Jennifer Goddard

Nova Scotia-based artist Jennifer Goddard works in oils and multi-medium drawing. She focuses primarily on the languages of the figure, drawing on 18 years studying classical dance. Her approach is either one of response or escape: the activist responds to society’s injustices and overarching themes; the escapist revels in pure colour, line and composition.

A lifelong artist and largely self-taught, she studied for three summers at The Banff Centre, Alberta, and at Studio Escalier in Paris and Argenton, France (2015-16). In the interim, she studied under various teachers while pursuing a career in advertising.

Her work was selected for the 2018 Circle Arts Quarterly Magazine and Manifest Gallery INDA and INPA annuals (2015-16-18). In 2014 and 2015 she was shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award in London, and was selected for the Kingston Portrait Prize exhibition in 2015.

Fall 2016, Studio Escalier, Argenton, France
Winter 2015, Studio Escalier, Paris, France
Spring 2015, Studio Escalier, Argenton, France
Summer 1972, ‘78, ‘81 - The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada
1973-76 - Graphic Arts, Dawson College, Montreal, Canada

2024: Tides Gallery, NS, Solo
2024: Sissiboo Gallery, NS, Solo
2024: Mym Gallery, ArtsPlace, NS, Solo
2023, 2024: Hart’s Gallery, NS
2022: Sissiboo Gallery, NS, Solo
2019: Work of Body, Victoria Hall Gallery, Westmount, Quebec
2018 - Lineham House Gallery, Alberta
2018: Obligate Seeder, Solo, Artworks&Poems, Galerie ERGA, Montreal
2016: Perce-voir (Duo), Galerie 1040, Montreal, Quebec
2015: Kingston Prize Tour (Group), Canada
2014: Solo, Victoria Hall Gallery, Westmount, Quebec
2012: Victoria Hall Gallery (Group)
2012: Tons de Terre, (Group)
2006, 2008, 2010, 2012: Art Westmount