EDUCATION
BFA Painting & Drawing (Honours)
Ontario College of Art and Design University
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Speaking in Tongues / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Houston
2024 Shapeshifter / Foster White Gallery / Seattle
2024 Speaking in Tongues / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2024 Poems / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2023 The Heat of Blue / Kenise Barnes Fine Art / Connecticut
2023 I Didn’t Eat The Garnish / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2023 Skywriting / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Dallas
2023 Skywriting / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2022 Janna Watson / Northbridge Piazza / Perth
2022 The Heat of Blue / Newzones / Calgary
2022 Night Water / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2022 Float / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Houston
2022 Blue Moon, Blue Ocean / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2021 Seven Perfect Syllables / Kenise Barnes Fine Art / Connecticut
2021 Fruit For The Loom / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2021 Finding Joy / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2020 Falling Forward / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2020 Dragging A Thought Over / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2019 Seven Perfect Syllables / Foster White Gallery / Seattle
2019 In the Fog Everything I See Is Mine / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2019 Strange Legacy / Kenise Barnes Fine Art / New York
2019 Suspended In Time / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2018 Moody As Light / Foster White Gallery / Seattle
2018 Patterns Of Up and Down / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2018 Light Is Heavy / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2017 Heavy with Dreams / Foster White Gallery / Seattle
2017 Still Life / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2017 Something In The Air / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2016 Talking To Orchids / Foster White Gallery / Seattle
2016 The Body Moves / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2016 There Is No Dimmer / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2015 Out Of Line / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2014 Silent Ocean / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2014 New Paintings / Couture Galleri / Stockholm
2013 A Line With A Mind Of Its Own / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2013 Levitation / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2013 Inside: I Burst to Flames / Couture Galleri / Stockholm
2012 Magic Is Also Involved / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2012 When Poets Hallucinate / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2012 Come Up To My Room / Gladstone Hotel / Toronto
2011 Rooms With No Floors / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2011 Put a Straight Jacket On A Fire / Gallery 1313 / Toronto
2010 Light Is Not Heavy / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2010 Overexcited Sensitivity / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2009 The Objects Have Lost Their Colour / Median Contemporary / Toronto
2008 Wet Tambourine / Fute Design / Toronto
2007 Nervous Laughter / Soho Gallery / Toronto
2006 Janna Watson / River Salon / Toronto
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Eye Candy / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Dallas
2024 Primavera - Carly Allen Martin & Janna Watson / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Dallas
2024 Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary / Laura Rathe Fine Art / West Palm Beach
2024 Eleven: 11th Anniversary Group Exhibition / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Dallas
2023 Beyond the Beyond - McKay Otto & Janna Watson / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Houston
2023 Art Taipei / Bluerider Art / Taipei
2023 Art Toronto / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2023 DnA SHENZEN Design & Art Fair / Bluerider Art / Shanghai
2023 Method VI / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2022 Art Taipei / Bluerider Art / Taipei
2022 Art Toronto / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2022 Autumn / Bluerider Art / Taipei
2022 Method V / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2022 Midnight Bloom / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Dallas
2022 On Cloud 9 / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Dallas
2021 Imagine / Laura Rathe Fine Art / River Oaks
2021 Art Toronto / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2021 Method IV / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2021 OMG Art Fair / Kenise Barnes Fine Art / New York
2021 Multimedia Trio Exhibition / Laura Rathe Fine Art / Houston
2021 Art Cares / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2021 Winter Showcase / Kenise Barnes Fine Art / Connecticut
2020 Iris Blue Each Spring / Kenise Barnes Fine Art / Connecticut
2020 Intersect Aspen / K Contemporary / Denver
2020 Color Theory (Colorado Governor’s Mansion) / K Contemporary / Denver
2020 Method III / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2020 LA Art Show / K Contemporary / Los Angeles
2019 Holiday / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2019 Method II / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2019 Mixed Media / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2019 Art Toronto / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2019 Mixed Media / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2019 FreshFaces / Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Art / Calgary
2018 Holiday / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2018 A Deeper Shade Of Blue / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2018 Art Toronto / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2018 Method / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2018 Revivify / Kenise Barnes Fine Art / New York
2017 Holiday / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2017 CONTEXT Miami / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2017 Art Toronto / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2017 Seattle Art Fair / Foster White Gallery / Seattle
2017 Summer / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2017 Focus / New York
2016 CONTEXT Miami / Bau-Xi Gallery / Miami
2016 Through Forest, Sea, and Sky / Bau-Xi Gallery / Vancouver
2016 Art Toronto / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2015 CONTEXT Miami / Bau-Xi Gallery / Miami
2015 Art Toronto / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2015 Seattle Art Fair / Foster White Gallery / Seattle
2014 Art Toronto / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2013 Art Toronto / Bau-Xi Gallery / Toronto
2012 Miami Scope / Bau-Xi Gallery / Miami
2011 The Memory Project / Okanagan Heritage Museum / Kelowna
2009 Queen West Art Crawl / Trinity Bellwoods / Toronto
2009 Art Expo / Toronto Convention Center / Toronto
2009 Spring Exhibition / Hamilton Art Gallery / Hamilton
2008 Winter Exhibition / Hamilton Art Gallery / Hamilton
2008 Queen West Art Crawl / Trinity Bellwoods / Toronto
2008 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition / Nathan Phillips Square / Toronto
2008 Our Space is Vast / Transit Space / Toronto
2007 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition / Nathan Phillip Square / Toronto
2007 Who Dunnit / OCAD / Toronto
2006 Art Fest / The Huron / Collingwood
COLLECTIONS
Google
Questrade Toronto
CIBC Toronto
InterContinental Hotel Centre Toronto
Regent Seven Seas Grandeur
Oceania Vista
The Well Toronto
200 Amsterdam NYC New York
The Set NYC New York
Manulife Toronto
InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta
River Green Vancouver
Microsoft Toronto
Saks Fifth Avenue Toronto
Nordstrom Canada & US
Hudson’s Bay Company New York
Rosa Properties Vancouver
AURA Condominium Toronto
Cenovus Energy Inc. Calgary
Oni One Toronto
CIBC Toronto
GZ International Toronto
Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada Toronto
Relative Space Toronto
The Ritz Carlton Toronto
Soho Metropolitan Hotel Toronto
TD Bank Financial Group Toronto
TELUS Toronto
PRESS
“In Passing: The Enigmatic Paintings of Janna Watson”, Donald Brackett, Critics At Large, 2024
“Allie X Dives Into Janna Watson's Toronto Show 'Fruit of the Loom'”, Riley Runnells, Paper Magazine, 2021
“Art Bound Podcast, Ep. 13: Pushing the Boundaries of Color”, Artists Network, 2021
“Janna Watson on the Place and Importance of Female Inuit Artists”, Jacob M., Influencive, 2021
“More for the floor: Meet the Toronto artisans behind Twofold reversible carpets”, Laura Beeston, The Globe And Mail, 2015
AS SEEN IN
Law and Order Toronto: Criminal Intent, 2023
Wedding Season, 2022
In the Dark, 2021
Maid, 2021
Grand Army (Netflix), 2019
Designated Survivor, 2017-2018
Conviction, Warm Cases, 2016
Good Witch One Production, 2014
The Listener, 2011
The Firm, 2011
The Listener, 2011
Frenemies, 2011
Being Erica, 2009-2011