John Clinock
Artist Statement
I’ve made and taught visual art in Victoria, Vancouver, and the UK for over 30 years. In 2019 I returned to painting after 3 years of explorations in mixed media installations, wall reliefs and ceramic sculpture.
My return to painting culminated in a month-long art residency in Mexico. During that time, I made the works on paper that form the essence of this exhibition. They reflect an intense 4 weeks exploring my creative process and my inner self.
For the last decade or so, my 2D and 3D artwork has been mostly expressionistic and imaginative figuration: implied visual metaphors conversing with elements that contain a possible likeness but only hint what that may be.
The figures in my art manifest as facets of my subconscious seeking to connect to viewer and world. Their appearance on the working surface emerges slowly, through layering, spontaneous mark-making and the serendipity of gesture and brush.
I work and images appear. I make no initial plan, drawing, or judgement and remain in conversation with the painting as it develops. I accept, honour and nourish the figures and forms that emerge. Each piece I make becomes a deeply personal journey, an inner dance with those aspects of consciousness that are mysterious and elusive.
The act of art enchants me. The sensual and quintessentially magical process of making something from nothing animates my life and opens me to all possibilities of wonder, chance and the unexpected. I approach each working surface in search of another disclosure of self. I play and lose myself in the act of art. I work until I disappear.
Bio
In over 30 years of making and teaching art I have worked with painting, sculpture, mixed media, drawing, ceramics, photography, and performance.
My personal art history includes an Associate of Arts Diploma (first class) from the Fine Arts Department of Camosun College in Victoria, an B.F.A. (with honours) and B.Ed. from the University of Victoria and an Advanced Study Certificate in Painting from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. I established the visual arts department at Collingwood School in West Vancouver and led the department from 1988 until my retirement in 2010.
I continue to make art out of my home studio in Vancouver. Pre-Covid I traveled for artist residencies in Mexico and volunteered for many years as an art teacher / creative workshop facilitator at various community centers serving vulnerable populations in Vancouver’s downtown south community.
My art is in private collections in Mexico, England, and Canada. I have exhibited in numerous group shows in Victoria and Vancouver, including the Britannia Art Gallery, the Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV), and the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival (VOAF).
My personal art history includes an Associate of Arts Diploma (first class) from the Fine Arts Department of Camosun College in Victoria, an B.F.A. (with honours) and B.Ed. from the University of Victoria and an Advanced Study Certificate in Painting from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. I established the visual arts department at Collingwood School in West Vancouver and led the department from 1988 until my retirement in 2010.
I continue to make art out of my home studio in Vancouver. Pre-Covid I traveled for artist residencies in Mexico and volunteered for many years as an art teacher / creative workshop facilitator at various community centers serving vulnerable populations in Vancouver’s downtown south community.
My art is in private collections in Mexico, England, and Canada. I have exhibited in numerous group shows in Victoria and Vancouver, including the Britannia Art Gallery, the Community Arts Council of Vancouver (CACV), and the Vancouver Outsider Arts Festival (VOAF).
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Left: La Dama de las Flores. 17x14. Acrylic on paper (20x16 Framed)
Middle: Full Moon. 17x14. Acrylic on paper (20x16 Framed)
Right: Magician. 17x14. Acrylic on paper (20x16 Framed)
Left: La Dama de las Flores. 17x14. Acrylic on paper (20x16 Framed)
Middle: Full Moon. 17x14. Acrylic on paper (20x16 Framed)
Right: Magician. 17x14. Acrylic on paper (20x16 Framed)
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Jan Appel
Artist Statement
Through the medium of paint, Jan Appel investigates thematic questions regarding existence in the contemporary world. The Painted Story of The Meat People is an amalgamation of paintings inspired by mythologies that depict imagined moments and narratives of fictional characters. The Meat People are invented figures created by the artist. These characters are at times doing banal activities, or some other moments dancing and playing instruments. Through the use of material exploration, storytelling and world-building, Jan is exploring his relationship with mortality, impermanence, toxic masculinity and what it means to live and have a human experience.
Bio/CV
881 E 19th Ave, Vancouver, BC
Phone: (403) 618-6865; email: j[email protected]
Education
Emily Carr University of Art + Design 2018 – 2020
Master of Fine Art Degree
Alberta College of Art + Design 2014 - 2018
Bachelor of Fine Art Degree
Mount Royal University 2010 - 2011
American School of The Hague (The Netherlands) 2008 – 2010
Work Experience
Teaching – Canada Star Academy 2021 – Present
Painting, drawing and art history = classes as well at portfolio prep for university applications.
Teaching – Canadian College 2020 – Present
At Canadian College, I am teaching multiple sections of Art History. My responsibilities are to create a syllabus and curriculum for these courses. I teach these classes with a combination of lectures and interactive activities. Due to the current times, the class is on Zoom, which has been an experience that has tested and enhanced my teaching capabilities.
Teaching - Emily Carr University 2018 – 2020
At Emily Carr, I received the opportunity to teach my own studio painting course. Here I had to develop the curriculum, syllabus and assignments, as well as be in charge of grading, lectures, demos and lead individual and full class critiques. Aside from this, I also had the privilege of being a teacher assistant in the painting department.
Research – Emily Carr University 2018 – 2020
During my two years as a master’s student as Emily Carr, I was the research assistant for Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Studies - Richard Hill. Here my obligations varied significantly; as diverse as reference management, data transferring, data entering, data visualization and much more.
In-Definite Arts 2016
At In-Definite Arts I got the chance to be a studio instructor for artists with disabilities. My responsibilities were to instruct students on a one on one basis but also to lead workshops and demos as a large group.
Languages
English, Spanish, Italian.
Sing (Acrylic Mixed Media Canvas 7 x 7)
Phone: (403) 618-6865; email: j[email protected]
Education
Emily Carr University of Art + Design 2018 – 2020
Master of Fine Art Degree
Alberta College of Art + Design 2014 - 2018
Bachelor of Fine Art Degree
Mount Royal University 2010 - 2011
American School of The Hague (The Netherlands) 2008 – 2010
Work Experience
Teaching – Canada Star Academy 2021 – Present
Painting, drawing and art history = classes as well at portfolio prep for university applications.
Teaching – Canadian College 2020 – Present
At Canadian College, I am teaching multiple sections of Art History. My responsibilities are to create a syllabus and curriculum for these courses. I teach these classes with a combination of lectures and interactive activities. Due to the current times, the class is on Zoom, which has been an experience that has tested and enhanced my teaching capabilities.
Teaching - Emily Carr University 2018 – 2020
At Emily Carr, I received the opportunity to teach my own studio painting course. Here I had to develop the curriculum, syllabus and assignments, as well as be in charge of grading, lectures, demos and lead individual and full class critiques. Aside from this, I also had the privilege of being a teacher assistant in the painting department.
Research – Emily Carr University 2018 – 2020
During my two years as a master’s student as Emily Carr, I was the research assistant for Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Studies - Richard Hill. Here my obligations varied significantly; as diverse as reference management, data transferring, data entering, data visualization and much more.
In-Definite Arts 2016
At In-Definite Arts I got the chance to be a studio instructor for artists with disabilities. My responsibilities were to instruct students on a one on one basis but also to lead workshops and demos as a large group.
Languages
English, Spanish, Italian.
Sing (Acrylic Mixed Media Canvas 7 x 7)
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Right: Baila, Oil on Canvas, 54” x 60”, 2022
Middle: Jan Appel, Meat Knights Surrounding Castle, Oil on Canvas, 37” x 48”, 2021
Left: Jan Appel, Fall and Dissect, Oil on Canvas, 84” x 60”, 2021
Right: Baila, Oil on Canvas, 54” x 60”, 2022
Middle: Jan Appel, Meat Knights Surrounding Castle, Oil on Canvas, 37” x 48”, 2021
Left: Jan Appel, Fall and Dissect, Oil on Canvas, 84” x 60”, 2021
