Wright-Cheney won the Strathbutler Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2004 and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2009. Wright-Cheney was one of the artists included in the 2012 'Oh, Canada' exhibit of contemporary Canadian art at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: her contribution was a 'giant, rose-encrusted grizzly bear'. Catharines, Ontario 'transfigured insects from signs of shabby housekeeping into objects of beauty and power' by embroidering insects onto linens. Disorderly Creatures at Rodman Hall Arts Centre in St. Trespass, featured at the New Brunswick Museum, comprised individual animals and insects such as coyotes, fleas, and a giant squid, all incorporated into other exhibits throughout the museum. For example, one of her exhibits, Cellar at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax, featured 'hundreds of rats created from recycled vintage fur coats'. Her textile art considers 'themes pertaining to natural history and domestic labour'. She teaches at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. Born in Montreal, Quebec, Wright-Cheney studied visual arts at Mount Allison University (1983) and Critical Studies in Education at the University of New Brunswick (2003). Blog BlogAboutContact Janice Wright-Cheney 0 Comments Janice Wright-Cheney is a Canadian textile artist based in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
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