Ferdinando Spina
Spina is largely self-taught, and began to draw and paint while working towards a degree in Psychology and Social Work. His most recent paintings have been inspired by the Kitikmeot Region in the Canadian Arctic, where he works with children as a social counsellor and art therapist. Living and working in the North influences his art, and gives insight into a world about which most of us know very little.
A number of Spina’s works are featured in public places around Calgary, including: a mural by the Centre Street Bridge called The Wall of Names; the mural Prairie Roundhouse Fun in the UNICEF building on 17th Avenue, and the Sentinels of Time, 15-foot sculpture and sundial arranged in a semi-circle located in the Mission District of southwest Calgary. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and has works in many public and private collections in Canada, the United States, and in Europe.