BIOGRAPHY

Janet Werner (b. 1959, Winnipeg, Manitoba) lives and works in Montreal, Quebec. She received her MFA from Yale University in 1987. Solo exhibitions include Parisian Laundry (Montreal), Galerie Julia Garnatz (Cologne), Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts (Montreal), Whatiftheworld Gallery (Cape Town) and Plug Institute of Contemporary Art (Winnipeg). Group exhibitions include AXENEO7 (Gatineau), MASS MoCA (North Adams), Musée d’art contemporain (Montreal), Kenderdine Art Gallery (Saskatoon). A solo survey exhibition entitled, “Another Perfect Day” organized by the Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, toured to five locations in Canada from 2013-2015, including the Esker Foundation (Calgary); the McIntosh Gallery, (Ontario); Galerie de l’UQAM (Montreal); and the Doris McCarthy Gallery (Toronto). Werner’s work is in the collections of the Musée du Québec, Musée d’art contemporain (Montreal), The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, Owens Art Gallery (Sackville), the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, University of Lethbridge (Alberta), Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Mendel Art Gallery and numerous private and corporate collections.

EXHIBITIONS

The Splits, September 8 – October 20, 2018

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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

2021

Janet Werner, Arsenal Contemporary, New York, NY (forthcoming)

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

Group Exhibitions

2021

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

Osterweil, Ara, Janet Werner, Review, Artforum, January 2020

Campbell, James, Janet Werner, Review, Whitehot Magazine, December 2019

Feldman, Melissa, "Pictures of You," Canadian Art, Winter 2019

Baert, Renee, Since first I cast eyes on you/Depuis mon premier regard sur toi, Ottawa Art Gallery, 2002

Baert, Renee, “Real Enough,” Janet Werner, SBC Gallery, 2008

Baerwaldt, Wayne, Trance, Mendel Art Gallery, 1998

Balzer, David, “Up here in heaven”, Canadian Art, Spring 2007

Balzer, David, “Janet Werner”, Modern Painters, Summer 2012

Balzer, David, “Janet Werner on What Makes a Good Painting, Artist Statements, Professionalization Pressures & More”, Canadian Art, 28 November 2012

Blatherwick, David, « Peindre les failles du Langage », Spirale, March 1995

Budney, Jen, "Small Craft Warnings," Parachute 100, 2000

Campbell, James, Janet Werner, Review, Frieze, Oct. 2017

Campbell, James, “Janet Werner”, Border Crossings, Winter 2005

Charon, Marie-Ève, “Secrets d’atelier avec Janet Werner et Anthony Burnham”, Le Devoir, 7 Octobre 2017

Cote, Nathalie, Et moi et moi et moi, Voir Quebec, July 7, 2005

Crevier, Lyne, « Tout sucre », Ici Montréal, 14 July, 2005

Dault, Gary Michael, “Tawdry, exhausting and possibly brilliant”, The Globe and Mail, 1 May, 2004

Dault, Julia, “Portraits of Pretend People,” The National Post, December 30, 2004

Dewolfe, Stacey, Women and animals, Mirror, 2010

Elliott, David, “Paint person”, Canadian Art, Summer 2002

Enright, Robert, “Mute Ability: Janet Werner changes the face of portraiture”, Border Crossings, Summer 2002

Enright, Robert, “Head Games”, The Globe and Mail, 20 November 1999

Evans, Gary, “Trust,” Lola, Issue #4, Summer 1999

Ghaznavi, Corinna, “Surfacing: Janet Werner at Robert Birch”, Dart, Fall 2002

Goodden, Sky, “Janet Werner’s Truer Subject, the Women Unseen”, Momus, 25 February 2015

Grenville, Bruce, Reflections on Language and the Appearance of Things, Mendel Art Gallery, 1991

Hartland-Rowe, Sara, “Around and About Painting”, Border Crossings, Winter 2003

Henry, Joseph, “REVIEW: Janet Werner Refashions the Female Form”, BLOUIN ARTINFO, 16 November 2013

Hogg, Lucy, Propositions/Painting, Charles Scott Gallery, 1992

Jordan, Betty Ann : Janet Werner, Canadian House & Home, Fall 2012

Keindl, Anthony, Beautiful Losers, Dunlop Art Gallery, 2000

Kissick, John, “Someone, Something, Nothing”, Border Crossings, June 2013

Laing, Carol, “The Silence of the World” in Lucky, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1997

Laurence, Robin, “Face Off”, Border Crossings, Winter 1999

Lamarche, Bernard, « Portraits d’idéaux », Le Devoir, 14 August 2005

Lehmann, Henry, “A probing look at portraits”, The Montréal Gazette, 16 July 2005

Lee, James-Jason, “Trust puts Gallerygoers’ faith to test,” Georgia Straight, Aug. 5-12, 1999

Lilburn, Tim, “Angels of History”, Border Crossings, Fall 1997

Lilburn, Tim, “Clear Suspicions”, Border Crossings, Winter 1992

Liss, David, “La Centrale/Galerie Powerhouse...” (review), The Gazette, Montréal, Nov. 26, 1994

Maclear, Kyo, “Blurred vision,” Toronto Life, April 1999

Mark, Lisa, “Getting our hands dirty”, C Magazine, Fall 1998

Mark, Lisa, “The Language of Eyes” in Trust, Art Gallery of Mississauga, 2000

Massier, John, “Trust”, Lola, Summer 1999

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

Osborne, Catherine, “Painter gets down to basics”, The National Post, 17 April 2004

Osterweil, Ara, Janet Werner, Review, Artforum, December 2017

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