Denyse Thomasos; October 10, 1964 – July 19, 2012 A talented and vivacious painter, Denyse won many prestigious national and international awards including a 1997 Guggenheim Fellowship, a 1999 Canada Council Millennium Grant, a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, a Joan Mitchell Foundation Award in painting, and completed a travel residency at the American Academy in Rome. Her works are exhibited internationally and have been reviewed across North America and in major art journals. She has been a major staple of the Olga Korper Gallery since her first show in 1998, when her striking architectural structures and weaves narrated a history of the psychological impact on People of Colour from slavery to the present day. Travel has always been a major element in her life and work, steering her interest in colour, line, and space towards the homes and harbours she discovered on her adventures to Africa, China, India, and South America. A dedicated wife, mother, and mentor, Denyse was at the happiest time of her life with both her work and her family.
Exhibitions
- 2023
50th Anniversary Group Show
2020The New Normal
2019Fine Line
2012Memorial Exhibition
2010Flight
News Stories
- Denyse Thomasos: Just Beyond at the Vancouver Art Gallery
- Denyse Thomasos : Just Beyond opens at the Remai Modern!
- Denyse Thomasos: The Art Newspaper
- Denyse Thomasos in the Toronto Star
- Denyse Thomasos: just beyond at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
- Denyse Thomasos at the AGO
- Denyse Thomasos in the New York Times
- Denyse Thomasos featured in 2022 Whitney Biennial
- Denyse Thomasos and Tim Whiten on display at the Senate of Canada Building
- Odyssey at the McMichael: Denyse Thomasos