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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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>
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, where she first encountered Black diasporic traditions such as [[Spirituals|spiritual singing]], [[quilting]] and storytelling.<ref name="SP" /> Wade attended an arts-focused high school in Hamilton and went on to the [[OCAD University|Ontario College of Art and Design]] in [[Toronto]], in 1972. She graduated with honours in 1976 and moved to British Columbia in 1979, first to [[Gibsons]] and eventually 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> She lived for many years in the city's [[Strathcona, Vancouver|Strathcona]] neighbourhood, holding independent shows and sales at her studio in between residencies and formally-organized exhibitions at galleries and art museums.<ref name="SP" />


== Career ==
== Career ==

Revision as of 21:17, 25 February 2023

Jan Wade (b. 1952) 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]

Biography

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, where she first encountered Black diasporic traditions such as spiritual singing, quilting and storytelling.[2] Wade attended an arts-focused high school in Hamilton and went on to the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, in 1972. She graduated with honours in 1976 and moved to British Columbia in 1979, first to Gibsons and eventually to Vancouver in 1983.[3] She lived for many years in the city's Strathcona neighbourhood, holding independent shows and sales at her studio in between residencies and formally-organized exhibitions at galleries and art museums.[2]

Career

Jan Wade's work has been the focus of solo exhibitions including Sanctified/Soul Art (McMaster Museum of Art, January 7-February 18, 2001); Epiphany (Walter Phillips Gallery, August 29-October 16, 1994); and Jan Wade: Soul Power (Vancouver Art Gallery, July 10, 2021-March 13, 2022). Notable international group exhibitions in which she has participated include the first Johannesburg Biennale, in 1995. Wade's travels to Cuba in 1993 and 1994 have been noted as a transformative experience, where she encountered the Santeria religion as a dimension of Black diasporic culture.[2] Wade has held artistic residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts (1994), the Bellagio Center for the Arts and Humanities (2004) and the Elsewhere Living Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina (2015). She is represented by the Mónica Reyes Gallery in Vancouver and the Richard Saltoun Gallery in London and Rome.

Works

Awards

Wade was honoured with a VIVA Award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts in 2022.[6]


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References

  1. ^ Thomson, John (9 August 2021). "Soul Power". Galleries West. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Vancouver Art Gallery (2022). Jan Wade : soul power. Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Art Gallery and Information Office. p. 10. ISBN 9781988860138.
  3. ^ "Jan Wade". MÓNICA REYES GALLERY. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  4. ^ "AGO acquires 17 new works by 10 artists at Art Toronto". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery: Recent Acquisitions". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  6. ^ "2022 - Jan Wade - The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation". The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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