Innisfil, Ontario, Canada
Jeanette Luchese is an Italian-Canadian settler, visual artist, curator, art director, educator, and poet, rooted in abstraction creating in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculptures, video and sound. Graduate of School of Design and Visual Art, Georgian College (Barrie) and Sheridan College School of Design (Oakville), furthering studies include 2019 Florence, Italy, OCADU's Master Class Summer Studio with Nicole Collins and Anda Kubis. Residing in Innisfil, Ontario Canada. Exhibiting Internationally and regionally at numerous public galleries including the MacLaren Art Centre (Barrie), Quest Art Gallery (Midland), Orillia Museum of Arts & History (Orillia) and Campus Gallery, (Barrie). A grant recipient of the Ontario Art Council and the City of Barrie Culture Department, with numerous awards. Recipient of the 2014 "Great Visual Arts Golden Eagle Trophy - Award of Honour, Salerno, Italy and 2015 the Kandinsky Award of Creativity, Salerno, Italy. Published in Abstract | Ext, A first approximation to abstract literature¹ by David Quiles Guilló: 'Gone Once,' page 76 (April 2015 45 authors. Printed in Spain). Short Listed for the 2015 Gwendolyn MacEwen Exile Poetry Competition 'From There to Here,' published in ELQ Exile: The Literary Quarterly July Edition 2016. Ending 2018 with The Focus and the Fray, a regional public gallery solo exhibition held at Campus Gallery, curators Sarah Elizebeth Leonard and Cory Van der Vliet - The Helen and Arch Brown Centre, Georgian College Barrie, Canada and honoured to created the 2018 Barrie Art Awards Sculptures (statuettes) Public Art: 2019 Participating in #ISDAY International Sculpture Day, Innisfil Sculpture Group partnering with Innisfil IdeaLAB, 'Sculptures in Uncommon Places" . "What day is it? resides in Port Huron, Michigan USA: The Gathering #8. The Verandahs Bed & Breakfast by the Lake in Oro, Ontario and "Easy Rider" in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. 2019 solo exhibition of experimental printmaking "Surviving Death: Resurrecting Memories at the PRNT Collective Barrie, ON. 2020 then there was a pandemic. Finding solace in the words of Alan Watts "The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.” which we all did, now on the other side. Key exhibitions; 2024 Women's Art Show OMAH, April 27 to July 2, 2024 Currently, Solo Exhibition of Contemporary Abstract Frescos in The Process Informs Me, July 28 to October 19, 2024, Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON, — Curated by Tanya Cunnington, honoured for the guided insights of Mentor, Ted Fullerton.
Janan Arts – Owner, Art Director, Creative Director Independent Graphic Design Studio, Illustrator
2012 - 2016 Represented in Barrie, Ontario, Canada: The Edge Art Gallery. 2010 - 2012 Represented in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Gallery Moos: Contemporary Artist Group 2012 - 2013 Represented in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Donna Childs Gallery 2020 - 2022 Represented in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada. Be Contemporary Gallery
Facilitate art instruction/workshops for youth and adults in the Simcoe County area.
http://www.becontemporarygallery.com A commercial gallery is Now on Pause, waiting to remake itself. Vision — be contemporary gallery programmed visual arts exhibitions that engage and stimulate awareness of artists and their work. Mission — be contemporary gallery programmes visual arts exhibition spaces where artists and curators can express their creative ideas and output, and we promote visual arts discourse locally, regionally and internationally. Grateful for the help of the Advisory Committee + Programming — Ted Fullerton, Sue Hickling, William Moore, Tim Laurin, Gary Evans, Jill Price, Christina Luck, Sarah Elizebeth Leonard, Jeanette Luchese