CHRISTOPHER PRATT (Estate), 1935-2022

CHRISTOPHER PRATT (1935-2022) was born in St. John's, Newfoundland. He attended the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland, from 1957-1959 and in 1961 he received a B.A. in Fine Art from Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick.

Throughout his career, Pratt has received many awards and honours. In 1965, Pratt became an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (ARCA) and a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art. In 1969, he was a member of the Canada Council Visual Arts Jury. In 1973, Pratt was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 1983 he became a Companion of the Order. In 1980 Pratt designed the Provincial Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Christopher Pratt was the subject of a major touring retrospective organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1985, a touring print retrospective and catalogue raisonné, The Prints of Christopher Pratt: 1958 - 1991 in 1992 and a major travelling exhibition organized by the National Gallery of Canada in 2005. In 2015, the exhibition "Christopher Pratt: The Places I Go" was featured at The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Pratt's work can be found in numerous Canadian and international, public, corporate and private collections, including Art Gallery of Hamilton, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Art Gallery of Ontario, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick; the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Museum London, Ontario; National Gallery of Canada, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland; Vancouver Art Gallery, Bank of Montreal, London Life, RBC Financial Group, Scotiabank, Shaw Communications, Torys LLP and UBS Securities, Canada.