Simon Frank

E. J. Lightman

E. J. Lightman is an artist based in Toronto. E.J. Lightman is a founding member of The Tree Museum (1997) and co-curator and organizer of the site-specific outdoor installations at The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Ont. She has participated in exhibitions throughout Ontario as well as internationally, with work included in-group shows presented in Central and South America, Mexico, England, Scotland, Belgium and France. Lightman was active as a member of WorkScene Gallery in Toronto from its inception in 1989, curating several group shows including "Art & Technology" (1994). She also co-curated "Myths from Cyberspace"(1996/97) with Carolyn Bell Farrell, a two-part exhibition at the Koffler Centre. Recent exhibitions include, mixed media works "Natural Icons" (2001) at Tusk Gallery, Toronto and The Tree Museum Collective: An Alternative Site, York Quay Gallery at Harbourfront Centre Toronto (2002)

Ryszard Litwiniuk

Ryszard Litwiniuk was born and educated in Poland. Graduated Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk in 1992 with masters degree. He is award-winning sculptor exhibiting in public and private galleries throughout Ontario, USA, South America and Europe. Tours, symposia, workshops and presentations in different countries. His projects transformed many places and landscapes and they are a part of permanent collections of the Cities, Nature Parks, Sculpture Parks and Galleries. His projects inspired by "spirit of Nature" are focused on transforming and transition of forms from geometric into organic abstract objects. The most important elements of his work are mass, space and movement. Ryszard Litwiniuk is a member of Polish Artists Association and International Nature art Network, Germany. Currently works as an art teacher in The Living Art Center in Mississauga and Koffler Centre of the Arts in Toronto.

Catherine Widgery

Catherine Widgery, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1953, received her B.A. from Yale University in 1975 where she graduated cum laude, with special distinction in Fine Arts and was awarded the Walker Prize. She lived and worked in London, New York and Rome before moving to Montreal in 1979. In 1999, she moved to Truro, Massachusetts. She has exhibited in Canada, the US, and Europe. Her exhibit Lost Sense at the Royal Ontario Museum in 1998 received international recognition. Her work appears in the collections of the Musee d'art contemporain de Montreal, the Musee du Quebec and many other public and private collections. She has been awarded numerous grants for her personal work from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Quebec and has completed twenty-eight major public sculpture commissions in the US and Canada. A major installation in Denver was recently featured on the cover of Landscape Architecture magazine and the work Trail of Dreams, Trail of Ghosts in Santa Fe, NM was selected as one of the outstanding public art works in 2003 by the Americans for the Arts at their conference in Washington, DC in July 2004.