Education
MA (2014) Fine Art Education, Concordia University.
Thesis: Space for drawing: Women, art, love, and fear
BFA (1999), Concordia University.
Graphic Design and Illustration Diploma (1977), Fanshawe School of Design.
Courses
- Introduction to Media Design (ART-222)
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Using art making as a way of interpreting what she sees, Petra Zantingh draws others into a visual conversation with her paintings. From childhood, she knew that the visual arts, whether it be painting, illustration or design, would play an important role.
Petra has a diploma in graphic design and fashion illustration from Fanshawe College, a BFA in Fine Art and an MA in Art Education from Concordia University in Montreal. Her career as a designer and art director was in print publications and newspaper design with a special interest in typography.聽
She has been exhibiting her paintings since 2004 and her current interests centre around environmental issues, particularly trees.
Research Interests
- Environmental awareness
- Contemporary painting
- Design and problem solving
- Art and spirituality
Selected Exhibitions
2021 聽 |聽 Trees at the intersection: our symbiotic relationship, Redeemer Art Gallery, Ancaster, ON
2021聽 |聽 Juried Exhibition, Westland Gallery, London, ON
2019聽 | 聽VAM 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
2019 聽 |聽 2019 Juried Exhibition, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2019 聽 |聽 Trees of the Book, Wycliffe College University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
2019 聽 |聽 Trees of the Book, RZIM Centre, Toronto, ON
2018 聽 | 聽Waterloo CRC, Waterloo, ON
2015 聽 | 聽What鈥檚 love got to do with it (Juried), Galerie d鈥橝rt Viva Vida, Pointe-Claire, QC
2012 聽 | 聽Gallery V, Montreal, QC
2012 聽 | 聽Art Education Department, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2010 聽 | 聽The Brush Off (Juried), Avenue Art, Montreal, QC
2010 聽 | 聽Mood and Feelings, (Juried) Arta Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009聽 |聽 Veneers of Memory, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton, ON 聽 2009
2008聽 | 聽Art Gallery of Hamilton (Juried Show & Sale), Hamilton, ON
2008聽 | 聽A Celebration on Canvas (Juried), Scarborough City Hall,聽Scarborough, ON
2008聽 | 聽Three Views from Here, Redeemer Art Gallery, Ancaster, ON
2007聽 | 聽 Zuidwolde Centrum, Zuidwolde, The Netherlands
2004 聽| 聽 Fruits of Redemption, Redeemer Art Gallery, Ancaster, ON