Jan Wade (artist)

Jan Wade
Born1952 (age 72–73)
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Alma materOntario College of Art and Design
Known formixed-media assemblage, painting, sculpture and textiles
Notable workBlood in the Soil, 2022
AwardsVIVA Award, Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts, 2022

Jan Wade (born 1952) is a Canadian artist known for her work in mixed-media assemblage, painting, sculpture and textiles. Wade draws inspiration from her personal history as a Black Canadian woman with a mixed cultural background. In 2022 her solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery was the first by a Black female artist in the institution's near 100-year history .

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