Jennifer Lefort

{{Short description|Canadian artist (born 1976)}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Jennifer Lefort | image =  | alt =  | caption = | birth_name =  | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1976}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec | death_date =  | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Artist | years_active = | known_for = | website = {{URL|jenniferlefort.com}} }}

'''Jennifer Lefort''' (born 1976) is a Canadian artist based in Gatineau, Quebec.<ref name="MNBAQ">{{Cite web |title=Lefort, Jennifer |url=https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600012681 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201010202/https://collections.mnbaq.org/fr/artiste/600012681 |archive-date=1 December 2021 |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=Le Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec}}</ref> Her paintings explore abstraction with their manipulation of colour, narrative and sensation. Her list of solo exhibitions includes shows at the Parisian Laundry in Montreal, the Drabinsky Gallery in Toronto, the Maison de la culture NDG and Montreal and more. She has won many awards for her work including the Royal Bank of Canada Painting Award (Semi-finalist, 2007)<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=14 August 2007 |title=Two grads are semi-finalists in RBC painting competition |url=https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2007/08/14/two-grads-are-semi-finalists-in-rbc-painting-competition/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927183857/https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2007/08/14/two-grads-are-semi-finalists-in-rbc-painting-competition/ |archive-date=27 September 2021 |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=YFile - York University |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Joseph Plaskett Foundation Award (2005).<ref name=":0" />

== Education == Born in Montreal, Quebec, Lefort earned a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal and an MFA from York University in 2006.<ref name=":0" />

== Work == Jennifer Lefort's painting explores approaches to abstraction in terms of the manipulation of colour, narrative and sensation.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Carruthers |first=Meredith |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/297156101 |title=Jennifer Lefort: After Berlin |publisher=Parisian Laundry |year=2007 |location=Montréal |pages=5 |language=en}}</ref> The artist decomposes objects found in everyday life to exploit their material qualities and paint them to recompose them otherwise.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roy |first=Christine |title=Jennifer Lefort: Abstraction Feinte |publisher=Vie des Arts 222 |pages=98}}</ref>

Her work is included in the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.<ref name="MNBAQ"/>

Lefort's work was included as part of Ottawa's Capital Pride 2022 campaign to support 2SLGBTQ+ artists.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 August 2022 |title=Government of Canada supports Ottawa's 2SLGBTQ+ arts and tourism sector |url=https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/government-of-canada-supports-ottawas-2slgbtq-arts-and-tourism-sector-5732122 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824020610/https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/government-of-canada-supports-ottawas-2slgbtq-arts-and-tourism-sector-5732122 |archive-date=24 August 2022 |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=CityNews Ottawa |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards== *Royal Bank of Canada Painting Award (Semi-finalist, 2007)<ref name=":1" /> *Joseph Plaskett Foundation Award (2005)<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=2005 Plaskett Award Recipient – Jennifer Lefort |url=https://www.joeplaskett.com/2004-2008-plaskett-award-recipients/#2005 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105011731/https://www.joeplaskett.com/2004-2008-plaskett-award-recipients/ |archive-date=5 January 2023 |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=The Joe Plaskett Foundation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schagena |first=Mary-Lou |date=7 December 2005 |title=Visual arts grad student wins $25,000 award |url=https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2005/12/07/visual-arts-grad-student-wins-25000-award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927002916/https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2005/12/07/visual-arts-grad-student-wins-25000-award/ |archive-date=27 September 2021 |access-date=4 January 2023 |website=YFile - York University |language=en-US}}</ref> *Henry Mills Prize (2002) *Heinz Jordan Painting Prize (2001)

== Solo exhibitions ==

* "Make-Believe," at Parisian Laundry in Montreal (2010) * "After Berlin" at Parisian Laundry in Montreal (2007)<ref name=":0" /> * "Spots & Fabulisms," at Drabinsky Gallery in Toronto (2006) * "Pretend You’re Here, Galerie Trois Points" (2006)<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Campbell |first=James D. |date=May 2006 |title=Jennifer Lefort: Pretend You're Here: Galerie Trois Points |journal=Modern Painters |pages=119 |via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> * "Juicy" at Galerie Trois Points in Montreal (2004) * "The Systematic Arrangement of Pretty," at SKOL Centre des arts actuels in Montreal (2004) * "Titillation," at Maison de la culture NDG, Montreal (2003) * "Lined Sofa A Salon of New Work" in Montreal (2002) * "Candy & Tar," at Annexe Belgo in Montreal (2002)

== Bibliography == * [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/arts-visuels/79368/des-genealogies-qui-parlent Des genealogies qui parlent] * Small Comets, Gary Michael Dault, The Globe and Mail, September 3, 2005 pR9 * Meredith Carruthers and Jeanie Riddle, After Berlin, Exhibition catalogue, 2007. * Le legs de Gaucher, Jérôme Delgado, La Presse, July 27, 2002 pD12 * A fitting Tribute, Henry Lehmann, The Gazette, July 20, 2002 pI3 * Personalities mesh, Kevin D'Abramo, The Concordian, March 27, 2002 p9

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lefort, Jennifer}} Category:1976 births Category:Canadian women painters Category:Artists from Montreal Category:Living people Category:Concordia University alumni Category:York University alumni Category:21st-century Canadian women artists