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On display from November 17 to December 28, 2024 in The Sunroom at Central Library, opens a new window, Bloom by Alice Jennex.
About the exhibit
After becoming a mother, the capacity for growth and change of the body resulted in new explorations of contemporary figurative watercolour paintings in her series of 2D works on paper. By combining imagery of lush Nova Scotian landscapes with the materiality of watercolour paint – thin, thick, textural, and abstracted watermarks are contained within gestures of the human form to convey a collage of elements relating to nature and embodiment in subtle and spacious compositions.
The artwork is created by using the artist’s personal photographs, transferring the photographic source material using cyanotype (solar printing) and hand painting watercolour on paper.
About the artist
Alice Jennex was born in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. She attended NSCAD University where she concentrated on painting and strengthened her abilities with figurative and observational representation. Alice attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where she experienced an appreciable amount of art in-person.
She has attended numerous artist residency programs, and has exhibited her work in Paris, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Germany, Toronto and Halifax. Alice has worked as an art installer at major art fairs in Toronto, New York, Miami and Palm Springs. Her projects include a mural on the Halifax Ferry Terminal (2021) and a mural with STEPS Public Art for a BMO bank branch in Halifax (2022). She’s presented her work at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair recently in 2022, 2023 and 2024, along with a Group show in Munich, Germany in 2023. Her artwork has been in publications including Vogue House & Garden (2018), Art Seen Magazine (2022), Women United Art Magazine (2022), Friend Of The Artist (2023), Suboart Magazine (2023) and 2024 Arts To Hearts Magazine Issue 6: Celebrating Women in Art.
The Sunroom is made possible by the generosity of Margot and Layne Spafford.