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Jan Wade grew up in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], Ontario, in a close-knit Black community. She cites her local [[African Methodist Episcopal Church]] as a formative cultural influence. Wade attended the [[OCAD University|Ontario College of Art and Design]] in [[Toronto]], 1972-1976, before moving to [[Vancouver]] in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jan Wade |url=https://www.monicareyesgallery.com/jan-wade.html |website=MÓNICA REYES GALLERY |access-date=12 February 2023 |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Awards == |
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Revision as of 19:20, 12 February 2023
Jan Wade is a Vancouver-based Canadian artist known for her work in mixed-media assemblage, painting, sculpture and textiles. Wade draws inspiration from her personal history as a Black Canadian woman with a mixed cultural background. In 2022 her solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery was the first by a Black female artist in the history of that institution.[1]
Early life and education
Jan Wade grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, in a close-knit Black community. She cites her local African Methodist Episcopal Church as a formative cultural influence. Wade attended the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, 1972-1976, before moving to Vancouver in 1983.[2]
Awards
Wade was honoured with a VIVA Award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts in 2022.[3]
Wade's work is in the collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario (2022/7065, Blood in the Soil, sculpture)
notes https://www.aci-iac.ca/online-exhibitions/jan-wade-soul-power/ Wikidata property: Q28874038 Part of WiR Black Lunch Table February: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/Black_Lunch_Table
- ^ Thomson, John (9 August 2021). "Soul Power". Galleries West. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Jan Wade". MÓNICA REYES GALLERY. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "2022 - Jan Wade - The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation". The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.