Jan Wade (artist)
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]
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. Wade attended the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, 1972-1976, before moving to Vancouver in 1983.[2]
Career
Wade is represented by the Mónica Reyes Gallery in Vancouver and the Richard Saltoun Gallery in London and Rome.
Works
- Blood in the Soil, 2022, collection of the Art Gallery of Ontario [3]
Awards
Wade was honoured with a VIVA Award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts in 2022.[4]
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References
- ^ Thomson, John (9 August 2021). "Soul Power". Galleries West. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Jan Wade". MÓNICA REYES GALLERY. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "AGO acquires 17 new works by 10 artists at Art Toronto". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "2022 - Jan Wade - The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation". The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
Further Reading
- Jan Wade: Soul Power Online exhibition by Vancouver Art Gallery and Art Canada Institute