Jennifer Hornyak Art
Canadian, b. 1940
Jennifer Hornyak (Jennifer Lynne Hampton) was born in Grimsby, England. From 1956 to 1959, she attended the Grimsby School of Art. In 1961 she immigrated to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She continued her art studies at McGill University, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and at the Saidye Bronfman Centre where she first exhibited her paintings of Montreal scenes and personalities. Hornyak's first solo exhibitions were held in 1984 and 1985 at Galerie Claude Lafitte (Montreal). Praised by art reviewer André Martin for her gift of "anecdote",[1] Hornyak then participated in a group show at Place des Arts (Montreal) and held a solo exhibition at Nancy Poole's Studio (Toronto).
In 1987, Hornyak was the sole Canadian to participate at the Paris World Exhibition at the invitation of her patron, Baroness Marie-Hélène de Rothschild.[2][3] Exhibiting her paintings alongside those by Pablo Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, and Kees van Dongen, increased recognition led to her participation in Feminissima at Galerie Artcurial (Paris) as the sole Canadian among artists from 35 countries,[4] and at the Palais des Expositions (Nice).[5] The following year she exhibited at Donna Heuhhoff Gallery (Dallas), at Sandra Werther Fine Art (New York) in 1989, and held a solo show at Eleonore Austerer Gallery, San Francisco in 1991. Throughout this period, she honed her technique at the Vermont Studio Colony with Stanley Boxer, George McLean and Elmer Bischoff and with Elizabeth Lyons in Tuscany, Italy.[6]
By 1991, Hornyak's work had been reviewed in the prestigious journals ARTnews, Art Auction, Art in America, Beaux-Arts (France) and Mizue (China),[4] but continued to evolve. Increasingly introspective, in 1994 art reviewer Bernard Théoret noted that her "'appeal to the unconscious was impressionistic like an invitation to the garden of the soul".[7] Flowers soon became her symbol of "universality" and dominant subject.[8] Influenced by the graphic still lifes of Giorgio Morandi,[8] her signature style, of "semi-figurative, almost abstract, works... built up through a complex technique of richly coloured glazes", was evident by 2003.[9][10]
Since 2003 Hornyak has held over ten solo exhibitions in cities such as Ottawa[11] and Halifax.[12] A participant in many group shows,[13] her paintings are exhibited alongside work by Jim Dine, Chuck Close, and Tom Hopkins in Montreal,[14] and at Miami Art Basel, the Chicago Contemporary and Classic, and Toronto International Art Fair. In 2013, Hornyak exhibited across Canada at Wallace Galleries (Calgary), Trias Gallery (Toronto), Oeno Gallery (Kingston), Galerie St-Laurent + Hill (Ottawa), Galerie de Bellefeuille (Montreal), Studio 21 (Halifax) and Trinity Gallery (Saint John). In April 2015 her first solo exhibition of figurative works in over twenty-years, The Figure Revisited at the Visual Arts Centre (Montreal), was included in the "Must-Sees" column in Canadian Art.(Biography provided by OENO Gallery)
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Artist: Jennifer Hornyak
Blue Urchin with Celadon - small green, blue, white figurative still life oil
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Foliage lit with sea blue and white on a fresh celadon ground are rendered in layered expressive brushwork by Jennifer Hornyak. The bold colors and flattened picture plane in this in...
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2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Pink with Yellow Scape - small, dark green, purple, floral, still life, oil
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A bouquet of yellow in a vase of mauve sits in a landscape of forest green and magenta in this delightful oil by Jennifer Hornyak. Framed dimensions are 9 x 23.5 inches.
Inspired by...
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2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media, Oil
Man With Pink Shirt - large abstracted male portrait figurative still life oil
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Hornyak speaks of wanting to capture a certain “pathos and frailty which exists in the human condition.” Indeed, her large portraits speak of a profound sense of human solitude, as f...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Pink Tulip with Apple Green - small, bright, floral, figurative, still life oil
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A textured ground of light apple green frames a soft pink tulip in this intimate still life composition by Jennifer Hornyak. Framed dimensions are 10 x 8 inches.
Inspired by German...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Linen, Oil
Mustard Yellow with Blue
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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 ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil
Mahogany Brown with Pink - elegant small green, lilac floral still life oil
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Painterly greens and cobalt frame flowers in dashes of pink and lilac in this intimate oil by Jennifer Hornyak. A mahogany vase becomes the focal point of the delightful composition....
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Stroll II - Large, green, blue, red, man and woman, figurative, oil
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A hunched person in a coat and hat, depicted in painterly passages of moss green, grey, and black walks past a tall figure in red, red flowers and an exciting bicycle in this oil pai...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man with Striped Shirt - green, male portrait figurative still life oil painting
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Using layers of thick, expressive brushwork, solid colors and slightly flattened space, Jennifer Hornyak has created an elegant portrait of a man in a pink and black striped shirt and dark jacket. The simple, modern forms outlined in black on green ground emphasizes the stillness of the oil portrait on canvas that is reminiscent of the work of Jean Paul Lemieux...
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2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pink With Sage Green - small, pink, green, floral, figurative still life oil
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A bouquet of creamy coloured flowers in a sage green vase pops against a field of deep pink. Vivid colours, expressive form and rich textures are Jenni...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Venetian Red
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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 ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil
Jade Green with Dusty Pink
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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 ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil
Cinder Rose with Yellow Dots
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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 ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil
Sand Green
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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 ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil
Navy Blue with Pink
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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 ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil
Green with Ice Blue
By Jennifer Hornyak
Located in Montreal, Quebec
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 ga...
Category
2010s Contemporary Jennifer Hornyak Art
Materials
Oil
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