Janet Werner

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Janet Werner (born 1959, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Montreal based artist.

Education

Janet Werner completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Maryland Institute, Baltimore, Maryland in 1985. She also holds a Masters of Fine Arts from Yale University School of Art and Architecture, New Haven Connecticut which she completed in 1987.[1]

Work

Janet Werner is known for her large scale portraits, and the insertion of her fictional figures into landscape. She has been focusing on portraiture since 1997. Recent paintings have explored the idea of realism and the photographic image. It can be said that the artist uses painting to deconstruct the everyday reality of the photographic image.[2]

Her work can be found in many private and public collections such as the Collection of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa; the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec; the Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal; the Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, N.B.; Mendel Art Gallery, Sasktoon Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon ; University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge; Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina; the Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa.

The artist has exhibited widely across Canada and abroad. Notable and recent exhibitions include Beauty takes a holiday at Birch Libralato in Toronto; Who’s Sorry Now? at Parisian Laundry in Montreal; Buttercup I love you at Julia Garnatz Gallery in Cologne, Germany; Janet Werner at Tracey Lawrence Gallery in Vancouver.

Recent Exhibitions

Solo

  • Beauty takes a holiday, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON, 2011
  • Janet Werner, Julia Garnatz, Cologne, Germany, 2011
  • Who’s Sorry Now? PARISIAN LAUNDRY, Montreal, 2010
  • Is Anything Alright? Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON, 2009
  • Too much happiness, PARISIAN LAUNDRY, Montréal, 2008
  • New Work, Birch Libralato, Toronto, 2008
  • Buttercup I love you, Galerie Julia Garnatz, Cologne, Germany, 2007
  • Up here in heaven, Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2006
  • Misfits, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montréal, QC, 2006
  • Janet Werner, Liane & Danny Taran Gallery, Saidye Bronfman, Centre, Montréal, QC, 2004
  • Janet Werner, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2004
  • Janet Werner, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., 2004
  • Since first I cast eyes on you/ Depuis mon premier regard sur toi, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON, 2002
  • Janet Werner, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2002
  • Since first I cast eyes on you, Tracy Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, B. C., 2002
  • Janet Werner: New Work, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB, 2001
  • Janet Werner, The Gallery Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK, 2001
  • Beautiful Losers (with Michael Fernandes), Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, 2000
  • New Work, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2000
  • Trust, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON, 2000
  • Trust, Estevan National Exhibition Center, Estevan, SK, 2000

Group

  • Oh, Canada, Mass MOCA, North Adams, Ma, USA, 2012
  • Intrus/Intruders, curated by Melanie Boucher, Musée du Québec, Québec, 2008
  • Generation, curated by Catherine Crowston, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, 2008
  • Entre/Voir, curated by Louise Déry, UQAM, Montréal, QC, 2008
  • Some Girls, curated by James Campbell, McClure Gallery, Montréal, QC, 2007
  • Framed: The art of the portrait, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON, 2007
  • Peindre, Centre d’Exposition de Baie Sainte Paul, Baie Sainte Paul, QC, 2006
  • Individuation, Galerie Esthésio, Québec City, QC, 2005
  • Sweet and Sour, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, B.C, 2004
  • Prague Bienale, “ Lazarus Effect, “ Prague, Czech Republic, 2003
  • Dog Days, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., 2003
  • Toronto International Art Fair, "Fresh Avante Garde," Toronto, ON, 2003
  • Woman, James Baird Gallery, St. John's, N.B., 2003
  • Posers, curated by Mathew Reichertz, St. Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S., 2002
  • Beautiful Stranger, curated by Mitch Robertson, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand (with Micah Lexier and Kelly Mark), 2002
  • Portraits - Robots, curated by Eric Simon, Galerie Graff, Montréal, QC, 2002

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ Elliot, David. "Janet Warner: Paint Person." In Canadianart Online. Published November 3, 2002. Retrieved 2011-18-10.
  2. ↑ King, Nancy; Campbell, James D.; Sloan, Johanne. Janet Warner: Too Much Happiness Montreal: Parisian Laundry, 2008.
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