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Jane Kidd

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Jane Kidd
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Victoria, British Columbia
Known forTapestry artist
AwardsSaidye Bronfman Award
2016
Alberta Craft Council Award of Excellence
2008
ElectedRoyal Canadian Academy of Art
2001
Websitewww.janekidd.net

Jane Kidd RCA (born 1952 in Victoria, British Columbia) is a Canadian textile artist based out of Salt Spring Island, Canada.[1]

Biography

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Kidd studied at the University of Victoria and Vancouver School of Art. She taught in the Fibre program of the Alberta College of Art and Design from 1979 - 2010 and was recognized as Lecturer Emeritus in 2013.[2] Kidd has presented on her work at the Canadian Crafts Federation Symposium and The Textile Society of America Symposium.[3][4]

Kidd received the Alberta Craft Council Award of Excellence in 2008, and in 2016 won the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts Saidye Bronfman Award for her contribution to fine craft.[5][6] Kidd's tapestry works are in the permanent collections of the Glenbow Museum, the Canada Council Art Bank, and the Canadian Museum of Civilization. She is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.[7]

While originally educated in modernist aesthetics, Kidd's primary medium is hand-woven tapestry.[8] Her work explores historical and contemporary issues such as material culture, the handmade, and the environment.[9][10]

Selected works

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  • Land Sentence[11][12]
  • Handwork Series: to the bone, in the blood, from the heart (fragments 1-9)[13]
  • Wonderland Series[14]
  • Possession Series[15]
  • Curiosities[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Jane B. Kidd". Cambridge Art Galleries. Archived from the original on 23 September 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. ^ "Professors/Lecturers Emeritus | Alberta College of Art and Design". acad.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  3. ^ "Final Heirloom Speaker Announced! – Canadian Crafts Federation". canadiancraftsfederation.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  4. ^ Jane, Kidd (2010-01-01). "Handwork as a Conceptual Strategy". Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings.
  5. ^ "Alberta Craft Council - Alberta Craft Awards". www.albertacraft.ab.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  6. ^ "The Canada Council for the Arts - Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts". archive.ggavma.canadacouncil.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-22.
  7. ^ "Members Since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on May 4, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  8. ^ "Stride Gallery". www.stride.ab.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  9. ^ Mayes, Alison (2011-09-10). "Murder incorporated". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  10. ^ "Eclectic Canadian artists honoured by Governor-General's Awards". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  11. ^ "The Power of Slow – Gallery 2A « American Tapestry Alliance". americantapestryalliance.org. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  12. ^ "Precise: Craft Refined | Winnipeg Art Gallery". wag.ca. 2011. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  13. ^ Gogarty, Amy (2004). "Jane Kidd's Handwork Series: Disciplinarity and the Reparative Impulse". Textile. 2 (2): 118–132. doi:10.1080/17518350.2004.11428638.
  14. ^ "Jane Kidd: Curious | Kelowna Art Gallery". kelownaartgallery.com. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  15. ^ "Alberta Craft Council - 2009 Unity & Diversity - Unity & Diversity - Jane Kidd". www.albertacraft.ab.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-03.
  16. ^ "Curious: an exhibition opening and artist talk by Jane Kidd - Events - Craft Council of British Columbia". Craft Council of British Columbia. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
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