From the Model

Susan Owen Kagan studied drawing and painting at the Banff School of Fine Arts in 1976, and at the University of Western Ontario in 1980/81. She received a BFA with Honours in Sculpture from the University of Alberta in 1984. She has since forged a successful career as a sculptor; her work has been included in many prestigious exhibitions and can be found in public and private collections across Canada. Owen Kagan has also completed several private and publicly-funded commissions, including the Edmonton Holocaust Memorial, which is located on the grounds of the Alberta Legislature.

From the model is a creative piece, made by the artist in a moment of inspiration. Artist Susan Owen Kagan says that she motivated by an object and the poetry of its relationship to its surroundings to begin sculpting. Many classical works of art including paintings were inspired by such moments, she says. The work was part of the Sculpture by Invitation program presented by The Places program at the Royal Alberta Museum before finding a home in Belgravia Art Park.