While still a student at Emily Carr College (now Institute) of Art and Design in 1985, Angela Grossmann was introduced as one of the Vancouver Art Gallery's "Young Romantic" painters most likely to influence the course of painting in that decade. Over the past 25 years, Grossmann has continued to be a significant force in the Canadian art world. In June 2006, she was included in a list of 100 artists who have most influenced students at eleven leading British art schools, including the Royal Academy, Slade and Royal College of Art. Grossmann has devoted much of her career to examining themes of displacement and social margins through the use of collaged and transferred discarded materials. In an early series titled Affaires d'Enfants (1987), she painted on the insides of suitcases abandoned by an agency in Paris that once sponsored summer camp holidays for orphans. In 1991, she created (Sign)ifying the END of the (Second) 2nd World War using photographs of unknown European children found in second-hand shops. Grossmann based her 1994 exhibition Scapegoats on mug shots taken of prisoners in the British Columbia Penitentiary during the 1940s. In a strange world hovering between fantasy and reality, she forced viewers to face the human side of criminals. Her 1999 exhibition, My Vocation, presented the human figure graphically sketched and enlarged. The images emerged through ephemeral layers of letters, photographs, addresses, envelopes, postage and cancellation marks. In her recent work, Grossmann emphasizes coming-of-age themes. Alpha Girls (2004), a forceful narrative series, resonated with the emotional world of young teen girls. Paper Dolls continued the themes of social status, fashion and identity among the “paper dolls” of 2006. Also in 2006, she joined forces once more with Douglas Coupland, Graham Gillmore, Attila Richard Lukacs and Derek Root to create a massive sculptural installation entitled Vancouver School. Grossmann collaborates with this group on a regular basis for special projects. Grossmann is represented by Galerie D'este in Montreal and Winsor Gallery in Vancouver. After earning an MFA at Concordia University and teaching at Ottawa University, Grossmann returned to Vancouver in 1997 to paint and to teach at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and University of British Columbia. Her work has been exhibited widely across Canada, the United States and Europe. It is in numerous public and private collections. Education1985 Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Honours Diploma, Vancouver, BC1986 Awarded Canada Council Studio in Paris for one year 1991 M.F.A., Concordia University, Montreal, QC1991-present Taught painting at Concordia University, University of Ottawa, and Ontario College of Art University, University of British Columbia, Emily Carr University, Vermont college of Fine Arts, MFAi Selected Publications2016. Sunshine Frere , Montechristo Magazine, interview - Summer issue 2016. Staff writer, Drama Queer, interview2015. Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun, Models of resistance 2015. Robin Laurence, Jiggery Pokery , Bordercrossings (Spring ) 2015. Danielle Egan, Doll Parts , Whitehotmagazine- 2015. Hadani Ditmars - Canadian Art Magazine - Models of Resistance 2015. Robin Laurence, Georgia Straight , Models of Resistance 2012. Danielle Egan, Canadian Art, Flesh for Fantasy 2010. David Yates, Montreal Home Magazine – Anew eye on the Old -Autumn 2010 Huffington Post- The commonwealth strikes back – Mark Wiener 2010 John Pohl- Emotional Intelligence – Montreal Gazette2009 Loren, Lerner, Adolescent Girls, Adult Women, Girlhood Studies, Vol 1.Berghahn Journals2009 Leadlay, Christina. Spade Magazine, p54-592008 Dykk, Lloyd. The Vancouver Sun, December 6, 20082008 Roenisch, Clint and Jane Urquhart. Carte Blanche, Vol. 2 – Painting, Magenta Publishing for the Art, Toronto, ON2007 Kevin Chong, “Art & Commerce,” Fashion, October 2007, p 128-133 Starke, Sean, “Angela Grossmann,” Hobo Magazine, Spring/Summer 2007, p 106-111 VLM, “Gallerista,” Vancouver Lifestyles Magazine, Vol. 14 Issue 10, Winter 2008, p 622006 Allen, Joanne, “100 Artists who have most influenced British art students,” The Art Newspaper, No. 170, June 2006 Campbell, Deborah, “Angela Grossmann’s Portrait Toughs – Alpha Girl,” Canadian Art, Vol. 23 No. 2, Summer 2006, p 60-63 Sorbelli, Sylvia. Angela Grossmann’s and Poleixeni Papepetrou’s Adventures in Wonderland, Concordia Undergraduate Journal of Art History. Cramp, Beverly, “Angela Grossmann,” Galleries West, Summer 2006, cover, p 40-42 Harper”s Magazine, September 2006, p 23 (images) Hill, Mary Frances, “Explorations of Girlhood Under Pressure,” Westender, June 15-21, 2006 Laurence, Robin, Artists go back to School,” “The Georgia Straight, April 20, 20062004 Barr, Catherine, “Cat’s Eye,” Westender, October 14-20, 2004 Dault, Julia, “The Art Underground,” National Post, June 10, 2004 Laurence, Robin, “Girls Caught in the Market Tide,” Georgia Straight, October 14, 2004 Menkis, Richard & Norman Ravvin, The Canadian Jewish Studies Reader,Red Deer Press, 2004 (cover)2003 Gill, Alexandra, “Art Goes Underground,” Globe and Mail, October 27, 2003 Scott, Michael, “The Basement Reveals Artistic Genius,” The VancouverSun, October 29, 2003 Wohlberg, Tara, “Lost & Found,” NUVO, autumn 20032002 Dault, Gary Michel, “Girl-paintings are strong stuff,” Globe and Mail, December 21, 2002 Johnson, Mia, Preview of the Visual Arts, March-April, 2002