Mina Totino

Mina Totino (born 1949) is a Canadian painter currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Totino's work has appeared in solo and group exhibitions in Montreal, Toronto and Berlin.

Life and education Mina Totino was born in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. Twisting, Mónica Reyes Gallery, 2020 Charles H. Scott Gallery, 2010 Mina Totino, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 1997 Mina Totino – PAINTINGS, Contemporary Art Gallery, 1994

Group exhibitions

The Eyes Have Walls: Nicole Ondre and Mina Totino, West Vancouver Art Museum, 2020 Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2017 Readymades, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, 2016 Young Romantics, Vancouver Art Gallery, 1995

Curatorial work In 2014, Mina Totino curated Persian Rose Chartreuse Muse Vancouver Grey at Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC. The exhibition proved significant in marking shifting attitudes and discussions around painting and abstraction.

Collections Mina Totino's work is found in the collections of the Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB; the Vancouver Art Gallery; and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC.

Publications

Catherine M. Soussloff. Mina Totino: Colour Figurations in Mina Totino's Monochromes. Vancouver: Monica Reyes Gallery, 2023 Scott Watson, et al. Mina Totino. Vancouver: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, 1997