Janieta Eyre (b. 1971, England)

 

Education

1991-95 Studies in photography, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, CA

1989 Studies in Magazine Journalism, Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, CA

1988 Philosophy & English, University of Toronto, Toronto, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2021 An Auto-Biography of the Unnatural, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2013 Selected Poems, Mulherin+Pollard NYC, US

2013 I should have begun with this, photo-paintings, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, CA

2013 Toronto Arts Council, UTAC,Toronto, CA

2013 The Mute Book, Katherine Mulherin Gallery, Toronto, CA

2012 The Mute Book, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montréal, CA

2009 FotograficaBogota, Bogota, CO

2009 In the scream of things, Centre Vu, QuebecCity, CA

2008 In the scream of things, Begona MaloneGallery, Madrid, ES

2008 In the scream of things, Art Mur, Montreal, CA

2006 Janieta Eyre, Salamanca,  DA2,Ciudad de Cultura, ES 

2005 What I Haven’t Told You, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA

2005 Janieta Eyre B&D StudioContemporanea, Milan, IT

2004 New work, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, CA

2003 Natural History Museum, Dazibao, Montreal

2002 Motherhood & Natural History Museum, Cristine Rose Gallery, New York, US

2002 Staging, Contemporary Art MuseumSt.Louis, US

2002 Motherhood & Natural History Museum, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA

2000 Lady Lazarus, Francesco Girondini Arte Contemporanea, Verona, IT 

2000 Lady Lazarus, Diane Farris, Vancouver, CA

1999 Lady Lazarus, Cristine rose Gallery, NewYork, US

1999 The National Gallery of Art (catalogue), Reykjavik, IS 

1999 Black Eye, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA

1999 Lady Lazarus, The Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, CA

1999 Absolute Los Angeles International BiennialInvitational, Frumkin/Duvall Gallery, Santa Monica, US

1998 WhitewaterGallery, North Bay, Ontario, CA

1997 3/4 Blind, Galleria Civica d’ArteContemporanea di Siracusa, Siracusa, IT, curated by D. Paparoni

1997 3/4 Blind,Cristine Rose Gallery, New York, US (catalogue)

1997 3/4 Blind, Diane Farris, Vancouver, CA

1997 3/4 Blind, Garnet Press Gallery,Toronto, CA

1997 3/4 Blind, Absolute Los Angeles International Biennial, Sherry Frumkin Gallery, Santa Monica, US

1997 Gallery 101, Ottawa, CA

1995 Incarnations, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, CA

 

Selected group exhibitions, Review, Awards & Collections

2024 The Empty Church, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2023 Director’s Choice, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2019 The Created Image, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA
2011 Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, CA

2011 Grafik Apparel, London Print Studio, London, UK

2011 Donne Donne Donne, curated by Francesca Pasini, Fondazione Remotti, Camogli, Genova, IT

2011 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA

2010 Art Gallery Of Ontario, Toronto, CA

2010 FAT, Alternative Fashion Festival, Toronto, CA

2010 “Drowning Ophelia”, Stratford Gallery, curated by Carla Garnet, CA

2010 Verbeke Foundation, “Certified Copy” curated by Simon Delobel, BE

2009 ArtInstitute of Boston, Lesley University, Boston, US

2009  The Evil Twin, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, CA
2008 Christmas Party, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA

2008 Mcdonald Stewart Art Centre, Guelph, CA
2007 20th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA

2007 Sound and Vision, Canadian Cultural Centre, Paris, FR

2007 Growing wild, Andreiana Mihail Gallery, Bucharest, RO, curated byJane Neal

2007 Growing wild, Kontainer Gallery, LA

2007 Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey, US

2007 New acquisitions, Surrey Art Gallery,Victoria, CA
2006 20th Anniversary Group Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA

2006 Darkness Ascends curated by David Liss, MOCCA, Toronto, CA 

2006 Sound and Vision, curated by Stephane Aquin, David Moos and Kitty Scott, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, CA

2006 Art Mur Gallery, Montreal, CA

2006 Faking Death, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, US

2005 Perdere la testa, Arte Centro Lattuada Studio, Milano, IT

2005 The Terminal Show, curated by  David Liss, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, CA

2005 Galleria Begona Malone, Madrid, ES

2005 Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver, CA

2005 Neo-Baroque, Salamanca, Ciudad de Cultura, Fundación Municipal, ES
2004 TAAFI, Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, Toronto, CA

2004 The Amazing and the Immutable, Florida Contemporary Art Museum, US

2004 Curated by David Moos, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, CA

2004 Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, US

2004 XXX…Summer Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA

2004 Revisiting History, Cristinerose/Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, US

2004 The Connect the Dots Tour, CBC RADIO 3, across Canada tour
2003 The Photography Show, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto, CA

2003 How Human: Life in the Post-Genome Era, International Centre for Photography, New York, US

2003 Confluence: Contemporary Canadian Photography, Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, CA

2003 In Faccio al Mondo curated by Matteo Fochessati, Museo di Villa Croce, IT
2003 FIFA: International Festival of Film on Art, Montreal, CA

2003 Not Myself, screening curated by James Bewley New Langton Arts, San Francisco, US

2003 Three Twins, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, New Jersey, US

2002 Mask and Metamorphosis, curated by Shirley Madill, Art Gallery of Hamilton, CA

2002 John Michael Kohler Arts Centre, Sheboygan, US

2002 Twins, Soo Visual Arts Centre, Minneapolis, US

2001 Generazionale curated by Beatrice Buscaroli Fabbri, Basilica Palladiana, Vicenza, IT

2001 Metamorphosis and Cloning, curated by Sandra Grant Marchand, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, CA

2001 Uncommon Threads, curated by Sean M. Ulmer, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, US 

2001 The Big ID, curated by Elise Goldberg, James Cohan Gallery, New York, US 

2001 Is Seeing Believing? The Real, The Surreal, The Unreal in Contemporary Photography, curated by Dennis Weller and Janis Goodman, The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, US

2000 Corpus in Fabula, curated by Alberto Fiz and Emanuela Gandini, Fondazione Bandera per l’Arte, Busto Arsizio (Verese), IT

2000 Man + Space: Kwanju Biennale 2000, curated by Thomas Finkelpearl, Kwanju, Korea, North America 

2000 Shifting Sites, curated by Andrea Kunard (touring), Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, CA

2000 Wear Your Hybridization, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Sbaiz Spazio Arte, Lignano Sabbiadoro, IT 

1999 Group Show, Annina Nosei Gallery, NewYork, US

1999 Wrapped Up!, Frumkin / Duvall Gallery, Santa Monica, US

1999 Rosso Vivo (Deep Red), curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Padiglione D’Arte Contemporanea (PAC), Milan, IT

1999 In Your Face, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, US

1999 Fondazione Di Studi di Storia dell’Arte Roberto Longhi, Florence, IT

1998 Liberamente – La Figurazione del Sentimento, curated by Alice Rubbini and Peter Weiermair, Palazzo del Capitano, Cesena, IT

1998 Welcome, curated by Renato Bianchini, Associazione Culturale IDRIA,Citta’ Sant’Angelo, Pescara, IT

1998 Disidentico: Maschile, Femminile e Oltre, curated by Achille B. Oliva, Palazzo Branciforte, Palermo, IT

1998 Rumors, curated by Francesca Alfano Miglietti, Milan, IT

1998 Light on the New Millennium, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, KR

1998 Photology Gallery, Milan, IT

1998 Voges +Deisen Gallery, Frankfurt, DE

1998 Singular Mysterieso (Three person show), Robischon Gallery, Denver, US

1997 Here’s Looking at me Kid; Artists look at Themselves, Art Gallery of North York, Ontario, CA

1997 Swoon, Garnet Press Gallery, Toronto, CA

1997 Le Mois de la Photo, Montreal, CA

1997 Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal, CA 

1996-8 Young Contemporaries, London Regional Art Gallery, Ontario, CA 

1996 Private Investigations, Cristine Rose Gallery, New York, US

1995 Proof 2, curated by Gallery 44 collective, Gallery 44, Toronto, CA 

1995 Art for Heart, Linda Genereux Gallery, Casey House Auction, CA

1994  Open House, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, CA

1994 Head by Wiggy, curated by Anne Elizabeth O’Brien, Toronto, CA

1994 Gallery ‘76, Toronto, CA

Art Fairs

2020 Art Toronto – Online, Toronto, CA
2019 Art Miami, Miami, US
2007 FIAC, International Art Fair, Paris, FR
2007 Art Chicago, Chicago, US
2005 Art Fair Cologne, Cologne DE
2005 ARCO, Madrid, ES
2004 TAAFI, Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, Toronto, CA
2004 Scope London, London, UK 

2004 Art Toronto, Canada’s Art Fair, Toronto, CA

 

Select Reviews/Book chapters/covers/portfolio

2013 NOW coverMay 28. 2013 and review

2013Everett-Green, Robert The unseen observer, observed, The Globe and Mail May 16th

2013 Canadian ArtOnline, Janieta Eyre splits with difference, Ashley Johnson, June 18th

2012 Canadian ArtOnline, The Mute Book, by Suzanne Zelazo

2011 DASHmagazine, Janieta Eyre by Francesca Miglietti

2010 Auto-focus,The Self-Portrait in Contemporary Photography by Susan Bright, Monacelli Press

2010 AntiqueChildren, November 30th Doppelgangers portfolio

2009 Paraphiliano.5 Doppelgangers, portfolio

2009 Shots, Fallcover Male/Female

2007  Simpson, K. Janieta Eyre’s Uncanny, LocusSuspectus, cover issue 4

2006  Milroy, S. The Globe and Mail,  Review,  Finding light in darkness, July 19

2006  Poggianti, A. Flash Art,  Janieta Eyre B&D,Feb-Mar 

2006 Bria,Ginevra. EXTRART.  February 

2006 Vergine Lea. Alias, Eyre, una sorellina siamese alla galleria BnDdi Milano, 14 gennaio 

2006 Cobolli,Nicoletta. Arte Eventi,  Eyre, l’immagine e il suo doppio, Gennaio 

2006 Moratto,Rosella. Arte e Critica 45, Janieta Eyre 

2006 Taddei,Stefano. Il Giornale di Reggio.  Il sensso del terrible nelle creazioni di Janieta

2004 La Maquina Contemporanea, Primavera 2004, cover, portfolio, editorial 

2004 Greer McNally, Digital Photography, May. Interview, portfolio 

2004 Mimi Luse, McGill Daily, Faking Photography, issue 9,

2003Cousineau-Levine, Penny, Faking Death, Canadian Art Photography, Coveretc. 

2003 FabiolaNaldi, I’ll be your mirror, chapter “Le maschere di Janieta Eyre,

2003 Cooper & Castelvecchi  Grazia De Palma, Collezione Edge, interview english and italian 

2003 Lamarche,Bernard, Le Devoir, Mises en scène,

2003 April 5th  HIVE, cover and feature article,August 

2002 Goddard,Peter, Toronto Star, Images born to big colour, November 14th 

2002 JeffreyHughes, Art Papers,  St. Louis,July/August 

2001 Art Actuel,North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh. Mais voir, est-ce croire,N.13, March-April, p. 77 

2001 Perra,Daniele, Tema Celeste, Janieta Eyre, January–February, pg. 103 

2001 Siggillino,I., Juliet, n.100, December-January, pg. 61 

2001 Meneghelli,L., Janieta Eyre, Flash Art, n.225, January, pg. 119

2000  Kult, n.11, November, pg. 87

 

Grants/Residency/Awards

Canada CouncilVisual Arts 2016, 2010, 2007, 2005, 2003, 1999, 1997, 1996, 1994

Chalmers Award, 2014

Canada CouncilMedia Arts 2002, 2000

Toronto ArtsCouncil 2006, 1999

Ontario ArtsCouncil  2011, 2001, 1997, 1995

Museum of ModernArt, Dublin, Ireland – Residency 1999

Duke and Duchess of York Award for Photography 1997

 

Collections  

Musee D’Art Contemporain, Montreal  Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto  The National Gallery of Art, Reykjavik,Iceland  Salamanca, Ciudad de Cultura, Fundacion Municipal  Canadian Museum ofContemporary Photography, Ottawa, Opet International, London,  Bailey & Company, Inc., Toronto  Shadow Play, Toronto  Microsoft, Seattle, Washington  The Seymour Collection, Vancouver, BritishColumbia  Macdonald Stewart Art Centre,Guelph, Ontario  Margulies Collection,Miami, Fl.Sobey Art Collection  HartHouse, University of Toronto  Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa and various private collections in United States, Canada and Italy