Professor Singer was born in Budapest, Hungary. She received a BA in English Literature from McGill University, Montreal and an MFA Honours from York University, Toronto. She also did additional studies at the Ontario College of Art and Design. Singer is Professor emerita, Senior Scholar at York University in the Department of Visual Art and Art History and the former Graduate Program Director in visual arts. During her time as director,2003-2009, Singer initiated the first practice-based PhD in visual arts. Her community activities have included juror for public sculpture commissions, board membership on the Toronto Arts Council, C International Art magazine and the Koffler Centre for the Arts. Yvonne Singer lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Professor Singer is a practising artist with an active national and international exhibition record. Her installation works employ multi-media techniques, often with cryptic texts to articulate cultural and psychological issues of disjuncture and perception. Singer is particularly interested in everyday language and the intersection of public and private histories. Her recent artist book, a disturbance of memory is at Art Metropole. A selection of exhibitions include my little glass houses, group exhibition, Confined Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, waiting…still waiting, site specific installation, Owens Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, writing a gesture , Katzman Contemporary, Mother Tongue, Varley Art Gallery Picturing Wellness, McMaster Museum of Art, The Game of Life;1 step forward, 10 stepsbackwards, art souterrain and Nuit Blanche, Montreal, jst wrds at the Cambridge Galleries, In 2011, Singer was invited by curator, Dr. Sarat Maharaj to present work at Goteborg International Contemporary Art Biennial, Goteborg, Sweden. She is the recipient of several grants including a Canada Council Travel Grant. Her work is in several museum collections.
Professor Singer is a practising artist with an active national and international exhibition record. Her installation works employ multi-media techniques, often with cryptic texts to articulate cultural and psychological issues of disjuncture and perception. Singer is particularly interested in everyday language and the intersection of public and private histories. Her recent artist book, a disturbance of memory is at Art Metropole. A selection of exhibitions include my little glass houses, group exhibition, Confined Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, waiting…still waiting, site specific installation, Owens Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick, writing a gesture , Katzman Contemporary, Mother Tongue, Varley Art Gallery Picturing Wellness, McMaster Museum of Art, The Game of Life;1 step forward, 10 stepsbackwards, art souterrain and Nuit Blanche, Montreal, jst wrds at the Cambridge Galleries, In 2011, Singer was invited by curator, Dr. Sarat Maharaj to present work at Goteborg International Contemporary Art Biennial, Goteborg, Sweden. She is the recipient of several grants including a Canada Council Travel Grant. Her work is in several museum collections.