Alex Janvier
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Alex Janvier AOE |
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| Born |
February 28, 1935 Le Goff Reserve, Cold Lake First Nations, Alberta, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Education | Self taught, Alberta College of Art and Design |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Indian Group of Seven |
Alex Simeon Janvier, AOE (/ˈdʒænvɪər/; born February 28, 1935) is an aboriginal artist in Canada. As a member of the commonly referred to "Indian Group of Seven", Janvier is a pioneer of contemporary Canadian aboriginal art in Canada.
Alex Janvier was born on Le Goff Reserve, Cold Lake First Nations, northern Alberta on February 28, 1935 of Dene Suline and Saulteaux descent. At the age of eight, he was sent to the Blue Quills Indian residential school near St. Paul, Alberta, where the principal recognized his innate artistic talent and encouraged him in his art. Alex Janvier received formal art training from the Alberta Institute of Technology and Art in Calgary (now the Alberta College of Art and Design) and graduated with honours in 1960. Immediately after graduation, Janvier took up an opportunity to instruct art at the University of Alberta. In 1966, the federal Department of Indian and Northern Affairs commissioned him to produce 80 paintings. He helped bring together a group of artists for the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo 67, among them Norval Morrisseau and Bill Reid. Janvier currently runs a gallery called Janvier Gallery in Cold Lake, AB with his family.
In 2016 a retrospective exhibit of his work opened at the National Gallery of Canada. Also in 2016 Janvier's large mosaic "Tsa Tsa Ke K’e" (Iron Foot Place) was installed at Roggers Place in Edmonton.
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