Canadianisms.[11] Over the next five years, she explored Canadian culture and landscapes through travels across the country.[11][12] The resulting exhibition, Canadianisms: A Half Decade Inspired by Canada, toured public galleries in Alberta in 2017.[11][13]
In 2012, her artwork, Goalie's Mask, was added to the hockey gallery at the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary.[9] The painting features Ken Dryden's hockey mask set against a backdrop of the Canadian flag.[9][4] It was later shortlisted for the Canadian Olympic Committee's trophy for Sport and Art in 2014.[11]
In 2014, Saturley launched the People of Canada Portrait Project, an online exhibition featuring 20 portraits.[14][15] The project was officially launched in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]
In 2023, Saturley served on the judging panel for the 2023 Canada International Art Competition, funded by the Government of Canada.[16]
In 2025, Saturley published the 112-page artist monograph Painting Canada, which is held in the National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives.[17] That same year, she participated in Winteractive 2025, an outdoor art exhibition in downtown Boston.[18][19]
Saturley also collaborated with the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip on the painting Gift Shop, which was used for a poster and limited-edition print series.[20]
Work
[edit]Saturley worked on the I See Mountains series, influenced by her ten-day journey through the Canadian Rockies in 2010.[21] The series used horizontal canvases to depict landscapes such as Babel, Rundle, Crowfoot, Mount Assiniboine, and Mount Robson.[21]
Saturley's Canadianisms series, exhibited in cities such as Edmonton and Calgary, reinterprets acclaimed artworks to incorporate Canadian cultural elements, such as hockey masks, into traditional artistic motifs.[21]
In 2018, her painting, Balance, was featured in the Society of Canadian Artists' 50th Open International Exhibition in Toronto.[21] The work explored landscape themes, blending elements of realism and abstraction.[21]
Selected exhibitions
[edit]Permanent collections
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Brandy Saturley". Society of Canadian Artists. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ↑ "Brandy Saturley". Artists in Canada. July 29, 2025. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Brandy Saturley". Willock & Sax Gallery.
- 1 2 3 4 "Saturley, Brandy | Colart Collection".
- ↑ "Artists in Canada". October 17, 2012.
- ↑ Grossman, Nina (January 31, 2021). "North Saanich 'Iconic Canuck' paints portrayal of COVID-19". Victoria News.
- 1 2 3 "About People of Canada".
- ↑ "Brandy Saturley".
- 1 2 3 4 "Brandy Saturley". Galleries West.
- ↑ "Brandy Saturley - Canadian Pop Realism Paintings Artist from Victoria BC".
- 1 2 3 4 5 Rollie, Tammy (June 7, 2017). "Canada inspiring west coast artist". Western Wheel.
- ↑ "To Yellowknife, With Love". Reader's Digest.
- ↑ "Gallery@501 kicks off Canada's 150 celebration | Strathcona County". September 23, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-09-23.
- ↑ Couture, Christa (16 December 2016). "Brandy Saturley wants to turn your snapshots into playful portraits of a nation". CBC News.
- 1 2 "POC the people of Canada portrait project".
- ↑ "Canada International Art Competition" (PDF).
- ↑ "Artist/Maker name "Saturley, Brandy"". Artists in Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
- ↑ "2025". Winteractive. Downtown Boston Alliance. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
- ↑ "Winteractive Brings 24-Piece Free Art Gallery To Downtown Boston". Boston Uncovered. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
- ↑ "Gift Shop – Brandy Saturley Poster". The Hip Gift Shop. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bell, Andrea (August 2018). "The Pop Canadianisms of Brandy Saturley". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art.
- ↑ "Visual Arts Alberta Gallery: Brandy Saturley". November 28, 2013.
- ↑ The Art of Brandy Saturley. The Art of Brandy Saturley. 2014. ISBN 9781320241144.
- ↑ "Exhibits".
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