Biography


Jean Eng was born in Sudbury, Ontario and graduated with high honours from Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario. Since then, she has worked as a freelance illustrator before becoming a painter.
Her work has been shown in public, private and institutional galleries in Canada, the United States and Japan. Several private collections as well as the Government of Ontario, own her work. She has also had poetry and short fiction published in literary journals in Canada, the U.S. and U.K. Her debut collection of poetry "Festival of All Souls"  (2020) is published by Inanna Publications.




Contact: j.engartist11@gmail.com


Selected Solo Exhibitions:


2018  Yorkville Public Library
           Toronto, Ontario

2008  Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts
           Toronto, Ontario


2002   Robarts Library, University of Toronto
            Toronto, Ontario


1992   Laurentian Museum And Art Centre
            Sudbury, Ontario


1989   Brampton Public Art Gallery
            Brampton, Ontario


1987   Samuel J. Zacks Gallery
            York University, Ontario




Selected Group Exhibitions: 


2023   Neilson Park Creative Centre
           Etobicoke, Ontario

2023   Aurora Town Hall
           Aurora, Ontario

2022   Lieutenant Governor's Suite
2023   Toronto, Ontario

2021   Aurora Town Hall
           Aurora, Ontario

2019   Archives of Ontario Gallery
2020   Toronto, Ontario

2017   Joseph D. Carrier Gallery
           Toronto, Ontario

2017   Aurora Cultural Centre
           Aurora, Ontario 
            
2014   Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts
           Toronto, Ontario

2012   John B. Aird Gallery

           Toronto, Ontario

2011   Red Head Gallery
           Toronto, Ontario

2011   Gallery 1313
           Toronto, Ontario


2010   Gallery Stratford
           Stratford, Ontario

2009   Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts
           Toronto, Ontario

2009   Pentimento Art Gallery
           Toronto, Ontario


2008   John B. Aird Gallery
           Toronto, Ontario


2006   Woodstock Public Art Gallery
           Woodstock, Ontario


2006   Lieutenant Governor's Suite
           Toronto, Ontario

2005   WomanMade Gallery
           Chicago, Illinois USA

2000   Awaji Island, Japan


1999   Trias Gallery
           Toronto, Ontario

1998   F.H. Varley Gallery
           Markham, Ontario


1997   Gallery Stratford
           Stratford, Ontario


1997   Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery
           Owen Sound, Ontario

1997   Thunder Bay Art Gallery
           Thunder Bay, Ontario


1997   Art Gallery of Algoma
           Sault St. Marie, Ontario


1997   Rodman Art Centre
           St. Catherines, Ontario


1996   Red Head Gallery
           Toronto, Ontario


1991  Grimsby Public Art Gallery
          Grimsby, Ontario


1990   Cambridge Public Art Gallery
           Cambridge, Ontario


Awards:

1999 Toronto Arts Council
1989-1992 Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance


Reviews:

Jean Eng: Bonsais and Bathtubs
WovenTale Press- June 16, 2017








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