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Joyce Wieland

Canadian artist and film director (1931-1998) · Canada · On the map · Artists · Died at 66

Joyce Wieland was a Canadian visual artist and cultural activist who used diverse media to explore feminism and Canadian identity. Wieland found success as a painter when she began her career in Toronto in the 1950s.

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Awards

Officer of the Order of Canada1982
Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts

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In 1962, Wieland moved to New York City and expanded her career as an artist by including new materials and mixed media work. During that time, she also rose to prominence as an experimental filmmaker and soon, institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York were showing her films. In 1971, Wieland's True Patriot Love exhibition was the first solo exhibition by a living Canadian female artist at the National Gallery of Canada. In 1982, Wieland received the honour of an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 1987, she was awarded the Toronto Arts Foundation's Visual Arts Award. She was also a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Country
Canada
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 1998 · aged 66

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