Curriculum Vitae
JANE ZEDNIK
Born 1953, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
EDUCATION:
1979, M.A. (studio art), University of Saskatchewan
1976, B.F.A. (visual art), York University
1972-3, B.F.A. program, Mount Allison University
WORKSHOPS:
1979-80, The Banff Centre, Winter Workshop Program
AWARDS AND GRANTS:
1985, 1992, Ontario Arts Council Grant
1983, Saskatchewan Arts Board Grant
1978, Saskatchewan Arts Board Grant
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2021, Northumberland Art Gallery, Port Hope
2012, The Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
2010, The Nouveau Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
2009, The Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
2007, The Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
2006, The Nouveau Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
2005, The Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
2003, The Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
2002, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
2001, The Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
1999, The Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
1998, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1997, The Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
1996, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1995, The Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario
1993, The Russell Gallery of Fine Art, Lindsay, Ontario
1993, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1992, The Lindsay Gallery, Lindsay Ontario
1990, Mississauga Civic Centre Art Gallery, Mississauga, Ontario
1990, Whitby Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1987, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1985, Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary, Alberta
1985, Robert Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1983, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1982, Brian Melnychenko Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
1981, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
1980, Susan Whitney Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2020, Great and Small – Works from the Permanent Collection, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, Saskatchewan
2019, The Machine Age, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
2016, Woman’s Work – Art Gallery of Northumberland, The Terri Lipman Collection
2015, Love at First Sight, Morris & Jacqui Schumiatcher Collection, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina
2013, Less is More – Saskatchewan Arts Board, included promotional decal of work
2003, Horizons, Saskatchewan Craft Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
2002, Relationships, Saskatchewan Arts Board Touring Exhibition
2001, This Other Eden, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
2000, Face Forward, Glenbow Museum, Calgary – guest curator author Carol Shields
1995, Encore, Silver Anniversary Celebration, Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1990, Miniature Art, Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1987, People in Canada, Memorial University, St. John’s, Newfoundland, (catalogue)
1986, Juried Show, Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario
1986, Double Takes, Western Development Museum, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (traveling exhibition)
1983, Arts West Fest, Lemarchand Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1983, 2nd Annual Wild West Show, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta (catalogue)
1982, New Views From the West, Gallery Quan, Toronto, Ontario
1982, Saskatchewan Open, Mendel Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1981, Contemporary Art of Alberta, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
1980, Winterworks, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta (catalogue)
1980, View From the Top, Beaver House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
1979, Two Person Exhibition, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
COMMISSIONED WORK:
- 1994, Commissioned painting for book cover, Beyond My Keeping by Elizabeth Philips, published by Coteau Books
- 1991-2004, Commissioned paintings for annual posters for the theatre season for Green Thumb Theatre, Vancouver, B.C.
- 1990, Commissioned painting for book cover, Working Without a Laugh Track by Fred Stenson, published by Coteau Books
- 1989, Commissioned painting for book cover Jumbo Gumbo published by Coteau Books
- 1986, Commissioned painting for the expansion of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario
- 1984, Awarded commission to design a poster for the Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
- 1979, Vision 80: an edition of 45 prints produced for the Saskatchewan Arts Board
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
University of Saskatchewan
The Banff Centre
Esso Resources Corporation
Petro-Canada
Alberta Art Foundation
Guaranty Trust
Norman McKenzie Art Gallery
Husky Oil Corporation
Saskatchewan Arts Board
The Glenbow Museum
Canada Council Art Bank
The Mendel Art Gallery
Saskatchewan Potash Corporation
Dunlop Art Gallery
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
University of Alberta
City of Regina
Nickle Arts Museum
Trent University
OTHER:
- 2012, Painting Buffalo selected used for poster and album cover Boundary Ensemble – Duo 526
- 2008, Painting Forcing the Narcissus, selected poetry collection by Susan Musgrave( McClelland & Stewart)
- 2007, Painting Flying Home selected for front cover of Things Go Flying by Shari Lapena (Touchwood Editions)
- 2006, Painting View From My Window selected by Canada Council Art Bank for use on 2006 Xmas card
- 2005, Various paintings used in movie Doctor Doolittle 3
- 1999-2002, Various artworks used as television station identifiers for SCN, Regina, Saskatchewan Communications Network
- 1993, Paintings, In The House of Adam and Benchman selected for front and back covers respectively for Grain Magazine, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 1993
- 1993, Part of painting Birth of the Redmen selected for cover of The True Life Adventures of Sparrow Drinkwater by Trevor Ferguson (Harper Collins)
- 1993, Painting, Buckhorn Lake selected for cover of Homing Instinct by S.L. Sparling (Harper Collins)
- 1992, Painting, Snick selected for cover of Inventing the Hawk by Lorna Crozier (McClelland & Stewart)
- 1992, Painting Moving to Millbrook selected for cover of Rest Harrow by Janice Kulyk Keefer (Harper Collins)
- 1992, Painting, The Dreamers selected for reproduction by Green Thumb Theatre, Vancouver – used as a poster for the theatre season
- 1991, Painting, Guardian selected for cover of No Man In The House by Cecil Foster (Random House)
- 1989, Painting, Romance selected for cover of Duets by Per Brask and George Szawto (Coteau Books)
- 1989, Painting, Skater selected for cover of The Orange Fish by Carol Shields (Random House)
- 1989, Painting, Gypsy selected for cover of Counsel of the Moon by Dorothy Speak (Random House)
- 1989, Painting, Oshawa Creek selected for cover of Box Garden by Carol Shields (Random House)
- 1989, Painting, Bullrider selected for cover of Cold Rubber Feet by Bruce Taylor (Cormorant Books)
- 1986, Painting, Courtship selected for cover of The Old Dance edited by Bonnie Bernard (Coteau Books)
- 1986, Painting, The Last Elephant selected for cover of What We Bring Home by Judith Krause (Coteau)
- 1985, Paintings used in a television series called Canadian Literature in the program entitled Perspectives by Access Network, Calgary, Alberta
- 1985, Painting, Trying to Fly selected for cover of Various Miracles by Carol Shields (General)
- 1985, Paintings, Going to Regina and Sunrise Sheep selected for cover of Prairie Jungle (Thundercreek)
- 1984, Painting, The Bath selected for cover of Alibi by Robert Kroetsch (General)
- 1984, Painting, Pandora’s Box selected for cover of A Bolt of White Cloth by Leon Rooke (General)
- 1984, Painting, Approaching Spring selected for cover of The Kissing Man by George Elliot (General)
Employed as visual arts instructor University of Saskatchewan, The Banff Centre, and Robert McLaughlin Gallery.
Juror for Manitoba Arts Council grants division, as well as juror for juried art exhibitions Saskatchewan and Ontario - most recent 2013 East Central Ontario Art Association.
Selected Publications/Reviews:
August 2006 – Galleries West, Life or Something Like It
http://www.gallerieswest.ca/topics/jane_zednik/review
April 2000, The Search for Home - Face Forward: Six Canadians Confront the Millennium
http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2000/0420/art1.htm
Border Crossings, "Two Fantasists: Ann Smith and Jane Zednik" , Arthur Adamson, Volume 2, #2, 52-53
Home Truths – A Celebration of Family Life by Canada’s Best-Loved Painters – Joan Murray, Key Porter Books 1998
Encore – The Station Galley Revisited 1995. Catalogue.
Toronto Artist’s Fairy Tales Critique Contemporary Society Leader-Post, Regina March 1993
Jane Zednik – Recent Paintings 1990 – The Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario. Catalogue
Paintings of People – Memorial University Art Gallery, St. John’s Newfoundland, 1987.
Catalogue
The Magical World of Jane Zednik, CityScope Magazine, Summer 85, Calgary
Women's Work, - Jane Zednik, the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, 4-28 July, 1985. Catalogue
2nd Annual Wild West Show – Alberta College of Art Gallery SAIT 1983. Catalogue
Jane Zednik – Sandra Tivy – Vanguard, Volume 14, Number 7 September 1985
Jane Zednik – Arts Manitoba Volume 2, No. 2 Winter 1983
Petro Art in Calgary – Today Magazine April 1982