J.Janvier Arts
Paintings, Photography, & Installations by Jill Janvier
Artist C.V.
JILL JANVIER
b. 1979
Lives and Works in Cold Lake, Alberta.
Website: www.jilljanvier.com
EDUCATION:
2021 Business Marketing and other Business Training programs (online).
2015-2018 Bachelors of Fine Arts, Visual Art, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, B.C.
2012-2013 Diploma in Professional Photography, The Photography Institute, Vancouver, B.C.
2008 Exhibit Renewal Workshop, The Smithsonian, New York, NY.
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2003-2007 Business and Proposal Writing Training, Cold Lake First Nations, AB.
1997-2002 Bachelor of Arts, Native Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020 Cold Lake Visual Arts Society, Cold Lake, AB (two shows).
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2018 20 Twenty, BFA Grad Exhibition, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Building, UBCO, Kelowna, BC. Show dates April 12-24, 2018. https://fccs.ok.ubc.ca/about/events-workshops/bfa-exhibition/
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REsilience #597, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, B.C.
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2017 Fourth Year Show, Fina Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
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Third Year Painting, Fina Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
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2016 Final First Cuts, Fina Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
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They Coloured Me, Fina Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
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2015 Red Dot, Member’s Show and Sale, Alternator Center for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, B.C.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2018-current Curator-Director at Janvier Gallery, Cold Lake First Nations 149B. Website uploads/layouts, curate new displays, facilitate art projects/exhibitions, sales, financial reporting, database, inventory, training staff, and various design tasks.
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2019 Firey Pink Clouds, image reproduction on notebooks for Urban Matters, Kelowna, B.C.
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2018 Artwork published in donor calendar for Indspire.
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2017 Tule Mat House: A Photo Essay, UBC Okanagan’s 2017 Summer Indigenous Intensive (Volunteer), Published August 3, 2017. http://rmooc.ca/hubs/dispatches/tule-mat-house-photo-essay-by-jill-janvier/
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Panel Discussion on Indigenous Art Practice, CCS 150 with Samuel Roy-Bois, UBC Okanagan, Kelowna, B.C.
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2016 Sunrise at Play, image reproduction on notebooks for Urban Matters, Kelowna, B.C.
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2012-2015 Manager, Janvier Gallery, Cold Lake First Nations 149B, AB. Sales and finances, framing, database, inventory.
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2011 Highway 28 Sign, Janvier Gallery, Cold Lake First Nations 149A, AB. Business Product Design, Janvier Gallery, Cold Lake First Nations 149A, AB.
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2002-2011 Event Coordinator/Project Manager (various), Cold Lake First Nations, AB. Cultural camps, events coordination, land based research, proposal writing, fundraising.
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION:
2018 DVC Award for Excellence, UBCO, Kelowna, BC.
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UBCO Okanagan Visual Arts Award, Kelowna, BC.
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2015-2017 Dean’s List, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, B.C.
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2016 Spark Award, OSUM Oil Sands Corporation, Calgary, AB.
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2002 Dene Gothe Achievement Award, Lac Brochet, Manitoba.
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2000 Golden Key National Honours Society, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.
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PERSONAL:
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From the Cold Lake First Nations community.
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Knowledgeable about CLFN history and their traditional lands as I worked in Land Studies and Cultural camps for many years.
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Some ability to speak and write in Dene language.
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Member of Cold Lake Visual Arts Society 2019-2020.
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Currently learning how to teach art to others, and working towards doing on-line classes in the near future.