MELANIE JANISSE BARLOW
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Canada, Melanie Janisse-Barlow has work in private and public collections around the world. She is represented by Youn Contemporary in Montreal, QC, and has shown work at Art Toronto, Foire Papier, Art Palm Beach, and Art Busan. She has large works installed permanently in the Fisher Building and in Chroma, Detroit. Her ongoing Poet Series, a self-curating series of portraits of Canadian poets, has reached 80 pieces and has gained national media coverage in Canada and the US. Ship of Fools, an installation on a 24-foot Shark sailboat, was performed in Toronto and on Lake St. Clair for the Media City Film Festival. Commissioned works include a portrait of The Honourable Justice Edward Ducharme for the Superior Court of Ontario chambers. She has authored two collections of poetry: Orioles in the Oranges (Guernica, 2009), and Thicket (Palimpsest Press, 2019). She has shows upcoming in Mexico City and Austin, and is completing her first novel, funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. She lives and works in Windsor, Ontario.
Education
2011-2014 OCADU MFA
1996-2000 ECAIDU BFA
1990-1994 Concordia University BA (Communications)
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Exhibitions /Publications
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2023 CHANNEL SURFING ,SOCA Gallery
2023 ART BUSAN FAIR with Galerie Youn
2023 FOIRE PLURAL FAIR with Galerie Youn
2023 ART PALM BEACH with Galerie Youn
2022 WINTER GROUP SHOW Galerie Youn
2022 SHELL GAMES, Galerie Youn Solo exhibition
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2022 ART TORONTO with GALERIE YOUN
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2020
MOCAD EMERGENCY RESPONSE Group Show
MOCAD Gallery, Detroit MI
2019
THICKET Anstruther Press, collection of poetry.
Main launch MOCAD Gallery, Detroit MI
2019
TOO TOO SOLID FLESH: AN INTERVIEW-COLLAGE WITH JUDITH SUPINE Momus, art criticism
2019
IN THE REALM OF THE PHEASANTS Joyland Magazine, art criticism/essay
2018
POEMS Carousel Magazine, Winter Issue
2018
POEMS Cosmonauts Avenue, Summer Issue
2017
EXCERPT: KALINKA (12 weekly serials) She Does The City.
Illustrated by Emily Rose. Toronto, Ontario
2016
POETS SERIES Solo Exhibition, 26 Gallery. Toronto ON. Published in The Humber Literary Review, Minola Review, Taddle Creek, Quill and Quire, AWP news, Poets and Writers.
2016
WOW Group exhibition, Artseen Gallery. Windsor, ON
2016
HAUNTED Solo Exhibition in an abandoned apartment. Windsor, ON
2016
5/19 GROUP EXHIBITION, 510 Gallery (Street artist Denial's space). Windsor, ON
2014
SHIP OF FOOLS PROJECT Solo exhibition, Media City Film Festival. Detroit, MI/Windsor ON
2013
COMMON GROUND PORTRAITS, Common Ground Gallery, Windsor, ON
2013
DETROIT Bayou Literary Journal, New Orleans. Included in Best American Essays
2013
SELECTED POEMS Detours Anthology. Palimpsest Press.
2012
LUCKY 13 Group Exhibition, Gladstone Hotel. Toronto, ON
HEY KID Solo exhibition. Luft Gallery/Common Ground Gallery Toronto/Windsor ON
2012
NOTES FROM THE BOTTOM OF CANADA Gulch Magazine, Toronto ON
2010
ORIOLES IN THE ORANGES Guernica Editions. Listed for the ReLit Award
THE DADDY SHOW, Naco Gallery, Toronto ON
2003
BREATHE UNDERWATER Solo Exhibition. Luft Gallery, Toronto, ON
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