J.Janvier Arts

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:

• From the Cold Lake First Nations community.

• Knowledgeable about CLFN history and their traditional lands as I worked in Land Studies and Cultural camps for many years.

• Some ability to speak and write in Dene language.

• Member of Cold Lake Visual Arts Society 2019-2020.

• Currently learning how to teach art to others, and working towards doing on-line classes in the near future.