Biography: Sculpture and Painting
Tumblers, 13"w x 13"d x 12"h, Winterstone
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BIOGRAPHY: SCULPTURE AND PAINTING
Janet Hunter studied art and archaeology at the University of Toronto where she was classically trained in life drawing, painting and sculpture. Her academic interest in aesthetics and art history as well as a life-long habit of figure drawing and a love of the challenge of drapery, inform both her sculpture and painting. She graduated with a four year Honours degree in Fine Art and went on to receive a Bachelor and Masters in Education. With the exception of a two-year hiatus as a gallery assistant in a Yorkville gallery, she pursued a professional vocation as an art teacher in several Ontario secondary schools, the last twenty-four of thirty years in the large Art Department at Northern Secondary. Over her career she taught art history, design, drawing, illustration, material arts, painting, and weaving – every discipline except sculpture. Upon retirement she joined the Al Green Sculpture Studio where she worked for twenty years. In the last two years she has returned to painting the live costume model at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto. |
AFFILIATIONS
Janet was a founding member of the Artery Artists’ Co-operative (1974-1978), a member of Arcadia Artists’ Life Drawing Co-operative (1994-1997), member of the Heliconian Club (1997-1998) and a member of Verity Artists’ Co-operative (2011-2017).
She sat on the Board of the Women’s Art Association of Canada as Artists Rep and Chair of Scholarships and Awards (2006-2011). She served as Secretary of the Arts Committee at the Arts and Letters Club (2021-2023).
EXHIBITIONS
She has shown at the Al Green Gallery, Arcadia Art Gallery, Artery Art Gallery, Arts and Letters Club, Art Gallery of Ontario, Blue Guitar Studio, Buffalo Gallery 656, Canadian Sculpture Centre, CNIB, Gladstone Hotel, Hands Gallery, Harbourfront, Heliconian Club, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, John B. Aird Gallery, McMaster University Art Gallery, Papermill Gallery, Pollock Gallery Downtown, Pteros Gallery, Seneca College, St. Lawrence Centre, University of Trinity College, University of Waterloo Art Centre, Verity Club.
Janet was a founding member of the Artery Artists’ Co-operative (1974-1978), a member of Arcadia Artists’ Life Drawing Co-operative (1994-1997), member of the Heliconian Club (1997-1998) and a member of Verity Artists’ Co-operative (2011-2017).
She sat on the Board of the Women’s Art Association of Canada as Artists Rep and Chair of Scholarships and Awards (2006-2011). She served as Secretary of the Arts Committee at the Arts and Letters Club (2021-2023).
EXHIBITIONS
She has shown at the Al Green Gallery, Arcadia Art Gallery, Artery Art Gallery, Arts and Letters Club, Art Gallery of Ontario, Blue Guitar Studio, Buffalo Gallery 656, Canadian Sculpture Centre, CNIB, Gladstone Hotel, Hands Gallery, Harbourfront, Heliconian Club, Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, John B. Aird Gallery, McMaster University Art Gallery, Papermill Gallery, Pollock Gallery Downtown, Pteros Gallery, Seneca College, St. Lawrence Centre, University of Trinity College, University of Waterloo Art Centre, Verity Club.