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Jennifer Linton

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

Untitled (Comfort & Freedom) : 1994, click to see larger version.

Untitled (Comfort & Freedom) : 1994

St Agatha I : 1999, click to see larger version.

St Agatha I : 1999

Danae : 2002, click to see larger version.

Danae : 2002

St Ursula and the Gorgon's Head : 2002, click to see larger version.

St Ursula and the Gorgon's Head : 2002

The Terrorist : 2001, click to see larger version.

The Terrorist : 2001

Relic II : 2002, click to see larger version.

Relic II : 2002

Chronological Listing of Art by Jennifer Linton :

1994
Alma Mater : 1994
Art & Power : 1994
Correspondence I : 1994
Objects of Desire I : 1994
Objects of Desire II : 1994
The Female Construct II : 1994
The Female Construct III : 1994
Untitled (Comfort & Freedom) : 1994
Virtu : 1994

1995
The Three Graces : 1995

1996
Sacred Heart : 1996
Self Portrait with the Immaculate Heart of Mary : 1996
St Lucy I : 1996

1998
St Agatha's Vision of God as a Surgeon : 1998
St Lucy II : 1998

1999
St Agatha I : 1999
St Agatha II : 1999

2000
Persephone I : 2000
Persephone II : 2000
Persephone III : 2000
Persephone IV : 2000
Persephone V : 2000
Persephone VI : 2000
Persephone VII : 2000
St Apollonia Quatre Foil : 2000
The Child Bride : 2000

2001
A Lesson in Mechanics : 2001
Hi Art : 2001
How the Fox Lost His Coat : 2001
Local Disaster : 2001
Persephone (Jennifer Linton) : 2001
Pieta : 2001
The Passion : 2001
The Rape of Europa : 2001
The Terrorist : 2001

2002
All Good Children : 2002
Annunciation : 2002
Danae : 2002
Judith : 2002
Mouse : 2002
Origami : 2002
Relic I : 2002
Relic II : 2002
Ring : 2002
Salome : 2002
St Ursula and the Familiar : 2002
St Ursula and the Gorgon's Head : 2002
St Ursula : 2002

2003
Brides : 2003
Flower : 2003
Relic III : 2003