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John Scott (1950 - 2022) was one of Canada’s most legendary and respected artists. For over 50 years, he created raw-edge drawings that acted as social commentary on the dark side of politics, war and human nature. In addition to drawing, Scott was renowned for his machine-hybrid sculptures.
Ontario College of Art; Rochdale College, University of Toronto; Centennial College, Toronto (1972-1976) Awards. Inaugural Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, 2000. John Scott (May 11, 1950 – February 17, 2022) was a Canadian multimedia painter, sculptor, and installation artist.
- Inaugural Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, 2000
- February 17, 2022 (aged 71), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- May 11, 1950, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
John Scott, 1997. John Scott views himself as a political activist and blue-collar artist. His work combines counterculture aesthetics of the late 1970s and the 1980s with a sociological ideology that is wary of the consequences and human cost of a capitalist ethos and economy.
John Scott (1950-2022) is one of Canada’s most prolific artists known for his raw, visceral paintings that comment on the dark side of politics, war and humanity. Combining counterculture aesthetics of the late 1970s and 1980s, Scott presents an apocalyptic vision of the world. Born in Windsor, Ontario, Scott was educated at the Ontario ...
Mar 7, 2022 · Beloved artist and professor John Scott, whose media ranged from simple pen and cocktail napkin to the body of a Pontiac Trans Am, died on Feb. 17, leaving an irreplaceable gap in the...
- Ann Macdonald
Oct 21, 2021 · From the National Gallery of Canada: “John Scott views himself as a political activist and blue-collar artist. His work combines counterculture aesthetics of the late 1970s and the 1980s with a sociological ideology that is wary of the consequences and human cost of a capitalist ethos and economy.
May 8, 2019 · OCAD University is losing one of its most idiosyncratic figures this year: John Scott, a contemporary artist and long-time faculty member, is retiring from the institution after 38 years.
