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Bio: Janine Wheeler is a Canadian artist residing and working in Utopia, Ontario. She received her BFA, majoring in Drawing and Painting, from OCAD University (Toronto, ON) in 2016, after completing a diploma in Fine Arts at Georgian College (Barrie, ON) in 2014. Her studio practice is primarily oil and acrylic painting on Yupo paper. Working predominantly within abstraction, she is interested in creating and revealing intermediary spaces. She has exhibited in group exhibitions throughout Ontario, with a solo exhibition at the Aurora Cultural Centre (Aurora, ON) in 2018. In 2022, she received a Research and Creation grant from the Canada Council for the Arts. Her work is held in private collections throughout Canada and the United Kingdom. Artist Statement: I'm always interested in creating spaces in my work; spaces that can both allude to the physical or natural world as well as to a sort of mental or invisible space. I'm also very interested in how those two types of spaces overlap in painting so that we are not sure if we are looking at the tangible or intangible. I'm endlessly fascinated with painting's ability to create illusion and depth, and in my own work: an environment. I want my work to float in obscurity while also nodding the viewer gently toward a feeling of knowing; a connection with something greater, contemplating the forms within the painting. |
Image: Montana Lee Photography
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Janine Wheeler
B. 1993, Alliston, ON
EDUCATION
2025 B.Ed. - Lakehead University, Orillia, ON
2016 BFA, major in Drawing and Painting (with distinction) - OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2014 Fine Arts Advanced Diploma (with honours) - Georgian College, Barrie, ON
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022 Canada Council for the Arts - Research and Creation Grant (Early Career Artist)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Through Thick & Thin, Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON (curated by Stephanie Nicolὸ)
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 George Szabo & Janine Wheeler, Quest Art School + Gallery, Midland Cultural Centre, Midland, ON
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON (juried by Amy Bagshaw & Sue Miller)
2022
41st Juried Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, ON
Our Own Backyard: Pop-up Artist Instructor Exhibition, Gallery 3, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2021
Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia, ON
2020
Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art and History, Orillia, ON
Paper 2020, Lee Contemporary, Orillia, ON
2019
Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art and History
Ex Libris, MacLaren Faculty Exhibition, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
TD Thor Wealth Management Juried Exhibition, Quest Art, Midland, ON - juried by Olga Korper, Miklos Legrady, Carrie Shibinsky
Out of the Blue, Good Sport, London, ON
Paper III, Lee Contemporary, Orillia, ON
2018
Why The &%#! Do You Paint: All those Lines, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
A Sense of Place: MacLaren Faculty Exhibition, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
Saturate, co-curated by Shannon Taylor-Jones and Frances Sousa, Beaver Hall Gallery, Toronto, ON
2017
Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed, Orillia Museum of Art and History
Why The &%#! Do You Paint: All The Colour, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
one after the other, three-person show with Shannon Taylor-Jones & Julia Szabo, Neilson Park Creative Centre, Etobicoke, ON
2016
Experiencing Perspectives, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Mississauga, ON
Works on Paper, Project Gallery, Toronto, ON
Other Worlds, co-curated by Anda Kubis and Jana Macalik, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Toronto, ON
GRADEX 101, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto, ON1
Festival of the Body, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto, ON
Where Are You Really From?, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, ON
Draw to Perform, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto, ON
2014
Scholarship Show, School of Design and Visual Arts Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
It's About Time!, Third Year Exhibition with Caren Roy & Natasha Fligg, Marlow Framing & Art Gallery, Barrie, ON
2013
Beauty: Concealed/Treasured/Unearthed, Three-person show with Heather Brassington & Kirsten Meiszinger, Zephyr Art Gallery, Orillia, ON
Scholarship Show, School of Design and Visual Arts Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
Emanate, School of Design and Visual Arts Campus Gallery, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
International Art Exchange and Exhibition, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
AUCTIONS
2025
Benefactor Art Exchange, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2024
Off the Hook Auction, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2023
Benefactor Art Exchange, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2022
Benefactor Art Exchange, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2021
Get Hooked, Online Auction, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
In Support of Women, Online Charity Auction: Planned Parenthood and ACLU Texas, Greenhouse Auctions, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Off The Hook Art Auction, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
Benefactor Art Exchange, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2018
Off The Hook Art Auction, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
Benefactor Art Exchange, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2017
Off The Hook Art Auction, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2016
Auction in support of Jaida's Challenge, Annual 3 Stooges Golf Tournament, Silver Brooke Golf Course, Lisle, ON
The Big Draw, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto, ON
The Small Draw, Ontario College of Art & Design University, Toronto, ON
LOANS
2019-2021
selected works, Syed & Associates Professional Corporation, Barrie, ON
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2018
Weir, Brock. "Nature gets artist through Thick and Thin", The Auroran, 9 Nov 2018.
Why the &%#! Do You Paint? All Those Lines Exhibition Catalogue, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
2016
Experiencing Perspectives Exhibition Catalogue, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, Mississauga, ON
Other Worlds Exhibition Catalogue, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Toronto, ON
Seek Forward OCADU Drawing & Paining Catalogue for GRADEX101, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
2020
Visiting Alumni Artist, second year student critiques, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
2019-2023
Instructor, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2017-2018
Guest Artist, (painting workshop and exhibition tour), Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, ON
Studio Assistant, Van Go programme, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
Gallery Attendant, MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
2013-14
Student Volunteer, student installation team for Campus Gallery exhibitions, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
Student Print Technician, drypoint edition for Sadko Hadzihasanovic, Georgian College, Barrie, ON
