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Jane Kidd RCA (born 1952 in Victoria, British Columbia) is an award-winning Canadian textile artist based out of Salt Spring Island, Canada.[1]

Jane Kidd
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Victoria, British Columbia
Known forTapestry artist
AwardsSaidye Bronfman Award
2016
Alberta Craft Council Award of Excellence
2008
ElectedRoyal Canadian Academy of Art
2001
Websitewww.janekidd.net

Biography

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Education and early life

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Kidd studied at the University of Victoria and Vancouver School of Art.[2]

Teaching

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Kidd taught in the Fibre program of the Alberta College of Art and Design from 1979 - 2010 and was recognized as Lecturer Emeritus in 2013.[2] Kidd has presented on her work at the Canadian Crafts Federation Symposium and The Textile Society of America Symposium.[3][4]

Artwork

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While originally educated in modernist aesthetics, Kidd's primary medium is hand-woven tapestry.[5] Her work explores historical and contemporary issues such as material culture, the handmade, and the environment.[6][7] Many of the images in her work reflect the colors, places, and objects she has seen thorugh her travels.[8]

In the mid-1980s her work used abstract shapes and symbols to create a sense of movement through space. Over time Kidd's work incorporated architectural shapes like arches and stairways, along with elements from nature such as bones, leaves, and flames.[8] Her work in the 1990s continued to incorporate images of everyday objects including jewelry, feathers, flowers, and tools.[8]

Kidd's artwork is held in public and private collections including the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, the Canada Council Art Bank, The Canadian Museum of History, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.[9] Her artwork has been exhibited in groups and solo exhibitions around the world including The United States, Canada, Hungary, Australia, Austria, and Japan.[10]

Handwork Series: to the bone, in the blood, from the heart (fragments 1-9)[11]
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This series involves a set of nine tapestries each 50 x 35 cm in size. The tapestries were a mix of textile materials including wool, cotton, rayon, silk, and metal thread woven on high-warp looms. The series was first shown in September 2003 at Calgary's Stride Gallery.[12] The artwork mixes traditional tapestry processes with modernist aesthetics. The tapestries are highly patterned and brightly colored.[12] Throughout the tapestries, Kidd uses images of hands juxtaposed against historical textile styles.[11] The series toured the Kamloops Art Gallery, Alberta Craft Council Gallery, and the Prime Gallery.[12]

Public art commissions

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Incantation: The Senses
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Text that appears within Jane Kidd's "Incantation: The Senses"

PLEASURE BITTTER CARESS SILENT VIBRATION GLARE SWEET FETID SALTY BLUR TICKLE SOUR ROUGH BURN MOIST STING SOFT CLEAR RANCID SMOOTH ICY PERFUMED LOUD ITCH STROKE MELODIOUS PINCH GRITTY DREAD PAIN FRAGRANT JUICY FLUTTER NUZZLE PUTRID RESONATE

Incantation: The Senses was comissioned by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Arts Branch of Alberta Community Development and installed permanently in the Capital Arts Building in Edmonton, Canada in 2006.[13] The artwork is a textile mural made of wool, cotton, rayon, and silk[14] and measures at 1.67 meters tall and 4 meters wide.[13] The artwork is divided into two sections. The first section is a smaller, rectangular piece with a checkerboard pattern and a blue border with warm toned swirls around it. Inside the checkerboard there is a series of words relating to the senses. The text is woven with an auxillary thread and is slightly raised above the sirface. The second part of the artwork is a larger piece that has the same border as the smaller piece and contains images that relate to the five senses. The overall theme of the artwork is a celebration of the human senses[13]

Parkland
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Parkland was created in 2004 for the Collicutt Centre in Red Deer, Canada.[15] The piece is primarily made of wool[15] and measures at 5.5 by 2.4 meters.[16] The artwork was created over an eight month period. The piece depicts three main scenes. The first is a windy sky with kites flying in it. The second is a collection of parkland flowers and leaves falling across and light background. The last section is several patchworked images of land and water. Across the bottom of the image there is also the image of a canoe on a river.[15]

Other selected works

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Exhibitions

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Selected Solo Exhibitions

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  • Jane Kidd: Curious, Mount Saint Vincent University Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia (June 23rd to August 26th, 2018)[23]
  • Handwork, Stride Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta (September 5th to October 4th, 2003)[24]
  • Jane Kidd - Recent Tapestries, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan (1996)[25]
  • Jane Kidd: Journey, Ten Years, Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta (1994)[26]

Selected Group Exhibitions

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  • Woven by Hand Contemporary Canadian Tapestry, Centre D’Art De La Sarre, La Sarre, Quebec (September 10th to October 25th, 2020)[27]
  • Rebellious: Alberta Women in the 1980’s, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta (November 9th, 2019 to February 16th, 2020)[28]
  • Overandunderandoverandunder… Three Contemporary Canadian Tapestry Artists, Esplanade Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta (December 1st, 2017 to January 26th, 2018)[29]
  • Eye of the Needle, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta (October 7th, 2017 to May 13th, 2018)[30]

Awards and Recognition

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Kidd received the Alberta Craft Council Award of Excellence in 2008, and in 2016 won the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts Saidye Bronfman Award for her contribution to fine craft.[31][32] The Saidye Bronfman Award recognizes those who have made significant contributions to fine crafts development in Canada. The $25,000 award one of the largest fine arts awards for individuals in Canada.[10] Kidd's tapestry works are in the permanent collections of the Glenbow Museum, the Canada Council Art Bank, and the Canadian Museum of Civilization. She is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[33]

References

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  1. ^ "Jane B. Kidd". Cambridge Art Galleries. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Professors/Lecturers Emeritus | Alberta College of Art and Design". acad.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  3. ^ "Final Heirloom Speaker Announced! – Canadian Crafts Federation". canadiancraftsfederation.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  4. ^ Jane, Kidd (2010-01-01). "Handwork as a Conceptual Strategy". Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings.
  5. ^ "Stride Gallery". www.stride.ab.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  6. ^ Mayes, Alison (2011-09-10). "Murder incorporated". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  7. ^ "Eclectic Canadian artists honoured by Governor-General's Awards". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  8. ^ a b c Keene, Susan Warner (1998). "Jane Kidd : Ritual Cloths/Personal Tapestry". Fiberarts. 23 (2): 28.
  9. ^ "Jane Kidd – People – AFA Virtual Museum". alberta.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  10. ^ a b "Jane Kidd". Saidye Bronfman Award. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  11. ^ a b Gogarty, Amy (2004). "Jane Kidd's Handwork Series: Disciplinarity and the Reparative Impulse". Textile. 2 (2): 118–132. doi:10.1080/17518350.2004.11428638.
  12. ^ a b c Salahub, Jennifer (2004). "Jane Kidd: Handwork Series". Artichoke. 16 (3): 23–25.
  13. ^ a b c Building, The Capital Arts; Street, 10540 107; Edmonton; AB; T5h 2y6; Canada. "Incantation: The Senses". Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien. Retrieved 2022-12-05. {{cite web}}: |first2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "INCANTATION: THE SENSES". alberta.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  15. ^ a b c "Public Art at the Collicutt Centre - The City of Red Deer". www.reddeer.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  16. ^ Walters, J. (2016-04-11). "Jane Kidd: Tapestries". Canadian Art Junkie. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  17. ^ "The Power of Slow – Gallery 2A « American Tapestry Alliance". americantapestryalliance.org. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  18. ^ "Precise: Craft Refined | Winnipeg Art Gallery". wag.ca. 2011. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  19. ^ "Jane Kidd: Curious | Kelowna Art Gallery". kelownaartgallery.com. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  20. ^ "Alberta Craft Council - 2009 Unity & Diversity - Unity & Diversity - Jane Kidd". www.albertacraft.ab.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  21. ^ "Curious: an exhibition opening and artist talk by Jane Kidd - Events - Craft Council of British Columbia". Craft Council of British Columbia. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  22. ^ a b c d e "Works – Jane Kidd – People – AFA Virtual Museum". alberta.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  23. ^ "Jane Kidd: Curious". MSVU Art Gallery. 2018-06-08. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  24. ^ "HANDWORK – JANE KIDD | STRIDE GALLERY". www.stride.ab.ca. 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  25. ^ "| Regina Public Library". www.reginalibrary.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  26. ^ Keene, Susan Warner; Gogarty, Amy (1994). Jane Kidd : Journey, Ten Years. Susan Warner Keene, Amy Gogarty, Richard Gordon, Richard Gordon. Calgary, Alta: The Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art. ISBN 978-1-895086-36-2.
  27. ^ "Woven By Hand". Selvedge Magazine. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  28. ^ "Rebellious: Alberta Women Artists in the 1980s | Art Gallery of Alberta". www.youraga.ca. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  29. ^ "Overandunderandoverandunder… 3 Contemporary Tapestry Artists: Murray Gibson, Jane Kidd, Ann Newdigate". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  30. ^ "Eye of the Needle". Meer. 2017-11-16. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
  31. ^ "Alberta Craft Council - Alberta Craft Awards". www.albertacraft.ab.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  32. ^ "The Canada Council for the Arts - Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts". archive.ggavma.canadacouncil.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  33. ^ "Members Since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
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