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Jan, Emily

Associations
  • Board of Directors, CARFAC Alberta Edmonton, AB oct 2021 – current
  • Board of Directors, Union House Arts Port Union, NL apr 2021 – current
  • Member, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse Montreal, QC dec 2019 – 2021
  • Member, Centre des arts SKOL Montréal, QC
Apprentissage et enseignement
Formation académique
  • 2014 - M.F.A Studio Arts, Fibres & Material Practices Concordia University, Montréal, QC
  • 2009 - B.F.A Painting/Drawing, with High Distinction California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
  • 2000 - B.A. Theatre, Speech & Dance, with Honors Brown University, Providence, RH
Enseignement
  • 2021 - MacEwan University
  • 2011-2014 - Concordia University
  • 2008-2012 - California College of the Arts
Expositions
Groupe
  • 2022 - Hunter / Gatherer McIntosh Gallery, London, ON, sep 22 – dec 10,  -  - 2022
  • 2022 - 10th Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine Galerie d’art du parc, Trois-Rivières, QC, jun 23-sep 9 2022
  • 2022 - Flora / Fauna / Fiber: Textile Trends in Contemporary Art Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, VA, USA, jun 3 – oct 8 2022
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  • 2021 - Anima Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame--de-Grâce, Montréal, QC jun 11 – sep 5 2021
  • 2021 - Terra Nova : 25 Year Anniversary Exhibition Art Mûr, Montréal, QC feb 9 – apr 24 2021
  • 2020 - Castaways: A Climate Action Project Robert Bateman Centre, Victoria, BC mar 6 – sep 27 2020
  • 2020 - WILD! Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto oct 2 2019 – mar 15 2020
  • 2019 - CENTREPIECE SAMARA Contemporary, Toronto, ON mar 2 – 24 2019
  • 2018 - Grow Op 2018: After the Flood Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON apr 18 – 22 2018
  • 2016 - Grandeur Nature / Life Size (20th anniversary group) Art Mûr, Montréal, QC nov 5 – dec 17 2016
  • 2016 - Fiberarts International Triennial 2016 (curated group) Pittsburgh Centre for the Arts, & Touring may 6 – aug 21 2016
  • 2016 - Voisins/Neighbours, curated by Stéphanie Chabot, Centre des arts actuels SkolL, Montréal, QC jan 15 – feb 27 2016
  • 2015 - New Territories: Laboratories for Art, Craft and Design Museum of Arts and Design in Latin America, curated by Lowery Sims, NYC, USA nov 4 2014 – apr 5 2015
  • 2014 - OK OK OK Les Ateliers Jean Brillant, Montréal, QC may 10 – 24 2014
  • 2012 - De Rerum Natura, World of Threads Festival Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre, Oakville, ON, nov 2 – 18 2012
  • 2012 - Spectrum / Spectro Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, may 2 – 9 2012
  • 2011 - AIRE: World Textile Art 6th International Biennial CASA, San Agustin Etla, Mexico may 28 – jun 26 2011
Solo
  • 2023 - Kali Yuga Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, MB, jan 26 – apr 1 2023
  • 2022 - The sea is your mirror / la mer est ton miroir, Centre d’artistes Vaste et Vague, Carleton-sur-Mer, QC, oct 21 – nov 11 2022
  • 2020 - The World is Bound by Secret Knots: Apologues I – X, Art Mûr, Montréal, QC, sep 5 – oct 24 2020

Duo

  • 2016 - In Conversation with Raymonde April and Emily Jan Optica Gallery, Montréal, QC, mar 25 – apr 3 2016
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Solo

  • 2019 - The World is Bound by Secret Knots: Apologues I – X, Eastern Edge Gallery, St John’s, NL, jan 11 – feb 15 2019
  • 2018 - The World is Bound by Secret Knots: Apologues I – X ODD Gallery, Dawson City, YK, jun 28 – jul 31 2018
  • 2017 - Apologues II & III Centre des arts actuels Skol, Montréal, QC, oct 23 – dec 16 2017
  • 2017 - After the Hunt Hamilton Artists Inc, Hamilton, ON, aug 31 – oct 28 2017
  • 2017 - After the Hunt Harcourt House, Edmonton, AB, jan 26 – feb 25 2017
  • 2016 - After the Hunt Union Gallery, Kingston, ON, sep 16 – nov 11 2016
  • 2015 - After the Hunt & Before the Fall Artcite, Windsor, ON, oct 24 – nov 18 2015
  • 2015 - “You Maniacs You Blew It Up!” curated by Gillian King PDA Projects, Ottawa, ON, july 3 – aug 1 2015
  • 2015 - Future folklore M.A.I, Montréal, QC, mar 28 – may 9 2015
  • 2014 - Falling through the mirror Latitude 53, Edmonton, AB, mar 7 – apr 19 2014
Distinctions et prix

Individual Artist Grant Alberta Foundation for the Arts jun 2022
Concept to Realization Project Grant Canada Council for the Arts feb 2022
Individual Grant Edmonton Arts Council jan 2022
Collective Grant Edmonton Arts Council jan 2022

Résidences

  • Production residency, AGSM Brandon, MB jan 16 –25 2023
  • Centre d’artistes Vaste et Vague, Artist in Residence Carleton-sur-Mer, QC oct 11 – 21 2022
  • Eastern Edge Gallery, Artist in Residence St. John’s, NL may 6 – jun 9 2022
  • Field Trip, Artist in Residence (remote) AGA Khan Museum, Toronto, ON aug 26 – oct 6 2020
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Distinctions et prix

  • Digital Originals: “Museum of Everywhere and Nowhere” Canada Council for the Arts jul 22 2020
  • Research-Creation Grant: “A Creature Made of Land and Sea” Canada Council for the Arts feb 27 2020
  • M.A.I. Mentorship Grant Awardee Montréal, Arts Interculturels, QC 2013 – 2015
  • Excellence in Fibers 2017 Awardee Fiber Art Now, USA nov 2 2017
  • People’s Choice Award Fiberarts International Triennial, USA aug 2016
  • Third Place, Salon de Reciclaje, AIRE: 6th World Textile Art Biennial, San Agustin Etla, Oaxaca State, Mexico jun 2011

Résidences

  • Union House Arts, Artist in Residence Port Union, NL aug 27 – sep 20 2019
  • Nonesuch Residency (Main & Station) Parrsboro, NS aug 4 – 13 2018
  • Artscape Gibraltar Point (partnership w/Gladstone hotel) Toronto Island, ON apr 2 – 16 2018
  • Elsewhere Museum, Artist in Residence Greensboro, NC, USA apr 12 – may 10 2017
  • Denali National Park, Artist in Residence Denali National Park, Alaska, USA jun 7 – 17 2016
  • The Clipperton Project, Peruvian Amazon Expedition Iquitos, Peru sep 12 – oct 2 2015
Bibliographie
Revues et articles de journaux
  • “Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine: Une réflexion sur le chaos environnemental”, By Éric Clément, La Presse, Trois-Rivières, QC  https://bit.ly/3PpLu13, aug 12 2022
  • Review: “The World Is Bound by Secret Knots, at Art Mûr”, By Catherine Genest, Culture Club, Radio Canada, https://bit.ly/324rXxZ sep 5 2020
  • Review: “Wild at the Textile Museum of Canada” by Terence Dick, Akimbo, Toronto, ON https://bit.ly/2OHEvnT feb 2020
  • Review: “Wild at the Textile Museum of Canada” by Maya Wilson-Sanchez. Issue: Antimatter Canadian Art Magazine, Toronto, ON https://canadianart.ca/current-issue/ jan 2020
  • “Go Behind the Scenes of Jeremy Dutcher’s Mehcinut Video” by Allie Gregory Exclaim Magazine, Toronto, ON https://bit.ly/343C18e oct 23, 2019
  • “Who knew quilts could be so inspiring? An artist’s Guide to the Textile Museum of Canada” by Leah Collins, CBC Arts, Toronto, ON  https://bit.ly/2JO7Mer may 21 2019
  • “We can’t break our ties to the natural world: Emily Jan’s art begs us to re-examine our earth”, by Veronica Zaretski, CBC Arts, Toronto, ON https://bit.ly/2SXZrKR feb 13 2019
  • “Where Art and Science Meet: Emily Jan” Catalogue Essay, by Gloria Hickey, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL, https://bit.ly/2RQq98h jan 2019
  • “After the Hunt is Done” in partnership with the Canadian Craft Biennial by Janna Hiemstra Catalogue Essay, Hamilton Artists Inc., ON https://bit.ly/2GbLTBt oct 2017