Busacca Gallery

Description:

24"x30" acrylic/ oil, graphic on canvas, original painting

Reference:

Self Taught & living out

of his car at the time, driving to secluded locations

where he would paint through the

night by streetlight, or soak his works in Lake Ontario to

have them dry in the sun. He

gained recognition rapidly when a local antique dealer

introduced his work to a New

York dealer which led to his inclusion in the

international Outsider Art Show, NYC.

Since then his paintings have been exhibited and collected

internationally. In Toronto,

he has participated generously in activist and community

centered exhibitions

including Art of Darkness at the AGO (Art Gallery of

Ontario) and Rendez-vous with

Madness Film Festivals and exhibits. Works were featured

in feature films and TV

programs.

The documentary film Live, Nude, Girls featured Menno

Krant painting five women

literally- as they discussed their relationship to their

bodies. (featured & Winner as Audience favourite at the

Toronto

Int'l Film festival).

The CBC, Rogers ,Life Channel, Bravo, Vision TV, CTV, CBLT

have all done

programming involving his work .He held several solo

shows at the Tableau Vivant

Gallery here in Toronto. Also in Chicago, Florida, New

York, Atlanta, Los Angeles

with the Joy Moos Gallery.

Shows at The Mississauga Museum of Art , Heritage Canada,

University of Toronto Art gallery, The MacLaren Art

Centre, SPIN Gallery, Engine Gallery,

Parts Gallery,David Greene Gallery, Evicta Gallery, Pteros

Gallery. .

Artworks in the Glenbow Museum ( Alberta,Canada), and

many private & public collections through out

Canada, USA and Europe.