Jay Senetchko CV
Jay Senetchko | CV
b. 1974 in Edmonton, Canada
Lives and works in Vancouver, Canada
EDUCATION
2006 Odd Nerdrum apprenticeship
2000-03 Gideon Flitt apprenticeship
2001 Vancouver Film School, Diploma of Classical Animation
1997 Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction, University of Alberta
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 The Course of a Distant Empire, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2016 The Best of Life (A Selection), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2015 The Best of Life, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC
2013 Industry and the Sleepwatchers, Site-specific Installation, Vancouver, BC
2011 Systems, Ian Tan Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011 Apologia, Pera Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011 Still, Jacana Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2006 New Work, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB
2006 Drawing from Beneath the Surface, Elliot Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2003 Wettenschauung, Gallery 83, Vancouver, BC
PHANTOMS IN THE FRONT YARD FIGURATIVE COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2017 Bad People (Portraits of the Punished), Hot Art Wet City Vancouver, BC, Canada
2016 Space, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Over the Counter Culture, Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art, North Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Unreliable Narrator, East Vancouver Cultural Center, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2014 Public Dreams Private Myths, Meccanica Exhibition Space, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2014 Everyone I’ve Never Known, The Burrard Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2014 Phantoms, Leigh Community Center, Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada
2013 Shed, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2013 Bloodlines, Waterfall Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2012 In Other Words, Hot Art Wet City Vancouver, BC, Canada
2012 M(use), Gallery Fukai, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011 On Great Men, Beatty St. Pop-up Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011 Uniform, Pera Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Luminescence III, Deek Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC, Canada (juried)
2017 Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (juried)
2017 Westcoast Figurative, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC, Canada
2016 Found, Goldmoss Satellite, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2016 Into the Wild, Goldmoss Satellite, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Corvus and Wolf, Goldmoss Satellite, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 The Kingston Prize, La Galerie d’Art Desjardins, Drummondville, ON, Canada (juried)
2015 The Kingston Prize, Beaverbrook Gallery, Fredericton, NB, Canada (juried)
2015 The Kingston Prize, Firehall Theater, Gananoque, QC, Canada (juried)
2015 Salt Spring National Art Prize (juried), Mahon Hall, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
2015 Concurrent, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Summer Mix, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2014 Summer Mix, Kimoto Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2014 Thru the Trap Door, On Main Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2014 Aerial, Goldmoss Gallery, Roberts Creek, BC, Canada
2013 The Kingston Prize, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada (juried)
2013 The Kingston Prize, Firehall Theater, Gananoque, QC, Canada (juried)
2013 Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany (juried)
2013 Anonymous Drawings, Galerie Delikatessenhaus, Leipzig, Germany (juried)
2013 Anonymous Drawings, TAC Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands (juried)
2012 Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (juried)
2012 Summer Show, Blackheath Gallery, London, UK
2012 GZ-ArtBasel, Saalbau Rhypark am Rhein, Basel, Switzerland (juried)
2012 The Kingston Prize, La Galerie d’Art Desjardins, Drummondville, ON, Canada (juried)
2011 The Kingston Prize, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON, Canada (juried)
2011 Group Show, Axis Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
2011 Figuratively Speaking, Blackheath Gallery, London, UK
2011 Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (juried)
2010 Mirror Mirror, Gallery Atsui, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 The Drawing Room, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2009 10 x 10, Gallery Atsui, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2008 Kitsch Biennale, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany (juried)
2007 Grand, The Weiss Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
2007 The Kingston Prize, Kingston, ON, Canada (juried)
2007 Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada (juried)
2006 Perspectives, Elliot Louis Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2006 Figurative Show, Front Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada
2003 Sensualite, Bfly Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2002 Neo-indifference with Gideon Flitt, Bfly Atelier, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2002 SWARM, Gallery 83, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2002 Something Happened, Gallery 83, Vancouver, BC, Canada
AWARDS
2018 Manifest Grand Jury Finalist for Season 13, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2017 4th Place - Landscape with Life, American Art Awards
2013 Honourable mention, The Kingston Prize, Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
2012 1st Place Award, Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011 2nd Place Award, Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2007 2nd Place Award Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
PRESS
2018, March 16. MacLellan, Julie. Storyteller Ponders Life’s Questions. Burnaby Now, Burnaby, BC.
2018, March 12. MacLellan, Julie. Luminescence III: Meet the Artists - Jay Senetchko. Burnaby Now, Burnaby, BC.
2018, March 12. MacLellan, Julie. Luminescence III Set to Light up the Night at Deer Lake Gallery. Burnaby Now, Burnaby, BC.
2018, January 11. Staff. The Course of a Distant Empire, by Artist Jay Senetchko. Booooooom.
2017, November 17. Connor, Shawn. Darkness, Light and Colour. Westcoast Homes and Design, Vancouver, BC.
2017, November 22. Sproule, Michelle. The Scout List, Volume 448, Scout Magazine.
2017, October 23. Bierdz, Thomas. Best American Galleries Name World’s Best “Landscapes With Life”: Tun, McCartin, Shuai, Senetchko and Benveniste. Huffington Post.
2017, September. Goldstein, Laura. A Cathedral of Art. Westcoast Homes and Design, Vancouver, BC.
2017, March 5. Staff. Offbeat Vancouver Gallery Hot Art Wet City Closing at End of Month. CBC News.
2017, February 2. Baker, Rafferty. Whither Now Main Street? Vancouver’s Changing Mount Pleasant. CBC News.
2016, August 23. Hormans, David. See how the Vancouver Mural Festival has transformed the city. CBC News.
2016, August 8. Sanders, Rachel. Young Artists Switch the Script on Public Art in Vancouver. CBC News.
2016, May 4. Staff. Artist Spotlight: Jay Senetchko. Booooooom.
2013, September 26. Testado, Justine. Artist Jay Senetchko Builds Full-Scale Farmhouse as an Extension of His Paintings, Archinect.
2013, September 6. Morrison, Andrew. Honour Bound - Artist Jay Senetchko's Upcoming Installation to Benefit Sole Food, Scout Magazine.
2011, April/May. Johnson, Mia. Jay Senetchko: Systems, Preview Magazine, Vancouver, BC.
2006, May 16. Bouchard, Gilbert. For Senetchko Thinking Outside the Box Makes Perfect Sense, The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton, AB.
PUBLICATIONS
2018, March. Supernatural, episode 1319 - LaVeau Gallery. Warner Brothers Television, Burnaby, BC.
2017, December 27. Kliner, Dion. Jay Senetchko: A Tale of Two Empires, Two Coats of Paint.
2017, November/December. Frere, Sunshine. Tangled Hierarchies, Artists on Art Online.
2017, October. Supernatural, episode 1308 - Cambridge Museum. Warner Brothers Television, Burnaby, BC.
2017, June. Frere, Sunshine. Tangled Hierarchies, Vancouver.
2014, December. Wong, Paul; Erickson, Rick. Through the Trap Door, Vancouver.
2014, February. Kang, Yachu. The Sparkle of Art, Artist Magazine, Taiwan.
2013, November. Scott, Richard; Lundgren, Per. The Nerdrum School: The Master and his Students, Orfeus Publishing, Norway.
2011, September. Senetchko, Jay; Kliner, Dion. Jay Senetchko: 2006-2010. Classic Printing, Vancouver
DONATIONS
2017 Pivots and Spins, Access Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2017 Splash, Vancouver, BC, Canada2016 Splash, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2012 Art for Life, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011 Art for Life, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2011 Unite with Art, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 Art for Life, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 Unite with Art, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2007 The Middle, private exhibition for BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2006 Odd Pieces, private exhibition for BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2005 Move, private exhibition for BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2004 Shift, private exhibition for BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada
WRITING
2018 Sunshine in a Cloudy Age, Exhibition Text, Sunshine Frere at Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Eagle Versus Seagull, Essay.
2015 Art Isn’t that Important, Essay.
2014 Dangerous Individuals, Essay.
2010 Originality is Boring, Essay.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE, PANELS
2017 Speaker, THRIVE, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2017 Speaker, Artist Talk: The Course of a Distant Empire, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Speaker, Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Panelist, Concurrent Panel Discussion, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Juror, Opus Art Supplies Outdoor Painting Competition, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2015 Instructor, Craftsy Online Education - Colours in Bloom, Denver, CO, USA
2014 Instructor, Craftsy Online Education - Paint and Palette Essentials, Denver, CO, USA
2010 Juror, Airs, Canadian Federation of Artists, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2014-present Colour Theory instructor, Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2002-present Composition instructor, Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2002-present Art History instructor, Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2001-present Life Drawing instructor, Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2001-present Perspective instructor, Vancouver Film School, Vancouver, BC, Canada