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Jennifer Morgan is a printmaker from St. John’s Newfoundland.  She studied Fine Arts at Andrew’s University in Michigan, graduating in 1985. She later went on to study at the Canadian Union College in Alberta, Graduating with a bachelor of Education in 1995. Jennifer spent many years traveling and teaching throughout North America before returning to Newfoundland to focus her attention on art. Her intaglio etchings, monoprints and lithographic works are greatly influenced by the people, landscape and culture of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Along with her Visual art, Jennifer is also known for her writing talents and has been a long-time member of the Newfoundland Writers' Guild and The Writers Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador. She is also a member of Visual Artists of Newfoundland and Labrador and sits on the Board of St. Michael’s Printshop in St. John’s. 

Jennifer has participated in solo and group exhibits in Canada and the United States. Her work can be found in private and public collections in Canada and abroad.  Jennifer has received numerous grants from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador as well as the Canada Council for the Arts. 

Education:

Canadian Union College, Alberta Bachelor of Ed. (Social Studies)     1995
Andrew’s University, Michigan
Bachelor of Arts, Fine Arts and Theology (honors)                           1985
College of Trades, Newfoundland Printing Certificate (honors)                    1978

Memberships:

St. Michael’s Printshop- Board Chair
Visual Artists of Nfld. and Labrador
Craft Council of Nfld. and Labrador

Grants and Collections:

• Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council grant and City of St. John’s grant, 2005.
• City of St. John’s grant for The Coley’s Point House, 2003.
• Nfld. and Labrador Arts Council grant for The Coley’s Point House, 2003.
• City of St. John’s Art Procurement, 2002, ‘05, ‘06, ‘07.
• Province of Nfld and Labrador Art Procurement, 2002 and 2003.

Shows:

Lovely as a Tree,  Rogue Gallery, Eastern Edge, St. John’s NL  2008

Maaps Bienniel, juried show,
Halifax, NS                              2007

All Around The Mulberry Bush, group show, Devon House Gallery,
St. John’s, NL                          2005
The Coley’s Point House, solo show, The Christopher Pratt Gallery,         
Bay Roberts, NL                      2003
What People Leave Behind, solo show, St. Michael’s Gallery,                           St. John’s, NL                                  2002
Signatures, group show, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL            1996
Pacific Prints, group show, Pacific Art League,
Palo Alto, California,                2000   
Nfld. Arts and Letters, juried show, St John’s, NL 1995, 1996, 2002-2007/09

Publications Illustrated:
Queller, Buchanan, Rubia eds.
A Charm Against the Pain.
(St. John’s, Flanker Press)                2006.
Swanson, Gary B., ed., Amos. Collegiate Quarterly, October-December
(Pacific Press: Silver Springs, MD)2001.
Morgan, George M., Alcock and Brown and the Boy in the Middle.
(St. John’s: Tuckamore Books)      1994.
Krachun, Peggy Smith ed.,
Life Sentences.
(St. John’s: Creative Publishers)     1993.
Rubia, Geraldine, A Poem in My Soup. (St. John’s: Jesperson Press)          1980.
Morgan, Bernice, Geri Rubia and Helen Porter, eds., From This Place
(St. John’s: Jesperson Press)              1977.

Residency:
St. Micheal’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL
Visiting Artist Residency  July 2004