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CHARLES PACHTER

One of Canada's leading contemporary artists, Charles Pachter is a painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, historian, and lecturer. He was born in Toronto and holds degrees from the University of Toronto, the Sorbonne, and the Cranbrook Academy of Art. He holds an honorary doctorate from Brock University, is a member of the Order of Canada, and a Chevalier of France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. He is a recipient of the Queen's Jubilee medal. His works hang in public and private collections around the world.

His images of the queen, moose, and maple leaf flag are pop icons of Canadian art. His paintings hang in the Toronto Stock Exchange and in the Canadian Embassy in Washington. His murals of Hockey Knights in Canada highlight a Toronto subway station. Retrospective Pachter exhibitions have toured France, Germany, Japan, and India. McClelland & Stewart publications include an illustrated biography on Pachter and his work, and The Journals of Susanna Moodie, his celebrated collaboration with poet Margaret Atwood.

Pachter created the painting "Side by Side" depicting a Canadian and American flag together for the Canada Loves New York rally following the events of September 11, 2001.

His steel and granite moose silhouette sculptures have been installed across Canada. Two of the largest are on the University of Toronto campus. In August 2001, he was Artist in Residence at the International Symposium of Contemporary Painting in Baie-Saint-Paul, Québec.

Mr. Pachter lives and works beside historic Grange Park in downtown Toronto in a new residence and studio designed by award winning Canadian architect Stephen Teeple. His work is on permanent display at his adjoining Moose Factory Gallery. In summer he paints in a waterfront studio converted from a former ice storage depot on Lake Simcoe. For more on Pachter and his work, go to www.cpachter.com