Janice Kovar
289-680-0507
jkovar3@cogeco.ca
@janice.kovar
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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 Exhibitions
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​2025 The Abstract Idea, Joshua Farm Gallery, Oakville, Ontario
Biennale Juried Exhibition, Glenhyrst, Brantford, Ontario
Hamilton Art Fair, Emergence, Cotton Factory, Hamilton, Ontario
Toronto Outdoor Art Fair 64, Nathan Philips Square, Toronto
A-Side/B Side, Smokestack Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
Carnegie Members Exhibition, Dundas, Ontario
Whirligigs, You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
If You're Looking Ancaster Memorial Theatre, Ancaster
OMG@YMG, You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
Winterblooms, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
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2024 Visionary Voices, Cotton Factory, Hamilton, Ontario
Art Circuit, Back Alley Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
Art of the Build, Cotton Factory, Hamilton, On
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 Hammered Out, 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
Afterimage: Paintings from a Foreign Land John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
Afterimage: Concerning the Eclipse of the Spiritual, Earl's Court Gallery, Ham. Ontario
Afterimage: Continuing Abstraction by Bay Area Artists, Burlington Arts Centre, Ontario
Afterimage: Ad Axiom Gallery, Burlington, 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
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
Graduating Exhibition: Pauline McGibbon Centre, Toronto, 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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