Jeanette Langmann has spent her life in the arts. Daughter of Uno Langmann, a respected authority on art and antiques in the Northwest, Jeanette has acquired over 25 years of experience working in this field. She studied at the University of British Columbia before becoming a second generation art dealer and appraiser in the family business, Uno Langmann Limited.
The Langmann gallery specializes in the finest quality 17th to 19th century European and North American paintings as well as antiques and objets d'art. Jeanette travels worldwide to research and collect fine and decorative arts, and has a particular interest in historical Canadian art from the 19th and early 20th century. The Gallery provides appraisal services to public institutions and private clients, assists in assembling collections and sources artwork for individual clients. Jeanette is an expert on CBC's Canadian Antiques Roadshow and advises in appraisals and acquisitions for countless Canadian organizations. Jeanette has acted as Vice-President of the Art Dealers Association of Canada, is on the board of the Canadian Antique Dealers Association of Canada and was President of the former Antique Dealers Association of Western Canada.
Tien Huang has lived his life within the visual arts. The son of art dealers, and the artist Paul C. Wong, he is the second-generation to operate Bau-Xi Gallery. Huang began his career at Bau-Xi in 1990 while studying art history and commerce. He became director of the Bau-Xi ten years later and moved from Bau-Xi Vancouver to Bau-Xi Toronto in 2001. Established in 1965, Bau-Xi Gallery is the oldest contemporary gallery in Vancouver and one of Toronto's most established galleries having been in its current location since 1976. Through galleries in Vancouver and Toronto, Huang has represented some of Canada's most established artists as well as giving first exhibitions to many of its emerging young talent.
In 2002, he expanded on the Bau-Xi Gallery by acquiring the Foster/White Gallery in Seattle which was founded in 1968. The Foster/White is one of the largest and most established galleries in the Northwestern US. With this expansion, Huang has made exporting Canadian art a mandate and access to a larger American market a part of his business.
Powell MacDougall founded p|m Gallery in 2004, which continues to bring work by emerging and mid-career artists to the international arena through solid programming, exhibition exchanges, and participation in international art fairs. In its first year, the gallery was invited to participate in New Territories at ARCO Madrid – a curated selection of galleries from Canada organized by David Liss, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.
Prior to establishing p|m Gallery, Powell gained extensive experience in museums and the commercial art world, where she honed her ability to develop Canadian artists within the international scene, and vice versa. Her position as gallery assistant at the Art Gallery of York University from 1993 to 1997 has given p|m Gallery a unique twist in Canada: “When I was at the AGYU, I had the opportunity to work on large-scale projects by international artists. As a result, my approach to programming is more curatorial than commercial in that my foremost concern is finding the best work and bringing that work to both a local and international audience.”
Her interest in process-based art has led her to represent a diverse group whose remarkable work in painting, sculpture, photography, performance, video, installation, wall-dependent and new media sets them apart form their contemporaries. This sense of inventiveness often forms the basis of her art fair programming – a strategy that has paid off: the gallery has developed a reputation for pushing the boundaries of conventional art fair offerings.
Powell was elected Secretary of the Art Dealers Association of Canada in 2010.
After graduating from the Ontario College of Art in 1975, Doug MacLean's gallery training began in Toronto with positions at the Marlborough Godard Gallery, the Mira Godard Gallery, and Gallery Moos Ltd. He later worked with director and author Joan Murray as assistant curator at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa.
Doug moved to Calgary in 1979 to become the Assistant Director for Walter Moos' Gallery Moos Ltd. In 1983 he assumed the position of Acting Director for the Mira Godard Gallery. Unfortunately, the Calgary economy, hard hit by the economic recession of the 80's, forced the closure of both galleries. In 1983, Doug became a partner in Canadian Art Galleries and in 1993, the sole owner and director. Doug has been a member of the Art Dealers' Association of Canada for 15 years and was a board member for over 10 years during the 1980's and 90's. In 1999 Doug rejoined the ADAC board and continues to serve as Membership Committee Chairman.
Patricia Feheley is an art dealer and art historian specializing in the field of Canadian Inuit art.
Feheley has an extensive educational and administrative background in the visual arts, coupled with a lifetime of experience with the Inuit and the Canadian Arctic. She is an acknowledged expert in the primary and secondary market for Inuit art.
Feheley is the long-time Director of Feheley Fine Arts, a Toronto commercial art gallery specializing in early and contemporary Inuit art. She has spearheaded the gallery's ongoing program of catalogued exhibitions and has championed emerging Inuit artists such as Annie Pootoogook and Shuvinai Ashoona, both of whom are currently exhibiting in European galleries.
Past President of the Art Dealers Association of Canada, Feheley has represented the country's leading artists via the major private and commercial galleries of Canada. In this capacity, Feheley still travels nationally and abroad, participating in industry and governmental events.
Since establishing her first gallery in Hazelton Lanes in 1984, Sandra Ainsley has developed her passion for glass art into a thriving business. For almost 30 years, Sandra has been an integral part of the Canadian glass community and has established herself as a leading dealer on the global market representing the leading Canadian and International artists working in glass today.
The Sandra Ainsley Gallery went on to establish itself for 9 years in Toronto’s historic Distillery District. This 10,000 square foot space easily accommodated the expansive and large scale glass sculpture exhibited by the gallery. With its dramatic lighting, exposed 19th century brickwork, and cleverly converted coal vaults, the Sandra Ainsley Gallery became known as one of the finest glass art galleries in the world.
Although Sandra represents major figures on the glass art scene, she is also exhibits emerging and local artists. Her dedication to new artists stems from her desire to promote and educate Canadians on the art of glass sculpture. She has hosted an annual exhibition showcasing the work of students in Sheridan College’s Glass Studio program, and regularly lectures on glass art within the local community. For a number of years, Sandra participated in the prestigious McGill University Graduate Business Conference as a guest lecturer to the Graduating MBA Class. As a present director of the Art Dealers Association of Canada, Sandra Ainsley has come a long way from her first venture into the art world. With her strong will and passion for glass, Sandra will continue to lead the glass market in style, customer service, and elegance.
Simon Blais
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Mary Sue Rankin
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Alan Loch
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Émilie Grandmont-Bérubé
Émilie Grandmont Bérubé is the owner and director of Galerie Trois Points. Since 1988, the gallery’s mission is to promote emerging and mid-career artists and figures among the most prominent institutions in the Montreal art scene.
With a genuine passion for the arts and culture, she holds a double degree in French Litterature and Art History. She has worked for Galerie Trois Points before taking over the direction in 2009 and is entirely dedicated to its artists and collectors. As the new gallery director, she is also actively engaged in the cultural scene: she holds a position on the Board of AGAC (Association des galeries d’art contemporain, based in Montreal), is implicated with the Young Associates Comitee of Opéra de Montréal and is a member of various juries, while pursuing a Master’s degree in Business.
Christopher Varley was a curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery 1974-77, and the head curator of the Edmonton Art Gallery (now Art Gallery of Alberta) 1979-83. He has organized exhibitions on Aba Bayefsky, Emily Carr, William Cresswell, Edward Curtis, Hans Hofmann, Carl Schaefer, F.H. Varley, and others. While at the Edmonton Art Gallery he organized two important surveys, “The Contemporary Arts Society: Montreal 1939- 1948” and “Winnipeg West: Painting and Sculpture in Western Canada, 1945- 1970”.
Varley has worked as a private dealer in Toronto since 1984, specializing in Canadian modernism. He recently helped to facilitate “The Automatiste Revolution”, the widely acclaimed survey of post-war Montreal abstraction. He has a special interest in Quebec painting, and opinions about everything.
Sharon London Liss, president of Sharon London Liss Inc., has extensive knowledge in 20th century art, both Canadian and International, as well as Inuit. She studied at Universite de Montreal and McGill University. Following many years in the art world, first at Galerie Elca London in Montreal and later as the director of Hudson's Bay Company Inuit Art Marketing, she completed the following courses: American Society of Appraisers, SE100: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) in affiliation with New York University, 1998 and the International Society of Appraisers Core Courses in Appraisal Studies, University of Maryland, 1999.
She was an accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers, 1999 - 2004.
Sharon has served as the Chair of the Art Committee at Mount Sinai Hospital since 1997. She has sat on the Joint Management Committee of the Koffler Centre and is currently a member of the Group of 51. In 2007, Sharon produced the book Jack Culiner: Collected Works at the request of both Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and Mount Sinai Hospital. The focus of this was the positive value of art in a health care setting.
Since 1986 Sharon London Liss has worked as a private dealer and appraiser. Her niche in the Canadian art market is art involved in legal issues: bankruptcy, business dissolution, Estate, etc. Sharon has been involved with the collections belonging to Central Guarantee Trust, Christopher Horne, Bank of America (in Canada), Hollinger International, Cineplex Entertainment and Comdisco (Chicago, Illinois) to highlight a few.
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