A painter who studied under Arthur Lismer and J.E.H. MacDonald at the Ontario College of Art (now OCAD University), where he later taught for over twenty years. Schaefer’s preferred subjects were the rural landscapes of his Ontario home. He served as a war artist, attached to the Royal Canadian Air Force, during the Second World War. See artwork by this artist.

A Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist, Scott is known for his dark and pointed drawings questioning war, politics, and human nature. He has exhibited extensively across Canada for more than four decades. His Trans Am Apocalypse, 1993, in which he etched the biblical Book of Revelation onto the surface of a Pontiac Trans Am, remains a significant work of political art in Canada. See artwork by this artist.

Primarily known as a painter and draftsman, Shadbolt studied art in London, Paris, and New York before returning to British Columbia. He taught at the Vancouver School of Art from 1945 to 1966, becoming the head of the school’s painting and drawing section. Major influences include Emily Carr and Aboriginal art of the Pacific Northwest. See artwork by this artist.

Born in England, Sheldon-Williams lived in Canada and England after originally immigrating to Saskatchewan as a homesteader in 1887. A painter who founded the School of Art at Regina College (now the University of Regina) in 1916, he served as an official Canadian war artist in 1918 during the First World War. Sheldon-Williams remained in Europe following the conflict, unable to find work but continuing to exhibit his drawings and paintings across Canada and Europe.

A photo, video, and installation artist, Stankievech has participated in the Canadian Forces Artists Program twice, once in 2011 and again in 2015. In his work he explores multiple topics including geopolitics, the embedded landscape, and the military industrial complex. He is notable for art that examines military expansion in the Arctic and has twice been shortlisted for the prestigious Sobey Art Award. Stankievech is the co-founder of the Berlin-based art and theory press K and is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. See artwork by this artist.

Known for her video and installation art, Steinman is a recipient of a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts (2002). Her work often draws on themes of dispossession and the experience of disenfranchisement, and it has received international acclaim. Steinman has received several notable commissions, including from Canada House, Berlin and the Canadian Embassy, Moscow. See artwork by this artist.

A renowned Canadian portrait painter, etcher, and printmaker, Stevens studied at the Slade School of Fine Art at age fifteen, under Philip Wilson Steer and Henry Tonks. In 1919, she was commissioned by the Canadian War Memorials Fund to produce prints depicting factory workers of the First World War. Her works can be found in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada. See artwork by this artist.

A Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario-born, Saskatoon-based interdisciplinary artist and member of the Siksika Nation, Stimson has examined themes of history, gender, and identity in his work. The bison, an animal of great material and spiritual significance to the Siksika Nation, often appears in his art. Stimson travelled with the Canadian Forces Artists Program to Afghanistan in 2010. He received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2018. See artwork by this artist.