BIO

I-CHUN JENKINS

I-Chun Jenkins is an honors graduate in Textile Design from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design in 1994, she began her career in the fibre arts weaving scarves and shawls using yarn that she dyed in the traditional Japanese wrap dyeing technique known as IKAT. Pieces that she created using this technique ensured that no two creations were identical.

Between 1992 and 1997 she received numerous grants and awards for her work both as a student and as a professional fibre artist. During this period of time Ms. Jenkins’s products were featured in the Art Gallery of Ontario gift store.

In 1998 I-Chun decided to focus all of her creative energy on raising a family. In 2010 she purchased a small café in downtown Fredericton. Her pleasant personality and the creative food menu made the café a success.

However by 2013 the yearning to get back to what she loved to do was so much that she decided to sell the café. She setup a home studio and began the process of getting back into weaving and creating with fibre.

I-Chun was never one to follow tradition nor wanted to duplicate any piece of work so she looked at working with non-traditional weaving material and ways to create one of kind pieces of art. Her love of magazines, nature and protecting the environment lead her to an artist’s logical conclusion. She decided to reuse the magazines by using the pages as her material source for her weaving and art work. Pages are meticulously cut, sliced, weaved, crocheted or folded together to create a very unique piece of art, a one of a kind piece of art work.

I-Chun Jenkins’s work is available in galleries in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick Canada and Los Angeles USA.

Gallery and Exhibition Showings:

2023 WONDER –
Solo Exhibition. Sunbury Shores, Arts and Ecology Centre, New Brunswick, Canada.

2022 BETWEEN THE LINES –
Solo Exhibition. UNB Arts Centre, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada.

2021 EMBASSY OF CANADA,
Global Affairs Canada Visual Art Collection Program, Adu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

2021 CANADIAN PAVILION,
Dubai Expo. Global Affairs Canada Visual Art Collection Program, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2021 EMBASSY OF CANADA,
Global Affairs Canada Visual Art Collection Program, Harare, Zimbabwe

2021 SMALL WORK –
Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery, Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada

2021 COLOURS OF SPRING –
Spicer Merrifield Gallery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

2021 COME FROM AWAY –
Createdhere Magazine Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

2020 HOLIDAY ART –
Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2020 JUNCTURES –
Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada

2020 HOW I SURVIVED THE PANDEMIC –
Spicer Merrifield Gallery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

2020 JUNCTURES –
Andrew & Laura McCain Art Gallery, Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada

2020 FOIRE PAPIER –
Papier Art Fair Represented by Studio 21 Fine Art, Montréal, Québec , Canada

2020 JUNCTURES –
Saint John Arts Center, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

2019 MATERIALITY AND PERCEPTION IN CONTEMPORARY ATLANTIC ART –
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

2019 ALTERATIONS –
Buckland Merrifield Gallery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

2019 AFFORDABLE ART FAIR NYC –
Represented by Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

2019 ROCKS PAPER SCISSORS –
L. A. Pai Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

2019 LAYERED BOLDNESS –
Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

2019 FOIRE PAPIER –
Papier Art Fair Represented by Studio 21 Fine Art, Montréal, Québec, Canada

2018 FEAST –
Buckland Merrifield Gallery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

2018 SOFA CHICAGO –
Sculpture Objects Functional Art & Design – Represented by Studio 21 Fine Art, Chicago, USA

2018 SMOKE –
Buckland Merrifield Gallery, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

2018 FOIRE PAPIER –
Papier Art Fair Represented by Studio 21 Fine Art, Montréal, Québec, Canada

2018 PRE- USED PAPER –
Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2017 ARTS & FORM –
Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2017 SALVAGE –
Charlotte Street Art Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

2017 JEEPERS PEEPERS –
Art & Cultural Centre of Sussex, Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada

2017 IOTA INSTITUTE POP UP EVENT,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

2017 FOIRE PAPIER –
Papier Art Fair Represented by Studio 21 Fine Art, Montréal, Québec, Canada

I-Chun Jenkins Awards and Grants:

2020 Creation Grant – Category B, Arts NB The New Brunswick Arts Board, New Brunswick

2018    Nel Oudemans Award – Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation, New Brunswick

1997    Creation Grant – Province of New Brunswick, Department of Municipalities, Culture and Housing

1996    Educational Grant – Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation, New Brunswick

1994    Best New Product Award – Mactaquac Craft Festival, New Brunswick

1994    Portfolio Grant – Province of New Brunswick, Department of Municipalities, Culture and Housing

1993 – 1994    Duffie Crowell Excellence in Design Award – New Brunswick College of Craft and Design Graduation

1993 – 1994     Susan Judah Travel Award – New Brunswick Crafts Council

1993 – 1994     Education Art Award – Province of New Brunswick, Department of Municipalities, Culture and Housing

1993 – 1994     New Brunswick Crafts Council Merit Award, Third Year Studies – New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

1993 – 1994     Briggs and Little Award, Third Year Studies – New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

1992 – 1993     Fredericton Designer Weavers Award, Second Year Studies – New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

1992 – 1993     The Co-op Platter Award, Second Year Studies – New Brunswick College of Craft and Design

1992 – 1993     Education Art Award – Province of New Brunswick, Department of Municipalities, Culture and Housing 

YOU CAN FIND MY WORK AT:

PENTPER

CANADA, NS, LUNENBURG,
230 LINCOLN ST

THE ANDREW & LAURA MCCAIN ART GALLERY

CANADA, NB, FLORENCEVILLE,
8 MCCAIN ST

L.A. PAI GALLERY

CANADA, ON, OTTAWA,
13 MURRAY ST