Janet is a multi-media artist, curator, educator and visual storyteller based in Whitehorse.
Her work spans assemblage art, textiles, wearable art, and installation. It is almost always narrative and often engages with themes of memory, transformation, and environmental issues of our time.
The materials in her pieces are usually recycled, reclaimed, or have had some kind of a previous life; they reflect a world that is in peril because of human actions. Using them in her work is a small act of resistance against what she sees as senseless overproduction and overconsumption.
A major part of Janet’s art career involves knowledge-sharing through collaborations, demonstrations/workshops and residencies. She believes in the ability of community art projects to influence change, and she loves working with artists and non-artists alike.
Janet has had numerous solo and group shows in the Yukon and Alaska and has curated shows at the Yukon Arts Centre, Yukon Artists at Work and at other Yukon locations.
In a past life, Janet obtained her ARCT in Piano Performance through the Royal Conservatory of Music and she taught piano for many years.
Janet has had the opportunity to do several juried visual artist residencies within Canada and Europe, including an Arctic Circle residency aboard a tall ship in the Svalbard Archipelago (Norway), in Nova Scotia, and and at the historic Jenni House in Whitehorse. She was subsequently hired as that program’s coordinator.
Her work can be found in private collections across Canada and internationally.
Contact Janet:
Instagram: janet_patterson_artist_page
Email: janet@northwestel.net
Read more about Janet here.
Photo credits: images 1 and 2 – Janet Patterson; image 3 – Erik Pinkerton.
