Victor Cicansky est né à Regina, Saskatchewan en 1935. Il à étudié à l'université de Saskatchewan (B.Ed. 1964); au Haystack Mountain School of Art à Deer Island, Maine et à la University of California, Davis (M.F.A. 1970). Il à fait partie du corps enseignant du département des beaux-arts de l'université de Régina durant de nombreuses années et était conférencier invité dans plusieurs universités canadiennes et américaines. Ses sculptures en glaise et plus récemment ses bronzes, font écho à la culture agraire et au patrimoine historique des plaines du Canada. Cicansky fut récipiendaire de prestigieux prix et sa carrière est couverte d'honneurs. Il compte dans ses plus prestigieuses commandes des murales en céramiques pour le gouvernement de la Saskatchewan, le Co-operators group et la CBC. On retrouve ses oeuvres dans de prestigieuses collections publiques, privées et corporatives telles que : Le musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Saskatchewan Telecommunications, le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, le Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Art Gallery of Hamilton, McCarthy and McCarthy (Toronto), Burlington Art Gallery, Museum of Modern Art (Tokyo), Charlottetown Museum of Fine Arts, MacKenzie Art Gallery (Regina), SNC-Lavalin Inc., Saskatchewan Arts Board et Northern Telecom Canada.

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Victor Cicansky was born in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1935. He studied at the University of Saskatchewan (BEd 1964); the Haystack Mountain School of Art, Deer Island, Maine; and at the University of California, Davis (MFA 1970). He was a member of the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Regina for many years and a guest lecturer at universities in Canada and the United States, including the University of California, Davis. His clay and more recent bronze sculptures often describe the cultural, agricultural and historical circumstances of the Canadian mid-west. Victor Cicansky has received numerous honors and awards. His major commissions include large scale ceramic murals for the Government of Saskatchewan, the Co-operators Group and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Principal collections including his work are: National Gallery of Canada; Saskatchewan Telecommunications; Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal; Musée d' Art Contemporain, Montreal; Art Gallery of Hamilton; McCarthy and McCarthy, Toronto; Burlington Art Gallery; Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Charlottetown Museum of Fine Arts; MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Lavalin Inc.; Saskatchewan Arts Board; Northern Telecom Canada.