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April Hickox
April Hickox (born 1955) is a Canadian lens-based artist, photographer, teacher and curator whose practice includes various medias, from photography, film, video and installation. Hickox has said about her works of the last 10 years, "I think in my work, I have always worked with history, place and a sense of self, and sometimes language, communication and voice". Hickox has created works surrounding numerous themes including landscape, history, memory, site... Hickox's works are largely based on narratives which record aspects of humanity and nature and explore the relationship between the two with collective memories from human histories and activities. Hickox is the founding director of Gallery 44 Centre For Contemporary Photography, as well as a founding member of Tenth Muse Studio and Artscape. Early life, education and career In 1955, April Hickox was born in Oakville, Ontario. She and her family moved to Toronto Islands when she was 3 years old. In order to continu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town in Regional Municipality of Halton, Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Lake Ontario between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton. At its Canada 2021 Census, 2021 census population of 213,759, it is List of towns in Ontario, Ontario's largest town. Oakville is part of the Greater Toronto Area, one of the most densely populated areas of Canada. History In 1793, Dundas Street (Toronto), Dundas Street was surveyed for a military road. In 1805, the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada bought the lands between Etobicoke and Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton from the indigenous Mississaugas people, except for the land at the mouths of Bronte Creek, Twelve Mile Creek (Bronte Creek), Sixteen Mile Creek (Ontario), Sixteen Mile Creek, and along the Credit River. In 1807, British immigrants settled the area surrounding Dundas Street as well as on the shore of Lake Ontario. In 1820, the Crown bought the area surrounding the waterways. The area around the creeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
