• Brilliant morning, December in Okotoks

    Oil on canvas, 2020

  • About the artist

    Nova Scotia-based artist Jennifer Goddard works in oils and multi-medium drawing. She focuses on the natural world and on the languages of the figure, drawing on 18 years studying classical dance. Her approach is either one of response or escape: the activist responds to society’s injustices and overarching themes; the escapist revels in pure colour, line and composition.

    A lifelong artist and largely self-taught, she studied for three summers (1975-78-81) at The Banff Centre, Alberta, and three stints at Studio Escalier in Paris and Argenton, France (2015-15-16). In the interim, she studied under various teachers while pursuing a career in advertising. In the 80’s and again starting in 2006, she has shown in many solo and group exhibitions and has work in private collections in Europe, Canada and the US.

  • Shows/recognition

     

     

     

    recent exhibitions

     

    2022 LightWaterWood Sissiboo Gallery NS

    2019 Passions Galerie 2112, Montreal, QC

    2019 Work of body Victoria Hall Gallery, Westmount, QC

    2018 Obligate Seeder Solo, paintings&poems, Galerie ERGA, Montréal, QC

    2017 Cadence Group, Galerie EK Voland, Montreal, QC

    2016 Perce-voir, Duo, Galerie 1040, Montréal, QC

    2016 Cadence Group, Galerie EK Voland, Montreal, QC

    2015 Kingston Portrait Prize Exhibition

    Group, Kingston, ON, Fredericton, NB, Drummondville, QC

    2014 Coincidence Solo, Victoria Hall Gallery, Westmount, QC

    2014 Arboretum Duo, GalerieEspace, Montreal, QC

    2012 Minitudes Group, Galerie 2456, Montreal, QC

    2012 Tons de terre Group, Studio Shatilla, Montreal, QC

    2012 Victoria Hall Group Group, Victoria Hall Gallery, Westmount, QC

    2012 Souvenirs Group, Atelier Quartz, Montreal, QC

    2011 4X1 Group, Galerie 2456, Montreal, QC

     

    recognition

     

    2015 Kingston Portrait Prize, Canada - selected finalist

    2015 BP Portrait Prize, London, UK – shortlisted

    2014 BP Portrait Prize, London, UK – shortlisted

     

    publications

     

    2022 ROOM Magazine 45.2

    2018 Circle Arts Quarterly Magazine

    2016 INDA 10 International Drawing Annual

    Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH, US

    2016 INPA 6 International Painting Annual

    Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati OH, US

     

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