Jennifer Hornyak was born in England, where she studied at the Grimsby School of Art before coming to Canada. For more than forty years, her work has been exhibited in prestigious galleries across North America, at international art fairs, and in many corporate collections. She works and lives in Montreal.
Hornyak is known for her vivid and distinctly textured paintings that blur the line between figuration and abstraction. Drawing inspiration from her surroundings, she creates work that is both intimate and universal. Through both colour and texture, Hornyak builds a structure for each painting that emanates a still life motif.
“Regardless of my intentions, the final shape of each flowerpot is a direct reflection of my mood. The objects may be the same, but how I paint them entirely depends on how I feel about the world that day. ”
She uses areas of pale and deep hues to build up a well-integrated negative space that surrounds her freely-rendered floral still life subjects. The spontaneous brushwork and undiluted colour are reminiscent of the Fauve group of painters of a century ago.
She lives and works in Montreal.
Her way of applying paint is inimitable, and her paintings can be recognized with a blink of an eye. Her style wears the mark of a great artist, both intimate and universal. Mostly known for her abstracted still-lives, Jennifer Hornyak draws inspiration from what surrounds her, and her paintings are revealing sophisticated colors and generous textures.
2006 Visual Arts, Montréal with Harold Klunder.
2004 Philadelphia Academy of Arts, with Timothy Hawkesworth
1991 Vermont Studio Colony, with James Rosen and Judy Rifka.
1988 Tuscan Seminar, Italy, with Elizabeth Lyons
1987 Vermont Studio Colony, with Stanley Boxer, George McLean, Elmer Bischoff
1961 Arrives in Canada and continues her studies:
-McGill University
-Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
-Centre Saidye Bronfman
1957-59 Grimsby School of Art, Angleterre
2018 Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
2017 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
Wallace Galleries, Calgary
2016 Studio 21 Fine Arts, Halifax
2015 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2015 Wallace Galleries, Calgary
2015 McClure Gallery, Montreal
2014 Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
2013 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2013 Wallace Galleries, Calgary2011 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2011 Galerie St-Laurent Plus Hill, Ottawa
2011 Wallace Galleries ltd, Calgary
2010 Trinity Galleries, Saint-John
2006 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal
2004 Studio 24, Halifax
2003 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal
1998 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal.
1995 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco.
1994 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal.
1991 Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco.
1987 Nancy Poole Studio, Toronto.
1985 Galerie Claude Lafitte, Montréal.
1983 Galerie Claude Lafitte, Montréal.
2018 What’s New?, Centre d’art E.K. Volland
Toronto International Art Fair: Galerie de Bellefeuille
Vie des Arts Gala
Parlez-moi d’amour, Les Impatients
Papier 2018: Studio 21
Love and Lovers, Studio 21
Pre-Used Paper, Studio 21
2017 HEADS, Centre d’art E.K. Volland
Secret Studio, McClure Gallery, Montreal
Toronto International Art Fair: Galerie de Bellefeuille, Oeno Gallery
2016 Echo, Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie de Bellefeuille
2015 For the Love of Paint, Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
2015 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2015 Stargazing, Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
2014 Art Chicago, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2014 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2014 Affinities, Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
2012 Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield
2012 The Allure of the Print, Studio 21, Halifax
2011 Straight from the heART, Wallace Galleries, Calgary
2010 A Snapshot, Wallace Galleries, Calgary
2010 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie de Bellefeuille
2009 Small luxuries, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2009 International Print Triennial, Krakow, Poland
2008 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie de Bellefeuille
2007 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie de Bellefeuille
2006 Chicago Contemporary & Classic, Galerie de Bellefeuille
2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie de Bellefeuille
2006 Drawings, Visual Arts Center, Montreal
2005 Chicago Contemporary & Classic, Galerie de Bellefeuille
2005 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie de Bellefeuille
2004 James Baird Gallery, St-John's
2004 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie de Bellefeuille
2003 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie de Bellefeuille
2002 Art 2002, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal
2001 Nature morte contemporaine, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal
1997 Galerie Louise Smith, Toronto
1995 Judy Rothenberg Gallery, Boston
1995 Zwicker’s Gallery, Boston
1992 Sales and Rental Gallery of the Fine Arts Museum, Montréal
1990 International Gallery Invitational, Chicago
1989 Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal
1989 Sandra Werther Fine Art, New York
1988 Art Junction, Palais des Congrès, Nice
1988 Nancy Poole Studio, Toronto
1988 Donna Heuhhoff Gallery, Dallas
1987 Feminissima, Galerie Artcurial, Paris
1984 Place-des-Arts, Montréal
1983 Gallery Ten Grosvenor Street, London
1983 Salon national des Galeries d’art de Montréal
1978 Galerie Jensen, Montréal
1976 Festival d’art de Bromont, Bromont (Québec)
1975 Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montréal
1975 Galerie McKeowan, Montréal
1974 Centre Saidye Bronfman, Montréal
1987 The only Canadian artist invited to participate in the World Exhibition in Paris (with Modigliani, Picasso, van Dongen, etc.) sponsored by the Baroness de Rothschild.
2017 Vie des Arts, No 248, Automne 2017, p12 "Comme un torero dans l'arène"
2015 Canadian Art, “Must-Sees This Week, April 30-May 6″, Exhibition at McClure Gallery
2015 BLACK, Heather, Westmount Independent, Burgers and Hornyak: The Art of Change
2015 HENNELY, Nadine, WestmountMag,
2011 PARÉ, Isabelle, Le Devoir, Culture / Arts visuels – 24 décembre 2011, L’artisan des couleurs.
2011 MALBOEUF/HAMMOUDI, David/Rima, Jennifer Hornyak.
2011 BLACK, Heather, Westmount Independent, Jennifer Hornyak on her own retrospective.
1994 TÉORET, Bernard, MagazinArt, La nouvelle figuration
1992 ROBERT, Guy, Le collectionneur, Montréal
1992 Featured on the cover of Three by Three.
1987 « New Year, New Talents », Art News, Édition d’août
1984 Vie des arts and L’actualité médicale, Montréal
1983 ROBERT, Guy, Art actuel au Québec depuis 1970, Montréal
1991 Chanel 9, Montréal
1983 Stepping Out, CBC Television, Montréal
2017 Fundraiser for Les Impatient
2016 Fundraiser for Miriam Foundation
2015 OSM Fundraiser, Montreal
2011 Jury for the OKWA Festival, Kingston
2008 Workshop given at Dunedin, Creativity Art Retreat, Dunedin
2004 Workshop given at Alelucia, L'Ecole d'Arts de l'Estrie, Magog
1994 Workshop given at the Elephant Barn, Georgeville
1992 Vis-Art Exhibition
1992 Featured on the cover of novel Three by Three
1991 Juried for the American Women’s Art Show
1991 Vermont Studio Colony, USA, with James Rosen and Judy Rifka.
1990 Cover of the Quebec’s 50th Year Celebration of Québec House, Rochefeller Plaza, New York
1990 Lecture at The Women’s Art Society, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montreal
1988 Mural for Our Lady of Hungary Church, Montreal
1988 Tuscan Seminar, Italy, with Elizabeth Lyons
1987 Vermont Studio Colony, USA, with Stanley Boxer, George McLean and Elmer Bischoff
Art for Healing Foundation
Bell Canada Enterprises
Bombardier Transport
Burroughs Welcome Inc.
Cartonnages Unic
Canderel
Copidata Inc.
Cytren Group
Dicom Corporation
Dupont Canada
Fauteux, Bruno, Bussière, Leewarden
Gestion Métrobel
Groupe La Laurentienne
Groupe SNC Lavalin
Guy Gagnon Co. Inc.
Hoechst Canada Inc.
Hyatt Regency Hotel
I & M Film Sales
Imperial Oil
Intercommunica Inc.
Keg Restaurants Limited
La Presse
Les Placements Yvon Turcot Inc.
MacNaughton Collection
McCarthy Tétreault
Peerless Carpet Corporation
Power Corporation
Prolith Inc.
Robraye Management Ltd
Royalcor Steel
South Western Investment Arts
Unigesco
Westin Hotels