Ann Harbuz (July 25, 1908 – April 29, 1989) was a Canadian artist. A self-taught artist, she is known for folk art painting depicting 20th-century Canadian Ukrainian prairie perspectives.
Harbuz was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was commissioned to do a painting for the 1976 Montreal Olympics, which was presented a painting to Thomas Douglas. Her work is exhibited across Canada and collected in many collections including the Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), The Saskatchewan Arts Board, and The Mackenzie Gallery (Regina). She died in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, aged 80.
Solo Exhibitions
1983 - Art Centre, North Battleford
1982 - Art Placement, Saskatoon Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
1981 - Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Saskatoon
1978 - Art Centre, North Battleford
1975 - Art Centre, North Battleford
Group Exhibitions
1991 - Work, Weather and the Grid: Agriculture in Saskatchewan, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
1988 - Prairie Folk Artists, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
1983 - Saskatchewan Naive/Folk Artists, Le Marchand Gallery, Edmonton // Seven Saskatchewan Folk Artists, Mendel Art Gallery (toured provincially) // From the Heart: Folk Art in Canada, National Museum of Man, Ottawa (toured nationally)
1982 - Prairie Folk Art, University of Saskatchewan Library, Saskatoon (organised for a Canadian Library Association conference)
1981 - Saskatchewan Images and Objects by Ann and Mike Harbuz, Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Saskatoon
1980 - Canadian Folk Artists, Thomas Gallery, Winnipeg Rosemont Art Gallery, Regina & Susan Whitney Art Gallery, Regina
1979 - Ann Harbuz and Fred Moulding, Kesik Gallery, Regina // Ukrainian Themes: Four Folk Artists, Shoestring Gallery, Saskatoon (toured provincially)
1978 - Three Primitive Painters, Gallery One, Saskatoon & Don Callandar Gallery, Winnipeg // The Saskatchewan Arts Board Collections, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina
1976 - Grassroots Saskatchewan, Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina (toured provincially) // The Grain Bin, Saskatchewan Art at the Olympics, Montreal (toured provincially)
1975 - Saskatchewan Primitives, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon
1972 - Art Centre, North Battleford