Artist Jan Wade
Title Little Drawing
Media ink and pastel on paper
Dated
1991
Size 8.5 x 6 in. / 21.6 x 15.2 cm.
Frame Size 11.25 x 9.5 x 1.25 in.
Sold $375
Estimate $150 - $250
Notes
signed, titled and dated on backing; framed
Provenance
from the estate of Todd A. Davis, Victoria, British Columbia; Todd was an artist, curator and gallery director in Canada for over 50 years and worked at several galleries in Vancouver, Victoria and Nova Scotia
Biographical Information
Jan Wade ~ [b.1952]
Wade is a Hamilton-born, Vancouver-based artist born to a Black Canadian father with familial origins in the American South and a Canadian mother of European descent. She studied at the Ontario College of Art and Design before moving to Vancouver in 1983 and immersing herself in the alternative art scene. From July 10, 2021 to March 13, 2022 the Vancouver Art Gallery showcased her work in a solo exhibition Jan Wade: Soul Power which was the first solo show by a Black woman in VAG’s ninety-year history. It surveyed some 30 years of Wade’s artmaking primarily with found or readymade objects and recycled materials.
For more biographical information and examples of artist's work see Monica Reyes Gallery; for a review of the Vancouver retrospective show see Galleries West; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at Artists in Canada