"His work as a visual artist has earned him numerous honours, including the Order of Canada, Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et lettres (France), a Toronto Arts Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Los Angeles Film Critics’ Association Award, and honorary degrees from the University of Victoria, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and Brock University."

Michael Snow was born in 1929 in Toronto. He studied at the Ontario College of Art and had his first solo exhibition in 1957. Since then his work has appeared at exhibitions in every major art centre in Europe and North America, and his films have been shown at retrospectives and film festivals in the United States, Australia, Japan, the Netherlands, France, Austria and Italy.

Michael Snow has executed several prominent and popular public commissions that include "Reflections", his photo mural at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, "The Audience", his sculptured frieze at Toronto’s SkyDome, and "Flight Stop", his photo/fiberglass Canada Geese at the Eaton Centre.

An accomplished musician, Michael Snow plays with the New Music group at CCMC which has been presenting concerts internationally since 1976. He also played with the Artists’ Jazz Band in the 1970’s, and has played solo piano at appearances in Toronto, Montreal, New York and Europe.

His work as a visual artist has earned him numerous honours, including the Order of Canada, Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et lettres (France), a Toronto Arts Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Los Angeles Film Critics’ Association Award, and honorary degrees from the University of Victoria, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and Brock University. He has been visiting professor at Princeton University and at l’Ecole Nationale de la Photographie in Arles, France.

Among Michael Snow’s upcoming projects are a new hour-long digital film, two new CD releases, and an all-image book to be published by Editions Aldines of Paris. In addition, Transparente, a major exhibition of his photo-based work, opens March 12 at La Ferme du Buisson, Centre d’art contemporain, outside Paris. Simultaneously there will be a film retrospective, and his hologram/ sculpture installation "Redifice" will be presented at the Centre Culturel Canadien in the French capital.

Michael Snow is currently living and working in Toronto.