Christopher Pratt, Toronto

On Saturday, April 25th, Mira Godard Gallery is pleased to open an exhibition of new work by CHRISTOPHER PRATT.

CHRISTOPHER PRATT was born in 1935 in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He attended the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, from 1957-1959, and in 1961 he received a B.A. in Fine Art from Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick.

Throughout his career, Pratt has received many awards and honours. In 1965, Pratt became an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (ARCA) and a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art. In 1969, he was a member of the Canada Council Visual Arts Jury. In 1973, Pratt was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 1983 he became a Companion of the Order. In 1980, Pratt designed the Provincial Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.

CHRISTOPHER PRATT was the subject of a major touring retrospective organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1985, a touring print retrospective and catalogue raisonné, The Prints of Christopher Pratt: 1958 – 1991 in 1992 and a major travelling exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Canada in 2005.