John Kissick Art for Sale and Sold Prices

b. 1962 -

John Kissick's paintings are complex undertakings borne from a union of his diverse professional practices. As a painter, critic, teacher and writer, Kissick continually examines his artwork from multiple vantage points. He says, "I am constantly in this ongoing critique mode where I can make something and simultaneously deconstruct it." Always mindful that while his advanced knowledge of the history of abstract art informs his work, he must ultimately rely on his pure and instinctual creativity to produce the masterpieces for which he is so well known. John Kissick attended Queen's University at Kingston (Ontario), Cornell University (New York) and the Harvard Institute for Higher Education (Massachusetts). He taught at Penn State (Pennsylvania) and held the posts of Head of Painting and Head of Critical Studies. Upon moving back to Canada, Kissick was Dean of the Faculty of Art at the Ontario College of Art and Design (Toronto) from 2000-2003 and the Director of the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph until 2014. In 2005, he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.