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"Music, dance and the human figure have fascinated me since childhood and when I decided to
study and practice visual art as my life's work, it seemed quite natural to celebrate them on canvas and
paper, using at first the traditional mediums of oil and pastel. Pastel has an immediacy about it
that appeals to my love of drawing directly from the model, whether in motion or static poses, and
with todays broad range of rich colors there is a great freedom of expression. Oils perhaps give
me a greater latitude in examining the depth and detail of a subject. Lithography was practiced after
a pressroom was added to our home/studio; this printmaking medium is perhaps the greatest taskmaster.
One has to acquire patience to firstly understand the possibilities of the medium, and to
then remain creative while adhering to its rules. I have created some of the most pleasing and
complex works using this medium."
Olga Kornavitch-Tomlinson, AOCA
b: Welland, Ontario
Art Education:
Boris Volkoff, Ballet, Toronto
Ryerson Tech. Inst., Painting, Toronto
Ontario College of Art, Drawing and Painting, Toronto
Vancouver School of Art, Drawing and Painting
Banff Fine Art Centre, Printmaking / Lithography
Exhibitions / Selected:
Adelaide House, Oshawa, Ontario
Toronto Art Gallery
Hart House, University of Toronto
New Design Gallery, Vancouver
Vancouver Art Gallery
Exposition Gallery, Vancouver
Kamloops Public Art Gallery, 30 Year Retrospective
Penticton Public Art Gallery
Western Canadian Artists, Edmonton
N.W.Art Collectors’ Society, Milwaukee, Wisc.
Prince George Public Art Gallery
B.C.Printmakers’ Showcase 1984, Burnaby Art Gallery
Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation, Toronto
Maple Ridge Art Gallery
Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Saskatoon, Sask.
University Women’s Club of Vancouver
Garo Shunju Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Tomlinson / Kornavitch Fine Arts, Vancouver
Marika Fine Art, Banff, Alberta
Lloyd Gallery, Penticton, B.C.
Corporate and Private Collections / Selected
Gulf Canada Resources, Calgary
Canada Permanent Trust, Prince George
Former Minister of Veterans Affair, Ottawa
Former Minister of Labour, Victoria
Maltwood Museum and Gallery, UVIC, B.C.
Canadian Energy Services, Burnaby
Davis & Co., Vancouver
Children’s Hospital, Vancouver
Imperial Oil, Calgary
Ukrainian Canadian Art Foundation, Toronto
Bank of Hong Kong, Vancouver
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Quebec
Takach Press Co., Albuquerque, New Mexico
Media / Selected:
BCTV / Documentary News / Stone Lithography
CHAN 4, Vancouver / 1988 TV Documentary
CFJC TV Documentary “To Print or not to Print”.
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