Jane Richardson
Works by Jane Richardson:
SCIENCE / TEACHING EDUCATION
1988 M.Sc. University of British Columbia
1980 P.D.P. Teaching Certification, Simon Fraser University
1976 B.Sc. University of Victoria
ART / WRITING COURSES
2019 Writing Circle, Gleneagles Rec Centre, West Vancouver
2017 Art program, Continuing Studies, Emily Carr University
2014 Creative Writing, Coal Harbour Rec Centre, Vancouver
2008 – 2010 Owned and operated Leighdon Studio Gallery, Vancouver
Courses designed/taught at gallery – Art Intro, Extreme Abstracts & Creative Journal
2013 Novel Writing, UBC
2007 Canadian Picture Framers School
2002 Sheffield School of Interior Design, Ontario
2001 Vancouver Academy of Art
1992 Art and Writing courses, Capilano College, North Vancouver
1996 Novel writing, Vancouver City College
1988 Art, Sheridan College, Brampton, Ontario
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
1989 - 2005 Lab Instructor, Capilano College
Biology Department – Biology, Ecology, Microbiology, Invertebrate Zoology,
Environmental Biology
1980 - 1990 High School Teacher – SD#60 (Fort St. John), #36 (Surrey), and Mississauga, Ontario
1974 - 1978 Biologist Fish & Wildlife Branches - Nanaimo, Smithers, and Vernon
Water Investigations Branch Vernon
ART EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2011- present Exhibit and sales, office of Coast Reporting Services, 808 Nelson, Vancouver
2005 Centennial Theatre, North Vancouver
2003 Biogeoclimatic Zones of B.C., Maple Ridge Art Gallery
1997 Textures in Acrylic, West Vancouver Memorial Library
1996 Le Jardin, Vancouver
1995 Capilano College Library Gallery, North Vancouver
1995 Acrylics and Multimedia, Silk Purse Gallery, West Vancouver
GROUP
2015 Azo Gold, Art Azo Group, Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons
2015 Sechelt Library, Sechelt
2013 Carte Blanche, Sechelt
2013 Texture – Fibre & Paint, Doris Crowston Gallery, Sechelt
2012 Sans Brush, exhibition North Vancouver
2012 Sechelt Festival of the Arts, Sechelt, BC - Honourable Mention award
2012 representation - Agora Gallery, New York, USA
2011 Anonymous Show, North Vancouver
2011 Sechelt Festival of the Arts, Sechelt
2010 Momentum: 25 artists/ From Past to Present, Leighdon Studio Gallery, Vancouver
2009 Nudes for Breast Cancer Awareness, Leighdon Studio Gallery, Vancouver
2008 Beyond Borders: An Exhibition of Fine Art from Canada, Agora Gallery, NY, USA
2005 Anonymous Show, North Vancouver Arts Council
2003 The Final Curtain, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
2002 FANS exhibition, North Vancouver Arts Council
2001 The University Women’s Club of Vancouver
2001 Silent Auction, Arts Club Theatre Company, Vancouver
1998 Artists Across the Inlet, ZheeClay Arts Gallery, Vancouver
1996 The Love of Art, Jacqueline Frances Gallery, North Vancouver
1995 Foghorn Boutique, West Vancouver
1993 Discovery ‘93, Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver
VOLUNTEER WORK
1976-1978 Guatemala, Central America
PUBLICATIONS
Art and Writing Related:
2001 Room of One’s Own Magazine (23:2) (ISBN 0316-1609)
2008 ArtisSpectrum Magazine Volume 19
2009 Nudes for Breast Cancer Awareness Catalogue (ISNB 978-0-9783296-1-7)
2010 Momentum Catalogue, Coast Art Trust (ISBN 978-0-9783296-3-1)
2010 Artists of British Columbia Volume 1 (ISBN 978-0-9783296-4-8) (edited/publ. + pages 70-71)
2010 Colour; Texture (ISBN 978-0-9783296-6-2)
2011 Artists of British Columbia Volume 2 (ISBN 978-0-9783296-7-9) (edited/publ.)
2012 Artists of British Columbia Volume 3 (ISBN 978-0-9783296-8-6) (edited/publ.)
2014 Artists of British Columbia volume 4 (ISBN 978-0-9919876-0-3) (edited/publ.)
2014 J. Richardson – The First Sixty Years (ISBN 978-0-9783296-9-3 (biography)
2019 Left & Right (ISBN 978-0-9919876-6-5)
2020 What is Snartism?! (ISBN 978-0-9919876-5-8)
Scientific Journals:
1986 Canadian Journal of Zoology 65
1988 Proc. Helminthological Soc. Wash. 55
1988 Canadian Journal of Zoology 66
1990 Canadian Journal of Zoology 68
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Lions Gate Hospital Foundation, North Vancouver
St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation, Vancouver
VGH; UBC Hospital Foundation, Vancouver
Vernon Jubilee Hospital, Vernon
She participated in the Sunshine Coast Writers and Editors Society's Art & Words Festival in 2023, and 2024.