Peter Shostak

Lunch Break 16x20 oil $2595 Framed	Warming Up 12x12 oil $1595 Framed
We Used a Lantern to Light our Rink 10x12 Oil $1495 Framed	We All Will Get a Ride Home 16x20 Oil $2595 Framed

Peter Shostak was born in 1943 and raised on a farm in northeastern Alberta. His love of the Alberta
prairies is reflected in his art. Becoming an artist didn’t enter his plans until university. He left the farm to attend the University of Alberta, majoring in Art Education. Peter then taught junior high school and evening adult art classes and returned to university in 1968 to secure his Graduate Degree in Art Education. He then assumed the position of Assistant Professor of Art Education at the University of Victoria, resigning in 1979 to pursue his own art career.

The status of Honourary Alberta Artist was presented to Peter by the Government of Alberta in 1983 in recognition of his achievements in the arts. The Alberta Council for the Ukrainian Arts is a province-wide non-profit organization dedicated to the celebration and propagation of art in all genres. In 1990 Peter was the recipient of their first annual award for “artistic excellence in the field of visual arts”. To commemorate the centenary of the first Ukrainian pioneers arriving in Canada, Peter devoted 4 ½ years of painting to visually depict their experiences. The 50 large oil paintings toured Western Canada in 1992 and were the feature exhibition at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver. In December 2003 Peter Shostak was awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in recognition of his significant contribution to Canada.

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