OTTO ROGERS
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Considered one of Canada’s senior abstract painters, OTTO ROGERS was born in 1935 in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan and attended Saskatoon Teachers College in 1953-54 where he began painting. In 1954-59, he attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, receiving numerous scholarships and awards as well as a Bachelor of Science in Art Educations and a Masters of Science in Fine Art. By the mid-70s, Rogers' was exhibiting in Montreal, Toronto and internationally in Paris and Milan.

Lecturer, instructor, associate professor, assistant professor, full professor and head of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Saskatchewan, OTTO ROGERS was instrumental in the development of new programs and was a participant in the revival of the Emma Lake Artist Workshop in Saskatchewan.

Prior to working for a number of years at the World Headquarters of the Bahá'í faith in Haifa, OTTO ROGERS exhibited with Mira Godard Gallery for close to 20 years. Rogers’ work is in many museums, corporate and private collections throughout the world including the Collection of Modern Art, Barcelona; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Art Gallery of Ontario; National Gallery of Canada; and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

OTTO ROGERS lives and works in eastern Ontario.