Janieta Eyre

Janieta Eyre is an acclaimed international photographer based in Toronto. She has quickly earned attention in the contemporary art world for her quirky double self-portraits. In her distinctive self-portraits, she frequently presents herself as a set of twins, engaging with the possibility of morphous identities and fictional doubles. Often employing fantastic and carnivalesque settings, she uses props and costumes to disrupt the fixity of image and identity. She manipulates the theatricality at play in her work by incorporating art-historical and literary references, while leaving space for the integration of fictional representations.

1966 : Born, London, England
1988 : University of Toronto, Toronto, B.A. in Philosophy
1989 : Ryerson Polytechnic University, Toronto, studies in Magazine Journalism
1991-95: Ontario College of Art, Toronto, part-time studies in photography

· 2013 SelectedPoems, Mulherin+Pollard NYC

· 2013 I should have begun with this,photo-paintings, Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal

· 2013 UTAC,Toronto

· 2013 The Mute Book, Katherine MulherinGallery, Toronto

· 2012 The Mute Book, Galerie Samuel Lallouz,Montreal

· 2009 FotograficaBogota, Bogota, Columbia

· 2009 In the scream of things, Centre Vu,QuebecCity, Quebec

· 2008 In the scream of things, Begona MaloneGallery, Madrid, Spain

· 2008 In the scream of things, Art Mur,Montreal

· 2006 Janieta Eyre, Salamanca, DA2,Ciudad de Cultura, Spain

· 2005What I haven’t told you, Christopher Cutts, Toronto

· 2005 Janieta Eyre B&D StudioContemporanea, Milan, Italy

· 2004 New work, Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver

· 2003 Natural History Museum, Dazibao,Montreal

· 2002 Motherhood & Natural History Museum, CristineroseGallery, New York, NY

· 2002 Staging, Contemporary Art MuseumSt.Louis, U.S

· 2002 Motherhood & Natural History Museum, ChristopherCutts Gallery, Toronto

· 2000 Lady Lazarus, Francesco Girondini ArteContemporanea, Verona, Italy

· 2000 Lady Lazarus, Diane Farris, Vancouver,Canada

· 1999 Lady Lazarus, Cristinerose Gallery, NewYork, NY

· 1999 The NationalGallery of Art, Reykj...