Landon Mackenzie

Landon Mackenzie was raised in Toronto, and trained at NSCAD University and Concordia University, where she earned her MFA, before moving to Vancouver in 1986. She has played a key role in influencing emerging artists through several decades teaching at Emily Carr University where she is still an emeritus professor of art. Her work is held in cultural institutions such as the National Gallery of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Art Gallery of Ontario and Audain Art Museum, among others, and presented in over 100 exhibitions in Canada and internationally. She is represented by Nicholas Metivier Gallery in Toronto. Since first winning the Quebec Biennale of Painting 1st prize in 1981, Mackenzie has received several awards, including the prestigious Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts in 2017.