DAVEANDJENN Whenever It Hurts

January 19 - February 23, 2019 Opening: Saturday January 19, 3 - 6 pm artists in attendance

detail: “Play Bow”

In association with TrépanierBaer Gallery, photos by: M.N. Hutchinson

GENERAL HARDWARE CONTEMPORARY 1520 Queen Street West, Toronto, M6R 1A4 www.generalhardware.ca Hours: Wed. - Sat., 12 - 6 pm email: [email protected] 416-821-3060 DaveandJenn (David Foy and Jennifer Saleik) have collaborated since 2004. Foy was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1982; Saleik in Velbert, Germany, in 1983. They graduated with distinction from the Alberta College of Art + Design in 2006, making their first appearance as DaveandJenn in the graduating exhibition. Experimenting with form and materials is an important aspect of their work, which includes painting, sculpture, installation, animation and digital video. Over the years they have developed a method of painting dense, rich worlds in between multiple layers of resin, slowly building up their final image in a manner that is reminiscent of celluloid animation, collage and Victorian shadow boxes. DaveandJenn are two times RBC Canadian Painting Competition finalists (2006, 2009), awarded the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta’s Biennial Emerging Artist Award (2010) and longlisted for the Sobey Art Award (2011). DaveandJenn’s work was included in the acclaimed “Oh Canada” exhibition curated by Denise Markonish at MASS MoCA – the largest survey of contemporary Canadian art ever produced outside of Canada. Their work can be found in both private and public collections throughout North America, including the Royal Bank of Canada, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Calgary Municipal Collection and the Art Gallery of Hamilton. Recent solo exhibitions include “Thinner Skin, Thinner Hide” at Cambridge Art Galleries (2018), “Paradise for an in-between time” at the Esker Foundation (2018).

DaveandJenn’s solo exhibition will coincide with: “How to Breathe Forever” group exhibition at Onsite Gallery at OCAD U January 16 to April 14, 2019

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In association with TrépanierBaer Gallery, photos by: M.N. Hutchinson “We often focus on the shifting boundaries between the real and the imagined in everyday life and how these can distort our sense of ourselves, of others, and of the world around us. These distortions are so influential, but often we are completely unaware of them. Our biases, fears, hopes, and delusions run the show.

There is also a sense that the centre won’t hold, that things will fall apart. That there is a reckoning looming. But then what? What comes after the delusions crumble, the forests fade and the lines are crossed? One thing ends, another begins. We are inextricably tied to the world around us, each person and thing, a landscape moving in between the micro and macro, sifting through the growing noise. Our work is the result of different landscapes being layered together. Our material choices often reflect this. Historical mediums like bronze and plaster being combined with plastic and resins. It’s an aggregate of a time and place. And science, history, daily life, western mythology, pop culture… it’s all in there. Because it’s all around us. We make art from noise.”

DaveandJenn DaveandJenn “Play Bow” polymer clay, porcelain, bronze, 23 karat gilding, semi precious stone, artificial flowers, and acrylic paint 13” x 10 1/2” x 15 1/2”, 2018

www.generalhardware.ca DaveandJenn “The Sensitive One” polymer clay, porcelain, bronze, 23 karat gilding and acrylic paint 16 1/2” x 13” x 30 1/2”, 2018

www.generalhardware.ca DaveandJenn “The Memory Of Songs” polymer clay, porcelain, bronze, 23 karat gilding and acrylic paint 30” x 10” x 8 1/2”, 2018

www.generalhardware.ca DaveandJenn “The Bird That Was A Mimic” polymer clay, porcelain, bronze, 23 karat gilding and acrylic paint 4 1/2” x 7” x 8 1/2”, 2018

www.generalhardware.ca DaveandJenn “Leviathan and Me” Bronze, polymer clay, acrylic paint and mixed medium 12” x 14” x 19”, 2016

www.generalhardware.ca LIST OF WORKS

DaveandJenn’s solo exhibition will coincide with: “How to Breathe Forever” group exhibition at OCAD U January 16 to April 14, 2019

Mary Anne Barkhouse Maryanne Casasanta DaveandJenn Li Xinmo Qavavau Manumie Pejvak (Rouzbeh Akhbari + Felix Kalmenson) Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa Ningiukulu Teevee Flora Weistche

Curated by Lisa Deanne Smith DaveandJenn The Wellspring (OCADU exhibition) Bronze, 23 carat gilding, epoxy putty, polymer clay, plaster, Acrylic paint, steel, wood, foil palm trees, EPS foam and Epsilon epoxy EPS foam coating, on a glass and wood base 59.75” x 39.25” x 26.5”, 2017

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DaveandJenn For Actaeon (The Flower) (OCADU exhibition) Bronze, 23 carat gilding, polymer clay, Plaster, fresh water pearls and acrylic paint 19” x 20” x 13”, 2017

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DaveandJenn No Horizons (OCADU exhibition) Polymer clay, acrylic paint, silicon carbide, fibre, wire, Acetate and dichoric film 8.5” x 11.25” x 19.75”, 2017

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DaveandJenn

David John Foy born in 1982 Jennifer Saleik born in 1983 Both live and work in Calgary, Alberta

EDUCATION

2003-06 Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction, Major in Painting from Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, AB, Canada 2001-03 Diploma of Fine Art from Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB, Canada

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

2019 TrépanierBaer Gallery, Toronto, ON General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, ON 2018 Thinner Skin and Thicker Hide, Queen's Square Gallery, Cambridge, ON Blind Date in Paradise, Papier 2018, Special Project Space, Montréal, QC 2017 The Wellspring, Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AB 2016 A Natural History of Islands / daveandjenn, Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB 2015 Thin Skin / Thick Hide, SOLO Booth S7 – Art Toronto, TrépanierBaer Gallery No End, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta 2014 This Sinking Feeling Could Keep You Afloat, TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary, AB 2012 The Hinterland Will Find You, TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary, AB 2010 The Magic Circle, Skew Gallery, Calgary, Alberta 2008 In Which They Find Themselves Between Here and There, Skew Gallery, Calgary, Alberta 2006 In Which The Honourable Explores Its Territories, TRUCK Gallery +15 Project Space, Calgary, Alberta

GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND SPECIAL PROJECT SPACES

2019 DaveandJenn at ONSITE GALLERY, OCAD University, Toronto, ON 2018 Paradise for an in-between time, Project Space, Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB 2017 Transmundane, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan Glenbow Museum 2016 Pillow Talk, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario 2015 Oh, Canada, Glenbow Museum; The Esker Foundation; Illingworth Kerr Gallery at ACAD ; The Nickle Galleries at Univeristy of Calgary; All venues located in Calgary, Alberta 2014 Voted Most Likely, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, curated by Kim Dorland Oh, Canada, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, PE; Owens Art Gallery, Sackcville, NB; Louise and Reuben Cohen Art Gallery at the University of Moncton, NB; Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton, NB 2013 Le Project Peinture/The Painting Project, Galerie de l’UQAM, Montréal, Québec, curated by Julie Bélisle, Louise Déry, Marie-Eve Beaupré; catalogue THE NEWS FROM HERE: The 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Nancy Tousley, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, AB 1912/2012: Made in Alberta, Museum of Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB 2013-2012 Oh, Canada, curated by Denise Markonish, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Massachusetts 2011 softcore, HARDEDGE, curated by Marianne Elder and David Pagel, East and Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, California State of the Art, Patrick Mikhail Gallery, Ottawa 2010 On Your Marks, with Ron Moppett, curated by Ryan Doherty, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge softcore, HARDEDGE, curated by Marianne Elder and David Pagel, Art Gallery of Calgary Extreme Painting, Division Gallery, Montreal Snap, Crackle, Pop, The University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta 2009 HEARTland, Toronto Art Fair, Special Project Exhibition curated by Jeffrey Spalding, Toronto The Eleventh Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Traveling exhibition, Montréal and Toronto 2009 Contributing artist to Screen 2010 part of CODE and the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad Fresh Paint, Traveling exhibition, throughout Alberta, Canada Early Work, Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta 2008 Future’s So Bright, TRUCK Gallery main space, Calgary Painting: Thick and Thin, Glenbow Museum and Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary 2007 Miniatures, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff 2006 The Eighth Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition, Traveling exhibition, Toronto, Kitchener, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver

ART FAIRS

2018 Art Toronto, TrépanierBaer, Booth B4 2018 Papier 2018 – Special Projects 2017 Art Toronto, TrépanierBaer, Booth B10 2016 Art Toronto, TrépanierBaer, Booth C48 2015 Art Toronto, TrépanierBaer, SOLO BOOTH S7 : Thin Skin / Thick Hide 2014 Toronto International Art Fair, Trépanier Baer, Booth 808 2013 Toronto International Art Fair, Trépanier Baer, Booth 906 2012 Toronto International Art Fair, Trépanier Baer, Booth 1000 2011 Toronto International Art Fair, Trépanier Baer, Booth 800 NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Skew Gallery booth, During Art Chicago, Chicago 2010 Art Toronto, The Next Section, Skew Gallery Booth, Toronto NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Skew Gallery booth, During Art Chicago, Chicago 2009 SCOPE Basel Art Show, Skew Gallery booth #B134, Basel, Switzerland NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Skew Gallery booth and Special Projects Space, During Art Chicago, Chicago 2008 Aqua Wynwood, Skew Gallery - During Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami NEXT: The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Skew Gallery, During Art Chicago, Chicago 2007 Art L.A., art fair, Skew Gallery, Los Angeles

RESIDENCIES

2007 The Imaginary Places thematic summer residency, Banff Centre for the Arts

AWARDS

2010 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award 2009 The Eleventh Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition Semi- Finalist, provided by the Royal Bank of Canada 2006 The Eighth Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition Semi- Finalist, provided by the Royal Bank of Canada

GRANTS

2018 Artist Opportunity Grant, Calgary Arts Development Project Grant, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts 2017 Project Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts 2016 Project Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts 2015 Cultural Relations Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts 2014 Project Grant, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts 2013 Project Grant, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts 2012 Cultural Relations Grant, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts Project Grant, The Alberta Creative Development Initiative Grant 2011 Project Grant, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travel Grant, The Canada Council for the Arts 2010 Project Grant, The Alberta Creative Development Initiative Grant 2008 Cultural Relations Grant, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts

COLLECTIONS

Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario The Civic Art Collection of Calgary The Alberta Foundation for the Arts The Royal Bank of Canada Private collections in the U.S. and Canada

CATALOGUES

2016 A Natural History of Islands / daveandjenn, Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary, essay by Christine Sowiak 2015 DavandJenn: No End, Art Gallery of Alberta, essay by Kristy Trinier 2013 Le Projet de Peinture, UQAM, with essays by Julie Bélisle, Louise Déry, Marie-Ève Beaupré THE NEWS FROM HERE: The 2013 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, curated by Nancy Tousley, Art Gallery of Alberta 2012 Oh, Canada, curated by Denise Markonish, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, North Adams, Massachusetts. DaveandJenn interviewed by Douglas Coupland; Joseph Tisiga interviewed by DaveandJenn

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2016 Sowiak, Christine, “Navigating Islands,” A Natural History of Islands / daveandjenn, exhibition catalogue, pp. 3,6,9,12,13. Ylitalo, Katherine, DaveandJenn's A Natural History of Islands, Galleries West Online, Nov. 19 2015 Tousley, Nancy, “DaveandJenn, No End at the Art Gallery of Alberta,” Canadian Art, Fall 2015, p. 172 Hunt, Stephen, “ It’s Complicated: DaveandJenn blend personal details with mythic settings,” Calgary Herald, January 17, 2015, pp. D1 and D7 2014 Kerr, Lucas, “It takes two: Artistic duo DaveandJenn bring structured chaos to TrépanierBaer,” Fast Forward Weekly, December 11, 2014 2013 Le Project Peinture/The Painting Project, Galerie UQAM, with essays by Louise Déry, Julie Bélisle, Robin Anthony, Nicolas Marvrikakis, Jonathan Shaughnessy Griwkosky, Fish, “AGA biennial celebrates ‘where we are’,” Edmonton Journal, Friday, January 25th, 2013 2012 Cotton, Pia, “ Art’s Northern Exposure, “ Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2012, p. C14. 2011 Creating art from a private bubble, Travis Reynolds, Calgary Herald, June 11th 2010 Extreme Painting, John Bentley Mays, Canadian Art Magazine, Summer 2010, p.75 Snap, Crackle, Pop, Essays by Josephine Mills and Riva Symko, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, 2010. 2009 Calgary’s top 12 art exhibitions of 2008, Nancy Tousley, Calgary Herald, January 4th 2008 Carte Blanche Volume 2: Painting, foreword by Jane Urquhart, text by Clint Roenisch, Magenta Publishing for the Arts, Toronto, Canada, p. 94 RBC Painting Competition- Ten Years Catalogue, edited by Laurel Macmillan, published by the Royal Bank of Canada Renegade outsider’s living in beige houses’, Erin Belanger, FFWD Weekly, July 10th-17th Calgary duo reimagines landscapes, sort of, Nancy Tousley, Calgary Herald, October 5th Move over Group of Seven! Anthea Black, FFWD Weekly, August 28th- September 3rd Joined at the hip, Kay Burns, Galleries West, Fall/Winter Issue, p.63-7 2006 Two-Brainer, Robert Enright, BorderCrossings , Volume 25, number 4, issue 100, p.15