Biography - Jennifer Lee Shulman
Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, yet family moves brought us to live in several provinces. I spent 20 years and had a successful career in the beauty/fashion industry in Toronto. However, I feel at home here, in Québec. It is in the Eastern Townships where I have spent my summers all my life, in harmony with nature. Since 2002, I have dedicated myself full time to painting, photography and sculpture with clay. I am independent, imaginative and fascinated by light and color, and their effect on each other. You will find artists, musicians and photographers in my family heritage...it is in my nature to create. Self taught initially, I have had the privilege to take courses from various artists over the years. Most recently under the guidance of Mme Kofahl-Lampron the subtleties of light and composition in my work has grown. I regularly participate in exhibitions, symposiums, enjoy the support of group studio work, and have started to have my work shown in galleries.
Artists Method
It is the extremes in light and its' effect on colour and shape that intrigues me and moves me to try to achieve these effects on canvas. I love nature in all its’ forms and the variety of imagery one finds within it, from a huge sunset filled sky to the smallest details found inside of a larger image, and how all of this is influenced by the effects of light.
I prefer to work with acrylic paints, often playing with its’ fluidity under the influence of water, pursuing blended and smooth results, and with the objective of maximizing the effects of light. Consequently, I use brushes, fingers, hands, or pieces of fabric to control the paint and to build my forms, contours, and colours. The result is that each painting is unique, like a jewel. I have a passion for abstract and figurative genres of art, and my work tends to fuse the two together. Creative evolution brings the spatula into play at times, where I enjoy the challenge of working with texture and of sculpting light into other series that I work on.
After years of creating my abstract series (Kaleidoscope), my attention has evolved to also creating a realist series that I have named, "Garden Divas". These paintings present my passion for flowers and their magic..... their structures and colors, that pull emotions from deep in our hearts. I work from photographs that I have taken of these unique creatures, who sing out to me every time I explore gardens. This is the inspiration of the name of this series, since I find them to be, as the star in an opera, standing tall, and revealing their beauty in their 'faces', singing for all to hear. I am enticed deep into each flower and this is the image I create on canvas...a larger than life 'close-up' of a flower. I find this level of 'magnification' brings an element of abstraction into my observation, and can trigger the imagination. I use the same painting technique as found in my abstract series, and I am presently working on creating a large inventory of these 'Divas'.
My series “Kaleidoscope” is a focus on abstract, and is a voyage into the “micro-world” of fractured images in which I explore hi-lights and reflections of light on curves, spheres and surfaces. I am initially inspired by the split-second image I see in a kaleidoscope, an image that strikes a chord in my heart and in my mind. It then takes form in my imagination, and I tap into my knowledge of fine-art techniques and my ability to paint (and visualize) instinctively. I enter into this tiny world of luminous, fractal images, and try to create three-dimensional effects through colour, light, and darkness. This series represents a study of complimentary opposites in form and colour, and is playing on the fractal concept where an image is divided into repeating images of varying magnification, and of opposing mirror reflections, all with intense illumination from behind the shapes and forms. They represent a “microcosm”, perhaps molecular, but it is certainly open to what the imagination finds within. Although abstract, it is quite organic and emotionally intense.
Both of these series reflect my keen observation of the cycle of nature, which is constantly creating and evolving. As light changes through the day, I find images around me, becoming a very magical and visual theater for my eye and my imagination. This daily evolution resembles a kaleidoscope to me, and becomes a metaphor. Life and art are evolving and affected by curves, reflection, the weakness or brilliance of light and is always full of colour.
Once a painting is finished, I sign it simply Jenniferlee, a fusion of my first and middle names, which has survived the cycles and fragments of change in my life. It is thru my paintings that I hope to capture all of the concepts and to portray these fractal images as a reflection of life, its' struggle, belief, and growth....constantly evolving into the future.
Jenniferlee
(JeLee)
Artist
I prefer to work with acrylic paints, often playing with its’ fluidity under the influence of water, pursuing blended and smooth results, and with the objective of maximizing the effects of light. Consequently, I use brushes, fingers, hands, or pieces of fabric to control the paint and to build my forms, contours, and colours. The result is that each painting is unique, like a jewel. I have a passion for abstract and figurative genres of art, and my work tends to fuse the two together. Creative evolution brings the spatula into play at times, where I enjoy the challenge of working with texture and of sculpting light into other series that I work on.
After years of creating my abstract series (Kaleidoscope), my attention has evolved to also creating a realist series that I have named, "Garden Divas". These paintings present my passion for flowers and their magic..... their structures and colors, that pull emotions from deep in our hearts. I work from photographs that I have taken of these unique creatures, who sing out to me every time I explore gardens. This is the inspiration of the name of this series, since I find them to be, as the star in an opera, standing tall, and revealing their beauty in their 'faces', singing for all to hear. I am enticed deep into each flower and this is the image I create on canvas...a larger than life 'close-up' of a flower. I find this level of 'magnification' brings an element of abstraction into my observation, and can trigger the imagination. I use the same painting technique as found in my abstract series, and I am presently working on creating a large inventory of these 'Divas'.
My series “Kaleidoscope” is a focus on abstract, and is a voyage into the “micro-world” of fractured images in which I explore hi-lights and reflections of light on curves, spheres and surfaces. I am initially inspired by the split-second image I see in a kaleidoscope, an image that strikes a chord in my heart and in my mind. It then takes form in my imagination, and I tap into my knowledge of fine-art techniques and my ability to paint (and visualize) instinctively. I enter into this tiny world of luminous, fractal images, and try to create three-dimensional effects through colour, light, and darkness. This series represents a study of complimentary opposites in form and colour, and is playing on the fractal concept where an image is divided into repeating images of varying magnification, and of opposing mirror reflections, all with intense illumination from behind the shapes and forms. They represent a “microcosm”, perhaps molecular, but it is certainly open to what the imagination finds within. Although abstract, it is quite organic and emotionally intense.
Both of these series reflect my keen observation of the cycle of nature, which is constantly creating and evolving. As light changes through the day, I find images around me, becoming a very magical and visual theater for my eye and my imagination. This daily evolution resembles a kaleidoscope to me, and becomes a metaphor. Life and art are evolving and affected by curves, reflection, the weakness or brilliance of light and is always full of colour.
Once a painting is finished, I sign it simply Jenniferlee, a fusion of my first and middle names, which has survived the cycles and fragments of change in my life. It is thru my paintings that I hope to capture all of the concepts and to portray these fractal images as a reflection of life, its' struggle, belief, and growth....constantly evolving into the future.
Jenniferlee
(JeLee)
Artist
ASSOCIATIONS
AAPARS (Association of Artistes-Painters Affiliated wth the Rive Sud) member since 2011
Coop Art(o) St. Jean sur Richelieu, Qc member 2011-2012
l'Atelier d'Art Toutes Directions St. Hyacinthe, Qc member 2010-2011
Atelier de Céramique Beloeil Beloeil, Qc member 2010
GALLERY
Galerie Knowlton Gallery www.galerieknowlton.com 49 Victoria, Lac-Brome, Qc. 450-242-1666
(*permanent artist-/paintings available at the above gallery) 2013-2015
Galerie Jackson 2568 Immaculée-Conception, St. Ours, Québec 450-785-5699 2012-2013
Gallery MPTrésart *galerie virtuelle* 220 Hôtel de ville, Durham-Sud, Québec
http://www.galeriemptresart.com/fr/JENNIFERLEE.htm
Galerie Toroy Art et Désign www.toroy.co 31 de Rouville, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Qué.
jan. to july 2012
AAPARS (Association of Artistes-Painters Affiliated wth the Rive Sud) member since 2011
Coop Art(o) St. Jean sur Richelieu, Qc member 2011-2012
l'Atelier d'Art Toutes Directions St. Hyacinthe, Qc member 2010-2011
Atelier de Céramique Beloeil Beloeil, Qc member 2010
GALLERY
Galerie Knowlton Gallery www.galerieknowlton.com 49 Victoria, Lac-Brome, Qc. 450-242-1666
(*permanent artist-/paintings available at the above gallery) 2013-2015
Galerie Jackson 2568 Immaculée-Conception, St. Ours, Québec 450-785-5699 2012-2013
Gallery MPTrésart *galerie virtuelle* 220 Hôtel de ville, Durham-Sud, Québec
http://www.galeriemptresart.com/fr/JENNIFERLEE.htm
Galerie Toroy Art et Désign www.toroy.co 31 de Rouville, Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Qué.
jan. to july 2012
Prizes and Awards
* First Place - Non-figurative Exhibition/Contest AAPARS 13 oct. 2012
PUBLICATIONS
Plumes & Pinceau Agenda d'Art 2017 "Agenda d'Art" 2017
MAGAZINart Hiver/winter 2015-2016 2015-2016
Plumes & Pinceau Agenda d'Art 2016 "Agenda d'Art" 2016
MAGAZINart ÉTÉ/SUMMER 2015
MAGAZINart Printemps/Spring 2015
Plumes & Pinceau Agenda d'Art 2015 "Agenda d' Art" 2015
MAGAZINart Hiver/winter 2014-2015
MAGAZINart Printemps/Spring 2014
Plumes & Pinceau Agenda d'Art 2014 "Ma Galerie de Poche" 2014
MAGAZINart No 4 ÉTÉ/SUMMER, no 100 pg 7 2013 2013
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS-SOLO
* "La Vie Secrète des Fleurs (2M/1lb)'' Centre d'Art Dunham, Dunham Québec 14 août au 8 sept 2021
* "Garden Divas....an ephemeral life'' Galerie Paige Knight/Musée Missisqoui, Stanbridge East, Qc. 16 july to10 august 2017
* ''Kaleidoscopic Voyage'' Dunham Arts Centre, Dunham, Quebec april 2016
* "Rejouisances d'un Nouveau Départ'' Galerie MPTresart, Durham-Sud, QC feb 1 to 28 -2014
*commercial installations-restaurants, Montéregie, Qc 2011-2012
*Festival des Gourmands, St. Césaire, Qc. 1 october 2011
*commercial installations-florist boutique, Chambly, Qc. 2011-2013
*corporate installations-Bracebridge, Ont. 2009-2010
DUO EXHIBITIONS
"Francine Leroux - JenniferLee" RemaxActif Inc., St. Bruno, Qc. 18 oct to 14 nov 2012
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
* 'WHITE & BLACK' Collective Exhibition, Musée Bruck, Cowansville, Québec 14 sept to 28 oct 2017
* le Showfrette -Weekend in Lights-art show projection on church @ Beloeil, Québec. 11-12 march 2017
* ''Pour Emporter/Takeout'' Collective of small format art, Centre d'ART Dunham, 12 nov to 22 dec 2016
* '' TERRITORIES '' 18th Collective Exhibition of Dunham, Arts Center Dunham. 8 oct to 5 nov 2016
*Exposition Collective '' ROSE '', Musée Bruck, Cownasville, Qc 1 sept. to 9 oct 2016
* le Showfrette -Weekend in Lights-art show projection on church facade @ Beloeil, Québec. march 2016
*"The Great exhibition of little master-pieces", Galerie Hors-Cadre, Knowlton, Qc 4 nov to 20 dec 2015
*Exposition Collective '' Turquoise'', Cownasville, Qc 1 sept. to 11 oct 2015
* Arts Alive Québec - Galerie Hors-Cadre, Knowlton 4 july 2015
* "8 Square Show" 337 Sketch Gallery, Hamilton, Ont. 1 to 30 april 2015
* "8 Square Show" 337 Sketch Gallery, Hamilton, Ont. 1 to 31 may 2014
* Spring Exhibition-AAPARS, Mt. St. Hilaire, Qc. 3-4 may 2014
* '' L'Eau Source de Vie'' La Co-op Funéraire de la Rive-Sud, Longueil, Qc 15 may to 18 sept 2013
* "Eclosion d'Un Songe" Gallery Mp Tresart, Durham-Sud, Qc. april 2013
* "Ne te découvre pas d'un fil mais enfile-toi de moi" Gallery MP Tresart, march 2013
* "Que de douce heures...Que de douceurs" Gallery MP Tresart, Durham -Sud, Qc february 2013
* " Marché Noel" at Maison Dupont Gallery, Mt. St. Hilaire, Qc 24 nov to 24 dec 2012
* "Miniature Show" 337 Sketch Gallery, Hamilton, Ont. 12 to 29 oct. 2012
* "Urban Colors" Maison Dupont Gallery, Mt. St. Hilaire, Qc. 6 to 21 sept. 2012
* La Gallery, SIDIM, Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Qc. (sidim.com) 24,25,26 may 2012
* 12-24-36, Atelier Art Toutes Directions, St. Hyacinthe, Qc. 3 to 27 may 2012
* Haut en Couleurs, St. Mathias-sur-Richelieu,Qc. (invited artist) 5-6 may 2012
* Corrid'Art- Executive Offices Rona, Boucherville, Qc. 21 march to 14 may 2012
* Exhibition AAPARS at The Prommenades St. Bruno, St. Bruno, Qc. 17 & 18 march 2012
* Gallery Toroy, Mt. St. Hilaire, Qc. january to august 2012
* Gallery Medic'Art, Longueil, Qc dec. 2011 to march 2012
* 320 Degrees, Art Toutes Directions, St. Hyacinthe, Qc. may 2011
* Spring Exhibition-AAPARS, Mt. St. Hilaire, Qc. 30 april to may 2011
* Maximum 100, Art Toutes Directions. dec. 2010
* Face to Face, Art Toutes Directions, nov. 2010
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS WITH JURY
* Salon des Arts Visuels du Brossard, Brossard, Qc. 28 to 30 april 2017
* Salon des Arts Visuels du Brossard, Brossard, Qc. 21 to 24 april 2016
* Salon des Arts Visuels du Brossard, Brossard, Qc. 24 to 26 april 2015
* Vitrine sur l'Art - Volet Expo-Concours, Acton-Vale, Qc. 1 to 19 july 2014
* Salon des Arts Visuels du Brossard. Brossard, Qc. 25 to 27 apr. 2014
* '' L'Eau Source de Vie'' La Co-op Funéraire de la Rive-Sud, Longueil, Qc 15 may to 18 sept 2013
* Autumn Exhibition and Contest-AAPARS, St-Bruno, Qc. oct. 13 - 14 2012
* Salon des Arts Visuels du Brossard. Brossard, Qc. 26 to 29 apr. 2012
* Autumn Exhibition and Contest-AAPARS-St-Bruno, Qc. oct. 15-16 2011
* Festival of Contemporary Art, Ste. Julie, Qc. june 11-12 2011
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITES
* Assistant to Instructor- Sculpture with Clay Workshop- (inst. Ursula Kofahl-Lampron) nov/dec 2015
*Private coaching -painting technique since 2014
*Art Installations in Commercial Spaces for various artists, Rive-sud, Qc. 2011-2013
