Janice Kovar
289-680-0507
jkovar3@cogeco.ca  

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Education 

McMaster University, Honours Bachelor of Art and Art History, 1986

Queen's University, Bachelor of Education, 1989

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

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2024     Carnegie Gallery, BETWEEN THE LINES- May, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

2019      Blink, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas,  Ontario     

               Absent/Presence, Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton, Ontario     

2017      New Works, Cotton Factory, Open Studio, Hamilton, Ontario

2016      Convergence,  Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, Hamilton, Ontario

1996      New Works, Open Studio, Hamilton, Ontario

1994      Selected Work, Wordsmith Gallery, Hamilton Gallery

1993      The Fifth Kingdom,  Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

               Small Works,  Dofasco Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

1992      Recent Work, The Hammer Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

1991       Scratching the Surface,  Starkman Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

1989      Tectonic Shifts, Dofasco Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

1988      Works on Paper,  Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario

1987      The Figure,  Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

Selected Group and Juried Exhibition

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2024    

                Visionary Voices, Cotton Factory, Hamilton, Ontario

                Art of the Build, Cotton Factory, Hamilton, Ontario

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2024     OMG@YMG, YouMe Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

               Art Intelligence,  Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario  

 2023   Ties that Bind,  Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, Hamilton, Ontario 

              Swarm,  Hamilton Artists Inc., Members Exhibition, Hamilton, Ontario

              Members Exhibition,  Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

              Whirligigs,  You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

              TOAF62, Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto, Ontario  

              This Must be the Place,  McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario

              Urban Edge,  Earl's Court Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

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2022     Swarm, Hamilton Artists Inc. Hamilton, Ontario

               Small is Good, Centre 3, Hamilton, Ontario

               Building Cultural Legacies, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario 

               Collage Works, BackAlley Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

               Art in Bloom, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

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2021     Recharge, New Gallery Artists, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

              Cotton Factory Market, Hamilton, Ontario

              TOAF 60 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Online

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2020    Carnegie Gallery Craft, Carnegie Juried Show, Dundas, Ontario

              Whirligigs, You Me Gallery, Hamilton Ontario

              Hamilton Artists Inc, Members Exhibition, Hamilton, Ontario

              Small is Good - Centre Three, Hamilton, Ontario 

              OMG @You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario 

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2019     XR Collective  Artist for Climate Change, Spice Factory, Hamilton, Ontario

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2018     Selected Group Exhibition, Cotton Factory, Hamilton, Ontario

              Group Exhibition L'Etranger, Hamilton, Ontario 

              Two - Person Exhibition- Janice Kovar, Paul Enright, L'Etranger, Hamilton, Ontario

2017      OMG@YMG, Hamilton, Ontario 

              Whirligigs, You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

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2015      How Did I Get Here? The Contemporaries, You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

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2014      Whirligigs, You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

               Artists With Their Work, McMaster Innovation Centre, Hamilton, Ontario 

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2013      Members Exhibition,  You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

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2008     The Box Show, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario

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1997      Self Portraits, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

               A Public Hanging, Hamilton Eaton Centre, Hamilton, Ontario

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1996      Big Hamilton Paintings, Hamilton Eaton Centre, Hamilton, Ontario

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1995     Educators as Artists, Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario

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1994     Black Suites, Earl's Court Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

              Afterimage: Abstraction, The Moore Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

              In Three Dimensions, Hammer Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

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1993     Young Canadian Painters, Galleria d'art Marabella, Barcelona, Spain 

              Paintings from a Foreign Land - Afterimage, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

              On the Edge, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

              The Cinema Show, Broadway Cinema, Hamilton, Ontario

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1991      The Young Contemporaries, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

              Continuing Abstraction by Bay Area Artists, Mississauga Art Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario

              The Go Show, Hamilton Liuna Station, Hamilton, Ontario 

              On the Ides, Young Contemporaries, Hammer Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

              Afterimage:Abstraction, Burlington Cultural Centre, Burlington, Ontario

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1988     Young Contemporaries, Hamilton Artists Inc,, Hamilton, Ontario

               CKOC Arts Hamilton, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario

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1986      Women's Art Association Exhibition, Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario

               Winner - Best in Show

               Summa Exhibition: McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario

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Reviews

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"Ever Young - The Contemporaries Back at the Beginnings" Jeff Mahoney, 2023

"Young Contemporaries - A Reunion Show", Hamilton Spectator, Regina Haggo, 2016

"Kovar and Enright - Interactive Art", Go Magazine, 1994

"On the Edge - Artistic Visions of a Shrinking Landscape", Boston Mills Press,( Book) 1993

"Around the Galleries", Hamilton Spectator, Jeff Mahoney, 1993

"Kovar's Work Riveting at the Hammer Gallery," Hamilton Spectator, Jeff Mahoney, 1992

"Making Their Mark", Paul Benedetti, Hamilton Spectator, 1992

"Young at Art", The Contemporaries, Hamilton Spectator, 1991

"Artscape", Paul  Benedetti, Hamilton Spectator, 1992

"Afterimage: Abstraction Show at BCC", Hamilton Spectator, Lois Crawford, 1991

"Carrying the Torch", - Broadway Displays Compelling Abstracts,  Hamilton Spectator, Jeff Mahoney

"Art That's Worth Saving", Hamilton Spectator, 1992

"Artlines", Kingston Publication, Benjamin Darrah, 1990

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Residencies

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Westport Artists Residency - Brier Island, Nova Scotia, 2022

Westport Artists Residency - Brier Island, Nova Scotia, 2019

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Book Publications

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Dundas Valley School of Art - Artists Connections  (Incite Foundation for the Arts) 2019

On the Edge, Boston Mills, - Artistic Visions of a Shrinking Landscape, 1993

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Work Experience

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Hamilton Wentworth District School Board  (1994- 2022)

Head of Arts at MacNab Secondary School, Visual Arts Teacher, Hamilton, Ontario

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Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts, Artist Educator (2024 to present) Artist in the Neighbourhood (Early Learning Child Centres) - St. Matthews House, Fieldcote Museum

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Collections

*Private collections in Canada and abroad

*Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario

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Archival Resources

Hamilton Public Library /Art Gallery of Hamilton- Young Contemporaries

(Building Cultural Legacies)

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Hamilton Arts and Letters: Autumn Edition 2021 - The Hammer Gallery

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