Ted Godwin (1933 – 2013) Godwin was born in Calgary, Alberta and studied painting and sculpture at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and Art. Rising to international fame in the early 1960s as part of a group of Saskatchewan-based modernists known as the “Regina Five” with other painters Doug Morton, Art McKay, Ron Bloore, and Ken Lochhead. From 1964 to 1985, Godwin taught at the University of Regina. Godwin was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1974), and received the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal (1977), an honorary degree from the University of Regina (2001), the Alberta College of Art Award of Excellence (2001), and was named an Officer of the Order of Canada (2004). Godwin's works are represented in numerous collections, including the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Canada Council Art Bank, the CBC, and the University of Regina
