Key Biographies

James Picard • Artist

James Picard was born in Toronto, Ontario where he studied art at Sheridan College and the Ontario College of Art. He went on to apprentice with Cuban artist Ramon Amor, Canadian sculptor Thaddaeus Szpelowitz, and noted Canadian artist Harold Town. In 1987, while exhibiting in New York, he won the Outstanding Achievement Award at the International Art Competition, and has since captured awards for his work in Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Montreal along with his most recent 1996 award for sculpting in New York City. He has exhibited extensively throughout North America, most recently in Paris, and is in collections in the United States, Canada, Japan, London, Paris, Germany and Spain. He teaches drawing, painting and sculpture both in Vancouver and in New York and has received awards for his volunteer work with underprivileged and hospitalized children both in Canada and in the United States.