Tara Bryan (1953-2020) was an American born Canadian artist known for her paintings and book art.
Bryan née Tidwell was born in Cuero, Texas on October 14, 1953.
She studied at the
University of New Mexico and the
University of Wisconsin–Madison. In 1992 Bryan moved to
Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
. She created ''walking bird press'' to publish her artist's books.
She created several paintings of icebergs. One of those images was recreated as a mural on the facade of
St. John's Convention Centre.
In 2010 Bryan was a recipient of a ''Long Haul Award'' from the Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador-CARFAC. In 2021 the same organization posthumously awarded her the ''Endurance Award''.
She was elected to the
Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2012.
Her work is in the
Victoria and Albert Museum and the
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...
.
Bryan died on September 29, 2020.
References
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1953 births
2020 deaths
Women book artists
20th-century Canadian women artists
People from Cuero, Texas