Ron Shuebrook

Ron Shuebrook portrait

Ron Shuebrook is a senior Canadian artist, educator, administrator, curator, writer, and cultural advocate who is Professor Emeritus at OCAD University in Toronto where he served as President from 2000 to 2005 and as Vice-President, Academic, from 1998 to 2002.  In 2008, he was awarded a Doctor of Fine Art, Honoris Causa, for his contributions to art and education in Canada. In June 2005, the Ron Shuebrook Award in painting and drawing was endowed by faculty, staff, and friends of OCAD University. He is also former President of the Universities Art Association of Canada and former President of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Shuebrook holds a B.Sc. in Art Education, an M.Ed. in Art Education from Kutztown University, PA, and an MFA in visual art from Kent State University, OH. He also studied on scholarship at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, ME, and received a Fellowship in painting from the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, from 1969-70. He has taught and been an administrator at seven Canadian universities and art schools including the University of Guelph (1988-98), where he was the Chair of Fine Art, founding Coordinator of the MFA Program in Studio Art in 1992, and led the renovation of the department’s facilities. In addition, his former colleagues established the Shuebrook Graduate Scholarship to recognize his commitment to the art and art history programs at the University of Guelph.

He has served as an external consultant and assessor in visual arts and design for more than twenty-five Canadian universities, colleges, and art school programs, as well as government agencies across Canada, including the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Nova Scotia Department of Culture, Recreation and Fitness.

Photo: George Steeves

Available Artworks

Wharf 2012
Wharf, 2012

Wharf, 2012

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper 42.5” x 69”
Untitled 2011
Untitled, 2011

Untitled, 2011

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper 30” x 22”
Untitled 2010
Untitled, 2010

Untitled, 2010

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper 30” x 22”
Untitled (Nottingham Monkey Rope Series) 2010
Untitled (Nottingham Monkey Rope Series), 2010

Untitled (Nottingham Monkey Rope Series), 2010

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper 22" x 30"
Untitled 2008
Untitled, 2008

Untitled, 2008

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper 30” x 22”
Untitled 2008
Untitled, 2008

Untitled, 2008

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper 30” x 22”
Untitled 2008
Untitled, 2008

Untitled, 2008

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper 30” x 22”
Monkey Rope (For the children) 2003
Monkey Rope (for the children), 2003

Monkey Rope (for the children), 2003

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper 30" x 22"
Monkey Rope #4 2001
Monkey Rope #4, 2001

Monkey Rope #4, 2001

Ron Shuebrook
oil on canvas 14” x 11”
Tower 2021
Tower, 2021

Tower, 2021

Ron Shuebrook
acrylic on canvas 84” x 48”
Black Mountain Blue Monkeyrope 2021
Black Mountain, Blue Monkeyrope, 2021

Black Mountain, Blue Monkeyrope, 2021

Ron Shuebrook
acrylic on canvas 84” x 48”
Untitled 2021
Untited (Contested Territories), 2021

Untited (Contested Territories), 2021

Ron Shuebrook
acrylic on canvas 84” x 48”
Towards the Light 2021
Towards the Light, 2021

Towards the Light, 2021

Ron Shuebrook
acrylic on canvas 84” x 48”
Requiem 2021
Requiem (for Rudy), 2021

Requiem (for Rudy), 2021

Ron Shuebrook
acrylic on canvas 84” x 88”
Witness 2011
Witness, 2011

Witness, 2011

Ron Shuebrook
acrylic on canvas 70.5" x 50.5"
Dark Spring 2008
Dark Spring, 2008

Dark Spring, 2008

Ron Shuebrook
acrylic on canvas 96” x 144”
Untitled 2021
Untitled, 2021

Untitled, 2021

Ron Shuebrook
acrylic on canvas 84” x 48”
Untitled, 1979

Untitled, 1979

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal and red-brown conte on BFK Rives paper 30" x 22"
Site of Discourse drawing, 2019

Site of Discourse drawing, 2019

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper, 38.5" x 30.5"
Dark Spring drawing, 2019

Dark Spring drawing, 2019

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper, 31" x 38"
Enigma, 2019

Enigma, 2019

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper, 38.5" x 30.5"
Ambiguities, 2011

Ambiguities, 2011

Ron Shuebrook
charcoal on rag paper, 38.5" x 30.5"