As Fabian Jean enters the status of a mid-career artist, his work is being recognized by Canadian institutions. In 2022 he was invited to speak at St. Thomas University and a softcover and hardcover monograph on Jean's work with essays and interview has since been published by the university.
Recently, Jean was interviewed and his work was featured for an article in The Toronto Star. A painting, bought by the Canada Council for the Arts, is currently installed in the entry hall at the Centre for Global Pluralism in Ottawa. As well, Jean was formally recognized by the President and Vice-Chancellor of Concordia University (his alma mater) for his excellence and talent. Jean has exhibited at Rideau Hall and was invited to attend the Order of Canada awards ceremony.
Jean’s paintings can be found in public collections, including the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada Art Bank, Department of Foreign Affairs Canada (The Hague Embassy), Royal Bank of Canada and various private collections worldwide.
FABIAN JEAN
Born 1967
Lives and works – Montréal, CANADA
EDUCATION
1991 BFA with distinction, Studio Arts, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Fabian Jean lancement du livre/ book launch, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC 2021 Nature Study - Recent Work, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON 2017 Recent Work, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015 Fabian Jean, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC
2014 Recent Work, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2007 New Paintings, Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006 Fabian Jean, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC
2004 Fabian, Jean, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC
2002 Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS
2001 Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS
2000 Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS
1994 Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 lobby exhibition, Global Centre for Pluralism, Ottawa, ON
2016 Canada 389, Galerie XX, Department of History, Concordia University, Montreal, QC Galerie de Bellefeuille, Art Toronto 2016, Toronto, ON
2015 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON 2009 DiasporART, Canada Council for the Arts, Rideau Hall, Ottawa, ON
2008 Palm Beach 3 , West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Toronto International Art Fair
2007 Palm Beach 3 , West Palm Beach, FL, USA
Art 2007, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC
2006 Art 2006, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2005 Figura, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC
Art 2005, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC
Chicago Contemporary and Classic, Chicago, IL, USA
2004 Art 2004, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC
2003 Art 2003, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC
2002 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, ON
Art 2002, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC
2001 Nature Morte Contemporain / Contemporary Still Life, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal, QC 2000 Contemporary Canadian Landscape, Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montréal TwentylTwenty-One, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS
1999 Large Works, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS
1997 Faculty Exhibition - Painting and Drawing, Leonard Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal, QC
Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS
1995 Galerie L'Autre Equivoque, Ottawa, ON Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS 1994 Small Works, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, NS Dawson College Art Gallery, Montréal, QC 1993 Galerie Cégep du Vieux-Montréal, Montréal, QC Dawson College Art Gallery, Montreal, QC
1992 Amérique francophone: regards interculturels, Galerie Oeil de Poisson, Québec, QC Centre Interculturel Strathearn, Montréal, QC
Fabian Jean / Maria Gouthro, Visual Arts Gallery, Concordia University, Montréal QC
AWARDS
Public Lecture, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON
Guest Lecturer, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Saint Thomas University, Fredericton, NB Canada Council for the Arts, Art Bank Purchase
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant
Collection prêt d'oeuvres, Musée du Québec, Québec Ministère des affaires culturelles du Québec, Bourse de type “B”, court terme
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Fenniak, Paul & Scott, Susan, “Fabian Jean”, monograph hardcover, Saint Thomas University, 2023, 100 pages
Fenniak, Paul & Scott, Susan, “Fabian Jean”, monograph softcover, Saint Thomas University, 2022, 100 pages
Karounos, Patricia, “The light, the water, the skies: Three Canadian artists share the destinations that inspired their landscapes”, The Toronto Star, June 5, 2021, pH10
O’Neill, Erin, “Fabian Jean: Veils of Paint”, Dogeyes, Issue#1 2016, p68-73
King-Abadi, Sarah, “Surreality on canvas – Fabian Jean”, Journal Metro, November 15, 2015. Hartl, Von Petra, “Hund und Kunst”, Sitz Platz Fuss, June 2014, p4-7
Canada Council Annual Report, “Artists Stories from Across Canada”, ‘A New World’ reproduced, 2010, p30
Jean, Michaelle, “Diasporart”, Rideau Hall, September 2009
Kozinska, Dorota, Vie des Arts, automne 2006, p83
Barnard, Elissa, “At the Galleries”, Halifax Herald, April 27, 2003, B2
“Human Figure” exhibition review, ARTnews, ‘Pink Cardigan’ reproduite / reproduced, March 2003, p.132
Lee, Day’s, “The Art of Fabian Jean”, Rice Paper Magazine, August 2002, p16-21 “Fast Forward“, Canadian Art Magazine, ‘Departure’ reproduite/reproduced, Winter 1999
Workman, Sharon, “Memory drives series: Highway paintings take viewer on artistic Journey”, Halifax Herald, February 6, 2000, B2
‘Landscape with White Potato’ oeuvre reproduite en page couverture / work reproduced as a cover illustration for Roland Bourneuf, “Le Chemin du Retour”, L'instant Même Publications, Québec, 1996
Barnard, Elissa, "Jean's Painting Enigmatic", The Chronicle-Herald, Halifax, March 25, 1994, C3
Urbain, Jean-Marc, L'Amérique francophone: regards interculturels, catalogue de l’exposition / exhibition catalogue, 1992
COLLECTIONS
Department of External Affairs, Canada Summit-Maritime, Montreal
National Museum of Fine Arts Québec
Royal Bank of Canada
Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal
The Canada Council for the Arts - Art Bank
