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Carol Wainio

Carol Wainio (Born 1955) is active/lives in Ontario, Nova Scotia / Canada.  Carol Wainio is known for Abstract figure, fantasy and allegory painting, hand-made books.

Carol Wainio MFA, RCA (1955)

A prominent Canadian painter and educator, Carol Wainio was born in Sarnia, Ontario and has lived in Ottawa, Ontario since 2003. Her paintings have been included in numerous exhibitions at important venues such as the Venice Biennale, Stedelijk Museum, and the National Gallery of Canada; her biography has been published in the Canadian Who's Who since 1996; and she was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2004. (1)

Her well-known mediums are acrylic on canvas and handmade books. Her subjects include figures, fables, fairy tales, children's fictional characters, anthropomorphized animals, art history, printed text, culture, social commentary, allegory*, literature, and abstract space. Her styles include Abstract Figurative*, Expressionism* and Surrealism*. The AskART images are good illustrations of her work. (2) (3) (4)

Wainio is self taught as a painter; however she has studied art and art history at several schools   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7561 characters.]  Artist bio

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