"7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc." (MacKenzie Art Gallery
2014Lavallee, Michele
359 pages (color)
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Born 1935 Alberta, Canada. Known for: Symbolic Indian culture painting.
Born of Dene Suline and Saulteaux descent in 1935 in Alberta, Canada, Alex Janvier is a painter in both abstract and realistic styles and often uses colors symbolically to express his 'First Nations'... Read full biography
Born of Dene Suline and Saulteaux descent in 1935 in Alberta, Canada, Alex Janvier is a painter in both abstract and realistic styles and often uses colors symbolically to express his 'First Nations' background. He credits the beadwork and birch bark basketry of family members including his mother... Read full biography
Born of Dene Suline and Saulteaux descent in 1935 in Alberta, Canada, Alex Janvier is a painter in both abstract and realistic styles and often uses colors symbolically to express his 'First Nations' background. He credits the beadwork and birch bark basketry of family members including his mother as influencing his artwork. He was raised by his family until he was eight years old, and then was sent to the Blue Quills Indian School near St. Paul, Alberta. Here he did his first paintings, but... Read full biography
Born of Dene Suline and Saulteaux descent in 1935 in Alberta, Canada, Alex Janvier is a painter in both abstract and realistic styles and often uses colors symbolically to express his 'First Nations' background. He credits the beadwork and birch bark basketry of family members including his mother as influencing his artwork. He was raised by his family until he was eight years old, and then was sent to the Blue Quills Indian School near St. Paul, Alberta. Here he did his first paintings, but his formal art training came from the Alberta College of Art in Calgary. He graduated with honours in 1960, and then became an art instructor at the University of Alberta. A member of the commonly referred to "Indian Group of Seven", he was selected to... Read full biography
Born of Dene Suline and Saulteaux descent in 1935 in Alberta, Canada, Alex Janvier is a painter in both abstract and realistic styles and often uses colors symbolically to express his 'First Nations' background. He credits the beadwork and birch bark basketry of family members including his mother as influencing his artwork. He was raised by his family until he was eight years old, and then was sent to the Blue Quills Indian School near St. Paul, Alberta. Here he did his first paintings, but his formal art training came from the Alberta College of Art in Calgary. He graduated with honours in 1960, and then became an art instructor at the University of Alberta. A member of the commonly referred to "Indian Group of Seven", he was selected to represent Canada in a Canadian/Chinese Cultural Exchange in 1985. Also he has created mu... Read full biography
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Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird
2014Ruffo, Armand312 pages (color)Meditation and the Evolution of Cosmic Consciousness
2011Ayre, Don308 pages (color)The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century (Dedicated to the memory of John Fox, Painter and Teacher)
2010Foss, Brian; Anne Whitelaw and Sandra Paikowsky480 pages (color)Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community, and Culture
2009Valaskakis, Gail Guthrie; Madeleine Dion Stout379 pages (color)Honouring Tradition: Reframing Native Art (Glenbow Museum)
2008
(Exhibition catalog)Carter, Beth et al151 pages (color)Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007Newlands, Anne366 pages (color)Hidden in Plain Sight: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples To Canadian Identity and Culture, Volume 1
2005Beavon, Daniel J.K.; Cora Jane Voyageur; David Newhouse458 pages (color)The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar622 pagesNative American Art in the Twentieth Century: Makers, Meanings, Histories
1999Rushing, W. Jackson214 pages (color)The Helen E. Band Collection of First Nations Art: From the Permanent Collection of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
1998Clark, Janet48 pages (color)St. James Guide to Native North American Artists
1998Matuz, Roger (Editor)691 pagesSeven Lifetimes: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
1993Cardinal-Schubert, Joane72 pages (color)In the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art (Canadian Museum of Civilization)
1993
(Exhibition catalog)McMaster, Gerald et al538 pagesThe Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop: Printing, People and History (MacKenzie Art Gallery)
1992Davis, Angela E.88 pages (color)A Paintbrush in My Hand
1992Odjig, Daphne; Rosamond M. Vanderburgh; Beth Southcott174 pages (color)Canada's First People: A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts
1992Williams, Dana67 pages (color)Survey Alberta 88 (Alberta College of Art Galelry)
1988MacKay, Allan, Diana Nemiroff, and Jeffrey Spalding67 pages (color)The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec
1984Southcott, Beth222 pages (color)The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop, A Print Legend A Fifteen Year Survey, 1968-1983
1983
(Exhibition catalog)Finn, Chris, Philip Fry and Sarah Yates-Howorth54 pagesContemporary Indian Art at Rideau Hall
1983Munro, John C., Preface32 pagesA Selection of Work: Contemporary Indian Art, the Trail from the Past to the Future (Mackenzie Gallery at Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario)
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Cinader, Bernhard31 pages (color)