J E N N I F E R G O R D O N

 

BORN: 1952, Port of Spain, Trinidad

 

EDUCATION:

1977-79 Master of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Multi-Media and Photography

1970-74 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Mount Allison University, Sackville

1988-90 Banff Centre, program artist and Leighton Colony

 

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2005 Lost in Place, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

2004 Cross the centre to the edge of the back of the beyond, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

2002 Your mouth’s got a lot in it even when it’s empty, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

2000 Look This Way, Leo Kamen Gallery (Alcove), Toronto

1999 The Sky is Falling, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

1997 Closed Curves and Twisted Strings, Stride Gallery, Calgary

1993 Some Inclinations of Ordinary Things, La Galerie Clark, Montreal

1991 Studiowatch, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton

1989 Bits and Chunks, The Other Gallery, Banff, Alberta

1987 Aromatica, Galerie Skol, Montreal

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2006 Sylvie Bouchard, Michel Daigneault, Jennifer Gordon, Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto

2005 Momentum, The Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB

2004 Recent Acquisitions, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Changing Values: Recent Acquisitions of Work by Women Artists, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge

2001 Case Studies: Painters & Poets, Habourfront Centre, Toronto

1999 Stumble, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge

1997 Gordon, Menzies, & Smith, Public Image, Lethbridge

1995 Basic tools (function adapted by artists), Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, N.S.

Annual Faculty & Staff Exhibition, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge

1993 Suburban Legacies: Fabricating the Cocoon, Latitude 53, Edmonton

Domestic Images, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge

1992 Annual Faculty and Staff Exhibition, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge

1991 Some Alberta Artists: A Survey, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton

Desert, 113-10th Street South, Lethbridge

Garden/Bed/Room installation with Paul Smith

1990 Disjunction, as a Syntax, Charles Scott Gallery, ECCAD, Vancouver

Exposition Prêt d'Oeuvres, Le Musée du Québec, Québec

Faculty Exhibition, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge

1989 Key Program Artists' Summer Exhibition, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff

1987 Between a Rock and a Hard Place, Gallery Start, Kitchener, Ontario

L'Art au Travail no. 7 (factory site), Liberté Ltée, Brossard, Quebec

Chop Logic, Suite 222, Cooper Building, Montreal

38ième Salon de la Jeune Peinture, Le Grand Palais, Paris, France

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

2005 Gary Michael Dault, review in the "Globe & Mail"

2004 Gary Michael Dault, review in "Canadian Art", Summer issue

Gary Michael Dault, review in the "Globe & Mail"

2002 Gary Michael Dault, Signs of Mastery in Modernist Rapture, The Globe and Mail (review)

2002 Corinna Ghaznavi, Canadian Art (review)

2000 Gary Micheal Dault, The Wilder of Shores, The Globe and Mail (review)

1996 David Clearwater, The Inevitability of Meaning (exhibition publication)

1996 Cate Rimmer, The visual and the visceral, Calgary Herald (review)

1994 David Wagner, Domestic Images, (catalogue)

1993 Leona Flim, Artmakers: G. Beyer, J. Gordon, S. Menzies, K. Peter & C. Ross, Lethbridge Herald

Mark Joslin, Suburban Legacies I (exhibition publication)

1990 David MacWilliam, Disjunction as a Syntax (catalogue)

1990 Ann Rosenberg, Man's triumphs of technology critiqued as false gods, Vancouver Sun (review)

1989 Helga Pakasaar, Bits and Chunks, Radio Banff (interview)

1987 René Payant, Jeune Peinture, (catalogue)

1987 Paul Smith, Art at Work #7 (catalogue)

 

ARTIST BOOKS & WRITINGS:

1997 Choosing the Dots, Avoiding the Holes, Artist book, 40 pages

1996 Carbuncles and a Couple Yards of Skin, Review of Susan Menzies paintings

L'encre noire - La chambre Blance, Quebec

1994 Projects & Practices: Multimedia and Inter-disciplinary Art Ideas, Contributor manual,

University of Saskatchewan and Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University

 

TEACHING POSITIONS:

1998-2001 Associate Professor of Painting, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB

1990-1998 Assistant Professor of Painting, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB

1981-1988 Sessional Instructor, Concordia University, Montreal, QC

 

 

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

2006 Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary: Visiting Artist

2004 York University, Toronto: Visiting Artist

2004 "Art Now" University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge: Visiting Artist

2001 Medicine Hat Museum, Medicine Hat: Visiting Artist

2000-2001 Assistant Dean, Division of Art University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB

1998-00 Chair, Visiting Artist Program, Division of Art, University of Lethbridge

1990-00 Committee Member, including: Associate Dean Selection, Faculty & Term Positions

Selection, Curriculum, Planning, Scholarships & Awards

1998 Juror, Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grants

1995-97 Board of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery

1996 Stride Gallery, Calgary: Artist Talk

1995 Manitoba Arts Council Jury: "A" and "B" Grants

1991 Red Deer College, Reed Deer: Visiting Artist

1990-91 Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver: Visiting Artist

 

AWARDS:

1997/98 Canada Council Mid-Career Grant

1991-97 University of Lethbridge Research Grants

1990 Leighton Colony residency, Banff Centre

1989 Banff Centre Scholarship

1987 Canada Council Project Grant

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Banff Centre, Banff

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa

Department of Foreign Affairs, Ottawa

Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton

Ivanhoe Inc., World Trade Centre, Montreal

Le Musée du Québec, Québec

Medecine Hat Museum and Art Gallery

Museum of Modern Art, New York City

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary

University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge