{"id":1314,"date":"2019-08-12T15:23:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T19:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/?page_id=1314"},"modified":"2025-05-22T16:36:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T20:36:56","slug":"victor-cicansky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/college-avenue-campus\/victor-cicansky\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Cicansky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Copyright Victor Cicansky. Reproduced with the permission of the artist. Photography: \u00a92018 Gary Robins \/ Available Light Photographics and Design<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Stairway Tree of Knowledge<\/em>, 2018<\/strong>
Steel, polystyrene, acrylic polymer, latex paint, varnish<\/strong>
78 3\/4″ x 24 1\/16″ x 22 1\/4″<\/strong>
University of Regina President\u2019s Art Collection. Gift of Dr. Victor Cicansky, Ceramsky Art Works Ltd., Tree of Knowledge 2018; pc.2018.84<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stairway Tree of Knowledge\u00a0is a pile of stacked books, topped off with an apple that honours the professors who taught me, and celebrates my two years at Regina College surrounded by books, most notably the humanities that changed my life and set me a course to be a creator.<\/em><\/p>\nVictor Cicansky, 2018<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Victor Cicansky was born in Regina and is known for his witty and postmodern exploration of Prairie imagery. Initially intending to become a teacher, he studied at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon (B.Ed 1964) but later spent his spare time learning all he could about ceramics at the Regina College School of Art under artists Beth Hone (1918\u20132011) and\u00a0Jack Sures<\/a>\u00a0(1934\u20132018). He cites the time he spent in the library, surrounded by books, as \u201csome of the most exciting learning experiences of my life.\u201d It is these experiences to which\u00a0Stairway Tree of Knowledge\u00a0<\/em>pays tribute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1967 from the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (later the University of Regina) with a major in English and minor in Fine Arts, Cicansky pursued a Master of Fine Arts at the University of California, Davis (UC Davis), completing his studies in 1970. When he returned home to teach art at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, he brought the tenets of California Funk with him, which proved highly influential for many of his students and colleagues. He is credited with his role in the founding of the Regina Clay movement with David Gilhooly (1943\u20132013),\u00a0Joe Fafard<\/a>\u00a0(1942\u20132019) and other Regina ceramists<\/a>. The movement garnered international attention and demonstrated that ceramics could be sculptural, irreverent and timely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Victor Cicansky retired as Professor Emeritus in 1994. In 2007, he received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Regina and was invested as a member of the Order of Canada in 2010. For researchers, the University holds important material related to Cicansky in Archives & Special Collections<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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