Maggie E.M. Dunbar
Scotland-born Maggie E.M. Dunbar studied at the Banff School of Fine Arts (summer 1980; winter 1981 - 1982) and earned her B.F.A. from the University of Calgary (1981). During a brief teaching career that included four years at the City of Calgary (1982 – 1986), a mural at the Banff School of the Arts (March 1985), and a visiting artist stint at the Emily Carr College of Art (January 1987), Dunbar conducted her own research in the San Juan Islands of Washington State (May 1983), Howlett’s Gorillarium in the U.K. (September 1984), Rome (May 1987), and Djerassi, California (September – October, 1987).
Dunbar’s art discusses—sometimes ironically—the work of historically significant painters such as sixteenth-century Venetian artist Tintoretto (“Susannah and the Elders”); at other times, it juxtaposes disparate imagery to force reconsiderations of the values and morals of various eras and cultures of human history (as with “Gothic Request”).
Dunbar has mounted several solo exhibitions, including at the C.H. Scott Gallery of Emily Carr College of Art, the Vanderleelie Gallery of Edmonton, and the Peter Whyte Foundation of Banff. Her work dwells in several private, corporate, and public collections, including those of the University of Calgary, the Glenbow Museum, and the Canada Council Art Bank. She has been awarded several grants, including one from the Canada Council.
Dunbar’s art discusses—sometimes ironically—the work of historically significant painters such as sixteenth-century Venetian artist Tintoretto (“Susannah and the Elders”); at other times, it juxtaposes disparate imagery to force reconsiderations of the values and morals of various eras and cultures of human history (as with “Gothic Request”).
Dunbar has mounted several solo exhibitions, including at the C.H. Scott Gallery of Emily Carr College of Art, the Vanderleelie Gallery of Edmonton, and the Peter Whyte Foundation of Banff. Her work dwells in several private, corporate, and public collections, including those of the University of Calgary, the Glenbow Museum, and the Canada Council Art Bank. She has been awarded several grants, including one from the Canada Council.