William Fisk, (b. 1969) was raised in Toronto, Canada; and studied at both the Ontario College of Art and York University. He creates meticulously painted pictures of functional objects, such as cameras or fans. Each bold composition is large in scale and as a result becomes utterly seductive, striking and mesmerizing.

By portraying these objects in their present reductive format and traditional medium, the personal significance they once had for the artist and others is recalled through focusing on a specific object as a painted image. Their connection to William Fisk and posthumous individuals reminds us that there is a gap that exists between the autonomy of the objects and their connection to us. That connection represents an unrecorded history in relation to the significance those objects had for William and/or for other autonomous individuals.

William Fisk is a recent addition to Forum Gallery’s roster.

Awards & Grants:

2001 Canada Council for the Arts (travel Grant)
2000 Canada Council for the Arts (Emerging Artist)
1996 Ken Purvis Award
1990 George A. Reid Award

Collections:

Comcast, Philadelphia, PA
Concord Confections, Toronto, Canada
Design Corp, Toronto, Canada
Melvyn J. Estrin, Washington, DC
Forum Financial, Toronto, Canada
Govan, Brown & Associates, Toronto, Canada
Gluckstein Design, Toronto, Canada
The Howard A. & Judith Tullman Collection, Chicago, IL
Radio Shack Corporation, Fort Worth, TX
R.I.M. (Research In Motion) Corporation, Guelgh, Canada
Ruby & Edward, Barristers, Toronto, Canada
Seven Bridges Foundation, Greenwich, CT