Donna Wise

Donna Wise, artist

DONNA WISE is a Toronto-based contemporary/abstract artist who has exhibited throughout Canada and the United States. Her acrylic paintings are large, bold, fluid, and full of energetic confidence. For a number of years, she was a docent at both the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Royal Ontario Museum. By invitation, she was involved in art auctions for the Canadian Opera Company, National Ballet, Royal Ontario Museum, and Baycrest Hospital.

Apart from canvases in private collections in Toronto, Montreal, San Francisco, Miami, and Tel Aviv, her work can be found in the board room of the Ontario Parliament Building and the lobby of the Elgin Theatre in Toronto, as well as in many corporate collections including those of the Four Seasons Hotel, Baycrest Hospital, and Equitable Trust among many others.

She was awarded an individual creative grant from the Ontario Arts Council in 1985, and is a life member of The Society of Canadian Artists, Carfac, and WAAC.

Infinity Maps — Volume 6, Issue 2

In Infinity Maps, contemporary and abstract artist Donna Wise uses bold colour-saturated strokes that fuse together geometric forms and texture to give voice to her inner world, allowing her to map the infinity of her surroundings.