Janice Kovar
289-680-0507
jkovar3@cogeco.ca
Education
McMaster University, Honours Bachelor of Art and Art History, 1986
Queen's University, Bachelor of Education, 1989
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2019 "Blink", Carnegie Gallery, Hamilton, 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
2023 "This Must be the Place", McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Ontario
"Urban Edge", Earl's Court Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
"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
2021 "Recharge", New Gallery Artists, Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
"Cotton Factory Market", Hamilton, Ontario
2021 "TOAF 60", Online, Toronto, Ontario
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
"ÖMG" @You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2019 "XR Collective" Artist for Climate Change, Spice Factory, Hamilton, Ontario
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." You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
"Whirligigs", You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2015 "How Did I Get Here?" The Contemporaries, You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2014 "Whirligigs", You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
"Artists With Their Work", McMaster Innovation Centre, Hamilton, Ontario
2013 "Members Exhibition", You Me Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
2008 "The Box Show", Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, Ontario
1997 "Self Portraits", Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
"A Public Hanging", Hamilton Eaton Centre, Hamilton, Ontario
1996 "Big Hamilton Paintings", Hamilton Eaton Centre, Hamilton, Ontario
1995 "Educators as Artists", Hamilton Place, Hamilton, Ontario
1994 "Black Suites", Earl's Court Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
"Afterimage: Abstraction", The Moore Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
"In Three Dimensions", Hammer Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
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
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
1988 "Young Contemporaries", Hamilton Artists Inc,, Hamilton, Ontario
"CKOC Arts Hamilton", Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario
1986 "Women's Art Association Exhibition", Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario
Winner - Best in Show
"Summa Exhibition": McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Reviews
"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
Residencies:
Westport Artists Residency - Brier Island, Nova Scotia, 2022
Westport Artists Residency - Brier Island, Nova Scotia, 2019
Book Publications:
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
Work Experience:
Hamilton Wentworth District School Board (1994- 2022)
Head of Arts at MacNab Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario
Collections:
*Private collections in Canada and abroad
*Carnegie Gallery, Dundas, Ontario
Archival Resources:
Hamilton Public Library - Young Contemporaries
(Building Cultural Legacies)
Hamilton Arts and Letters: Autumn Edition 2021 - The Hammer Gallery