{{Short description|Canadian artist (born 1935)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox artist | name = Benita Sanders | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Benita Elizabeth Sanders | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|04|06}} | birth_place = Betchworth, Surrey, England | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | field = | training = École des Beaux-Arts des Beaux Arts, Paris; Chelsea College of Art, London; the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze; Atelier 17 with Stanley William Hayter (1960-1963); Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, NY (1963–1973) | movement = | works = | patrons = | awards = | elected = | known_for = graphic artist, watercolourist }}
'''Benita Sanders''' (born April 6, 1935) is a Canadian printmaker, painter and pastelist.
==Career== Sanders was born in Betchworth, Surrey.<ref name="NGC " /> Her mother emigrated to Canada with her in 1940. She studied at the École des Beaux-Arts des Beaux Arts, Paris; the Chelsea Art School, London (1956–1958); the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (1958–1960); Atelier 17, Paris with Stanley William Hayter (1960–1963); and at Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop, New York (1963–1973).<ref name="macDonald " >A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada</ref>
After a first visit and solo kayak trip to the Queen Charlotte islands, now Haida Gwaii, in the 1960s, she lived there for 40 years. She participated in a solo show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (1964) and the National Gallery of Canada juried group show ''Canadian Water Colours, Drawings and Prints'' (1966) and then had a number of solo shows at commercial galleries in Ottawa (Robertson Galleries, 1964 and 1972), Toronto (Gallery Pascal, 1968) and Vancouver (Equinox Gallery, 1973 and 1985).<ref name="macDonald " /> She had a show of 60 years of work at the Haida Gwaii Museum in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Benita Sanders |url=http://haidagwaiimuseum.ca/exhibitions/benita-sanders |website=haidagwaiimuseum.ca |publisher=Haida Gwaii Museum, 2019 |access-date=2021-09-29}}</ref>
Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,<ref name="NGC " >{{cite web|url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/benita-sanders|title=Benita Sanders|website=www.gallery.ca|access-date=2019-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518142015/https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/benita-sanders|archive-date=2019-05-18|url-status=live}}</ref> the Metropolitan Museum of Art<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=Benita%20Sanders&perPage=20&sortBy=Relevance&offset=0&pageSize=0 |title=Collection | the Metropolitan Museum of Art |access-date=2019-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231005712/https://metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=Benita%20Sanders&perPage=20&sortBy=Relevance&offset=0&pageSize=0 |archive-date=2017-12-31 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/5147|title=Benita Sanders - MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|access-date=2019-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518142015/https://www.moma.org/artists/5147|archive-date=2019-05-18|url-status=live}}</ref> She is represented by Duthie Gallery, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.
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