Biographical Overview
Janet Werner is a Canadian artist based in Montreal. Born in 1959 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, she pursued her academic training at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1985. She subsequently studied at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, receiving a Masters of Fine Arts in 1987.
Her professional career includes teaching painting and drawing at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon from 1987 to 1999. Currently, she resides in Montreal, Quebec, where she holds a teaching position at Concordia University.
Artistic Work and Exhibitions
Werner is primarily recognized for her large scale fictional portraits, a genre she has focused on since 1997. Her work involves producing composites of found images to explore themes of subjectivity and desire. Through her paintings, she examines the relationship between realism, the photograph, and the deconstruction of the ubiquitous photographic image.
Her work is held in various collections, including:
- Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec
- Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal
- Mackenzie Art Gallery
- Regina Owens Art Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
- Remai Modern (Formerly, Mendel Art Gallery), Saskatoon
- Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
- Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, Sackville
- Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Kenderdine Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Klausimai ir atsakymai
Ar galiu peržiūrėti Janet Werner darbus pagal medžiagą?
Janet Werner darbus pagal technikas galima peržiūrėti jo/jos puslapio Visi mediai skiltyje.
Kuriame istoriniame laikotarpyje kūrė Janet Werner?
Janet Werner kūrė Contemporary laikotarpiu. Šis laikotarpis leidžia įvertinti kūrybinę veiklą istoriniame kontekste.
Kuriame mieste ir šalyje gimė Janet Werner?
Janet Werner gimė Winnipeg, Canada šalyje.
Ar galiu peržiūrėti Janet Werner kūrybą pagal meno kryptis?
Meno kryptis, kuriomis dirbo Janet Werner, galima rasti puslapio Visi meno kryptys, kuriame kūriniai sugrupuoti pagal meno kryptis.
