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Works of: Jane Kidd

Works of: Jane Kidd

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AFTER THOUGHTS

AFTER THOUGHTS

Jane Kidd

Date: 1987

Medium: metallic yarn, cotton, wool, silk, rayon, chenille, wool tapestry

Object number: 1987.058.001

BREAKING THOUGHTS

BREAKING THOUGHTS

Jane Kidd

Date: 1985

Medium: cotton, wool, rayon, chenille, metallic fibres tapestry

Object number: 2000.116.001

A CONTINUOUS OBSESSION #3

A CONTINUOUS OBSESSION #3

Jane Kidd

Date: 1984

Medium: woven wool, metallic yarn, cotton, chenille, rayon tapestry

Object number: 1984.044.001

INCANTATION: THE SENSES

INCANTATION: THE SENSES

Jane Kidd

Date: 2005-2006

Medium: wool, cotton, rayon, silk

Object number: 2005.021.001.AB

LABYRINTH

LABYRINTH

Jane Kidd

Date: 1978

Medium: woven wool tapestry

Object number: 1979.041.001

LAND SENTENCE: ARBOUR

LAND SENTENCE: ARBOUR

Jane Kidd

Date: 2009

Medium: wool, cotton, silk, rayon yarn

Object number: 2009.057.001

POSSESSION SERIES: IMPRINT/IMPACT #2

POSSESSION SERIES: IMPRINT/IMPACT #2

Jane Kidd

Date: 2005

Medium: metallic yarn, cotton

Object number: 2009.101.001

SHRINE/SURRENDER

SHRINE/SURRENDER

Jane Kidd

Date: 1992

Medium: cotton, chenille, metallic yarns, wool tapestry

Object number: 1992.120.001

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Jane Kidd

Jane Kidd is a textile artist now based out of Salt Spring Island, BC where she maintains an active studio practice. Kidd’s primary medium is hand-woven tapestry. Her beautiful, technically demanding and conceptually rich tapestries provoke profound questions about handicraft, disciplinary knowledge, and the importance of bringing historical practices into the contemporary art arena for critical discussion and debate.

Through her practice and her teaching, Kidd has shown that tapestry is capable of beautifying and enriching the environment of the user. She also stresses that as a material artifact, tapestries are intrinsically linked to the communication of vital cultural information. Kidd has been at the forefront of advocacy for this important form of disciplinary practice for a number of years.

Kidd taught at the Alberta College of Art and Design for 34 years. Highly recognized as one of the most dynamic textile artists in Canada, Kidd has received numerous prestigious awards. She was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Art in 2001, and won the Alberta Craft Council Award of Excellence in 2008. In 2016, she received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, the Saidye Bronfman Award, for her contribution to fine craft. She has exhibited in numerous exhibitions across Canada, the United States, Japan, Poland, Hungary, and Australia. Her work is held in private and public collections including the Canada Council Art Bank, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and The Canadian Museum of History.