Pearl van Geest (Guelph, ON)

Pearl van Geest has a number of degrees including a B.Sc from the University of Guelph, a B.Ed from the University of Toronto, and an AOCA Diploma with honors in Drawing and Painting from the Ontario College of Art. She has had numerous solo and group shows, exhibiting all over the country in places such as Toronto, Guelph, Halifax, Winnipeg, Kitchener, and London, ON. She has her work in the collections of the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre in Guelph, ON, and the Art Bank at the Canada Council for the Arts. Pearl has received a number of awards and honors from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Art College and was a finalist at the RBC New Painting Competition in 2003.