Jeannie Kamins

Individual

Roles

Artist, Curator, Writer

Biography

Jeannie Kamins has been making art since 1974. Originally a painter, she began to work in fabric, using material she had been saving to make a quilt. Her work focuses on issues of family life, portraits, and political issues. Because of prejudice against “craft,” she expanded her work to include writing, paint, curating, and performance art. She has shown across Canada, has received several Canada Council grants, and regularly writes both articles and reviews. In 1982, Kamins coordinated an art conference and exhibition of BC women artists. In 1986, her political performance piece Amazing Grace received international coverage, including an exhibition in New York City. Her exhibition of paintings dealing with issues of racism was exhibited in Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Hamilton. In both 1988 and 1991, she curated two different national exhibitions dealing with censorship in the arts. In 1993, Kamins was artist in residence for the city of Burnaby, which included a two month open studio at Metrotown mall. In 1994, she curated an exhibition of works by senior women artists, which was to travel to China for the United Nations Fourth International Women’s Conference. She is currently semi-retired and dabbles in both making art and working as a realtor.

Adapted from Jeannie Kamins, 2024

Website

http://jeanniekamins.com/

Collection

grunt gallery Programming Archive (Artist)

Related program

Paintings (Artist)