Janet Strayer
Vancouver and Saturna Island, B.C., Canada
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PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
AMEGO FOUNDATION
VGH-UBC FOUNDATION
BURNABY ART MUSEUM
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Recent SOLO EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS: 2020- present (others below)
Jurors Choice Award 2021, Arts Council, Southern Gulf Islands Regional Exhibition
Zack Gallery, Vancouver:Wings of Imagination
Centennial Theatre, N.Vancouver: Being There
Place des Arts, Vancouver: Flow
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Recent INTERNATIONAL JURIED SHOWS 2020- present (selected others below)
Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, 2024, 2023, 2021 and 2020 exhibits
Annual International Representational Exhibit, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, 2024-2020 exhibits
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EDUCATION
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B.A. cum laude Barnard College, Columbia University (New York)
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Fulbright Award
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M.A., and Ph..D. Simon Fraser University (Vancouver), Professor Emerita
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Academy of Realist Art (Toronto)
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Instituto Allende and Bellas Artes (Mexico)
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Emily Carr Diploma Program (Vancouver)
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Capilano Advanced Arts Certificate (Vancouver)
ART REPRESENTED by
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Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver (Art Rental Collection)
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Saatchi Art Online, Artist Recognition citation
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Federation of Canadian Artists
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Singulart ​​​
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PRESS and VIDEO INTERVIEWS
2022 Southern Gulf Islands Tourism video (BC)
2021 Art2Life video, Inspiration Focus (International)
2019 Vita publication, Close-Up on Art (BC)
2014 Sin Fronteras newspaper (BC)
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Selected ART EXHIBITIONS (*Solo or Award)
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Painting on the Edge, International Juried Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, July-Aug., 2024
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Abstracted, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, 2024
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Painting on the Edge, International Juried Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, July-Aug., 2023
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Abstracted, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, 2023
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*Jurors Choice Award, Southern Gulf Islands Art, 2021
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Painting on the Edge, International Juried Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, July-Aug., 2021
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Annual International Representational Exhibit, Juried, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Sept. 2020
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​Painting on the Edge, International Juried Exhibition, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, Dec-Jan. 2020
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*Wings of Imagination, Zack Gallery, Nov.2019-Jan.2020
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,*Being There, Centennial Theatre Art Exhibit, Sept.2019-Jan.2020
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*Flow: Nature, Art, and Mind, Place des Arts, Vancouver, Dec-Jan.2019
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*Flow: Envisioning Nature, District Foyer Gallery, North Vancouver, Sept.-Nov, 2018
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*Wings, Waterfront Theatre Gallery, Vancouver, Jan-March 2018
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Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, January 2018
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Painting on the Edge, international curated exhibit, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver, July-Aug, 2017
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* Earthward, Saturna Island, B.C., March, 2017;
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Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, January, 2017
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*Esprit, Saturna Island, B.C., October2016-January,2017
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*2016-present: Recognized Artist status commendation by Saatchi Online curators,
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Festa 2016, Group Show, Acqualoreto Culture, August, 2016, Umbria, Italy (2016 was spent in Europe)
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*Huaca: Spirit of Place, North Vancouver Arts Council, District Library Gallery, Aug.-Sept.29, 2015
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* Of Fables and Myths, Saturna Island, April-July, 2015
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Artists in Our Midst, Roundhouse Exhibit, May, 2015
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Cerulean, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, Feb., 2015
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Art Rental Show, Cityscape Gallery, North Vancouver, Jan. 2015
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*Praise, Britannia Centre, Vancouver, Jan. 2015
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*Finalist, Fire and Ice, Artscene Today, 2014, Dec. 2014
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Pieced Together, The Cultch, Vancouver, BC, Nov-Dec, 2014
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*Animal Lovers, Jericho Art Center, Vancouver, BC, June, 2014
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Artists in Our Midst, Roundhouse Exhibit, May, 2014
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Federation of Canadian Artists, Abstracts juried show, March, 2014
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Jansen Art Center Fall Exhibit, Lynden, WA., 2013
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Insight Gallery Group Show, Galiano Island, Sept., 2013
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Federation of Canadian Artists, Abstracts juried show, Jan., 2013
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Artists In Our Midst, Roundhouse Exhibit, Vancouver, May, 2012
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*Child Out of Time Reborn, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, April 3-22, 2012
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Federation of Canadian Artists, Landscape, juried show, Feb., 2012
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Federation of Canadian Artists Abstract, juried show, Feb., 2012
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Federation of Canadian Artists Works on Paper, juried show, Jan., 2012
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Federation of Canadian Artists Autumn Salon juried show, Oct.,2011
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Federation of Canadian Artists Still-Life juried show, Sept., 2011
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Painting on the Edge! International Juried Show, Aug.-Sept., 2011
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Invited Group Show, Acqualoreto Cultural Festival,, Umbria, Italy, August, 2011
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*First Place in The Artist's Magazine all-media juried international competition, 2010
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*Finalist, Figurative Art, ArtScene Today, 2011
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*Child Out of Time, Zack Gallery, Vancouver, June 2010
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Featured Artist, Artists in Our Midst, May, 2010
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2005-2009 Group Shows: Simon Fraser Art Gallery; Burnaby Art Gallery; Grand Forks Art Gallery, Seymour Art Gallery
ART in PUBLICATIONS & VIDEOS
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author, Creative Life News online art and travel essays
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2018 on Vimeo: Child Out of Time, a narrated video-animation with music
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2016 on Vimeo: Incantations (In Search of the Miraculous)
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Author of regular column series, "Artist En Route", in Art Avenue magazine 2015-2016
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Featured painting "Little Adolf" in Vancouver Opera's online page promoting the opera, "Stickboy" (2015)
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Featured artwork, full page in Barnard Magazine (New York, 2014)
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Featured artwork in International Contemporary Artists, Vol.VII (2013)
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Featured artwork in Strokes of Genius 4 , North Light Books (2012), American Artist magazine
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Federation of Canadian Artists online publications
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INVITED PUBLIC ART PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
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Unlocking Visual Creativity workshop. Ptarmigan Society, B.C., 2017
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Wrestling the Angel:Creativity in Art and Science. Conference on Art and Culture,Simon Fraser University, B.C.
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Digital Technology and Traditional Art-Making: How Art Begets Art. Seymour Art Gallery, B.C.
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ART DONATIONS
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art donations and fundraising events for arts, culture, community, and humanitarian development
