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Jessica Eaton

Jessica Eaton (born 1977) is a Canadian photographer living in Montreal, Quebec.

Jessica Eaton
Born1977 (age 46–47)
Regina, Saskatchewan
EducationEmily Carr Institute
Known forPhotographer
Websitejessicaeaton.com

Life

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Eaton was born in 1977 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada,[1][2] and she received a BFA in photography from the Emily Carr Institute.[3] Her solo exhibitions include Wild Permutations at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland (USA), and Ad Infinitum at The Photographers' Gallery in London (UK). Eaton has been featured in multiple group exhibitions. Including: Under Construction (Netherlands), Color Acting (USA), Photography is Magic (South Korea). In 2016, Eaton was nominated for the Sobey Art Award. She was featured in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Art in America, ArtNews (Cover), and The Guardian. Eaton was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019, identifying her as one of the most important current Canadian photographers.

Work

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Eaton's photographs focus mostly on some of the basic elements of photography: light, color, and exposure. By manipulating these different aspects in her photos, Eaton is able to explore the different possibilities within photography.[4]

After moving from Vancouver to Toronto and then to Montreal, Eaton produced a career changing series of photos, "Cubes for Albers and LeWitt", for a show sponsored by Red Bull.[4] The series of images are a tribute to artists Josef Albers and Sol LeWitt, taking inspiration from their minimalist and abstract style. Eaton exploits the camera, as she calls it, by continuously taking multiple shots of a cube painted in different colors without winding the exposure. Unlike painting, the added layers of shots on the same piece of film brightens the colors in the pictures.[5][6][7] In some works she shoots only grey cubes and uses different color filters over the lens to expose the film.[8][9]

Her photographs have appeared in publications such as Hunter and Cook, BlackFlash, Pyramid Power and Lay Flat 02: Meta. One of her photographs was chosen for the cover of the March 2011 issue of ARTnews. Her work has been included in a number of group and solo exhibitions in Canada and the United States, as well as in South Korea, Amsterdam, and London.[3][10]

Awards

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In 2011, Eaton received the Bright Spark Award from the Magenta Foundation.[11] She was awarded the prize for photography at the Hyères International Festival of Fashion and Photography in 2012.[12] In 2019, Eaton was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in the field of photography.[13]

Collections

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Eaton's work is included in the permanent collections of:

References

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  1. ^ "Artist/Maker name 'Eaton, Jessica'". Artists in Canada. Canadian Heritage - Government of Canada. 16 May 2019 [8 March 2011]. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  2. ^ Moser, Gabrielle (14 December 2012). "Lenscraft: Jessica Eaton Asks Us to Think About What We See". Canadian Art. Archived from the original on 21 April 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Works by Jessica Eaton - Biography". Clint Roenisch Gallery. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b Risch, Conor (April 2013). "Jessica Eaton". Photo District News. 33 (4): 63. ProQuest 1346914156.
  5. ^ "A digital-free photo tribute to Albers and LeWitt". Phaidon. 11 February 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  6. ^ Rosenberg, David (5 November 2012). "Jessica Eaton's Beautiful Photography Is a Little Hard To Explain". Slate. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  7. ^ Schwendener, Martha (10 April 2014). "Origins Story, Through a Modern Lens". The New York Times (published 11 April 2014). pp. C.29. ProQuest 1514637992. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  8. ^ O'Hagan, Sean (24 January 2014). "Jessica Eaton: from 50 shades of grey to the hottest photography around". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  9. ^ Robertson, Rebecca (1 March 2011). "Building Pictures". ARTnews. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Artists - Jessica Eaton". Artspace. Archived from the original on 26 June 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  11. ^ "Jessica Eaton: Wild Permutations". Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. 2015. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016.
  12. ^ Rothman, Lily (16 May 2012). "Jessica Eaton: Cube, Color, Cosmos". Time. Archived from the original on 3 December 2021. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Montreal Wins Big in Latest Guggenheim Fellowships". Canadian Art. 10 April 2019. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Collectors Symposium 2015". Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal. 2015. Archived from the original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  15. ^ Kunard, Andrea (1 November 2017). "New Acquisition: Jessica Eaton". National Gallery of Canada. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
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