Jan Yates, SCA      visual artist
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Jan Yates makes paintings, ephemeral land works, installations, interventions and community projects that consider shifts in a changing climate. With sensitivity as to how weather shapes environment, communities and culture, the artist focuses on remote, wild locations and is concerned with the impact climate change has on isolated communities-and with how communities impact climate and the ecosystem.
 Yates has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards with recognition from the Ontario Arts Council. An elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists, her paintings are collected throughout North America, the United Kingdom and Australia. OAC international residency grants have also supported Yates' work in Ireland and the Shetland Islands.


Residencies
2020
The Booth, Shetland, Scotland
( postponed due to pandemic)
2019

The Weaving Shed Gallery, Shetland, Scotland
2016
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse and Nature Centre, Shetland, Scotland
2015

The Booth, Shetland, Scotland
2012                                                                                                                           
Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland   

 
Grants and Awards
2016                                                                   
 Recipient, Ontario Arts Council International Residency Grant, Toronto, Canada                        
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, Toronto, Canada
2015

Recipient, Ontario Arts Council International Residency Grant, Toronto, ON                                 
2010                                                                                                                                 
 Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant, Toronto, ON                               
 Recipient, Award, First Place, Tenth Biannual Juried exhibition, Grimsby Public Art                   
 Gallery, Grimsby, ON                                                                                                            
2007                                                                                                                             
 Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, Toronto, ON
2005                                                                                                                                
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, Toronto, ON                                              
 1999                                                                                                                       
Recipient, Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Grant, Toronto, ON                                               
 Recipient, Peninsula Press Award, St. Catharines Art Association Annual Juried  Exhibition, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
 Recipient, Award, Excellence in Oil Painting, Grimsby Festival of Art, Grimsby, ON


Site responsive installation, intervention, community engagement
2019

Murmur, Shetland, Scotland
Landlines / Tidelines, Shetland, Scotland
Visiting artist Land Walks, Urafirth Primary School, Shetland, Scotland
2018
Ephemeral Graffiti, Bruce Trail, Niagara, Canada
Land walks / Land works, Bruce trail, Niagara, ON
2017
Land art: community workshop, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON, Canada
Land walks / Land works, Bruce trail, Niagara, ON
Square Roots: community installation celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara,ON.
Canada: our home stories, community workshop, celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday, Jordan Historical Museum,Niagara, ON
2016
Visiting artist workshop with Sound School students, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, Shetland, Scotland
Visiting artist open Studio, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, Shetland, Scotland

Land walks / Land works, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, Shetland, Scotland
2015
Visiting artist open Studio, The Booth, Shetland, Scotland
Bright Ideas, outdoor installation, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, On, Canada

Land walks / Land works, , Shetland, Scotland
2014 
The Milkweed Project,
outdoor installation, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON                                                                             
2013
Rags for those Loved: the dog tree, outdoor installation, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON                                                                                                       
2012                                                                                                                                               
 Rags for those Loved, Intentions from Ireland. Outdoor installation in conjunction with Niagara Nights of Art, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON                                                                                                          


Selected Solo Exhibitions 
2019

Da Waander, Weaving Shed Gallery. Hillswick, Shetland

2017
Landmade, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, On, Canada
2016
Simmer Dim, Sumburgh Head Lighthouse, Shetland, Scotland
Direct Encounters, Jordan Art Gallery, Niagara, Canada
2013

Agri-culture, Hamilton Conservation Authority, Dundas, Canada

2011                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Niagara Escarpment, Sunrise Gallery, Hamilton, ON                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Agri-culture, Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, Niagara on the Lake, ON, Canada                                             
2009                                                                                                                                    
Agri-culture, Jordan Art Gallery, Jordan, ON, Canada                                                                                         
Agri-culture, Lincoln Public Library, Niagara, ON, Canada

Selected small group Exhibitions
2020
Imagine Together, Hambly & Hambly, Ireland
2017
Through our Eyes, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, On, Canada

Ways of Working: Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
2014
Alla Prima,  Earls Court Gallery, Hamilton, Canada
2013
Mark of Beauty,  Union Gallery Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland
2012
This Land is OUR Land, The Greenbelt Dichotomy, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, Canada
2011
Greenbelt Harvest Picnic, Daniel Lanois & friends, Christie Lake conservation area, Dundas, ON, Canada
2009
Crossing Borders, selected works by Canadian artists, Kenan Center House Gallery, Lockport, NY, United States
Local Produce,  Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON, Canada
2008
Artists Respond to the permanent collection, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON, Canada
Big Girls, Lilttle Girls, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON, Canada

Selected Juried Exhibitions
2019
Transformations, St. Catharines City Hall, Niagara, On, Canada
2016
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2013
Beyond the Wall: Unpacking the Layers of St. Catharines’ Walls,  St, Catharines City Hall, St. Catharines, ON    
2009                                                                                                                              
Escarpment, On the Edge, St, Catharines City Hall, St. Catharines, ON    
2008                                                                                                    
Tenth Biannual Juried exhibition, 1st Place, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON                                                                                                                                              
Garden City: Views of St. Catharines, City Hall, St. Catharines, ON
2005                                                                                                                                    
Fertile Ground, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, West Niagara, ON
Sour Grapes, Niagara Artists Company St. Catharines, ON
2000                                                        
Small Works, Carnegie Art Gallery, Dundas, ON
2000                                                                                                                          
 Grimsby Public Art Gallery's Juried Exhibition 2000, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON                                                          St. Catharines Art Association's Annual Juried Exhibition,  Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
1999                                                                                                                                 
 St. Catharines Art Association's Annual Juried Exhibition Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON  
International Women's Day Annual Juried Exhibition Rodman Hall St, Catharines, ON                                                            Grimsby Public Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Women's Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, ON
St Catharines Art Association Annual Juried Exhibition, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON

Group  Exhibitions
2019
Sea Life, Shetland, Scotland
2008
Agri-culture, Lincoln Public Library, Niagara, On, Canada
Pumphouse Visual Art Centre's Invitational Instructors' Exhibition, Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, Niagara on the Lake, ON
Flirtations and Congeries: Artists Respond to the Permanent Collection, Grimsby Public Art Gallery Grimsby, ON
Revealed, Women's Voices, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
2006
Arts and Tarts, Women in Art, Niagara Artists' Company, St. Catharines, ON
2005                                                                                                                                
Fertile Ground, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, West Niagara, ON                                                   
Sour Grapes, Niagara Artists Company St. Catharines, ON                                                                                             
Small Works, Carnegie Art Gallery, Dundas, ON                                                                                           
Big Girls/ Little Girls, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
    

Related Experience
2021
Shared curatorial and business practice in an artist-run gallery,  (since 2005), Jordan Art Gallery, ON, Canada
2016
Artist talk, Shetland, St. Catharines Art Association, Niagara, On, Canada
2015
Artist talk, Shetland,  Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
2012
Kitchen Table Talk, The Greenbelt Dichotomy, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
2009     
Exhibition Juror, District school board of Niagara annual juried exhibition of graduate students, Niagara, ON
Guest Presenter, St. Catharines Art Association, St. Catharines, ON
2007   
Exhibition Juror, Grimsby Festival of Art, Niagara, ON        
Artist Mentor, Grimsby Community Murals Project, Niagara, ON
Guest Presenter, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON

Projects
Landmade
Murmur: Migration, Litter, Climate
Bright Ideas
Creatures Great and small: The Dog Tree
Constructions and Discoveries
Cultivating the Greenbelt
Murmuration
Rags for those Loved: intentions from Ireland
Grimsby Community Murals project
                       
 Selected Bibliography

2019
Pages from the Frozen Sea
artwork inclusion for book curated by Eva Mantell & Sarah Stengle
North Notes, Tom Morton, The Shetland times, Shetland

2016
60 North radio, interviewed by Tom Morton, Shetland, Scotland
Canadian artist paints wild Shetland, Stephen Gordon, The Shetland Times, Shetland, Scotland
2015
60 North Magazine, Shetland, Scotland
The Art of 40, 'Bright Ideas', exhibition catalogue & DVD, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON, Canada
Kate Leathers, Rhona Wenger
2013
A celebration of Creatures Great & Small, Peter Van Hiel, Grimsby Lincoln News, Niagara, ON, Canada
2012
Arabella Magazine, ON, Canada
2011   
Stephen Parr, This Land is YOUR Land, Artists respond to the Greenbelt legislation, Cogeco TV,   Niagara, ON, Canada
Amanda Street, the Greenbelt Dichotomy, Niagara this Week, Niagara, ON
2009  
Mike Zettel, Art and Wine a complementary pairing, Niagara This Week, Niagara, ON
2007     
Lori Littleton, Art, Wine & the Great Outdoors, Does it get any better? The St. Catharines Standard, Niagara, ON           
Laura Hollick, Food For Thought, Pulse magazine, Niagara, ON
Laura Hollick, Blooming' En Plein Air', Pulse magazine Niagara, ON
2005  
Joanne McDonald, Energy from Art': Firecracker Fuchsia a joint effort of three Niagara Artists, Niagara This week, Niagara, ON
Niagara Life Magazine, Yolanda's Garlic, St. Catharines Market Square, Niagara, ON
Mathew Van Dongen, Now Art and Taxes are Inevitable - New exhibit at City Hall adds some culture to paying your bills; Spectrum Verve, The Standard, St. Catharines, ON
Elaine Hujer, Playing around with Nature, The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, ON
2004 
Elizabeth Chitty, Revealed, Women's Voices, Rodman Hall, St. Catharines, ON
Joanna Manning, Real Art Horse, Pulse Niagara, West Niagara, ON
Sharon Hiebert, Flirtations & Congeries, Grimsby Public Art Gallery Exhibition Catalogue Grimsby, ON
2003    
Joanna Manning, A Dog's Life, The Tribune, Welland, ON     
Kelly Putter, Fine Art, The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, ON 
2003    
Denise Davy, Kurts' World, The Hamilton Spectator, Hamilton, ON  
Christopher Waters, Rejects no More, The St. Catharines Standard, St. Catharines, ON      
Katharine Nadeau, Gallery Exhibit Features Local, The Grimsby News, West Niagara, ON
Terry McNamee, Yates Selected for Exhibition, The Grimsby Independent, West Niagara, ON
Dorothy Turcotte, Grimsby's Murals, The Downtowner, St. Catharines, ON
Laura Arsenau, Big Girls/Little Girls, exhibition catalogue, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Sharon Hiebert, Big Girls/Little Girls exhibition catalogue, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON

Teaching
2020
LAND  & SEA: intro to cold wax medium, Sunbury Shores arts & nature centre, New Brunswick, Canada
2019
LANDWORKS: WALK & MAKE::Bruce Trail,,Niagara, Canada
Murmur,  Urafirth Primary School, Shetland, Scotland
Drinks with Van Gogh, The Cornerstone, Shetland, Scotland
2017
LANDWORKS: WALK & MAKE, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, Canada
Painting with oil and Cold Wax, Rogue Studio, Niagara, ON
Encaustic Painting ,Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
Plein air painting, The Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, ON
Shorelines: plein air painting workshop, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, On
Drinks With Van Gogh, Forty Public House, Niagara, ON
2016
Painting with oil and cold wax, Elora Centre for the Arts, Elora, ON
2015
Painting with oil and cold wax, The Booth, Shetland, Scotland
Outdoor painting, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
2014
In the Orchard,  plein air painting workshop, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Niagara, ON

Encaustic Painting, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2013
Introduction to Encaustic painting, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON.
Exploring the Surface,  painting  with Cold Wax, Pumphouse Visual Art centre, Niagara on the Lake, Niagara, ON
Encaustic Painting, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
2012
Encaustic Painting, Pumphouse Visual Art centre, Niagara on the Lake, Niagara, ON
Exploring the Surface,  painting  with Cold Wax, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, On
Plein Air Landscape, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
2011
Guest instructor, District School Board of Niagara, Grimsby Secondary School, Niagara, ON
Exploring the Surface,  painting  with Cold Wax, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, On
Plein Air Landscape, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Guest instructor, District School Board of Niagara, Grimsby Secondary School, Niagara, ON
2010      
Plein Air Landscape, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
2009  
Guest instructor, District School Board of Niagara, Grimsby Secondary School, Niagara, ON
Encaustic Painting, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Plein Air Landscape, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
Encaustic Painting, Studio on the Ridge, Niagara, ON
2008    
Guest instructor, District School Board of Niagara, Grimsby Secondary School, Niagara, ON     
Impressionist Landscape, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, ON
Introduction to Encaustic Painting, Pumphouse Visual Art Centre, Niagara on the Lake, ON
2007    
Encaustic Painting, the Southampton Art School, Southampton ON
Paint Spectacular Sunsets, the Southampton Art School, Southampton, ON  
Grimsby Community Murals Project Grimsby, ON

Affiliations & Associations
Visual Arts Scotland, UK
Society of Canadian Artists, Canada  
Landscape Artists International
Greenbelt Collective, Ontario, Canada
Jordan Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
Visual Arts Ontario, Toronto, ON
Carfac, Toronto, ON



Selected Contributions, Donations and Community Service   
 2019
Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary, Shetland, Scotland                                                                                                        
2015
Grimsby Public Art Gallery, ON, Canada
2014
Jordan Historical Museum, Niagara, ON
2012  
 McNally House Hospice, Niagara, ON       
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Annual Art Auction, Grimsby, ON
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Jordan Art Gallery, Niagara, ON
2010          
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Annual Art Auction, donation, Niagara, ON                                                    
Jordan Historical Museum, Niagara, ON
2008            
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Annual Art Auction, Niagara, ON
2007           
Grimsby Public Art Gallery Annual Art Auction, Niagara, ON                                                                                              
Grimsby Historical Museum, Niagara, ON          
2005            
Foundation of Resources for Teens, Niagara, ON                                           
Grimsby Historical Museum, Niagara, ON          
Grimsby Secondary School Art Cub, Niagara, ON
Dundas Valley School of Art Annual Art Auction, Dundas, ON
Women's Resource Centre fundraiser, Niagara, ON
Outside the Lines- work by young artists, Lincoln Public Library, Lincoln, ON              
Grimsby Public Art Gallery/Library Building Committee, Niagara, ON

Selected Collections
Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary, Shetland, Scotland
Geoff Jukes (Weaving Shed Gallery), Shetland
Sumburgh Head Lighthouse and Nature center, Shetland, Scotland
Kacaba Vineyards, Ontario, Canada    
Bizkids, Seattle, Washington, US         
Rubin Thomlinson LLP, Toronto, ON
Brock University, Niagara, ON
R Cann, Cultural Services , City of St. Catharines, Canada
J. Surasky, Author, New York, US
Gary Thomas Kelly, Distinctive Interior Design, Florida, US
R Mostacci, MCIP, RPP, Director, Community & Development Services, Fort Erie, ON
R Wenger, Director, Grimsby Public Art Gallery,  Niagara, ON
A Carter,  Design the World, Toronto, ON                                                                 
Concorde Ridge, Niagara, ON
B Kirshbaum, writer, Seinfeld, Everyone Loves Raymond, Los Angeles, US
M Jane, comedian, Comedy Store, Improv, Los Angeles, US




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    • Cuttings
    • Encaustic >
      • encaustic gallery 2
      • earlier work >
        • Spring / Summer: Niagara Escarpment >
          • Winter: Niagara Escarpment >
            • Autumn: Niagara Escarpment >
              • A Way >
                • small works: plein air >
                  • from my garden
                • Sky
                • moon
  • Landworks / Projects
    • Covid Lock-down Projects
    • da waander-migration, litter, climate change'
    • Shetland >
      • video
    • Landmade >
      • video
    • Bright Ideas
    • The Milkweed Project
    • the Dog's Tree
    • rags for those loved: Intentions from ireland
    • Cultivating the Greenbelt
    • Ireland Residency
    • murmuration
    • constructions and discoveries
  • Teaching
    • Upcoming Workshops & Classes >
      • Cold Wax & Oil workshops
      • Painting Shorelines: where Water meets Land.
      • Encaustic Painting workshops >
        • weekly art instruction & mentoring >
          • Painting with Wine >
            • Painting with Oil >
              • Plein Air Painting workshops >
                • cold wax medium
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