About the artist
My Background
Artist Statement
My Background
A son of German immigrants, Norman Busse was born and raised in Toronto. Inspired by the work of his artist grandfather, Norman decided to pursue his studies in Fine Art at the University of Guelph. After receiving his B.A. , and B. Ed., he taught Art, English, and Photography at a local High School for thirty years. Now retired, he devot
A son of German immigrants, Norman Busse was born and raised in Toronto. Inspired by the work of his artist grandfather, Norman decided to pursue his studies in Fine Art at the University of Guelph. After receiving his B.A. , and B. Ed., he taught Art, English, and Photography at a local High School for thirty years. Now retired, he devotes his time to painting, and to raising his family with his lovely wife. He currently resides in Guelph.
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Artist Statement
My Background
1987 - Specialized Honours in Visual Arts, B.A. University of Guelph
1989 - Bachelor of Education, Queens University
1989 to Present - Visual Art & English Teacher, Halton School Board
1993 - One Man Show, Bookshelf Cafe, Guelph, ON
2000 - One Man Show, The Black Mustard, Guelph, ON
2007 - Group Show, Alma Gallery, Guelph, ON
2011 - One
1987 - Specialized Honours in Visual Arts, B.A. University of Guelph
1989 - Bachelor of Education, Queens University
1989 to Present - Visual Art & English Teacher, Halton School Board
1993 - One Man Show, Bookshelf Cafe, Guelph, ON
2000 - One Man Show, The Black Mustard, Guelph, ON
2007 - Group Show, Alma Gallery, Guelph, ON
2011 - One Man Show, The Roxy, Acton, ON
2012 - One Man Show, The Roxy, Acton, ON
2013 - Group Show, Oakville Town Hall, Oakville, ON
2014 - Painting Prize, Elora Arts Council Juried Show
2014 - Group Show, Oakville Town Hall, Oakville, ON
2015 - Group Show, Oakville Town Hall, Oakville , ON
2015 - Elora Arts Council Juried Show
2015 - Durham Contemporary Art Gallery Kunterbunt Group Show
2016- Group Show, Oakville Town Hall, Oakville, On.
2016- Elora Arts Council Juried Show
2016- One Man Show,Waterloo Courthouse, Waterloo, On.
2017- Juried Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2017- Art Sale, The Art Gallery of Hamilton
2017- Group Show, Oakville Town Hall, Oakville On.
2017- Elora Arts Council Juried Show
2018-Juried Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2018- Two artist show, Minarovich Gallery
2018-Elora Arts Council Juried Show
2019- Juried Show, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2019- Elora Arts Council Juried Show
2020- One man show, Langdon Hall, Cambridge, On
2022 - Elora Arts Council Juried Show
2023- Elora Arts Council Juried Show
2023-SSNAP The Salt Spring National Art Prize Exhibition
Artist Statement
Artist Statement
Artist Statement
My earliest connections with paintings have always been works that contain the figure, and its context, and what is implied by this. I like works that grow and change with multiple viewings, their meaning fluid. Certain paintings of the past have this, and in the twentieth century Dada and Surrealism enabled artists to make works wi
My earliest connections with paintings have always been works that contain the figure, and its context, and what is implied by this. I like works that grow and change with multiple viewings, their meaning fluid. Certain paintings of the past have this, and in the twentieth century Dada and Surrealism enabled artists to make works with ambiguous content.
I am interested in an obscured narrative, of the absurd, of irony and displacement. I find that in my own Art practice, it is an enjoyable challenge to combine images of people, objects, and environments in order to create a picture that invites multiple interpretations, and that this sometimes unsettling ambiguity is where the fun is for me.
I pull from my own childhood and family histories, from my recollection of historical events, popular culture, ideas and archetypes that recur in the history of Art.
I feel that my work has a sense of the absurd, of the sense of disconnect and alienation of the modern world, of individuals haunted by their past and their own mortality, or people struggling with their own sense of who they are.