Jean Smith

Jean Isabel Smith (born 1959) is a Canadian writer, painter and the lead singer of the Vancouver band Mecca Normal.

For other people named Jean Smith, see Jean Smith (disambiguation).
Jean Smith
Background information
Birth nameJean Isabel Smith
Born1959 (age 63–64)[1]
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation(s)Singer, painter, novelist, lecturer, filmmaker

Career

Music

Smith co-founded Mecca Normal with bandmate David Lester[2] in 1981, while the two were working together at a Vancouver newspaper. Mecca Normal is considered a forerunner of the 1990s politically charged riot grrrl movement.[2][3]

Painting

Smith has continued the self-portrait series in watercolour, video and photography, including photos from her online dating profiles in her short film Attraction is Ephemeral — the title of a song on Mecca Normal's 2006 album The Observer.[4]

She began a series of paintings in 2016 to the present that she sells each day via Facebook posts to raise money to create an artist residency in Vancouver.[1][2][5][6]

References
  1. Chong, Kevin (5 May 2020). "Rocker Jean Smith Is Pulling through the Pandemic One Painting at a Time". The Tyee.
  2. "Vancouver artist ditches part-time job, sells over 1,500 paintings | CBC Radio". CBC.
  3. McDonnell, Evelyn; Vincentelli, Elisabeth (3 May 2019). "Riot Grrrl United Feminism and Punk. Here's an Essential Listening Guide. (Published 2019)". The New York Times.
  4. Hopper, Jessica (27 April 2006). "SWF, 45". Chicago Reader.
  5. Marino, Nick (6 January 2021). "The Painter Subverting Art-World Economics, $100 at a Time". The New York Times.
  6. "Vancouver painter's $100 Facebook portraits raise more than $150,000 for residency project". www.theartnewspaper.com. 21 September 2020.
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