Barbara Pratt (born February 16, 1963) is a Canadian painter based in

Portugal Cove-St. Philip's Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it shares the longes ...

Newfoundland. Pratt grew up in the community of St. Catherine's in St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland. She attended

Rothesay Netherwood School Rothesay Netherwood School (RNS) is a Canadian independent day and boarding university-preparatory school for grades 6-12 located in Rothesay, New Brunswick, a suburb of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. It has been an International Baccalaureate ...

and graduated with a BA from

Acadia University Acadia University is a public, predominantly Undergraduate education, undergraduate university located in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, with some Postgraduate education, graduate programs at the master's level and one at the Doctorate, doctor ...

. In her early work, she almost exclusively painted the human figure, with a particular emphasis on clothing. Other subjects include flowers and oil tankers related to Newfoundland's offshore oil industry. Her first solo exhibition was held in 1986 at the Spurrell Gallery in St. John's. In 2010 she had an exhibit based on a train trip from Toronto to Vancouver. Two years later her work was shown at the

McMichael Canadian Art Collection The McMichael Canadian Art Collection (MCAC) is an art museum in Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located on a property in Kleinburg, an unincorporated village in Vaughan. The property includes the museum's main building, a sculpture gar ...

. Pratt is the daughter of painters

Christopher Pratt John Christopher Pratt (December 9, 1935 – June 5, 2022) was one of Canada's most prominent painters and printmakers.

and Mary Pratt (née West). In 2020, she paid homage to her mother in an exhibit entitled ''Cake'', held in St. John's.

Collections

* The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's * Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's

References

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