Artist
Painting as research by exploration. Pareidolia and marginalia; movement, colour, mark making, and mapping, figures and entities populate the work.
I like not knowing what I’ll find. I follow my curiosity, working from notes, sketches, and drawings but once I start to paint I work in dialogue with the painting.
Bio
A painter and visual artist with a background in social work, Jen Wright seeks to express her ideals, principles, and inner world primarily through the medium of oil paint and an interest in community and collaborative art making. Based in Maritime Canada, Jen graduated from St. Thomas University in Fredericton with a degree in Social Work and subsequently a Bachelor Degree of Fine Art in Drawing & Painting from OCAD University in Toronto.
Jen has exhibited works in OCAD U’s GradEx 108, the First Self: Investigating Cultural Appropriation exhibition, and the 3V Collective Gallery. In times past, she has also worked as a Willing Worker on Organic Farms, an English as a Second Language Teacher in South Korea, and Youth Employment Mentor.
Ciriculum Vitae
Exhibitor
GradEx 108
OCAD University 2023
First Self: Investigating Cultural Appropriation
OCAD University 2020
Drawing at First Sight
OCAD University 2017
Open House: Look Inside
OCAD University 2017
Grand Opening
The 3 V Collective Gallery 2014
Training & Workshops
Reiki Traditional Healing Level II
Transense Healing Arts 2021
Encaustic
OCAD University Continuing Studies 2016
Portrait Painting
Toronto School of Art 2015
Indigenous Cultural Competency Training
Native Canadian Centre of Toronto 2017
Theatre of the Oppressed
OISE Workshop 2017
How to Host a Great Workshop
OISE Workshop 2017
Compassion Fatigue
Toronto Hostels Training Centre 2016
Professional & Volunteer
Pandemic Greeting Cards Project
Centre for Immigrant & Community Services 2020
Fine Art & Social Work
Professional & Volunteer (Continued)
Pandemic Letter Writing Project For Seniors
Big Brothers & Big Sisters Canada 2020
Youth Mentor & Shop Manager
The Lansdowne Cone 2016
Fruit Gleaner
Not Far From The Tree 2015-2016
Community Art And Garden Facilitator
Greenest City 2015
Farm Hand
Willing Workers on Organic Farms 2009
Social Program Officer
B.C. Ministry of Child & Family Development 2008
English as a Second Language Teacher
South Korea 2005-2006
Youth Care Worker
Fredericton Residential Youth Services 2003-2004
Counsellor/Registered Social Worker
Ridgewood Addiction Services 2002
Education
Bachelor of Fine Art in Drawing & Painting
OCAD University 2023
Graduate Studies in Social Work
University of Northern British Columbia 2011-2015
Bachelor of Social Work
Saint Thomas University 2001
Bachelor of Arts
Saint Thomas University 2000
Contact
jenwright123@hotmail.com