Janet Davis Bio
Education
1998 BFA, Interdisciplinary Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
1994 Independent Study in Textiles Cabot College
1992 Certificate in Textile Studies Cabot College/Avalon Community College
1990 Level III/Grade 12 Diploma Lester Pearson Memorial High School
Solo Exhibitions
2015 SURFACING: Ocean Portraits Craft Council Gallery
Lester-Garland House
2010 SALT FISH: Printed Painted and Hooked The Ryan Premises
2007 FISH Craft Council Gallery
2004 GREENSPOND Craft Council Gallery, Annex
AN INTROSPECTIVE Gallery of the Gander Arts and Culture Centre
1999 teastory Devon House Craft Gallery
1998 teastory Anna Leonowens Gallery 2
Group Exhibitions
2022 50th Anniversary Exhibition Craft Council Gallery
2018 Comfort & Joy Craft Council Gallery
Writers at Woody Point Art Exhibit
2016 Forget Me Not Craft Council Gallery
Annual Members' Exhibit Craft Council Gallery
2015 Annual Members' Exhibit Craft Council Gallery
2013 Annual Members' Exhibit St. Michael's Printshop
2011 Comfort and Joy Craft Council Gallery
Annual Members' Exhibit Craft Council Gallery
2010 Comfort and Joy Craft Council Gallery
small spaces BIG ART The Rooms Provincial Gallery
Annual Member’s Exhibit St. Michael’s Printshop
2007 ARTefact Craft Council (3rd Floor) Gallery
Light Meal The Rooms Provincial Gallery
2006/07 Traditions in Transition Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery
The Rooms Provincial Museum
2006 Outside the Borders Lyghtesome Gallery
2005 Night Set The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
In Praise of Function Craft Council Gallery
2003 Roots & Shoots Devon House Gallery
Royal Flush Art Gallery of NL
2002 Comfort and Joy Devon House Craft Gallery
Reflections on Vanity Anna Templeton Centre
1999 Somewhere Near Canada… Devon House Craft Gallery
Thresholds IV Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador
1998-99 Tradition/Contemporaneite Textile Arts Council of Quebec
1997 Right to Print Anna Leonowens Gallery 2
NLCDA Member’s Exhibit Devon House Craft Gallery
1996 Elemental Devon House Craft Gallery
1994 Matrix Anna Templeton Centre
Behind the Scenes Devon House Craft Gallery
1993 Christmas Dinner Celebration Devon House Craft Gallery
1992 Textile Studies Showing Newfoundland Museum
1991 Textile Studies Showing Newfoundland Museum
Awards, etc.
2018-19 NLAC Project Grant: UNDERNEATH
2017 Surfacing 10: Waterhaul purchased through provincial Art Procurement Program
2015 NLAC Travel Grant
Best New Product, Christmas Craft Fair, CCNL
2011-12 NLAC Project Grant: Surfacing
2010 NLAC Travel Grant
2009 NLAC Project Grant: Salt Fish Study
Best Booth Award, Wholesale Provincial Craft Trade Show
2006 Award for Excellence in Craft for Interpretation of Provincial History.
NLAC Project Grant for Clifford’s Education Fund NLAC Travel Grant
2004 Best New Product Award, Wholesale Provincial Craft Trade Show
2003 Southcott Award for restoration of Job Kean Shop, aka Norton’s Cove Studio
2002 Best Booth Award, Fine Craft & Design Fair, CCNL
2000 For Uncle Percy purchased by AGNL
1999 Nan’s Mat purchased through provincial Art Procurement Program
1996 Received scholarship from the Newfoundland & Labrador Crafts Development Association
1992 Received Award of Special Merit from Cabot College
1991 Received scholarship from NONIA
1990 Received scholarship from Cape Freels Arts Council
Relevant Work Experience
2002-Present President Norton’s Cove Studio Inc.
2011-12 ArtSmarts Workshop Leader: Mat Hooking with Centreville Academy
2011 ArtsWork V Workshop Leader: Linocut Relief Printmaking
Workshops Leader: Linocut Relief Printmaking, Central Nova School District
2010 Adjudicator Provincial Arts and Letters Awards, Senior Visual Arts Division
2009 Visiting Artist Lino-cut Relief Printmaking at Centreville Academy
Art Procurement Juror Art Procurement Program, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
2008 ArtSmarts Project Lino-cut Relief Printmaking at Gander Academy
2007-08 Nova Central ‘Lukey’s Boat’ project at Memorial Academy, Wesleyville
2006 Art Procurement Juror Art Procurement Program, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
2001 Artists-in-the-Schools Textile project at Lester Pearson Memorial High School, Wesleyville
Collections
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
Private collections worldwide
