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About the Artist
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Debra Krakow is emerging as a new artistic voice in southeastern Ontario. Her watercolours of the rural life and landscape are infused with light and vitality. A native Montrealer, Krakow now lives with her husband and children on their Wolfe Island farm.
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| Exhibitions |
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1988-99:
- Life Drawing Exhibit, a group exhibit at The Town Crier, Kingston, ON, 1998
- Art by Architects, The Edward Day Gallery, Kingston, ON, 1997
- Vendor’s stall at Market Square, Kingston, ON, Summer 1996
- Solo Show, private venue, Montreal, QC, 1993 >
- Etchings, a group show at Atelier Evelyn Dufour, Montreal, QC, 1991
- Halifax Contemporary Art Society Juried Show (Mayor’s Prize), Halifax, NS, 1991
- Vendor’s stall at The Public Gardens, Halifax, NS, Summer 1991
- Represented by The Hollis Gallery, Halifax, NS, 1990-91
- Member of the Dunk City Artists’ Cooperative, Halifax, NS, 1990-91
- Cole Harbour Annual Art Show, First Prize, Cole Harbour, NS, 1990
- Graduating Class Exhibit, McGill School of Architecture, Montreal, QC, 1988
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2000-08
- Chameleon Nation, Kingston, ON, Fall 2007
- Gallery Raymond, Kingston, ON, June 2006
- Fort Frontenac Officers' Mess, Sunroom, Summer 2006
- Summer Dock Studio, Wolfe Island, ON, 2002-06
- Lost in Thought, a solo show, Kingston, ON, April 2006
- Art in the Garden, Wolfe Island, ON, 2005-06
- Along the River’s Edge, The Handweaving Museum & Arts Centre, Clayton, NY, Summer 2003-06
- Natural Forces, a 2-artist show, Wolfe Island, ON, May 2005
- Art auction for the Wolfe Island Early Years Centre, 2003 to 2005
- Two Countries, One Creative Spirit, a juried group show at The Handweaving Museum & Arts Centre, Clayton, NY, June 2003
- Last Frost, solo show, Fort Frontenac Officers’ Mess, Kingston, ON, May 2003
- No Limits, a Virtual Exhibit by the Ontario Association of Architects, 2002-03
- The Back Forty, solo show, Breakwater Gallery, Cape Vincent, N.Y., July 2002
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Reviews & Articles |
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- Mayor’s Prize, Halifax Contemporary Art Society Juried Show, Halifax, NS, 1991
- First Prize, Cole Harbour Annual Art Show, Cole Harbour, NS, 1990
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- Of Lines and Shapes and Colours, Kingston Life Magazine, by Josephine Matyas, Summer 2006
- The Heritage, by Margaret Knott, April 2006
- Update, Hotel Dieu Hospital Newsletter, by Anne Rutherford, April 2006
- The Creatives, by Lisa deAngelis, PIC Press, Kingston, ON, 2003
- New Look, by Michael B. Pell, Watertown Daily Times, Watertown, NY, 2002
- The Back Forty art exhibit opens, Thousand Islands Sun, Gananoque, ON, 2002
- Women's Art Festival, Kingston Whig Standard, 1996
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| Art Studies |
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- Kingston School of Art
- Portraiture, Marta Scythes, 2005
- Life Drawing, open studio, 1998-99
- Atelier Evelyn Dufour, 1993-94
- Etching, instructor Evelyn Dufour
- The Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal, QC, 1992-93
- Painting in acrylics, instructor Seymour Segal
- Silkscreen, instructor Ann McCall
- Sculpture, instructor Celina Segal
- Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, NS, 1990-91
- Lithography, instructor Dave Mackenzie
- Life drawing, open studio
- Institut des Beaux Arts, Montreal, QC, 1989-90
- Constructive anatomy, clay modeling and life drawing, instructor Tino Petronzio
- The Visual Arts Centre, Montreal, QC, 1988-89
- Oil painting, instructor Dierdre McCay
- School of Architecture, McGill University, 1984-88 (B. Arch., 1988)
- Sketching and life drawing, instructor Gentile Tondino
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| Teaching Experience |
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- Private drawing & watercolour classes, Wolfe Island, ON, 2003-04
- Group and private watercolour classes, Montreal, QC, 1992-94
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