Janet Strayer

Vancouver and Saturna Island, B.C., Canada

 E: info@janetstrayerart.com

 www.janetstrayer.com

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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

AMEGO FOUNDATION

VGH-UBC FOUNDATION

BURNABY ART MUSEUM 

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Recent SOLO EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS: 2020- present (others below) 

 Jurors Choice Award 2021, Arts Council, Southern Gulf Islands Regional Exhibition

 Zack Gallery, Vancouver:Wings of Imagination  

 Centennial Theatre, N.Vancouver: Being There 

 Place des Arts, Vancouver: Flow

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Recent INTERNATIONAL JURIED SHOWS 2020- present (others below)

 Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, 2023, 2021 and 2020 exhibits                   

 Annual International Representational Exhibit, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, 2024-2020 

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EDUCATION

• B.A. cum laude Barnard College, Columbia University (New York)

• Fulbright Award

• M.A., and Ph..D. Simon Fraser University (Vancouver), Professor Emerita

• Academy of Realist Art (Toronto)

• Instituto Allende and Bellas Artes (Mexico)

• Emily Carr Diploma Program (Vancouver)

• Capilano Advanced Arts Certificate (Vancouver) 

                     

ART REPRESENTED by

• Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver (Art Rental Collection)

• Saatchi Art Online, Artist Recognition citation

• Federation of Canadian Artists

• Singulart ​​​

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PRESS and VIDEO INTERVIEWS

2022  Southern Gulf Islands Tourism video (BC)

2021  Art2Life video,   Inspiration Focus (International)

2019 Vita publication, Close-Up on Art (BC)

2014  Sin Fronteras newspaper (BC)

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Selected ART EXHIBITIONS (*Solo or Award)   

• *Jurors Choice Award, Southern Gulf Islands Art, 2021 

• Painting on the Edge, International Juried Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, July-Aug., 2023

• Painting on the Edge, International Juried Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, July-Aug., 2021

• Annual International Representational Exhibit, Juried, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Sept. 2020

• ​Painting on the Edge, International Juried Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Dec-Jan. 2020

• *Wings of Imagination, Zack Gallery, Nov.2019-Jan.2020

• ,*Being There, Centennial Theatre Art Exhibit, Sept.2019-Jan.2020

• *Flow: Nature, Art, and Mind, Place des Arts, Vancouver, Dec-Jan.2019

• *Flow: Envisioning Nature, District Foyer Gallery, North Vancouver, Sept.-Nov, 2018

•  *Wings, Waterfront Theatre Gallery, Vancouver, Jan-March 2018

•  Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, January 2018

• Painting on the Edge, international curated exhibit, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, July-Aug, 2017

• * Earthward, Saturna Island, B.C., March, 2017;

• Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, January, 2017

• *Esprit, Saturna Island, B.C., October2016-January,2017

• *2016-present: Recognized Artist status commendation by Saatchi Online curators,

• Festa 2016, Group Show, Acqualoreto Culture, August, 2016, Umbria, Italy (2016 was spent in Europe)

• *Huaca: Spirit of Place, North Vancouver Arts Council, District Library Gallery, Aug.-Sept.29, 2015

• * Of Fables and Myths, Saturna Island, April-July, 2015

• Artists in Our Midst, Roundhouse Exhibit, May, 2015

• Cerulean, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, Feb., 2015

• Art Rental Show, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, Jan. 2015

• *Praise, Britannia Centre, Vancouver, Jan. 2015

• *Finalist, Fire and Ice, Artscene Today, 2014, Dec. 2014

• Pieced Together, The Cultch, Vancouver, BC, Nov-Dec, 2014

• *Animal Lovers, Jericho Art Center, Vancouver, BC, June, 2014

• Artists in Our Midst, Roundhouse Exhibit, May, 2014

• Federation of Canadian Artists, Abstracts juried show, March, 2014

• Jansen Art Center Fall Exhibit, Lynden, WA., 2013

• Insight Gallery Group Show, Galiano Island, Sept., 2013

• Federation of Canadian Artists, Abstracts juried show, Jan., 2013

• Artists In Our Midst, Roundhouse Exhibit, Vancouver, May, 2012

• *Child  Out of Time Reborn, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, April 3-22, 2012

• Federation of Canadian Artists, Landscape, juried show, Feb., 2012

• Federation of Canadian Artists Abstract, juried show, Feb., 2012

• Federation of Canadian Artists Works on Paper, juried show, Jan., 2012

• Federation of Canadian Artists Autumn Salon juried show, Oct.,2011

• Federation of Canadian Artists Still-Life juried show, Sept., 2011

• Painting on the Edge! International Juried Show, Aug.-Sept., 2011

• Invited Group Show, Acqualoreto Cultural Festival,, Umbria, Italy, August, 2011

• *First Place in The Artist's Magazine all-media juried international competition, 2010

• *Finalist, Figurative Art, ArtScene Today, 2011

• *Child Out of Time, Zack Gallery, Vancouver, June 2010

• Featured Artist, Artists in Our Midst, May, 2010

• 2005-2009 Group Shows: Simon Fraser Art Gallery; Burnaby Art Gallery; Grand Forks Art Gallery, Seymour Art Gallery                                                        

 

ART in PUBLICATIONS & VIDEOS

• author, Creative Life News online art and travel essays 

• 2018 on Vimeo: Child Out of Time, a narrated video-animation with music

• 2016 on  Vimeo: Incantations (In Search of the Miraculous)

• Author of regular column series, "Artist En Route", in Art Avenue magazine 2015-2016

• Featured painting "Little Adolf" in Vancouver Opera's online page promoting the opera, "Stickboy" (2015)

• Featured artwork, full page in Barnard Magazine (New York, 2014)

• Featured artwork in International Contemporary Artists, Vol.VII (2013)

• Featured artwork in Strokes of Genius 4 , North Light Books (2012), American Artist magazine

•  Federation of Canadian Artists online publications

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INVITED PUBLIC ART PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS

• Unlocking Visual Creativity workshop. Ptarmigan Society, B.C., 2017

• Wrestling the Angel:Creativity in Art and Science. Conference on Art and Culture,Simon Fraser University, B.C.

• Digital Technology and Traditional Art-Making: How Art Begets Art. Seymour Art Gallery, B.C.

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ART DONATIONS

• art donations and fundraising events for arts, culture, community, and humanitarian development