Allan Revich, Artist and Musician

Allan Revich, M.Ed.
Allan Revich, M.Ed.

Allan Revich is an artist and musician in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. His visual art practice includes traditional and non-traditional media and practices. He paints expressionist and neo-expressionist artworks on canvas and paper, working primarily with acrylic paints. He also creates text-based conceptual visual art and writes Fluxus performance scores and performs them at international art festivals (Fluxfests).

As a musician Allan plays and performs on blues harmonica, lap steel guitar, and flute, He also plays guitar, ukulele, and hand percussion; though these instruments are played mostly just for fun. His favourite genres are traditional delta and Chicago style blues and free improvised experimental music performed on acoustic/electric (not electronic) instruments.

Allan believes that his purpose in life is to make art, make music, and help people. This web page is the jumping off point to his various projects on the Internet.

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Allan in Brief

  • Born 1956 in Toronto, Canada
  • Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Psychology and Fine Art from the University of Toronto
  • Master of Education (M.Ed., Adult Education & Counselling Psychology) degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
  • Post Graduate certificates in negotiation and mediation from University of Waterloo
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Solution Focused Brief Therapy from the University of Toronto.
  • Studied experimental painting at OCAD
  • Studied etching at the Jerusalem Printmaking Workshop
  • 25 Years experience in IT
  • 5 Years experience in union/management grievance settlement
  • Negotiation of multi-million dollar collective agreements
  • Art is in collections and museum around the world
  • Organized and curated Fluxfest Toronto 2019, and international art festival
  • Co-organized and curated Fluxfest 2021, an international online art festival
  • Lived in Israel for five years, as a member of Kibbutz Kiryat Anavim, and served as a soldier in the IDF.
  • Retired from University of Toronto in 2015
  • Moved to Victoria, British Columbia, Canada in 2019
  • Married, one child, two grandchildren