Very excited for this next chapter in my career and my life - I'll be moving to Montreal to develop my painting and my bilingualism in my favourite city! Can't wait to live in the city that has held and inspired so many of my favourite contemporary artists, to explore and discover galleries in every corner of the city, and to paint and draw and create and explore in this new environment! It's strange to feel so at home in a place you've never lived before - but my parents and grandparents all lived in Montreal - it must be the nostalgia in my DNA  <3
To all my friends in Ottawa - THANK YOU for the past few years.. believing in my dream, pushing me to challenge myself, reminding me why I do this, and not letting me give up...for giving me the love and support to keep going.. I owe all of my success and blessings these past 2 years to you! I will be back to visit, and I look forward to visits at the new place <3 THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!
 


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    Bio:     

    Emerging artist Jennifer Bisson, an Ottawa native, studied Studio Art and Art History at the University of Guelph. She is currently living and working out of Montreal.

    Bisson discovered her unique style while in university and quickly realized that her honest, passionate approach to abstraction lent itself to experimentation with multiple mediums and applications. The first of which, developed during her studies, Bisson’s primary focus was natural abstraction, a territory that expressed a " ...voluptuous, moody.. and honest..." composition. An artist in constant evolution, Bisson began to integrate representation into her abstraction. Combining the two distinct techniques, she strives to connect the crispness of environment and the blurred washes of nostalgia.

    More recently, the young artist has been focused on developing the second, and darker, application of her work through portraiture. A deeper reflection on self and ego, projection and internalization, disconnection and unity, beauty and abjection, Bisson explores what it means to be self aware. This series of introspective work allows the artist to expand her understanding of the human form and the effect of symbols and icons of femininity, domesticity, sexuality and identity stereotype.

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    REPRESENTATION

    2012

    MONTREAL - Loft 402- JENN'S SOLO ART SHOW

    2011

    OTTAWA - Arts Court-
    Lets Go To Another Art Show - Group Show

    OTTAWA -SAW Gallery
    SKETCH - Group Show & Fundraiser

    MONTREAL- Album Art - 'Oliver the Great'


    OTTAWA - Design Boulevard Newsletter

    OTTAWA - Rai Design www.myjealousneighbour.com design blog " Who's that Girl?"

    2010
     
    OTTAWA - SAW Gallery  SKETCH - Group Show

    OTTAWA -  Decorated Condo Artwork (3 pieces)

    VICTORIA - Thirdspace   2010 Publication ' CHANGE'

    OTTAWA - 30th Annual Ottawa Home and Garden Show - 10 Paintings on Display with Montreal Artist Lisabel Filatrault - Organized by M2JL Studios

    MONTREAL - Hugo LaFlamme
    Massothérapeute
    - Permanent Representation

    OTTAWA - HERE for THERE  Artists for Haiti -  La Petite Mort Gallery - Group Show

    OTTAWA - Nomad Gallery @ Club SAW - Group Show

    2009
    OTTAWA - Oh So Good  - 3 Month Exhibit with the Basement Artists
    OTTAWA - Interscapes - Permanent Representation

    OTTAWA - SAW Gallery  SKETCH - Group Show

    2006

    GUELPH - University of Guelph - Group Show

    COMMISSIONS:

    2011 Michael Eardly
    2011 Oliver the Great - Album Art
    2011 Sarah Newton
    2011 Rebecka and Colin Mason
    2011 Kate McIntyre
    2011 Megan Foster
    2011 Sarah Jakobi
    2011 Rnea Imbeault - rai design
    2011 Tracey Woodman Interiors
    2010 Tracey Woodman Interiors
    2010 Benjamin Barkin
    2010 Elizabeth Trottier
    2010 Margaret Bisson
    2010 Ottawa Home and Garden Show
    2010 Interscapes - Westboro Showroom
    2009 Katherine Burns
    2009 Nikki Machin
    2009 Monica Seiler
    2010 Alex Arnott
    2007 Laura Howson