Canadian-Estonian artist Jaan Põldaas was born in Sweden in 1948. Before becoming an artist, he studied architecture at the University of Toronto in the late 1960s. He was a founding member of Mercer Union in 1979 and has works in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario, National Gallery of Canada and in KUMU Art Museum in Estonia, among others.
Some of Jaan's work is currently exhibited at Birch Contemporary, an art gallery located in downtown Toronto. Gallery owner Robert Birch talks about his relationship with Jaan Põldaas and 12 sets of paintings Jaan created in 1997.
