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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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
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2023 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
"ÖMG" @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." You Me Gallery, 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:
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- 2021)
Head of Arts at MacNab Secondary School, Hamilton, Ontario
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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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Upcoming Exhibitions:
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Carnegie Gallery - Solo Exhibition (May) 2024
You Me Gallery - Whirligigs(September) 2023
Carnegie Gallery - Members Exhibition (August) 2023
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Photograph from McMaster Museum of Art - This Must be the Place, Contemporaries, 2023
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