| Benita Sanders | |
| Birth Name: | Benita Elizabeth Sanders |
| Birth Date: | 6 April 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Betchworth, Surrey, England |
| Nationality: | English-born Canadian |
| 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) |
| Known For: | graphic artist, watercolourist |
Benita Sanders (born April 6, 1935) is a Canadian printmaker, painter and pastelist.
Sanders was born in Betchworth, Surrey. 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, NY (1963–1973).[1]
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). She had a show of 60 years of work at the Haida Gwaii Museum in 2019.[2]
Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada,[3] the Metropolitan Museum of Art[4] and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[5] She is represented by Duthie Gallery, Salt Spring Island, BC.