Editing Michael Snow (section)

==Life==
Michael James Aleck Snow was born in [[Toronto]] on December 10, 1928.<ref name="langford " /> He studied at [[Upper Canada College]] and the [[Ontario College of Art & Design|Ontario College of Art]].<ref name = Hoberman >{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/arts/michael-snow-dead.html|title = Michael Snow, Prolific and Playful Artistic Polymath, Is Dead at 94|last = Hoberman|first = J.|authorlink = J. Hoberman|date = January 6, 2023|accessdate = January 6, 2023|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref> He had his first solo exhibition in 1957. Snow exhibited with the [[Avrom Isaacs|Isaacs Gallery]] in Toronto throughout the 1960s, becoming even more involved with the gallery upon his return to Toronto in 1971.<ref name=":0" >{{cite book|last1=Bassnett |first1=Sarah |last2=Parsons |first2=Sarah |url=https://www.aci-iac.ca/art-books/photography-in-canada-1839-1989/key-photographers/michael-snow/ |title=Photography in Canada, 1839–1989: An Illustrated History |publisher=Art Canada Institute |date=2023 |isbn=978-1-4871-0309-5 |publication-place=Toronto |language=en}}</ref> In the early 1960s Snow moved to New York with his wife, artist [[Joyce Wieland]], where they remained for nearly a decade.  For Snow this move resulted in a proliferation of creative ideas and connections and his work increasingly gained recognition. He returned to Canada in the early 1970s "an established figure, multiply defined as a visual artist, a filmmaker, and a musician."<ref name="langford " >{{cite book | first=Martha | last=Langford | title=Michael Snow: Life and Work | publisher=Art Canada Institute | date=2014 | page=6 | url=http://www.aci-iac.ca/content/art-books/18/Art-Canada-Institute_Michael-Snow.pdf | access-date=October 27, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151227103004/http://www.aci-iac.ca/content/art-books/18/Art-Canada-Institute_Michael-Snow.pdf | archive-date=December 27, 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

His work has appeared at exhibitions across Europe, North America and South America. Snow's works were included in the shows marking the reopening of both the [[Centre Georges Pompidou|Centre Pompidou]] in Paris in 2000 and the [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]] in New York in 2005. In March 2006, his works were included in the [[Whitney Biennial]].<ref name="langford " />

Snow's first wife was fellow artist [[Joyce Wieland]], whom he married in 1956.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.herartstory.com/joyce-wieland/|title = Joyce Wieland|website = Her Art Story|accessdate = January 6, 2023}}</ref> The couple moved to New York City in 1963, but they moved back to Toronto about a decade later and divorced in 1976.<ref name = Hoberman/> In 1990, he married curator and writer [[Peggy Gale]], and they had one son.<ref name = Hoberman/> He was the uncle of filmmaker and video artist [[Su Rynard]].<ref>Jay Stone, "Director brings her vision to town". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', March 24, 2000.</ref>

Snow died from pneumonia in Toronto on January 5, 2023, at the age of 94.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arinola |first=Lawal |date=January 6, 2023 |title=Michael Snow, Canadian artist artist dies at 95 |url=https://snbc13.com/michael-snow-canadian-artist-artist-dies-at-95/ |access-date=January 6, 2023 |website=SNBC13.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name = Hoberman/> His papers are in the E.P. Taylor Research Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fonds |url=https://ago.ca/sites/default/files/SC052.pdf |website=ago.ca |publisher=E.P. Taylor Research Library & Archives, Art Gallery of Ontario |access-date=21 March 2025}}</ref>