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curriculum vitae, bibliography and press.

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

Radical Stitch / (in collaboration with Catherine Blackburn) / touring 2023-2025

Let Me Take You There / Doris McCarthy Gallery, Scarborough, ON / may 13 – july 23, 2023

Kali Yuga / Art Gallery Southwestern Manitoba / Brandon, MB / january 26 – april 1, 2023

Hunter / Gatherer / McIntosh Gallery, London, ON       /      september 22 – december 10, 2022

HOMEWARD / dC3 Gallery / Edmonton, AB / september 9 – 24th, 2022

Ancestor Dreamin’, part of CONVERGENCE (Summer Collection 2022) / collaboration with Catherine Blackburn & Melanie Leblanc / SWAIA Fashion Show, Santa Fe, NM / august 20-21, 2022

10th Biennale nationale de sculpture contemporaine / Galerie d’art du Parc, Trois-Rivières, QC / jun 23-sep 9, 2022

Flora / Fauna / Fiber: Textile Trends in Contemporary Art / Mary M. Torggler Fine Arts Center, VA, USA     / jun 3 – oct 8, 202

Anima / Maison de la culture de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, QC    /        jun 11 – sep 5 2021

Terra Nova : Regard sur le présent et le futur / Art Mûr, 25th Anniversary Exhibition / Montreal, QC / february 9 – april 24th, 2021

The World is Bound by Secret Knots : Apologues I – XI / Art Mûr / Montreal, QC / september 5 – october 24, 2020

Castaways: A Climate Action Project / Robert Bateman Centre Gallery / Victoria, BC / march 6 – sept 26, 2020

WILD! / curated by Farah Yusuf / Textile Museum of Canada / Toronto, ON / oct 2, 2019 – march 15, 2020

CENTREPIECE / SAMARA Contemporary / Toronto, ON / march 2 – march 24, 2019

The World is Bound by Secret Knots: Apologues I – X   /    Eastern Edge, St. Johns, NL    /    january 11 – february 15, 2019

RELAY: The Institute of Everyday Life    /     FoFA Gallery, Montreal, QC     /     november 5 – december 15, 2018

Curious Fauna / Upstairs Gallery & PROOF Studio Gallery, Distillery District, Toronto, ON / september 5 – 30, 2018

The World is Bound by Secret Knots: Apologues I – X   /    ODD Gallery, Dawson City, YK    /    june 28 – july 31, 2018

Grow Op 2018: After the Flood (invited artist)     /     Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON     /     april 18 – 22, 2018

Hybrid Bodies Project    /    Winchester School of Art Galleries, Winchester, UK    /    april 11 – 27, 2018

The Dollhouse at the End of the World     / Incubator for Phantom Pregnancies Collective     /     Galerie YMUNO, Montreal, QC     /     february 6 – march 17, 2018

Hybrid Bodies Project    /    London Gallery West, London, UK    /    november 20 – 24, 2017

After the Hunt,  Hamilton Artists Inc    /     Hamilton, ON     /     august 31 – october 28, 2017

After the Hunt,  Harcourt House     /     Edmonton, AB     /     january 26 – february 25, 2017

Grandeur Nature / Life Size     /     Art Mûr  /     Montreal, QC     /     november 5 – december 17, 2016

After the Hunt     /     Union Gallery, Queens University     /     Kingston, ON     /     september 16 – november 11, 2016

Taiga Spirit, Commissioned Large-Scale Public Site Specific Sculpture    /    Osheaga 2016    /    Montréal, QC    /     july 29 – 31, 2016

Fiberart International Triennial     /     Pittsburgh, USA     /     may 6 – august 21, 2016

In Conversation with Raymonde April and Emily Jan / Optica Gallery     /     Montreal, QC     /     march 25 – april 3, 2016

Voisins/Neighbours / Galerie SKOL     /     Montreal, QC     /     january 15 – february 27, 2016

After the Hunt, Artcite     /     Windsor, ON     /     october 24 – november 18, 2015

you maniacs you blew it up! / PDA Projects /      Ottawa, ON /      july 1 - august 1, 2015

future folkloreM. A. I.     /      Montreal, QC      /      march 28 – may 9, 2015

OK OK OK,  Les Ateliers Jean Brillant      /     Montreal, QC /     may 10 – 24, 2014

falling through the mirror, Latitude 53     /      Edmonton, AB /      march 7 – april 19, 2014

falling through the mirror, FoFA Gallery     /      Montreal, QC     /      february 25 – april 5, 2013

De Rerum Natura, World of Threads Festival,     /      Oakville/Toronto, ON     /      november 2 – 18, 2012
Joshua Creek Heritage Art Centre

Spectrum / Spectro, Museo Textil de Oaxaca      /      Oaxaca, Mexico      /      may 2 – 9 2012        

AIRE: World Textile Art 6th International Biennial     /    San Agustin Etla, Mexico /     may 28 –  june 26, 2011
(winner:  3rd place, Salon de Reciclaje)                                                                                                         

TRA(MA)PA, Casa de la Cultura      /      Holguin, Cuba      /      may 2 – 8, 2011
BABEL, Romerías de Mayo                                                                          

 

PROJECTS & RESIDENCIES:

Artist in Residence, Eastern Edge Gallery / St. John’s, NL / may 6 – jun 10, 2022

Artist in Remote Residence: Field Trip / Contemporary Calgary & AGA Khan Museum / virtual / august 26 – oct 1, 2020

Artist in Residence, Union House Arts / Historic Port Union, Bonavista Peninsula, NL / august 28 - september 22, 2019

Invited Artist in Residence, Artscape Gibraltar Point     /     Toronto Island, Toronto, ON     /     april 2 – 16, 2018 

Artist in Residence, Elsewhere Museum, collaboration with artist Chris Flower     /     Greensboro, NC, USA     /     april 12 – may 10, 2017

Artist in Residence, Denali National Park     /     Denali National Park, AK, USA     /     june 7 – 17, 2016

"The Amazon Pt I: Night"     /     Edge of the Forest     /      collaboration with artist & radio host Antoine Bertin, for NTS London     /    original air date: january 15, 2016.

"I Like My Nature" (The Amazon Pt II: Day)     /     Edge of the Forest     /      collaboration with artist & radio host Antoine Bertin, for NTS London /    original air date: may 4, 2016

Peruvian Amazon Expedition,  The Clipperton Project /     Puerto Prado, Peru    /    september 10 – 30, 2015 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY & PRESS:

Kali Yuga : An Imagined Ecosystem Brings Together Myth and Reality / Lindsay Inglis, Galleries West / mar 2023

Kali Yuga : Curatorial essay and exhibition booklet / Lucie Lederhendler, AGSM, Brandon, ON / jan 2023

Interview with Helen Adams of Textile Curator / Textile Curator, www.textilecurator.com / mar 2021

Wild at the Textile Museum of Canada” / Terence Dick, Akimbo, Toronto, ON / feb 2020

Review: Wild, at the Textile Museum of Canada / Maya Wilson-Sanchez, Canadian Art, Antimatter / jan 2020

“Who knew quilts could be so inspiring? An artist’s guide to the Textile Museum of Canada” / Leah Collins, CBC Arts, Toronto, ON / may 21, 2019

“We can’t break our ties to the natural world: Emily Jan’s art begs us to re-examine our earth” / Veronica Zaretski, CBC ARTS, Toronto, ON / feb 13, 2019

“Emily Jan at Eastern Edge” / interviewed by Andrew Waterman for Kicker News, St. John’s, NL / jan 19, 2019

“Where Art and Science Meet: Emily Jan” / exhibition essay for Eastern Edge Gallery by Gloria Hickey / jan 2019

“Emily Jan’s The World is Bound by Secret Knots at Eastern Edge Gallery” / Eva Crocker, The Overcast, St. John’s, NL / jan 11, 2019

"The World is Bound by Secret Knots: Emily Jan's Magnetic Bestiary"     /     exhibition essay for ODD Gallery by Marie-Hélène Lemaire     /     june 28, 2018

"Take a look at the cool eco-art taking over the Gladstone Hotel right now"    /     Ali Amad, Toronto Life    /     april 19, 2019

"After the Hunt is Done"     /      exhibition essay for Hamilton Artists Inc  by Janna Hiemstra, CEO at Craft Ontario      /     october, 2017

Guest artist in the Loft, Season Four (2017-2018)  Formule Diaz    /    TéléQuébec, Montreal, QC    /     original air date: Sept 11, 2017

Emily Jan: After the Hunt / Anne Billy: Fleeting Memory    /     exhibition catalogue, Jocelyn Purdie & Ellyn Walker, Union Gallery Press, Queens University     /     nov 2016

"Sentments Grandeur Nature"     /     Agnès Gaudet, Le Journal de Montréal     /     november 5, 2016

HopScotch Opens in Uptown St John     /     Melissa Smith, The East Magazine     /     september 3, 2016

"Programmation artisque : l'autre visage d'Osheaga"     /     Vice Du Jour, Vice Magazine    /     august 2, 2016

"Folklore Futur: retrouver l'animation des êtres et des choses" by Marie-Hélène Lemaire     /     Espace Art Actuel     /     published Fall 2015 

"Folklore Futur" curatorial statement by Michael Toppings, Artistic & Executive Director     /     Montréal, Arts Interculturels     /      published April 2015     /     PDF (English)     /      PDF (Français)

"After the Hunt / Before the Fall" essay by Dr. Tammer El-Sheikh     /     Montréal, Arts Interculturels     /     published March 28, 2015     /     PDF (English)    /     PDF (Français)

"Monstres et merveilles" by Paméla de Massias de Bonne /      Magazine Muses      /     published April 8 2015    /      http://bit.ly/1D6c6rf

New Territories: Laboratories for Art, Craft, and Design in Latin America, ed. Lowery Stokes Sims, Mari-Carmen Ramirez et al     /      Museum of Arts and Design, NYC     /     published November 2014     /     http://bit.ly/1y3mF2f

Textile Art Around the World, by Ellen Bakker     /     Textile-Link, Utrecht, Netherlands    /      published October 2014     /     http://bit.ly/1wMsyef

"School's Out for Summer and the Kids Are OK: An MFA Thesis Exhibition", by Reilley Bishop-Stall and Natalie Zayne Bussey/      Passenger Art, may 26, 2014/       http://bit.ly/1kphVXp 

"Fierce Fairytales", hosted and edited by Megan Clark/       ArtBeat, CKUA, mar 30 – apr 5, 2014       /     https://soundcloud.com/ckuaradio/artbeat-fiercefairytales

"The Chimaera" by jake moore/       Exhibition essay, Latitude 53, March 2014/      http://www.latitude53.org/archive/2014/falling

"Hybrids, monsters, and fear: falling through the mirror", by Angela Johnston       /       The Griff, March 5, 2014/      http://bit.ly/1fF856a

"falling through the mirror", by Meaghan Baxter       /       Vue Weekly, Issue #959, March 5, 2014       /     http://www.vueweekly.com/falling-through-the-mirror/

Featured Artist Interview: Emily Jan interviewed by Jacquelyn Hébert        /       Branch Magazine, Issue No. 10, “Mythology”, May 2013 /       http://branchmagazine.com/archives/issue10/index.html

“Naturally Mythological”, by Liz Crompton /       Concordia University Featured Student Profile, March 2013/       http://bit.ly/ZwrsRY

“Ten Up-and-Coming Canadian Fibre Artists to Watch”, by Gareth Bate /       Fibre Focus Magazine,  Volume 55, No 1 March 2012 

Artist Interview: Emily Jan, interviewed by Dawne Rudman /       World of Threads Festival Weekly Artist Interviews, October 10, 2011        /       http://bit.ly/pj2q9z                                                                       

Catalogue: VI Bienal International de Arte Textile Contemporáneo, Oaxaca, 2011       /       August 2011 /     Produced by the World Textile Art Organization.

VIDEO:

Mehcinut, Official Music Video / Jeremy Dutcher, Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa

Gladstone Hotel, Grow Op 2018: After the Flood

DHC / ART Foundation – Capsule Video, An Interview with Emily Jan