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Janet Jones - Visual Artist

Janet Jones was born in Montréal, Québec. She received her BFA in painting and photography from Concordia University, studying painting with Guido Molinari and Yves Gaucher, her MFA from York University and her PhD from New York University in art theory and criticism. Her dissertation, titled: Clement Greenberg and the Artist /Critic Relationship, included interviews with Clement Greenberg, Jules Olitski, and other members of the ‘Greenberg Group’ and research gained through accompanying Greenberg on numerous studio visits.

Jones is currently a Toronto based painter whose work has been exhibited across Canada, in Los Angeles, New York, England, Germany, France and China. Her recent projects include: Gathering Fictions: A Dialogue on Painting, a two person exhibition with Michel Daigneault, Varley Art Gallery 2022; participation in the Montréal Painting Biennale 2020, with the solo exhibition Ghost Town; the solo exhibition The Dream Machine at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal (2018);  two solo exhibitions, Playtimes (2015) and Joyride (2012) both at Katzman Contemporary Toronto; a national touring exhibition of her paintings, DaDa Delirium, with an accompanying catalogue (2011); & participation in the Empire of Dreams exhibition, MOCCA (Summer 2010) curated by David Liss. 

Jones has been a visiting artist in Germany, France, England, Russia, China, the Netherlands, and Cuba, most notably at The Bauhaus, Weimar, Germany; Slade School of Art, London, England; Muchina Art Institute, St Petersburg, Russia; The Moscow Artists’ Union, Moscow, Russia; & The Central Academy of Art, Beijing, China. In Winter 2023 she will be participating at an extended residency at ISCP – NYC through a Senior Research/Creation Canada Council Grant and an International Residency Canada Council Grant.

Her work is in numerous public and corporate collections including; Musée d’art contemporain, Montréal, Québec; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON; McLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, ON; MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan; The Schulich Collection, Toronto, ON; BMO, TD Bank AIMIA and Google Corporation, Montréal, Québec.

A Professor in the Department of Visual Arts, & Art History, York University, Toronto, where she teaches painting and graduate courses in contemporary theory, she has been Chair of the Department of Visual Art & Art History, Director of the MFA/PhD Program in Visual Arts and Director of Fine Arts Cultural Studies.  

​Janet Jones is represented by Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal.
Picture
Janet Jones @ ‘Built to Play’ 2018
(photo: James Gillespie)


EDUCATION

1988    Ph.D. New York University, New York, NY.  Dissertation Title: Clement Greenberg & the Artist/Critic Relationship.
1979    M.F.A.    York University, Toronto, Ontario. Samuel Sarick Award
1977     B.F.A.    Honours, with Distinction, Concordia University

SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022  Gathering Fictions: A Dialogue on Painting. Two-person exhibition with Michel Daigneault. Varley Art Gallery, Markham, ON. May – September 2022. 
Catalogue currently in production: Ninety-page catalogue. Essays by: Emily McGibbon & Mary Reid, Curator/Director Woodstock Art Gallery. Interviews of each of the Artists, Anik Glaude, Curator, Varley Art Gallery.
 2020-21 Ghost Town: Solo exhibition at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal, Québec – for Peintura,Montréal Painting Biennale 2020. November 2020- February 2021. With catalogue for the participating Galleries.
2017    The Dream Machine, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal, Quebec, October - December, 2017
2016    Recent Acquisitions from DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, ON. March – July 2016
2015    Playtimes, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, March-April 2015.
2013    DaDa Delirium, MacIntosh Gallery, University of Western ON.
2012    Joy Ride, Katzman Kamen Gallery, Toronto, ON  September, 2012.
2012    DaDa Delirium, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Coburg, ON, April-May   
2010    DaDa Delirium, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON.  
2009   A Las Vegas State of Mind, Peak Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2009   DaDa Delirium, Curated by Stuart Reid, Tom Thompson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON.
2006   DaDa Flow, Peak Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2004   panorama Galerie Sylviane Poirier Art Contemporain, Montreal, Que.
2002   panorama, Artist Project, for Public,Cities/Scene Issue.
2001    paintingsonline <janetjones <http://www.yorku.ca/jjones/>
1996    Static Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON.
1992    On Shifting Ground, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta.  
1991     On Shifting Ground Durham Art Gallery, Durham, Ontario.
            Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's Newfoundland.
            Definitely Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
1990   Struts Gallery, Sackville New Brunswick.
1986    Fleur du Mal, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON.
1984   S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON.
1980   YYZ Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
            80 Washington Square East Galleries, NY, NY.
1979    Fine Arts on Markham: Toronto, On.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 Structures of Power, at Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal Quebec. An exhibition of the work of six artists- three Canadian and three international artists.  
 
2020 Papier Artfair, Montréal, through Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal, 0n-line, Featured artist. 
​2019  Radiant Energy: Janet Jones, Rita Letendre, & Doris McCarthy. McLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, ON. Curated by Emily McKibbon. March-June 2019. Essay Radiant Energy by Emily McKibbon.  
2018   Built to Play, FCP Gallery, Toronto, ON. Curated by Kelly McCray. August-October.  2018  Finis  Aestatis, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montreal. August- October. 
 2018  Papier Artfair, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal, Featured artist. April. 
2018  Up Close and In Motion, Rodman Hall Art Gallery, St Catherines, ON. Curated by Emma German. Jan.- March. 
2017    Imposters, Katzman Contemporary, Toronto, ON. March - April, 2017
2016   The Triumph of the Therapeutic 2016, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Montréal, QC., August - September, 2016
2015    Papier Artfair  15, Featured Artist, Katzman Contemporary, April, Montreal, QC.
2014    Summer Show, Katzman Contemporary.  July-August. 2014
2013    Collapse, Installation: Waiting for….Zabriski, Katzman Contemporary (For the Canadian Art Gallery Hop. October 2013)
2012    Toronto International Artfair 2012, Featured artist. Katzman Contemporary, October
2011    Celebrating Women Artists in the Permanent Collection, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON. March-April, 2011.
2011    At Home with Dystopia, Marine Contemporary, Los Angeles, Calif. Nov.-Jan.2010-11.
2011    Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection, Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, ON. Jan.-February, 2011.
2010   Empire Of Dreams, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto. ON. June-August, 2010.  Catalogue
2009  Cluster, Peak Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2007   Nuit Blanche,Bloor Night Light,  Projections and performance. Toronto.
2005   Cluster, Peak Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2004  The Ironic Turn, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art Toronto, ON.
            Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB.
2003   The Ironic Turn, Faux Movement. Metz, France.
2002   The Ironic Turn, Kunsthalle, Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.
1998    Project Room, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.  
1997     Red Head Gallery, Toronto, ON.
1991     Nine from Toronto," Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, ON.
            Glendon Gallery,Toronto, ON.
1990    Nine from Toronto", Newcastle-on-Tyne University Gallery,
            Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. Catalogue
1986    Faculty exchange exhibition. Touring exhibition to cities in China. Catalogue.
1984    Anima(l): Koffler Gallery, Toronto, ON. Catalogue        
             Artists & Their Work" P.M.C., Toronto, ON.
1983    Attitude, C.N.E., Toronto, ON.
            Works on Paper, S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, ON.
            New Drawings, The Drawing Center, New York, NY.
            Small Works, 80 Washington Sq. East Galleries, NY, NY. Curated by Marcia Tucker, The New Museum. Catalogue

PUBLIC & CORPORATE COLLECTIONS

2019 Museé d'art  contemporain, Montréal, Québec.
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2016   Schulich School of Business, Toronto, ON.
            Bergeron Centre, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Toronto, ON.
2015    MacLaughlin Art Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario.
2014    AIMIA, Head Office Toronto, ON.
2014    Bank of Montreal, Head Office, Montreal, Que.
2014    Dean’s Office, AMPD , York University  
2013     Department of Film, Faculty of Fine Arts, York University.
2013     Rodman Hall, Brock University, St. Catherines, ON.
2013     Bank of Montreal, Head Office, Toronto, Canada.
2012    Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2012    TD Bank, Head Office, Toronto, Canada.
2010    MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2010    Northumberland Art Gallery, Coburg, ON.
2009   MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
2008   Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON.


Selected BIBLIOGRAPHY

​2022, Gathering Fictions: A Dialogue on Painting. Catalogue currently in production: Ninety-page catalogue with essays by: Emily McGibbon & Mary Reid, Curator/Director Woodstock Art Gallery. Interviews of each of the Artists, Anik Glaude, Curator, Varley Art Gallery.
 
2019, Essay Radiant Energy by Emily McKibbon. For the exhibition: Radiant Energy: Janet Jones, Rita Letendre, & Doris McCarthy. McLaren Art Gallery, Barrie, ON. Curated by Emily McKibbon. March-August 2019. 
Le Vadrouilleur Urbain, Art Visuels, Montréal/Paris, JANET JONES - La Machine a Reves/ Patrick Mikhail Gallery, CA. October 12, 2017

Ratsdeville, le webzine de la diversité en arts visuels | the visual arts diversity webzine, 20/10/2017, Janet Jones @ Patrick Mikhail, The Dream Machine

Canadian Art Magaine, 'Must Sees', October 19th-25th, 2017

Rhodes, Rick. "Janet Jones’ Latest Canvases Pack Spatial Punch", Canadian Art Magazine online, October, 2012.

Reid, Stuart. DaDa Delirium, catalogue essay: "Silent Night Electronic Light: On the Paintings of Janet Jones", by Stuart Reid,
Director, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask. 2011.

Tenhaaf, Nell. DaDa Delirium, catalogue essay: "Outside the Comfort Zone: Paintings by Janet Jones", 2011.

Uhlyarik, Georgiana. DaDa Delirium, catalogue interview with Janet Jones. Georgiana Uhlyarik, Assistant Curator, AGO, 2011.

Anderson, C. “At Home with Dystopia at Marine Contemporary, LA”, The Huffington Post, Jan. 2011.

Nys, Shana. Review of Salon #7, Marine Contemporary, LA. WhiteHot Magazine, Jan. 2011.

Liss, David. Empire of Dreams: The Phenomenology of the Built Environment, catalogue essay. MOCCA, Toronto. Fall 2010.

Yvonne Lammerich. Viva Las Vegas, Review of DaDa Delirium, MacLarenArt Centre, Canadian Art Magazine, Summer 2010.

Dault, Gary Micheal. A Las Vegas of the Mind, Peak Gallery, Globe & Mail,Sept. 19,2009

Tenhaaf, Nell.“Review DaDa Flow, Peak Gallery, Canadian Art Sp/07.

Dault, Gary Micheal  “DaDa Flow, Peak Gallery, Globe and Mail,

CBC Arts News. “Canadian Exhibit Challenges European Conventions”, March 18, 2004.

Dault, Gary Micheal. “The Irony of Really Big Expectations” Globe and Mail, July 3,2004.    

Elke Kustner. “Ironie verbindet. Erfurt: Neun kanadische Kunstler” Thurginger Allgemeine, Erfurt, Germany, July 5, 2003.

Obst, Sylvia. “Kanadish Gegenwartskunst wird ihrem Titel      gerecht:”The Ironic Turn”, Ostthuringer Zeitung,  2003. Erfurt, Germany.

Fiedler,Peter “Sie sagen am Ast, auf dem sie sitzen”, Eifenache Presse, Thuringer, Germany. Saturday, July 5, 2003.


SELECTED GUEST ARTIST PRESENTATIONS

DaDa Delirium- Artist Talk, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, On. March, 2010.

Gallery Hop, Canadian Art Magazine, Artist Talk with John Kissack, in conjunction with exhibition, A Las Vegas of the Mind, Peak Gallery, Sept. 2009.  

DaDa Delirium,Artist Talk, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, On., March 2009.

Painting Feminist Geography: Urban Drifts, Bauhaus, MFA Program in Public Art. Weimar, Germany, July,2003.

Multiple Ironies in Contemporary Canadian Art Conference, University of Erfurt, Germany, July 2003.      

Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 2003

Hogeschool, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 2003.

Nowhere Everywhere.  Presentation of work, NASCAD, 2003.

Big City Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Spring, 2000.

Women and Paint Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, 1998.

Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta. Winter, 1992.

Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, Newfoundland. July, 1991.

Definitely Superior Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ont. May, 1991.

VISITING ARTIST / RESIDENCIES

Bauhaus, Weimar, Germany, July, 2003.
Hogeschool, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 2003.
Willem de Kooning Art School, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 2003.
Banff Centre for the Arts, Big City Residency, 2000.
Banff Centre for the Arts, Women and Paint Residency, 1998.
Havana Artists' Union. Havana, Cuba, Fall 1993.    
Université Canadienne en France, Nice and Paris, France. 1993.
Slade School of Art - Graduate Painting Area, London, UK. 1992
Muchina Art Institute - St. Petersburg, Russia. Spring, 1992.
The Repin Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia. Spring, 1992.
The Moscow Artists' Union, Moscow, Russia. Spring, 1992.
The Central Academy of Art, Beijing, China, Summer, 1992






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