Janice Marin

Janice Marin’s artistic practice delves into the interplay of shape, line, and color, weaving abstract geometric and organic forms with recognizable elements to create a painted memoir. Her oil paintings evolve from sketchbook studies where she decides on framing, layering, and color palette, drawing inspiration from her personal stories, events, and experiences.

As a first-generation Canadian and American citizen with Argentinian heritage, Marin comes from a lineage of immigrant farmers, artisans, lawyers, and artists, all of whom have pursued a quest for security and stability. Her artistic sensibility was nurtured by her grandmother’s kitchen, her mother’s sewing machine, her grandfather’s garden, and her uncle’s patience. Her life, marked by frequent changes, relocations, and natural disasters, has taught her that a sense of home is found through present contemplation, the people you love, and not merely the place where you settle. Her grandmother, an artist-educator from San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina, introduced her to watercolor painting at the age of five—a core memory that ignited her passion for art.

Marin’s work captures the essence of persistence in the present, the ongoing renewal of place, and a dynamic sense of belonging. Through her paintings and drawings, she distills both familiar and uncharted visual cues. 

Janice Marin earned a BFA from The Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently, she lives in a log cabin in Sunderland, Vermont, with her wife and two children, near the Battenkill River. Her work has been showcased nationally at venues such as the CapitalOne art program and Art NXT Level Projects/33 Contemporary in Chicago, as well as the Student|Teacher Exhibit in Waterloo, IA. Marin was nominated for the Taylor Award by The Correctional Services of Canada and her art is included in collections like Allianz Reinsurance in Zurich and UCLA.

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