Janet Werner
Janet Werner
- 1959
- Born in Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- Lives in Montréal, QC, Canada
Education
- MFA in Painting, Yale University, School of Art and Architecture, New Haven, CT, USA
- BFA in Painting, Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD, USA
Solo Exhibitions
- 2023
- Call Me When You Start Wearing Red, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- Crush, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
- 2021
- There There, Bradley Ertaskiran, Montréal, QC
- 2019
- Janet Werner, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC
- What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON
- 2018
- The Splits, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
- Sticky Pictures, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, QC
- 2015
- Zero Eyes, Esther Massry Gallery, Albany, NY, USA
- Drop, drop slow tears, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, QC
- 2014
- Abby and Snow, Birch Contemporary, Toronto, ON
- 2013
- Another Perfect Day, touring exhibition, Kenderdine Gallery, Esker Foundation, Galerie de l’UQAM, MacIntosh Gallery, London, ON with catalogue
- 2012
- Mad Bad Glad Sad, What if the World Gallery, Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa
- Earthling, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, QC
- VOLTA NY, New York, NY
- 2011
- Beauty takes a holiday, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON
- 2010
- Janet Werner, Julia Garnatz, Cologne, Germany
- Who’s Sorry Now? Parisian Laundry, Montréal, QC
- 2009
- Is Anything Alright? Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
- 2008
- Too much happiness, Parisian Laundry Montréal, QC
- New Work, Birch Libralato, Toronto, ON
- 2007
- Buttercup I love you, Galerie Julia Garnatz, Cologne, Germany
- 2006
- Up here in heaven, Birch Libralato Gallery, Toronto, ON
- Misfits, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montréal, QC
- 2005
- Janet Werner, Liane & Danny Taran Gallery, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montréal, QC
- 2004
- Janet Werner, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON
- Janet Werner, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- 2002
- Since first I cast eyes on you/ Depuis mon premier regard sur toi, Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, ON
- Janet Werner, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON
- Since first I cast eyes on you, Tracy Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- 2001
- Janet Werner: New Work, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
- Janet Werner, The Gallery Art Placement, Saskatoon, SK
- 2000 Beautiful Losers (with Michael Fernandes), Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
- New Work, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON
- Trust, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON
- Trust, Estevan National Exhibition Center, Estevan, SK
- 1999
- Trust, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
- Portraits, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
- Trance (with Patrick Traer), Plug In Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, MB
- Trust, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, ON
- New Paintings, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, AB
- Portraits, Tableau Vivant, Toronto, ON
- 1998 Trust, Optica, Montréal, QC
- Lucky, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, NB
- 1997
- Lucky, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB
- Trance, The Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
- Listen (with Beaty Popescu), AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
- 1996
- Slow Pictures, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto, ON
- 1995
- Janet Werner/Kathleen Sellars* Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
- Figures and Fields, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Gallery, Corner Brook, NF
- Scat, Galerie Axe NEO 7, Hull, QC
- 1994
- Lingua, La Centrale, Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal, QC
- 1992
- Reflections on Language and the Appearance of Things, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
- 1991
- Reflections on Language and the Appearance of Things, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
- Reflections on Language and the Appearance of Things, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, AB
- 1990
- Paintings, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, ON
- 1989
- Rehearsing the World, Plug In Contemporary Art, Winnipeg, MB
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2021
- North by Northeast: Contemporary Canadian Painting, Kasmin, New York, NY
- Keer Tanchak & Janet Werner: Romantik, Gallery 12.26, Dallas, TX
- Good Company: Pt.1, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020
- Art Toronto, with Bradley Ertaskiran, Toronto, ON
- The Armory Show, with Anat Ebgi, New York, NY
- This Sacred Vessel pt.2, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
- This Sacred Vessel pt.1, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY
- 2019
- NADA Miami, with Parisian Laundry, Miami, FL
- Frieze Los Angeles, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- The Conversation, Anat Ebgi at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
- 2018
- Art Toronto, with Anat Ebgi, Toronto, CA
- Flower Petal Tongues, curated by Corrie Jackson, Griffin Art Projects, Vancouver, BC
- Art Los Angeles Contemporary, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
- C’est ainsi qu’entre la lumière, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC
- 2016
- PDA Lovers, Four Six One Nine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Summertime in Paris: Solstice, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, QC
- Jupe bleue, une blonde, des calculatrices et un nu couché, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, QC
- 2015
- Her Story Today, Montréal Museum of Fine Arts, Montréal, QC
- Summertime in Paris: Spectiveretro, Parisian Laundry, Montréal, QC
- 2014
- The Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
- Masquerade, Musée du Bas St Laurent, Rivière-du-Loup, QC
- 2013
- The Painting Project, curated by Louise Déry, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, QC
- Painting Perspectives curated by Jennifer Lefort, Axenéo 7, Gatineau, QC
- 2012
- Oh, Canada, curated by Denise Markonish, MassMoCA, North Adams, MA
- 2008
- Intrus/Intruders, curated by Melanie Boucher, Musée du Québec, Québec, QC
- Generation, curated by Catherine Crowston, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
- Entre/Voir, curated by Louise Déry, UQAM, Montréal, QC
- 2007
- Some Girls, curated by James Campbell, McClure Gallery, Montréal, QC
- Framed: The art of the portrait, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
- 2006
- Peindre, Centre d’Exposition de Baie Sainte Paul, Baie Sainte Paul, QC
- 2005
- Individuation, Galerie Esthésio, Québec City, QC
- 2004
- Sweet and Sour, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, BC
- 2003
- Prague Biennale, “ Lazarus Effect, “ Prague, Czech Republic
- Dog Days, Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
- Toronto International Art Fair, "Fresh Avante Garde," Toronto, ON
- Woman, James Baird Gallery, St. John’s, NB
- 2002
- Posers, curated by Mathew Reichertz, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
- Beautiful Stranger, curated by Mitch Robertson, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand (with Micah Lexier and Kelly Mark)
- Portraits – Robots, curated by Eric Simon, Galerie Graff, Montréal, QC
- 2001
- Defining the Portrait, curated by Sandra Paikowsky, Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal, QC
- 2000
- Tableau Vivant Gallery, curated by Wren Jackson, Toronto, ON
- Small Craft Warning, curated by Francois Dion, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON
- 1999
- Les Peintures, Galerie René Blouin/Galerie Lilian Rodriguez, Montréal, QC
- Ten Years Later, Contemporary Art from the Collection of the Mendel Art Gallery, Swift Current National Exhibition Center, Swift Current, SK
- 1998
- Ten Years Later, Contemporary Art from the Collection of the Mendel Art Gallery, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
- Mixed Messages, Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
- 1993 Anima <-> Materia, Kenderdine Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
- The Heliotropic, I, curated by Jennifer McMackon, Mercer Union, Toronto, ON
- 1992
- Propositions/Painting, curated by Lucy Hogg, Charles Scott Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
- 1991
- Remembering and Telling: Reflections on Identity and Location, curated by Lynn Bell, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
- 1990
- Memory and Subjectivity, curated by Janice Andrae, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, ON
- Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON
- Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, ON
- Laurentian University Museum and Art Centre, Sudbury, ON
Collections
- McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
- Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC
- Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec, QC
- Canadian Embassy in Berlin, Germany
- Collection of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Ottawa, ON
- Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal, QC
- Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK
- Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, N.B.
- Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
- Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK
- Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
- Kenderdine Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
- University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB
- Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, SK
- Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, ON
- Aldo Group Collection
- Claridge Collection
- Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec, QC
- Banque Nationale, Canada
- Private Collections Germany, Canada and USA
Awards
- 2015
- Vermont Studio Centre Fellowship
- 2012
- Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, Development Grant
- 2011
- Canada Council project grant
- 2010
- Canada Council project grant
- 2007
- Canada Council project grant
- 2005
- Peindre, Symposium Internationale d’art Contemporain, Baie Sainte Paul, QC
- 2004
- Canada Council B Grant
- 2003
- Canada Council New York Studio, International Studio Program, NY, USA
- 2001
- Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, A Grant
- 1999
- Canada Council B Grant
- 1998
- Women and Paint thematic residency, The Banff Center
- Saskatchewan Arts Board B Grant
- 1996
- Canada Council B Grant
- 1995
- Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France, Canada Council Studio
- 1994
- Canada Council B Grant
- Leighton Studios, Banff, AB
- 1993
- Yaddo Artist Colony, Saratoga Springs, New York, Fellowship
- Saskatchewan Arts Board B Grant
- 1990
- Saskatchewan Arts Board B Grant
Press
- Schwabsky, Barry, "Janet Werner", Arsenal Contemporary Art, NY, Review, Artforum, December 2022
- Osterweil, Ara, “Between the glossies and the grotesque Janet Werner paints a world,” Border Crossings Issue #153, 2020
- Osterweil, Ara, Janet Werner, Review, Artforum, January 2020
- Charon, Marie-Ève, “Secrets d’atelier avec Janet Werner et Anthony Burnham”, Le Devoir, 7 Octobre 2017
- Osterweil, Ara, Janet Werner, Review, Artforum, December 2017
- Osterweil, Ara, “Janet Werner,” Musee d’art contemporain de Montréal, Review, January 2020
- Campbell, James, Janet Werner, Review, Whitehot Magazine, December 2019
- Feldman, Melissa, "Pictures of You," Canadian Art, Winter 2019
- Campbell, James, Janet Werner, Review, Frieze, Oct. 2017
- Goodden, Sky, “Janet Werner’s Truer Subject, the Women Unseen”, Momus, 25 February 2015
- Kissick, John, “Someone, Something, Nothing”, Border Crossings, June 2013
- Henry, Joseph, “REVIEW: Janet Werner Refashions the Female Form”, BLOUIN ARTINFO, 16 November 2013
- Jordan, Betty Ann : Janet Werner, Canadian House & Home, Fall 2012
- Balzer, David, “Janet Werner on What Makes a Good Painting, Artist Statements, Professionalization Pressures & More”, Canadian Art, 28 November 2012
- Balzer, David, “Janet Werner”, Modern Painters, Summer 2012
- Dewolfe, Stacey, Women and animals, Mirror, 2010
- Baert, Renee, “Real Enough,” Janet Werner, SBC Gallery, 2008
- Balzer, David, “Up here in heaven”, Canadian Art, Spring 2007
- Cote, Nathalie, Et moi et moi et moi, Voir Quebec, July 7, 2005
- Crevier, Lyne, « Tout sucre », Ici Montréal, 14 July, 2005
- Lehmann, Henry, “A probing look at portraits”, The Montréal Gazette, 16 July 2005
- Lamarche, Bernard, « Portraits d’idéaux », Le Devoir, 14 August 2005
- Campbell, James, “Janet Werner”, Border Crossings, Winter 2005
- Dault, Julia, “Portraits of Pretend People,” The National Post, December 30, 2004
- Dault, Gary Michael, “Tawdry, exhausting and possibly brilliant”, The Globe and Mail, 1 May, 2004
- Osborne, Catherine, “Painter gets down to basics”, The National Post, 17 April 2004
- Hartland-Rowe, Sara, “Around and About Painting”, Border Crossings, Winter 2003
- Ghaznavi, Corinna, “Surfacing: Janet Werner at Robert Birch”, Dart, Fall 2002
- Baert, Renee, Since first I cast eyes on you/Depuis mon premier regard sur toi, Ottawa Art Gallery, 2002
- Enright, Robert, “Mute Ability: Janet Werner changes the face of portraiture”, Border Crossings, Summer 2002
- Elliott, David, “Paint person”, Canadian Art, Summer 2002
- Mark, Lisa, “The Language of Eyes” in Trust, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 2000
- Keindl, Anthony, Beautiful Losers, Dunlop Art Gallery, 2000
- Budney, Jen, "Small Craft Warnings," Parachute 100, 2000
- Laurence, Robin, “Face Off”, Border Crossings, Winter 1999
- Lee, James-Jason, “Trust puts Gallerygoers’ faith to test,” Georgia Straight, Aug. 5-12, 1999
- Enright, Robert, “Head Games”, The Globe and Mail, 20 November 1999
- Massier, John, “Trust”, Lola, Summer 1999
- Evans, Gary, “Trust,” Lola, Issue #4, Summer 1999
- Maclear, Kyo, “Blurred vision,” Toronto Life, April 1999
- Mark, Lisa, “Getting our hands dirty”, C Magazine, Fall 1998
- Lilburn, Tim, “Angels of History”, Border Crossings, Fall 1997
- Baerwaldt, Wayne, Trance, Mendel Art Gallery, 1998
- Blatherwick, David, « Peindre les failles du Langage », Spirale, March 1995
- Hogg, Lucy, Propositions/Painting, Charles Scott Gallery, 1992
- Grenville, Bruce, Reflections on Language and the Appearance of Things, Mendel Art Gallery, 1991
- Laing, Carol, “The Silence of the World” in Lucky, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1997
- Liss, David, “La Centrale/Galerie Powerhouse…” (review), The Gazette, Montréal, Nov. 26, 1994
- Lilburn, Tim, “Clear Suspicions”, Border Crossings, Winter 1992
- McMackon, Jennifer, The Heliotropic, Mercer Union, 1993
- Morin, Manon, Lingua, La Centrale, Galerie Powerhourse, 1994
- O’Neill, Colleen, “Figures and fields”, in Janet Werner, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery, 1998
- Petrowski, Nathalie, “Le détournement d’images de Janet Werner, 11 Septembre 2017
- Reichertz, Mathew, Posers, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, 2002
- Ring, Dan, Trance, Mendel Art Gallery, 1998
- Ring, Nancy, “Awkward Beauty”, in Too Much Happiness, Parisian Laundry, 2008
- Severson, Anne, “Unusal portraits of our time” (review), Fast Forward, Calgary, June 3 – 9, 1999
- Skeene, Cameron, Janet Werner,, Border Crossings, 2010
- Sloan, Johanne, “Janet Werner and the Surface of Things,” Too Much Happiness, Parisian Laundry, 2008
- Tousignant, Isa, “Piece and Parcel: Janet Werner splits her portraits back into pieces”, Hour, 28, July 2005
- Tousley, Nancy, “First Language”, Canadian Art, Fall 1997
- Warland, Betsy, “Patrick Traer and Janet Werner”, C Magazine, Spring 1998
- Williamson, Janice, “Scat”, in Janet Werner, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery, 1998
- “Painting as Patchwork”, The Globe and Mail, 23 September, 2000
- “Portraits that hide much more than they reveal”, The Globe and Mail, 17 April 1999
- “Transforming the Earthling – in conversation with Janet Werner”, M-KOS, 23 April 2012