Janet Werner

Janet Werner (born 1959) is a Canadian artist based in Montreal. Her work is known for its incisive and playful depictions of female figures, raising questions about the nature of the subject in painting.[1][2][3]

Janet Werner
Born1959 (age 63–64)
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Known forvisual artist
Movementfictional portraits

Biography

Janet Werner was born in 1959 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and currently resides in Montreal, Quebec, where she teaches at Concordia University. Werner studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, and, in 1985 she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts. Later, she studied at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, where she received her Masters of Fine Arts in 1987.[4] From 1987 to 1999 she taught painting and drawing at the University of Saskatchewan, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.[5][6]

Work

Werner is known primarily for her large scale fictional portraits. She has been focusing on the genre since 1997. Werner explores themes of subjectivity and desire by producing composites of found images.[7] Recent paintings have explored painting's relationship to ideas of realism and the photograph. It can be said that the artist uses painting to deconstruct the ubiquity of the photographic image.[8]

Collections

Exhibitions

Werner exhibited at the Art Gallery of Guelph in 2019.[11]

Selected exhibitions
  • 1989, Paintings, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
  • 1989 Rehearsing the World, Plug In Inc, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  • 1990. 1990 Paintings, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
  • 1991 Reflections on Language and the Appearance of Things, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
  • 1991 Reflections on Language and the Appearance of Things, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
  • 1992 Reflections on Language and the Appearance of Things, Dunlop art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
  • 1994 Lingua, la Central, Galerie Powerhouse, Montreal, Quebec.[12]
  • 1995 Scat, Galerie Axe NEO 7, Hull, Quebec.
  • 1995 figures and fields, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Gallery, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
  • 1995, Janet Werner / Katherine Sellars* Eye Level Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • 1996, Slow Pictures, Robert Birch Gallery, Toronto.
  • 1997, Listen, AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
  • 1997, Trance *, Mendel Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (catalogue).
  • 1997, Lucky, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta (catalogue)
  • 1998, Lucky, Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick.
  • 1998, trust, Optica, Montreal, Quebec.
  • 1999, Janet Werner, Paul kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
  • 1999, Janet Werner, Tableau Vivant Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
  • 1999, trust, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario.
  • 1999, Janet Werner, Tableau Vivant Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
  • 1999, Janet Werner, Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary, Alberta.
  • 2018, The Splits, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, California
  • 2023, Call Me When You Start Wearing Red, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, California

Bibliography
  • Werner, Janet; Grenville, Bruce; Mendel Art Gallery (1991). Janet Werner: reflections on language and the appearance of things. Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery. ISBN 9780919863668. OCLC 62913529.
  • Laing, Carol (1997). Janet Werner : lucky. Werner, Janet, 1959-, Southern Alberta Art Gallery., Owens Art Gallery. Lethbridge, Alta.: Southern Alberta Art Gallery. ISBN 0921613857. OCLC 45207344.
  • Werner, Janet; O'Neill, Colleen; Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery (1998). Janet Werner. St. John's, Nfld.: Division of University Relations for Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery. ISBN 9780929025315. OCLC 51296428.
  • Traer, Patrick; Baerwaldt, Wayne; Ring, Dan; Werner, Janet; Mendel Art Gallery (1998). Trance, Patrick Traer, Janet Werner: [exhibition catalogue. Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery. ISBN 9781896359182. OCLC 39354947.
  • Werner, Janet; Art Gallery of Mississauga; Thames Art Gallery (Chatham, Ont.) (2000). Janet Werner: trust. Mississauga, Ont.: Art Gallery of Mississauga. ISBN 9781895436365. OCLC 50239146.
  • Werner, Janet; Baert, Renee; Ottawa Art Gallery (2002). Janet Werner: since first I cast eyes on you = depuis mon premier regard sur toi. Ottawa: Ottawa Art Gallery = Galerie d'art d'Ottawa. ISBN 9781895108910. OCLC 62535428.
  • Baert, Renee; Liane and Danny Taran Gallery; Galerie Liane et Danny Taran (2007). Janet Werner. Montreal: SBC / Galerie d'art contemporain. ISBN 9780920473702. OCLC 297155730.
  • Werner, Janet; Parisian Laundry (Montréal, Québec) (2008). Janet Werner: too much happiness. Montréal, Qc: Parisian Laundry. ISBN 9780973942255. OCLC 297156102.
  • Archer, Kent; et al. (2013). Janet Werner : another perfect day. Saskatoon. ISBN 9780888805874. OCLC 861535394.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Notes
  1. Osterweil, Ara (December 2017). "Janet Werner". Artforum International. 56 (4): 206–207.
  2. Kissick, John (2013). "Someone something nothing: Some thoughts on Janet Werner's recent paintings". Border Crossings. 32 (2): 46–53.
  3. Balzer, David. "Janet Werner on What Makes a Good Painting, Artist Statements, Professionalization Pressures & More". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2019-03-12.
  4. Laing, Carol; Werner, Janet; Southern Alberta Art Gallery; Owens Art Gallery (1997). Janet Werner: lucky. Lethbridge, Alta.: Southern Alberta Art Gallery. p. 34. ISBN 9780921613855. OCLC 45207344.
  5. David, Elliot. "Paint Person". canadianart.ca. Canadian Art. Archived from the original on 2011-04-10.
  6. "Salle de presse – " Janet Werner. Another Perfect Day " at Galerie de l'UQAM". salledepresse.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  7. "Janet Werner – Parisian Laundry". www.parisianlaundry.com. Retrieved 2015-12-02.
  8. King, Nancy; Campbell, James D.; Sloan, Johanne. Janet Warner: Too Much Happiness Montreal: Parisian Laundry, 2008.
  9. "Janet Werner | Collection Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec". collections.mnbaq.org. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  10. "2010-104 Rubber Lips Janet Werner » WAG".
  11. Barbara Brown: Résonances / Janet Werner : Lingua (in French). La Centrale. 1994. OCLC 948707814.
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