Jennifer Linton is a guest artist at the Lilith Gallery. Her work is similar to Cindy Sherman's in that she uses herself as the model on a regular basis. Her works have a quirky/funny side to them. Her works are for sale at www.jenniferlinton.ca.
The primary focus of Linton’s artistic practice is to address
gender-related issues and represent the experiences of women. Inspired by
the second wave feminists, who coined the phrase ‘the personal is
political’, Linton’s work reflects her personal experiences filtered through
the lens of art history, mythology and popular culture. In her series of
drawings entitled “The Bitter Seed” (2000), she combined family photographs
with the ancient Greek legend of Persephone as a means to address the
difficult territory of child abuse. Similarly, in the series “St. Ursula and
the Eleven Thousand Virgins” (2003) Linton masqueraded as St. Ursula, the
patron saint of schoolgirls, and transformed her into a guardian
angel/sword-wielding avenger for the purposes of exploring themes of abuse,
female sexuality and the concept of virginity.
Most recently, Linton's work
continues her diaristic approach to image-making with an exploration of
pregnancy & motherhood. As her role as primary caregiver to her child
develops and evolves, so too does the content of the work to reflect the
many corollary issues relating to motherhood, including gender identity,
sexuality and body image. Linton's aim is to present an honest and
unsentimentalized view of motherhood that challenges the clichéd images
often found in the mainstream media.
Jennifer Linton is a Canadian artist living in Toronto. She was born in
North Vancouver, British Columbia in 1968. She studied graphic design and
art & art history at the University of Toronto and Sheridan College. Between
1992 and 2005 she has had seven solo exhibitions and numerous group
exhibitions.
If you need more info about Jennifer Linton, contact the curator or go to www.jenniferlinton.ca.
Alphabetical Listing of Art by
Jennifer Linton :
A Lesson in Mechanics : 2001
All Good Children : 2002
Alma Mater : 1994
Annunciation : 2002
Art & Power : 1994
Brides : 2003
Correspondence I : 1994
Danae : 2002
Flower : 2003
Hi Art : 2001
How the Fox Lost His Coat : 2001
Judith : 2002
Local Disaster : 2001
Mouse : 2002
Objects of Desire I : 1994
Objects of Desire II : 1994
Origami : 2002
Persephone (Jennifer Linton) : 2001
Persephone I : 2000
Persephone II : 2000
Persephone III : 2000
Persephone IV : 2000
Persephone V : 2000
Persephone VI : 2000
Persephone VII : 2000
Pieta : 2001
Relic I : 2002
Relic II : 2002
Relic III : 2003
Ring : 2002
Sacred Heart : 1996
Salome : 2002
Self Portrait with the Immaculate Heart of Mary : 1996
St Agatha I : 1999
St Agatha II : 1999
St Agatha's Vision of God as a Surgeon : 1998
St Apollonia Quatre Foil : 2000
St Lucy I : 1996
St Lucy II : 1998
St Ursula and the Familiar : 2002
St Ursula and the Gorgon's Head : 2002
St Ursula : 2002
The Child Bride : 2000
The Female Construct II : 1994
The Female Construct III : 1994
The Passion : 2001
The Rape of Europa : 2001
The Terrorist : 2001
The Three Graces : 1995
Untitled (Comfort & Freedom) : 1994
Virtu : 1994
