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 mouths got a lot in it even when its 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