Tara Bryan

Tara Bryan (1953-2020) was an American-born Canadian artist known for her landscape paintings and artists' books.

Tara Bryan
Born
Tara Tidwell

(1953-10-14)October 14, 1953
Cuero, Texas
DiedSeptember 29, 2020(2020-09-29) (aged 66)
Known forPainter, Book artist
Websitetarabryan.com

Bryan née Tidwell was born in Cuero, Texas on October 14, 1953.[1] She studied Music Theory and Composition at the University of New Mexico (1975) and received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1987. In 1992 Bryan moved to Newfoundland. She created walking bird press to publish her artists' books.[2]

She created several paintings of icebergs. One of those images was recreated as a mural on the facade of St. John's Convention Centre.[3]

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.[4] She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2012.[1]

Her work is in the Victoria and Albert Museum[5] and the National Museum of Women in the Arts.[6]

Bryan died on September 29, 2020.[1]

References
  1. "Tara BRYAN". SaltWire. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. "Tara Bryan: Unfolding Horizon". The Rooms. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  3. Sullivan, Joan. "Remembering Tara Bryan". St. John's Telegram. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  4. "Winners of the Past EVA Awards". VANL-CARFAC. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  5. "Down the Rabbit Hole | Bryan, Tara (Ms) | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  6. "Tara Bryan". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
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