Katie Ohe
Katie Ohe (born 1937) is a Canadian sculptor living in Alberta.
Ohe is known as one of the first artists to make abstract sculpture in Alberta, and has been influential as a teacher at the Alberta College of Art and Design. She is best known for her kinetic sculptures, and in 2001 she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary in recognition of her pioneering influence on art in Alberta. She was made a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[1]
Ohe and her husband, artist Harry Kiyooka are the founders of the Kiyooka Ohe Art Centre (KOAC).[2]
Notes
- ↑ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ↑ Weir, Bruce (5 June 2013). "A Work in Progress". Swerve. Postmedia Network Inc. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
External links
- CBC Artspots
- Monsoon: Katie Ohe
- Alberta Foundation for the Arts
- Stride Gallery exhibition
- Kiyooka Ohe Art Centre (KOAC)
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