Education
MA (2014) Fine Art Education, Concordia University
Thesis: space for drawing: Women, art, love, and fear
BFA (1999), Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Graphic Design and Illustration Diploma (1977), Fanshawe School of Design
Courses
- Introduction to Media Design (ART-222)
About
Using art making as a way of interpreting what she sees, Petra Zantingh draws others into a visual conversation with her paintings. From childhood, she knew that the visual arts, whether it be painting, illustration or design, would play an important role.
Petra has a diploma in graphic design and fashion illustration from Fanshawe College, a BFA in Fine Art and an MA in Art Education from Concordia University in Montreal. Her career as a designer and art director was in print publications and newspaper design with a special interest in typography.
She has been exhibiting her paintings since 2004 and her current interests centre around environmental issues, particularly trees.
Research Interests
- Environmental awareness
- Contemporary painting
- Design and problem solving
- Art and spirituality
Selected Exhibitions
2021 | Trees at the intersection: our symbiotic relationship, Redeemer Art Gallery, Ancaster, ON
2021 | Juried Exhibition, Westland Gallery, London, ON
2019 | VAM 42nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
2019 | 2019 Juried Exhibition, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
2019 | Trees of the Book, Wycliffe College University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
2019 | Trees of the Book, RZIM Centre, Toronto, ON
2018 | Waterloo CRC, Waterloo, ON
2015 | What’s love got to do with it (Juried), Galerie d’Art Viva Vida, Pointe-Claire, QC
2012 | Gallery V, Montreal, QC
2012 | Art Education Department, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2010 | The Brush Off (Juried), Avenue Art, Montreal, QC
2010 | Mood and Feelings, (Juried) Arta Gallery, Toronto, ON
2009 | Veneers of Memory, Gallery on the Bay, Hamilton, ON 2009
2008 | Art Gallery of Hamilton (Juried Show & Sale), Hamilton, ON
2008 | A Celebration on Canvas (Juried), Scarborough City Hall, Scarborough, ON
2008 | Three Views from Here, Redeemer Art Gallery, Ancaster, ON
2007 | Zuidwolde Centrum, Zuidwolde, The Netherlands
2004 | Fruits of Redemption, Redeemer Art Gallery, Ancaster, ON
