Pnina Granirer

Pnina Granirer (born April 11, 1935 in Brăila, Romania) is a Romanian-born Canadian painter and writer.

Pnina Granirer
BornApril 11, 1935
Brăila, Romania
NationalityRomanian-Canadian
EducationBezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Known forpainter and writer
Notable workLight within the Shadows; A Painter's Memoir

Life

In 1944, as a child, Granirer witnessed the transport ready to take her and other Romanian Jews to the extermination camps. Her life was saved when the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive saw the Red Army drove out Nazi German forces. After World War II, Granirer's family were "sold" to Israel by the Romanian government.[1] She emigrated to Israel, where she attended the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. After completing her degree, she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1965.[2]

Career

Her works have been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally.[2][3] Granirer founded the Artists in Our Midst, the first art walk in Vancouver, in 1993.[4][5] Her book, Light within the Shadows; A Painter's Memoir, was published in May 2017.[6][7]

Solo
1998-95 In Search of EdenPrince George Art Gallery, Prince George, British Columbia; Torres Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1998 Pnina Granirer - Celebrating a Life's Work, a 40 Year SurveyRichmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia
1997 SynchronicityOktavia Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
1995 Pacific ExchangesDr. Sun Yat Sen Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia

Pnina Granirer - 1985-1995, A Survey

Zack Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

1993 JuxtapositionsRichmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia

Heart of Stone

Art Centre of New Westminster, New Westminster, British Columbia

Group
1998 Art '98Vancouver, British Columbia
1997 Ars Mundi - 4th International Conference of the Visual ArtsVancouver, British Columbia
1997-93 Artists in Our MidstVancouver, British Columbia
1996 Quay Gallery - Gibsons, British Columbia

A Child's View

Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia

1995 A Jewish Beaux ArtsZack Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia

References
  1. "Holocaust survivor and artist shares her incredible journey in new memoir". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  2. "Pnina Granirer". Les Femmes artistes du Canada Women Artists in Canada. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  3. "Llega "Lendas", de Pnina Graniert". La Voz de Galicia (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  4. "West of Main Art Walk marks a quarter-century of Artists in Our Midst". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  5. "What We Do, Who We Are and Why it matters". Artists in Our Midst. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
  6. "Vancouver artist Pnina Granirer on her new memoir". CBC. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  7. "Pnina Granirer". Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  8. "Pnina Granirer". Retrieved May 9, 2021.
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