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Jen Mann(1987-) is a notable Canadian artist that currently works and lives in Toronto. Her magical figurative paintings explore the concepts of beauty and wonder.

Personal Life
Mann was born September 15th, 1987 in Mississauga Ontario, Canada. Mann attended Cawthra Park SS in high school. She went on to OCAD (Toronto) and received her BFA in printmaking.

Works
Mann’s transition from printmaking to painting happened after her graduation from OCAD. The artist herself said that "Painting has always been sort of liberating for me, in comparison to print, which in the end of my four years ended up feeling...overwhelming and too controlled." Mann's first series "Fera" unfolded from this experience of lack of identity. The 2009 series were the first paintings Mann ever made. They dealt with what the artist called "feeling wild, but stifled, feeling trapped and wanting to escape." In this series, women are paired with wild animals.

The next group of work that Mann created was called "Subconscious Vistas." These surreal, dreamlike paintings highlight images of men and women combined with birds, flowers, gems, and wild colors. The focus in this series is the escape from the everyday and the freedom found in that escape. Mann's series "Gathering of the Psyche" followed "Subconscious Vistas." The series is an entirely white one. Mann said the inspiration for this body of work was the idea that everything is the same, and then nothing at the same time.

"Chromatic Atrophy" and "Toxic Love" were two shorts series between "Gathering of the Psyche" and Mann's most recent series called "Strange Beauties."

Made in 2013, "Strange Beauties" looks at awkward moments captured in Mann's studio with friends and family. Mann takes these discarded moments and then re-invents them, as they are seen through rose coloured glasses. Mann said that she wanted to see these moments as beautiful and give them importance.

Mann is currently working on her newest series titled "Q&A." This series is sent to be in a solo show in November 2014 at Neubacher Shor Contemporary. The new series is grappling with identity and the questions one asks him or her self.

Shows
Jenn Mann is represented by NSC in Toronto

Solo Shows

 * Strange Beauties - NSC - Toronto - Feb-Mar 2013
 * Gathering of the Psyche - Communication Gallery- Toronto -2012
 * Daydream Believer - NSC - Toronto - July - 2012
 * Subconscious Vistas - Gallery 1313, Toronto, Sept 2011

Select Group Shows

 * Prisma second annual group show, WWA gallery, Culver City, CA - Feb 2014
 * Supersonic Electronic Invitational III, Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA - Jan 2014
 * Kingston Prize show - Art Gallery of Calgary - Calgary - Nov 2013
 * Bad Dads - Wes Anderson Themed Show, Spoke Art - SF - CA, Nov 2013
 * Many Faces (Two person Show) - Compound Gallery - Portland - Oct 2013
 * Kingston Prize Show - Firehall Theater - Gananoque - ON 2013
 * Lil bub Group Show - Spoke art - San Francisco CA - Sept 2013
 * Gauntlet Gallery - Side Effects- San Francisco CA - June 2013
 * Animal in Me - Subtext Gallery - San Diego USA - Feb 2013
 * Second Sight - Trifecta Gallery, USA Dec 2012
 * MILK - fine grime - Bath U.K. - Nov, 2012
 * Glass, Cinder & Thorns - 323 East Gallery - USA- Nov 2012
 * Highly Contagious - Gallery Hijinks, San Francisco Sept 2010
 * Nature Noir - Mahan Gallery, Columbus OH, US,A March 2010
 * Alice in Wonderland - Canteen Gallery - Ottawa, March 2010
 * Art for Chilled Hearts - Whippersnapper Gallery- Feb 2010
 * OCAD + - Annual Thesis Show, OCAD, May 2009
 * Prints Are Like That – Gallery 1313, Toronto, April 2009
 * Summer Solstice - Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, July 2008
 * Blowjobs over Baltimore - our space loft, Toronto, July 2008
 * Sleep is for dead ppl- Whippersnapper Gallery, Toronto, May 2008

Awards

 * Ontario Arts Council - Emerging Artist Grant - 2014
 * Finalist for the Kingston Portrait Prize - 2013
 * Curries Art Store Prize- Printmaking 4th year – OCAD 2009
 * Duncan Macpherson Award - Drawing & Painting OCAD 2008
 * Sharon Mekur MemorialAward-3rd yr Printmaking OCAD 2008
 * 2nd year award for studio excellence - Printmaking - OCAD - 2007