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Jen Mann(1987-) is a notable Canadian artist that currently works and lives in Toronto. Her magical figurative paintings explore the concepts of beauty and wonder.  

Personal Life

Mann was born September 15th, 1987 in Mississauga Ontario, Canada. Mann attended Cawthra Park SS in high school. She went on to OCAD (Toronto) and received her BFA in printmaking.

Works

Mann’s transition from printmaking to painting happened after her graduation from OCAD. The artist herself said that "Painting has always been sort of liberating for me, in comparison to print, which in the end of my four years ended up feeling...overwhelming and too controlled." Mann's first series "Fera" unfolded from this experience of lack of identity. The 2009 series were the first paintings Mann ever made. They dealt with what the artist called "feeling wild, but stifled, feeling trapped and wanting to escape."^[1] In this series, women are paired with wild animals.

The next group of work that Mann created was called "Subconscious Vistas." These surreal, dreamlike paintings highlight images of men and women combined with birds, flowers, gems, and wild colors. The focus in this series is the escape from the everyday and the freedom found in that escape. Mann's series "Gathering of the Psyche" followed "Subconscious Vistas." The series is an entirely white one. Mann said the inspiration for this body of work was the idea that everything is the same, and then nothing at the same time.^[1]

"Chromatic Atrophy" and "Toxic Love" were two shorts series between "Gathering of the Psyche" and Mann's most recent series called "Strange Beauties."

Made in 2013, "Strange Beauties" looks at awkward moments captured in Mann's studio with friends and family. Mann takes these discarded moments and then re-invents them, as they are seen through rose coloured glasses. Mann said that she wanted to see these moments as beautiful and give them importance.^[2]

Mann is currently working on her newest series titled "Q&A." This series is sent to be in a solo show in November 2014 at Neubacher Shor Contemporary. The new series is grappling with identity and the questions one asks him or her self.

Shows

Jenn Mann is represented by NSC in Toronto

Solo Shows

Strange Beauties - NSC - Toronto - Feb-Mar 2013
Gathering of the Psyche - Communication Gallery- Toronto -2012
Daydream Believer - NSC - Toronto - July - 2012
Subconscious Vistas - Gallery 1313, Toronto, Sept 2011

Select Group Shows

Prisma second annual group show, WWA gallery, Culver City, CA - Feb 2014
Supersonic Electronic Invitational III, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA - Jan 2014
Kingston Prize show - Art Gallery of Calgary - Calgary - Nov 2013
Bad Dads - Wes Anderson Themed Show, Spoke Art - SF - CA, Nov 2013
Many Faces (Two person Show) - Compound Gallery - Portland - Oct 2013
Kingston Prize Show - Firehall Theater - Gananoque - ON 2013
Lil bub Group Show - Spoke art - San Francisco CA - Sept 2013
Gauntlet Gallery - Side Effects- San Francisco CA - June 2013
Animal in Me - Subtext Gallery - San Diego USA - Feb 2013
Second Sight - Trifecta Gallery, USA Dec 2012
MILK - fine grime - Bath U.K. - Nov, 2012
Glass, Cinder & Thorns - 323 East Gallery - USA- Nov 2012
Highly Contagious - Gallery Hijinks, San Francisco Sept 2010
Nature Noir - Mahan Gallery, Columbus OH, US,A March 2010
Alice in Wonderland - Canteen Gallery - Ottawa, March 2010
Art for Chilled Hearts - Whippersnapper Gallery- Feb 2010
OCAD + - Annual Thesis Show, OCAD, May 2009
Prints Are Like That – Gallery 1313, Toronto, April 2009
Summer Solstice - Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, July 2008
Blowjobs over Baltimore - our space loft, Toronto, July 2008
Sleep is for dead ppl- Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, May 2008

Awards

Ontario Arts Council - Emerging Artist Grant - 2014
Finalist for the Kingston Portrait Prize - 2013
Curries Art Store Prize- Printmaking 4th year – OCAD 2009
Duncan Macpherson Award - Drawing & Painting OCAD 2008
Sharon Mekur MemorialAward-3rd yr Printmaking OCAD 2008
2nd year award for studio excellence - Printmaking - OCAD - 2007

References

Artist's Website

Toronto Magazine

http://www.artisticmoods.com/jen-mann/

ArtSync Interview

Design Art Magazine

Neubacher Shor Gallery

Electronic Interview Conducted February 22, 2014 by Mary Emily Vatt

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