www.janyates.com
Since moving back to Canada from Southern
California in 1999, Jan Yates has been elected as a member of the
Society of Canadian Artists and Landscape Artists International. Her work is
held in collections throughout North America, Ireland,
Europe and Australia
and she has been awarded several grants from the Ontario Arts Council,
including an international travel grant in 2012.
Yates has also garnered recognition from selected juried exhibitions and was recently awarded a residency from the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland.
Above all else, the land informs the development of Yates’ work. For over a decade the artist has made paintings and constructions directly on rural land near her home on the Niagara Escarpment, a Unesco biosphere reserve. The process of creating on site is integral to Yates as it cultivates an intimate dialogue with the earth’s growth, decay and renewal. The two and three dimensional works are then used as catalysts for in-studio exploration. Jan delves into the connection between her own practice and seasonal growing cycles - with each having faith in what the land will give. Preservation and the importance of maintaining ecological integrity concerning protected land also motivates her work.
Jan Yates has been an influential figure in the regional art scene, contributing her time and ideas to many community endeavours. She has spent five years researching Greenbelt legislation in Southern Ontario and recently expanded her investigations to include rural communities outside of Canada. The culmination is a body of work that reflects and distills a continuous cycle of give and take between preservation and urbanization. Currently the artist is working on a project relating to bird murmuration and migration. Yates continues to teach and her work is represented by the Jordan Art Gallery, of which she is a partner.
Yates has also garnered recognition from selected juried exhibitions and was recently awarded a residency from the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Ireland.
Above all else, the land informs the development of Yates’ work. For over a decade the artist has made paintings and constructions directly on rural land near her home on the Niagara Escarpment, a Unesco biosphere reserve. The process of creating on site is integral to Yates as it cultivates an intimate dialogue with the earth’s growth, decay and renewal. The two and three dimensional works are then used as catalysts for in-studio exploration. Jan delves into the connection between her own practice and seasonal growing cycles - with each having faith in what the land will give. Preservation and the importance of maintaining ecological integrity concerning protected land also motivates her work.
Jan Yates has been an influential figure in the regional art scene, contributing her time and ideas to many community endeavours. She has spent five years researching Greenbelt legislation in Southern Ontario and recently expanded her investigations to include rural communities outside of Canada. The culmination is a body of work that reflects and distills a continuous cycle of give and take between preservation and urbanization. Currently the artist is working on a project relating to bird murmuration and migration. Yates continues to teach and her work is represented by the Jordan Art Gallery, of which she is a partner.
Education
ongoing
Grants and Awards
2012
Residency, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council International Residency Grant, Toronto, ON
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, Toronto, ON
2009
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, Toronto, ON
Recipient, Award, First Place, Tenth Biannual Juried exhibition, Grimsby Public Art
Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2005
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, Toronto, ON
2003
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, Toronto, ON
1999
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, Toronto, ON
Recipient, Peninsula Press Award, St. Catharines Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
1997
Recipient, Award, Excellence in Oil Painting, Grimsby Festival of Art, Grimsby, ON
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012
Rags for those Loved, Intentions from Ireland. Outdoor public installation in conjunction with Niagara Nights of Art, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
Greenbelt Harvest Picnic, Hamilton Conservation Authority, Dundas, On
2011
Seasons of the Land, Grimsby Public Library, Niagara, ON 2010
Niagara Escarpment, Sunrise Gallery, Hamilton, ON 2009
Agri-culture, Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, Niagara on the Lake, ON 2008
Agri-culture, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan, ON
Agri-culture, Lincoln Public Library, Niagara, ON
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
Alla Prima, August 8 – September 7, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2012
Mark of Beauty, Union Gallery Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
This Land is OUR Land, The Greenbelt Dichotomy, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2011
Greenbelt Harvest Picnic, Daniel Lanois & friends, Christie Lake conservation area, Dundas, ON
2009
Crossing Borders, selected works by Canadian artists, Kenan Center House Gallery, Lockport, NY
Local Produce, Selected works by regional artists, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Niagara Wine Region Painters' Alliance Travelling Exhibition, Niagara, ON
2008
Agri-culture, Lincoln Public Library, Niagara, ON
2007
Pumphouse Visual Art Centre's Invitational Instructors' Exhibition, Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, Niagara on the Lake, ON
Flirtations and Congeries: Artists Respond to the Permanent Collection, Grimsby Public Art Gallery Grimsby, ON
Revealed, Women's Voices, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
2006
Arts and Tarts, Women in Art, Niagara Artists' Company, St. Catharines, ON
2005
Fertile Ground, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, West Niagara, ON
Sour Grapes, Niagara Artists Company St. Catharines, ON
Small Works, Carnegie Art Gallery, Dundas, ON
Big Girls/ Little Girls, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2013
Beyond the Wall: Unpacking the Layers of St. Catharines’ Walls, St, Catharines City Hall, St. Catharines, ON
2009
Escarpment, On the Edge, St, Catharines City Hall, St. Catharines, ON
2008
Tenth Biannual Juried exhibition, 1st Place, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Garden City: Views of St. Catharines, City Hall, St. Catharines, ON
2005
Fertile Ground, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, West Niagara, ON
Sour Grapes, Niagara Artists Company St. Catharines, ON
2000
Small Works, Carnegie Art Gallery, Dundas, ON
2000
Grimsby Public Art Gallery's Juried Exhibition 2000, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON St. Catharines Art Association's Annual Juried Exhibition, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
1999
St. Catharines Art Association's Annual Juried Exhibition Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON International Women's Day Annual Juried Exhibition Rodman Hall St, Catharines, ON
1998
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Invitational Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Women's Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON
St Catharines Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
Projects
Murmuration
Constructions and Discoveries
Cultivating the Greenbelt
Rags for those Loved: intentions from Ireland
Ireland Residency
Grimsby Community Murals project
Niagara Wine Region Painters Alliance travelling exhibition series
Affiliations & Associations
Society of Canadian Artists, Canada
Landscape Artists International, Worldwide
Greenbelt Collective, Ontario, Canada
Jordan Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
St. Catharines and area Arts Council, St. Catharines, ON
Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, ON
Carfac, Toronto, ON
Selected Bibliography
ongoing
Grants and Awards
2012
Residency, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council International Residency Grant, Toronto, ON
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, Toronto, ON
2009
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, Toronto, ON
Recipient, Award, First Place, Tenth Biannual Juried exhibition, Grimsby Public Art
Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2005
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, Toronto, ON
2003
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, Toronto, ON
1999
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, Toronto, ON
Recipient, Peninsula Press Award, St. Catharines Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
1997
Recipient, Award, Excellence in Oil Painting, Grimsby Festival of Art, Grimsby, ON
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2012
Rags for those Loved, Intentions from Ireland. Outdoor public installation in conjunction with Niagara Nights of Art, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
Greenbelt Harvest Picnic, Hamilton Conservation Authority, Dundas, On
2011
Seasons of the Land, Grimsby Public Library, Niagara, ON 2010
Niagara Escarpment, Sunrise Gallery, Hamilton, ON 2009
Agri-culture, Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, Niagara on the Lake, ON 2008
Agri-culture, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan, ON
Agri-culture, Lincoln Public Library, Niagara, ON
Selected Group Exhibitions
2013
Alla Prima, August 8 – September 7, Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, ON
2012
Mark of Beauty, Union Gallery Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
This Land is OUR Land, The Greenbelt Dichotomy, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2011
Greenbelt Harvest Picnic, Daniel Lanois & friends, Christie Lake conservation area, Dundas, ON
2009
Crossing Borders, selected works by Canadian artists, Kenan Center House Gallery, Lockport, NY
Local Produce, Selected works by regional artists, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Niagara Wine Region Painters' Alliance Travelling Exhibition, Niagara, ON
2008
Agri-culture, Lincoln Public Library, Niagara, ON
2007
Pumphouse Visual Art Centre's Invitational Instructors' Exhibition, Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, Niagara on the Lake, ON
Flirtations and Congeries: Artists Respond to the Permanent Collection, Grimsby Public Art Gallery Grimsby, ON
Revealed, Women's Voices, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
2006
Arts and Tarts, Women in Art, Niagara Artists' Company, St. Catharines, ON
2005
Fertile Ground, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, West Niagara, ON
Sour Grapes, Niagara Artists Company St. Catharines, ON
Small Works, Carnegie Art Gallery, Dundas, ON
Big Girls/ Little Girls, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2013
Beyond the Wall: Unpacking the Layers of St. Catharines’ Walls, St, Catharines City Hall, St. Catharines, ON
2009
Escarpment, On the Edge, St, Catharines City Hall, St. Catharines, ON
2008
Tenth Biannual Juried exhibition, 1st Place, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Garden City: Views of St. Catharines, City Hall, St. Catharines, ON
2005
Fertile Ground, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, West Niagara, ON
Sour Grapes, Niagara Artists Company St. Catharines, ON
2000
Small Works, Carnegie Art Gallery, Dundas, ON
2000
Grimsby Public Art Gallery's Juried Exhibition 2000, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON St. Catharines Art Association's Annual Juried Exhibition, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
1999
St. Catharines Art Association's Annual Juried Exhibition Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON International Women's Day Annual Juried Exhibition Rodman Hall St, Catharines, ON
1998
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Invitational Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Women's Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON
St Catharines Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
Projects
Murmuration
Constructions and Discoveries
Cultivating the Greenbelt
Rags for those Loved: intentions from Ireland
Ireland Residency
Grimsby Community Murals project
Niagara Wine Region Painters Alliance travelling exhibition series
Affiliations & Associations
Society of Canadian Artists, Canada
Landscape Artists International, Worldwide
Greenbelt Collective, Ontario, Canada
Jordan Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
St. Catharines and area Arts Council, St. Catharines, ON
Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, ON
Carfac, Toronto, ON
Selected Bibliography
Arabella Magazine: Artists that Paint Snow, ON, Canada
2011
Stephen Parr, This Land is YOUR Land, Artists respond to the Greenbelt legislation, Cogeco TV, Niagara, ON
Amanda Street, the Greenbelt Dichotomy, Niagara this Week, Niagara, ON
2009
Mike Zettel, Art and Wine a complementary pairing, Niagara This Week, Niagara, ON
2007
Lori Littleton, Art, Wine & the Great Outdoors, Does it get any better? The St. Catharines Standard, Niagara, ON
Laura Hollick, Food For Thought, Pulse magazine, Niagara, ON
Laura Hollick, Blooming' En Plein Air', Pulse magazine Niagara, ON
2005
Joanne McDonald, Energy from Art': Firecracker Fuchsia a joint effort of three Niagara Artists, Niagara This week, Niagara, ON
Niagara Life Magazine, Yolanda's Garlic, St. Catharines Market Square, Niagara, ON
Mathew Van Dongen, Now Art and Taxes are Inevitable - New exhibit at City Hall adds some culture to paying your bills; Spectrum Verve, The Standard, St. Catharines, ON
Elaine Hujer, Playing around with Nature, The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, ON
2004
Elizabeth Chitty, Revealed, Women's Voices, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
Joanna Manning, Real Art Horse, Pulse Niagara, West Niagara, ON
Sharon Hiebert, Flirtations & Congeries, Grimsby Public Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogue Grimsby, ON
2003
Joanna Manning, A Dog's Life, The Tribune, Welland, ON
2002
Kelly Putter, Fine Art, The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, ON
2003
Denise Davy, Kurts' World, The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, ON
Christopher Waters, Rejects no More, The St. Catharines Standard, St. Catharines, ON
Katharine Nadeau, Gallery Exhibit Features Local, The Grimsby News, West Niagara, ON
Terry McNamee, Yates Selected for Exhibition, The Grimsby Independent, West Niagara, ON
Dorothy Turcotte, Grimsby's Murals, The Downtowner, St. Catharines, ON
Laura Arsenau, Big Girls/Little Girls, exhibition catalogue, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Sharon Hiebert, Big Girls/Little Girls exhibition catalogue, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Teaching
2013
Introduction to Encaustic painting, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON.
Exploring the Surface, painting with Cold Wax, Pumphouse Visual Art centre, Niagara on the Lake, Niagara, ON
Encaustic Painting, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON.
2012
Encaustic Painting, Pumphouse Visual Art centre, Niagara on the Lake, Niagara, ON
Exploring the Surface, painting with Cold Wax, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, On
Plein Air Landscape, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Mentorship and Coaching, ongoing, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, On
Paint Play, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, On
2011
Guest instructor, District School Board of Niagara, Grimsby Secondary School, Niagara, ON
Exploring the Surface, painting with Cold Wax, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, On
Plein Air Landscape, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Guest instructor, District School Board of Niagara, Grimsby Secondary School, Niagara, ON
Mentorship and Coaching, ongoing, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, On
2010
Plein Air Landscape, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Mentorship and Coaching, ongoing, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, On
2009
Guest instructor, District School Board of Niagara, Grimsby Secondary School, Niagara, ON
Encaustic Painting, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Plein Air Landscape, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Mentorship and Coaching, ongoing, Studio on the ridge, Niagara, On
2008
Guest instructor, District School Board of Niagara, Grimsby Secondary School, Niagara, ON
Impressionist Landscape, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Landscape, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, West Niagara, ON
Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON
Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, Niagara on the Lake, ON
Landscape, Studio on the Ridge, West Niagara, ON
2007
Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, West Niagara, ON
Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, West Niagara, ON
Mentorship and Coaching, ongoing, Studio on the ridge, Niagara, On
2005
Encaustic Painting, the Southampton Art School, Southampton ON
Paint Spectacular Sunsets, the Southampton Art School, Southampton, ON
Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, Grimsby, ON
Grimsby Community Murals Project Grimsby, ON
Related Experience
2012
Kitchen Table Talk, the Greenbelt Dichotomy, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
Shared curatorial and business practice in a commercial gallery, ongoing, Jordan Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
2009
Exhibition Juror, District school board of Niagara annual juried exhibition of graduate students, Niagara, Ontario
Guest Presenter, St. Catharines Art Association, St. Catharines, ON
Exhibition Juror, ongoing, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan, ON
2007
Exhibition Juror, Niagara Wine Region Painters Alliance, Niagara, Ontario
2006
Exhibition Juror, Niagara Wine Region Painters Alliance, Niagara, Ontario
2005
Exhibition Juror, Grimsby Festival of Art, Niagara, ON
Artist Mentor, Grimsby Community Murals Project, Niagara, ON
Guest Presenter, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Selected Contributions and Community Service
2013
Create/ run online auction blog , fundraiser for Grimsby Public Art Gallery
2012
Jordan Historical Museum, Niagara, ON
2010
Create/run online art auction & exhibition fundraiser for McNally House Hospice, Niagara, ON
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Annual Art Auction, Grimsby, ON
Create/run online art auction & exhibition fundraiser for Heart to Heart Auction of Art, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Jordan Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
2009
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Annual Art Auction, donation, Niagara, ON
Jordan Historical Museum, Niagara, ON
2008
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Annual Art Auction, Niagara, ON
2007
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Annual Art Auction, Niagara, ON
Grimsby Historical Museum, Niagara, ON
2005
Foundation of Resources for Teens, Niagara, ON
Grimsby Historical Museum, Niagara, ON
Grimsby Secondary School Art Cub, Niagara, ON
Dundas Valley School of Art Annual Art Auction, Dundas, ON
Women's Resource Centre fundraiser, Niagara, ON
Outside the Lines- work by young artists, Lincoln Public Library, Lincoln, ON
Grimsby Public Art Gallery/Library Building Committee, Niagara, ON
