In an example of creativity and innovation, the temporary fencing used to cordon off the renovation activities taking place at the Gallery was converted into large-scale, high-impact advertising hoarding that featured our Corot-based design, reproductions of certain works, and the names of big-name impressionist painters.

Ottawa-based designer with more than twenty years of experience in the design and creative industry, including exhibition design and print. He blends innovation with practicality and an unswerving focus on results. Stefan’s experience is in the visual arts and many aspects of design. He excels at all elements of the creative process and has a multifaceted approach to design. As a professional, he works every day to forge profound links between organizations and their audiences through clear, creative, effective and well-managed designs and strategies. His work has been recognized both nationally and internationally by The Advertising of Design Club of Canada, AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers, Alcuin Society, Applied Arts, Communication Arts, Graphis and The Society of Typographic Arts, among others.

The mandate of the National Gallery of Canada, as set out in the 1990 Museums Act is to develop, maintain and make known, throughout Canada and internationally, a national collection of works of art, historic and contemporary, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada; and to further knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of art in general among all Canadians.