CURRICULUM VITAE
KRISS PETER JANIK
Born 1989 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lives and works in Calgary, Alberta
QUALIFICATIONS
2017 Master of Fine Arts Candidate, York University. Toronto, Ontario
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Visual Studies, The University of Calgary
2011 Architectural Technologies, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Calgary
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Instructor Show. Studio C. Calgary, Alberta
2022 Instructor Show. Studio C. Calgary, Alberta
2021 Instructor Show. Studio C. Calgary, Alberta
2020 ‘Away in the Current’. Planetary. Contemporary Calgary. Calgary, Alberta
2019 Instructor Show. Studio C. Calgary, Alberta
2018 Instructor Show. Studio C. Calgary, Alberta
2017 In the Presence of Images. Pushmi Pullyu. Toronto, Ontario
2017 In the Presence of Images. The Black Cat. Toronto, Ontario
2017 In the Presence of Images. Special Projects Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2017 ‘Dahlia’, Things Little, Gallery 50. Toronto, Ontario
2016 'To assemble', For Love of Collective Chemistry. Gales Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2016 'Fragmentation', After great pain, a formal feeling comes. Gales Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2015 'Distort, Repeat', Parley. Gales Gallery - Special Projects Gallery. Toronto
2014 'Retrospect', Knock Knock. Untitled Art Society. Calgary, Alberta
2014 'Mesh', Post Miniature Show and Sale. Little Gallery. Calgary, Alberta
2014 'Reproduction', Under the Hermitage Vaults. The State Hermitage Museum Residency Gallery. St. Petersburg, Russia
2014 'Retrospect', Push. Contemporary Calgary - City Hall Location. Calgary, Alberta
2014 'Retrospect', 'The Pool(s)', 'Distort, Repeat', 'Hindsight', 'The Copy', 'The Reconstruction altered by perception, imagination, semantic memory and technology'. I look for the once forgotten… Nickle Galleries. Calgary, Alberta
2014 'Retrospect', 'Hindsight', Navigation(s). Truck Gallery. Calgary, Alberta
2013 'The Construction of the Unconstructed'. Post Min. Little Gallery. Calgary, Alberta
2013 'Left to Right', 'The Monument', 'The Ship', 'The Fountain', 'The Walkway', A Collection of Etchings and Screen prints. Recent Works. Little Gallery. Calgary, Alberta.
2013 'Absence'. Beautiful Hybrid. Little Gallery. Calgary, Alberta
2013 'Last Moment'. Connections. 621 Gallery. Calgary, Alberta
2013 Curator. Artist. 'Back and Forth'. One Three Two. Truck Gallery. Calgary, Alberta
2013 'Home is where your home is'. Push. The Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary. Calgary, Alberta
2012 'Unfamiliar Faces'. Cenera. The Ranchmen’s Club. Calgary, Alberta
2012 'Bio Trace'. Zatara. Little Gallery. Calgary, Alberta
2012 'Hazel'. Through the Looking Glass. Mackimmie Tower. Calgary, Alberta
RECOGNITIONS
2017 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Graduate Scholarship - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Toronto, Ontario
2017 Nomination for Graduate Thesis Prize
2015 York Graduate Scholarship. York University. Toronto, Ontario
2014 The State Hermitage Museum Foundation of Canada, Art Semester. St. Petersburg
2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts. The University of Calgary – Distinction. Calgary, Alberta
2013 Ken Esler Prize. The University of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta
2013 Gledhill Award. The University of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta
2011 Jason Lang Scholarship. The University of Calgary. Calgary, Alberta
TEACHING & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018/1 – 2022/12 Art Facilitator/Coordinator. Visual , Prospect Human Service
2017/1 – 2017/4 Instructor. Visual Arts, York University
Course Code: Visa 2025. Course Topic: Painting. Course Level: Undergraduate.
2016/9 – 2016/12 Instructor. Visual Arts, York University. Course Title: Print Media: Screen Printing. Course Code: VISA 2074 Course Level: Undergraduate.
Number of Students: 16 Number of Credits: 3
2016/9 - 2017/4 Teaching Assistant. AMPD, School of Art, Media, Performance, and Design, York University Part-time
2015/9 - 2016/9 Graduate Assistant to David Scott Armstrong. AMPD, School of Art, Media, Performance, and Design, York University Part-time Tenure
PRESENTATIONS
2014 Kriss Janik: Hermitage Youth Residency Scholarship (Russia). University of Calgary: Department of Art, Speaker Series, Calgary, Alberta
INTERVIEWS
2014 Interview with Jennifer Allford about the 2014 University of Calgary BFA thesis exhibition, UToday. Calgary, Alberta
2014 University of Calgary BFA thesis exhibition, Market Collective. Calgary, Alberta
EXHIBITION JURY
2022 Juror for Alberta Printmakers Society
EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
2016 After great pain, a formal feeling comes. Gales Gallery. Toronto, Ontario
2014 I look for the once forgotten...: Nickle Galleries. Calgary, Alberta
2014 Push 2014. Contemporary Calgary. Calgary, Alberta
2013 Push 2013. Museum of Contemporary Art. Calgary, Alberta
THESIS
2017 https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/items/ae0e0e56-2c4c-42a8-8583-349e66f46e4a