Marvyne Jenoff
BACKGROUND
RECENT
July 2011 A table for Twoffish Press at the Meet the Presses Screaming Chapbook Market, Clinton's Tavern. Saturday, July 9, noon to 5:00.
June 2011 Watermedia painting, Wide Silence, Round Sound #1,The Society of Canadian Artists 43rd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, The Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills.
April, May, June 2011 Eleven Abstract photographs (Boudoir Series) over three juried group shows at The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, three photographs on display during Doors Open on May 29.
February 2011 Three abstract photographs ("Rain") in a juried group show at the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto.
January 2011 Accepted as a member of the Colour and Form Society.
December 2010 Co-ordinated The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto
Fifth Annual Show and Sale of Art, Books, and CDs by Members.
Some of her books and abstract photographs will be displayed and for sale.
October 2010 Publication of An Evening of Poetry. In this story, written as a letter, two oddly matched poets
share a journey and a reading. The subtext explores the nature and power of poetry.
Chapbook, Twoffish Press, $6.00 twoffish@ca.inter.net (not a link)
September 7 to 30, 2010 Solo show: Wide Silence, Round Sound:
Lyrical Conceptual Watermedia Paintings Based on Text
Great Hall, The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, 14 Elm Street
This series explores the interplay of regularity and variation, of
rigidity (the grids that surround us) and softness. Each painting is based
on a phrase written by the artist. These words form an integral part of the
image; the phrase and the image become a meditative whole.
Materials include watercolour, acrylic mediums, and permanent markers
(some smudgy, some not). applied in several layers on watercolour paper. The
paintings are 30" x 22" and smaller. See images.
Summer 2010 One watermedia piece, Each Fresh Page Already Fraught with History, #4 in The Society of Canadian Artists' 42nd Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills.
Spring 2010 ▪ Eight pieces, "Eggs, Glass," in the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto Photography Show
▪ Three photographs in the Raymond Chang School, Ryerson University,
Eyes of Experience Show, Commerce Court, Toronto
▪ One watermedia painting, "Hush, the Sibilant Rain, #1" in the
Colour and Form Society Bienniel Open Juried Exhibition,
the Papermill Gallery, Todmorden Mills, Toronto
▪ Photograph in the Toronto School of Art booth at One of a Kind, Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place
Winter 2010 ▪ Work in Something Old, Something New, juried show at The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, March
▪ Work in Artist's Choice, juried group show at The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, February
Fall 2009 ▪ Twoffish Press table at The Small Press Book Fair of Toronto, Gladstone Hotel, December 12
▪ Two pieces in Mistletoe Magic, silent auction of affordable artwork, John B. Aird Gallery, November
▪ One piece in Words on the Wall, a group show of visual art that includes text, The Arts & Letters
Club of Toronto, November
▪ Poetry reading at the Ice, Wine, and Dine party on Elm Street, The Arts & Letters Club, November 21
▪ Four pieces in Whodunit? OCAD Mystery Art Sale, November 18 to 21
▪ A photograph in Hidden Gems, The Toronto School of Art 40th Anniversary Event,
The Berkeley Church, November 4
▪ One piece in The 14th Annual Shadow Box Silent Auction,
The Textile Museum of Canada, 55 Centre Street, Toronto, October 14 to 28
▪ One piece in Photo-op: A Juried Photography Exhibition
The John B. Aird Gallery, 900 Bay Street, Toronto, September
Spring and Summer 2009
▪ Photographs in two group shows, The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto
▪ Book table at Doors Open, The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto (May)
Winter 2009 ▪ Light and Water: Experimental Photography and Watermedia,
Solo show at the Skylight Gallery, Northern District Library, Toronto
▪ Photograph at the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto in group shows
--The Art of Seduction (January-February)
--The Art of Abstraction (February)
Fall 2008 ▪ launch of Crackerjack Umbrella (poetry, Twoffish Press), readings,
radio interview (CIUT Howl), appearances at book fairs.
▪ photographs on display at the Arts and Letters Club:
--Centenary International Exhibition (October)
--Small Works Show and Sale (December)
Summer 2008 ▪ six photographs in the Small is Beautiful show, Ben Navaee Gallery, July 29 to August 9
▪ photograph on display at the Arts and Letters Club, July to September
▪ portrait in Brookfield Place as part of Luminato's Mille Femmes Toronto, a tribute to local
women in the arts, photographed by Pierre Maraval as part of his worldwide
Human Landscape project.
WRITING BACKGROUND
University of Toronto Canadian Poets
Archives, McMaster University Library
VISUAL ARTS BACKGROUND
I grew up creating things in a household of sewing and knitting. Through my adult life I have taken art courses
at various institutions including the Sheridan College School of Crafts and Design and, most recently,
the Toronto School of Art.
Exhibitions, all in Toronto, include
Solo
▪ 2010 September
Wide Silence, Round Sound : Lyrical Conceptual Watermedia Paintings Based on Text
The Great Hall, The Arts & Letters Club of Toronto
▪ 2009 January 20 to February 27
Light and Water : Experimental Works in Photography and Watermedia
Skylight Gallery, Northern District Library,
40 Orchard View Boulevard, Toronto
▪ 2002 Dark Light, watermedia show at the Annex Art Centre, Bathurst Street
Group
▪ 2008 photograph in the Contact show, Toronto School of Art Gallery
▪ 2004-09 works in group exhibitions at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
▪ 2000 watermedia works in a Miniatures show at Woolfitt’s Gallery
▪ 1999 Treading Water with ten other artists, 35 McCaul St.
My work is in collections in Toronto ON, Winnipeg MB, Brandon MB, Vancouver BC, and Seattle WA, USA.
mjenoff@istar.ca (not a link)
