Marian bantjes biography

The story of Canadian Graphic Artist, Marian Bantjes, is not all sunshine and rainbows, but inspirational and real life. With high’s and lows Bantjes has overcome these times to achieve a dream of prominence, with a ‘personal signature that shines through her work’.

The beginning of the journey was 1983, a year after dropping out of art school, named ‘Emily Carr College’ at the time.

Bantjes was 20, and unemployed.

Marian bantjes biography

The turning point was when she discovered a job advertisement for publishing company Hartley & Marks in a second-hand bookstore, while getting change for the bus. She was hired for photocopying and filing, later to be trained in paste-up and layout in the company’s sibling, ‘TypeWorks’, which seen Bantjes develop into a typesetter.

“...I have even considered, if my career falls apart, that I would love to work as a typesetter again for some really good designer.”

- Marian Bantjes (2013)