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J i m L o g a
n b. 1955, New Westminster, British
Columbia
First Nations Affiliation: Métis; Cree; Sioux
Inspired and taught initially by his mother who
was an amateur landscape and wildlife painter, Jim Logan has travelled extensively to
study the work of masters such as Van Gogh and Munch. Raised primarily in
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Logan moved north to apply his graphic design training
from David Thompson University to work on the Yukon Indian News. There he encountered the
social realities of poverty, despair, and dislocation wreaked upon northern Native
communities. This he documented in an enticing and colourful faux-naïve style. Several
series repossess and retranslate revered Western art historical images. Logan is a
founding member and captain of the Métis Art Council, former co-chair of the Society of
Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry (SCANA) and a recipient of the British Columbia
Aboriginal Arts Award and two Canada Council awards.
R E C E N T E X H I B I T I O
N S
| 1998 |
Jim Logan: love
affair: the book of joan.
Moose Jaw Art Museum, Moose Jaw, SaskatchewanMoments Between Heaven and Earth.
Gallery Phillip, Toronto, Ontario
Re-Representing Jim Logan and Skai Fowler.
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Responses.
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
| 1997 |
Off Shore / On Site.
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Sydney, Australia
Transitions: Contemporary Canadian Indian and Inuit Art (travelling) |
| 1996 |
Thunder Bay
Permanent Collection Exhibit.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
New Aboriginal Works.
Gallery Gevik, Toronto, Ontario |
| 1995-96 |
Basket, Bead, and
Quill.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario |
| 1995 |
Images in Collage.
Ksan National Exhibition Centre, Ksan, British Columbia
Nostalgic Resistance.
Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
Re-emergence.
Southern Okanagan Art Gallery, Penticton, British Columbia |
| 1994 |
Challenging the
Status Quo.
Art Gallery of Southern Alberta, Lethbridge, Alberta (travelling) |
| 1993 |
Contemporary Native
Art of the West Coast.
Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington |
| 1992-95 |
Recent Works of Jim
Logan.
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon (travelling) |
| 1992 |
Canada's First
People: A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts (travelling)
INDIGENA,
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec (travelling)
New Territories, 350 / 500 Years After.
Les Maisons de la Culture, Montréal, Québec
Art and its Practices.
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
Meeting in the New World.
Montréal, Québec |
| 1991 |
Heart Beats and Drum
Beats.
Northern Passage Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Various Views.
Canada House Gallery, Banff, Alberta
Coming in from the Cold.
Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta |
| 1990 |
Requiem to Our
Children.
Territorial Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon (travelling)
Northern Mosaic.
Yukon Gallery, Whitehorse, Yukon
The Quiet Condition.
Northern Passage Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia
Recent Works of Jim Logan.
Leona Lattimer Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
Explorations.
St. Jerome Gallery, St. Jerome, Québec (travelling) |
S E L E C T E D C O L L E C T I O N S
Alberta Government Telephone, Edmonton, Alberta
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, British Columbia
Northwest Telephone Art Collection, Whitehorse, Yukon
Sohio Oil, Anchorage, Alaska
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
Yukon Indian Development Corporation, Whitehorse, Yukon
Yukon Territorial Government Collection, Whitehorse, Yukon
S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G
R A P H Y
Ace, Barry, and July Papatsie. Transitions:
Contemporary Canadian Indian and Inuit Art. Ottawa, Ontario: Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1997.
Easton, N Alexander. "Lower than the angels:
The weight of Jim Logan's art." Canadian Journal of Native Studies 10, no. 1
(1991): 133-141.
Gilmor, Allison. "The practice of
conflicting art." Border Crossings 2, no. 4 (December 1992): 73f.
Lunn, Dr. John, et al. Canada's First People:
A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts. Fort McMurray, Alberta: Syncrude
Canada; Alberta Part Art Publications Society, 1992.
McMaster, Gerald, and Lee-Ann Martin, eds. INDIGENA:
Contemporary Native Perspectives. Vancouver, British Columbia: Douglas & McIntyre,
1992./ INDIGENA: Perspectives autochtones contemporaines. Hull, Québec: Musée
canadien des civilisations, 1992.
"Rounding up our children." Vancouver
Sun, 3 November 1990, p. D15. [Review: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church]
Ryan, Allan J. Jim Logan: Classical Aboriginal
Series. Whitehorse, Yukon: Yukon Arts Centre, 1994.
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