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
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
- 2020
- TBD, Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
- 2019
- Janet Werner, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC
- What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
- 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, USA
- 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, B.C.
- 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, B.C.
- 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, N.B.
- 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
- 2020
- The Armory Show, with Anat Ebgi, New York, NY
- 2019
- 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, B.C.
- 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, USA
- 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, USA
- 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, B.C.
- 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, N.B.
- 2002
- Posers, curated by Mathew Reichertz, St. Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
- 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
Goldie, 2018
Oil on canvas,
44 x 36 inches
Jane VV, 2018
Oil on canvas,
36 x 29 inches
Bitten, 2018
Oil on canvas,
67 x 60 inches
Poppi (Red Curls), 2018
Oil on canvas,
40 x 32 inches
Twitch (Red Boots), 2018
Oil on canvas,
54 x 45 inches
Dolores (Girl with Flowered Hat and Landscape), 2018
Oil on canvas,
55 x 45 inches
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
CV
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
- 2020
- TBD, Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY
- 2019
- Janet Werner, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, QC
- What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
- 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, USA
- 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, B.C.
- 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, B.C.
- 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, N.B.
- 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
- 2020
- The Armory Show, with Anat Ebgi, New York, NY
- 2019
- 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, B.C.
- 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, USA
- 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, USA
- 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, B.C.
- 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, N.B.
- 2002
- Posers, curated by Mathew Reichertz, St. Mary's University Art Gallery, Halifax, N.S.
- 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
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- Budney, Jen, "Small Craft Warnings," Parachute 100, 2000
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- Dewolfe, Stacey, Women and animals, Mirror, 2010
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- Reichertz, Mathew, Posers, St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, 2002
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