Freda Claire Guttman Bain (born 1934) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist and activist.

Biography

Guttman was born March 16, 1934, in

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. She studied briefly at

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, where she met and dated

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. She would go on to illustrate Cohen's first book of poetry,

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. Guttman moved to Rhode Island, where she received a degree from the

Rhode Island School of Design The Rhode Island School of Design (RISD , pronounced "Riz-D") is a private art and design school in Providence, Rhode Island. The school was founded as a coeducational institution in 1877 by Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf, who sought to increase the ...

in 1956. She also studied at Concordia University and the Saidye Bronfman Centre. From 1972 to 1983, she taught at

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in Montreal.

Work

Guttman's work combines elements of politics, economics, sociology and ecology. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Europe, Mexico and Nicaragua. Since the early 1980s, Guttman has been involved as an activist in a number of political causes.

Exhibitions

* 1976 : ''Freda Guttman Bain'', Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal * 1986: ''Guatemala! Le chemin de la guerre'' (multimedia works), Chambre Blanche *1989: ''The Global Menu / Le Menu Global'', Space Gallery, Toronto *1989: ''Cris et chuchotements'', DAZIBAO, Montreal *1990: ''The Global Menu / Le Menu Global'', OBORO, Montreal *1995: ''Cassandra : un opéra en quatre actes'', OBORO, Montreal *1998: ''Cassandra : un opéra en quatre actes'', Galerie Sequence, Chicoutimi

Collections

Guttman's work is included in the collections of: * the

National Gallery of Canada The National Gallery of Canada (french: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the l ...

, * the

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec ( en, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec), abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is situated in Battlefield Park and is a complex consisting of four bui ...

* the

Agnes Etherington Art Centre The Agnes Etherington Art Centre is located in Kingston, Ontario, in the heart of the historic campus of Queen's University. Situated on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory, the gallery has received a number of awards for its exhib ...

* the

Art Gallery of Guelph The Art Gallery of Guelph (AGG), formerly the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, is a public gallery and adjoining sculpture park in Guelph, Ontario. The AGG has a collection of over 9,000 works and focusses on research, publishing, educational progra ...

References

1934 births Living people Artists from Montreal 21st-century Canadian women artists 20th-century Canadian women artists {{Canada-artist-stub