Bio

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Janine attended the Alberta College of Art in Calgary and the Emily Carr College of Art and Design (now Emily Carr University), in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she earned Honors in Painting and Printmaking. In 2016 she completed a three-month Art2Life intensive with Nicholas Wilton. Janine has continued her studies by attending workshops, including The Language of Color, The Language of Design by Mark Eanes, and Drawing Is Everything by Sara Post.

Janine’s work spans a variety of media, including painting (oil and acrylic and mixed media), printmaking, and photography. She has exhibited at galleries in Alberta, British Columbia, Oregon, California, and around the New York metropolitan area. Her work can be found in private and public collections in the United States, Canada, Australia and the UK. She has been featured in Event contemporary arts journal. She now lives and paints in Eugene, Oregon.

Selected Juried Exhibitions:

Better Together, Solo show, Oregon Art Supply Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2024

Vestiges, Four-Person Show with Julie Anderson, Janine Etherington, Jason Greene, Karen Russo, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, OR, 2023

Julie Anderson and Janine Etherington, Guardino Gallery, Portland, OR 2023

Simplicity, International Invitational Virtual Show, 2022

Mayor’s Art Show, Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR, 2022, Curator’s Choice Award

Eugene Biennial, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2022

When In The Woods, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, Oregon, 2022

Mayor’s Art Show, GATA, Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR, 2021

Disrupting The Stillness, Visionary Projects & Lohme Art Gallery, NYC, Berlin, Vienna, Malmö, 2020

Eugene Biennial, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2020

Mayor’s Art Show at GATA, Gallery at the Airport, Eugene, OR, 2020

Mayor’s Art Show, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR, 2019

Florence Fest, Florence Event Center, Florence, OR, 2019

Flora and Fauna, Jen Tough Gallery, Benicia, CA, 2019

Mayor’s Art Show, Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene, OR, 2018

Eugene Biennial, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2018

Artexpo Las Vegas 2018, Presented by Jen Tough Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, 2018

Guilty Pleasures, Jen Tough Gallery, Vallejo, CA, 2017

The Eugene Biennial Award Winners: One Year Later, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2017

Eugene Biennial, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2016, Jerry Freeman Award

Mayor’s Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2015

Mayor’s Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2013

Mayor’s Art Show, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2010

Ninth Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, Honorable Mention, 1990

George Street Playhouse Show, New Brunswick, NJ, 1988

Home Sweet Home, Tweed Gallery, Plainfield, NJ, 1988

North Vancouver Civic Center Gallery, North Vancouver, BC, 1985

British Columbia Printmakers’ Showcase, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, 1984

Images and Objects, The Assembly of British Columbia Art Councils, Robson Square Media Center, Vancouver, BC, 1983

Selected Exhibitions:

Janine Etherington solo show at OAS, Eugene, OR, 2021

They All Said YES, LyndonDesign Gallery, The Sea Ranch, CA, 2021

Guest Artist, LyndonDesign Gallery, The Sea Ranch, CA, 2021

Annual Members Show, Jen Tough Artist Alliance, online, 2021

Group show, New Zone Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2020

Pop-up show, Obsidian Animals, The Jazz Station, Eugene, OR, 2019

Group invitational, Moss Hollow Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2019

Janine Etherington "Cymbals and Happenstance", solo show, Oregon Art Supply, Eugene, OR, 2018

The Eugene Biennial Award Winners: One Year Later, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2017

Group invitational "Speak Listen Milagro Project" Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA, 2017

Members’ Show, NJ Council for the Visual Arts, Palmer Gallery, Summit, NJ, 1989

Granville Island Printmakers, Granville Island Graphics, Vancouver, BC, 1984

Graduate Show, Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1984

Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, 1980

Devonian Gardens, Calgary, Alberta, 1978

Galleries:

UGallery, online

1st Dibs, online

Singulart, online

LyndonDesign Gallery, The Sea Ranch, CA

Karin Clarke Gallery at The Gordon, Eugene, OR

Benefit Auctions:

ArtSpark arts education, Eugene, OR, 2018

Positive Community Kitchen, Eugene, OR, 2018

Art for Fire Relief, Napa Valley, CA, 2017

Publications:

Fun Size, Jen Tough Gallery, 2021

Featured Artist, Event: Journal of Contemporary Arts, Vol 13(1), 1984

Awards:

Curator’s Choice Award, Mayor’s Art Show, Eugene Public Library, Eugene, OR, 2022

Jerry Freedman Award, Eugene Biennial, Karin Clarke Gallery, Eugene, OR, 2016

Ninth Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ, Honorable Mention, 1990

Bert C. Binning Memorial Scholarship, 1984

Collections:

The Gordon Hotel, Eugene, Oregon

Calgary Heritage Square, Calgary, Alberta

West Coast Petroleum Ltd, Calgary, Alberta

Volunteers in Medicine Clinic, Eugene, Oregon

Private Collections in the United States, Canada, UK, Australia  

Art Fairs: 

Artexpo Las Vegas 2018, Presented by Jen Tough Gallery, Las Vegas, NV, 2018

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