Pnina Granirer (born April 11, 1935 in Brăila, Romania) is a Romanian-born Canadian painter and writer.
Life In 1944, as a child, Granirer witnessed the transport ready to take her and other Romanian Jews to the extermination camps. Her life was saved when the Second Jassy–Kishinev Offensive saw the Red Army drove out Nazi German forces. After World War II, Granirer's family were "sold" to Israel by the Romanian government. She emigrated to Israel, where she attended the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. After completing her degree, she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1965.
Career Her works have been exhibited and collected nationally and internationally. Granirer founded the Artists in Our Midst, the first art walk in Vancouver, in 1993. Her book, Light within the Shadows; A Painter's Memoir, was published in May 2017.
Selected exhibitions Source:
Solo 1998-95In Search of Eden Prince George Art Gallery, Prince George, British Columbia; Torres Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia1998Pnina Granirer - Celebrating a Life's Work, a 40 Year Survey Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia1997Synchronicity Oktavia Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia1995Pacific Exchanges Dr. Sun Yat Sen Garden, Vancouver, British Columbia Pnina Granirer - 1985-1995, A Survey Zack Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia1993Juxtapositions Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia Heart of Stone Art Centre of New Westminster, New Westminster, British Columbia
Group 1998Art '98 Vancouver, British Columbia1997Ars Mundi - 4th International Conference of the Visual Arts Vancouver, British Columbia1997-93Artists in Our Midst Vancouver, British Columbia1996Quay Gallery - Gibsons, British Columbia A Child's View Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, British Columbia1995A Jewish Beaux Arts Zack Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Author question and answer: Pnina Granirer talks Light Within the Shadows Artists in Our Midst