• Born 1968 in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Currently lives and works in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Education

• 2010 MFA in Visual Art from York University, Toronto. Specialized in Print Media.
• 1994 awarded certificate in Computer Applications in Graphic Design, University of Toronto.
• 1992 BA in Art & Art History, University of Toronto at Mississauga and a Fine Arts Diploma from Sheridan College in Oakville.

Solo Exhibitions

• 2010 The Disobedient Dollhouse – MFA Thesis Exhibition, Board of Directors, Toronto, Ontario.
• 2006 Family planning for the creative professional, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
• 2006 St. Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Virgins, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
• 2005 Gravid, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
• 2005 St. Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Virgins, White Water Gallery, North Bay, Ontario.
• 2003 St. Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Virgins, Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
• 2001 Postmodern Fables, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario.
• 2000 The Bitter Seed, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario.
• 1998 Sacred Illusions, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario.
• 1994 The Female Construct, Samuel J. Zacks Gallery, Stong College, York University, North York, Ontario.

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2009 Inquire Within -- York MFA/PhD 2009 Summer Show, Loop Gallery, Toronto.
• 2009 art@suite 500: works by York University Graduate students in the Visual Arts, Miles S. Nadal Management Centre, Ernst & Young Tower, Toronto Dominion Centre..
• 2008 Oh-La-La, a visual art exhibition at Ladyfest, a festival which celebrates contemporary feminism in the arts, Beaver Hall Art Gallery, Toronto.
• 2008 5th Annual Juried Exhibition of Original Prints, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto.
• 2007 Forest for the Trees, Circolo Culturale Il Gabbiano, La Spezia, Italy.
• 2007 In Her Presence, Print Sales Gallery at Open Studio, Toronto, Ontario.
• 2007 Identity and Expression, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.
• 2006 Forest for the Trees, Lonsdale Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
• 2006 Of Ill Repute: Conscious Deviance and the Reclamation of Feminine Desire, Gallery 555, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
• 2005 Woof, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
• 2005 Subject(ive) Aesthetics, A Space Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
• 2004 That Obscure Object of Desire: A Group Exhibition of Visions of Delight, Fascination and Desire, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario
• 2004 43rd Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.
• 2003 Open Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario.
• 2002 Whole, A.W.O.L. Gallery, Toronto
• 2002 41st Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.
• 2002 Bag of Tricks II, Gallery Neubacher, Toronto.
• 2002 Wegway 1st Annual Juried Exhibition, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto.
• 2001 Works on Paper Show, Fran Hill Gallery, Toronto.
• 2001 Paperwrap, ZYPR Gallery, Toronto.
• 2001 40th Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.
• 2000 Perspectives 2000, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontario.
• 2000 Open Juried Exhibition, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto.
• 1998 Tall Orders: On The Spiritual In Art, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto.
• 1998 Perspectives ‘98, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, Ontario.
• 1998 The F-Word - Women Artists Explore Identity, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto.
• 1994 33rd Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.
• 1992 Paperbound/Paperbacked — Works on Paper, Blackwood Gallery, Erindale College, Mississauga, Ontario.
• 1992 Visual Voices, SAFIRE Conference, Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
• 1992 Hart House Art Competition, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, University of Toronto.

Grants, Awards & Residencies

• 2005 Recipient of the “Individual Artist -- Emerging” Grant, Ontario Arts Council.
• 2004 Recipient of the “Visual Arts - Creation/Production” Emerging Artist Grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
• 2004 “Exhibition Assistance Grant”, Ontario Arts Council.
• 2004 “Honourable Mention in Printmaking” Award, 43rd Annual Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.
• 2003 Jurors award, Open Juried Exhibition, Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge, Ontario.
• 2003 Recipient of the “Visual Arts - Creation/Production” Emerging Artist Grant, Canada Council for the Arts.
• 2003 Self-directed visual arts residency at The Banff Centre (Banff, Alberta), April 8-22, 2003.
• 2003 Recipient of the “Individual Artist -- Emerging” Grant, Ontario Arts Council.
• 2001 Recipient of the “Emerging” Individual Artist’s Grant, Toronto Arts Council.
• 2001 Recipient of the “Individual Artist -- Emerging” Grant, Ontario Arts Council.
• 2000 Awarded “Best of Show” at the Open Juried Exhibition, Women’s Art Association of Canada, Toronto.

Publications & Artist’s Talks

• 2009 Presented my work at the academic conference “Motherhood and the Environment”, Association for Research on Mothering, York University, October 22, 2009.
• 2009 Work featured in the anthology Mothering Canada: Interdisciplinary Voices, Demeter Press, Association for Research on Mothering, York University, Toronto.
• 2007 Artist’s talk at SUNY (State University of New York) in Fredonia, NY as a part of the Women’s History Month programming, March 8, 2007.
• 2006 Invited by Jess Dobkin to deliver an artist’s talk to her Women in Art class at the University of Toronto, November 10, 2006.
• 2006 Artist’s talk at Alternator Gallery in Kelowna, British Columbia in support of exhibition St. Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Virgins, July 29, 2006.
• 2005 Work featured in the anthology "Red Light: Superheroes, Saints and Sluts", edited by Anna Camilleri, Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver, 2005.
• 2005 Artist’s talk at Nipissing University, North Bay. Sponsored by the department of Gender Studies & Fine Arts as a part of International Women’s Week, March 7, 2005.

Selected Reviews & Interviews

• 2006 Priegert, Portia. “No victims among these females”, review of the solo exhibition “St. Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Virgins” in the Kelowna Daily Courier, Kelowna, British Columbia, August 9, 2006.
• 2006 Regan, Kate. Review of the solo exhibition "Family planning for the Creative Professional" in Toronto Life Magazine, July 2006.
• 2005 Interviewed by CIUT 89.5 FM for the solo show "Gravid", June 20, 2005
• 2005 Farquharson, Catherine. “Getting Personal - Women explore subjectivity”, review of group show “Subject(ive) Aesthetics” at A Space Gallery in NOW Magazine, February 10, 2005.
• 2003 Balzer, David. “We got art: A look at the highlights and low points of Toronto’s visual art scene in 2003”, solo show included in: “Greatest Hits: Solo Shows, Painting or Drawing, Figurative” in Eye Magazine, December 25, 2003.
• 2003 Osborne, Catherine. “Now that’s a present with a future”, review of the AP Sale at Open Studio in The National Post, December 6, 2003.
• 2003 Balzer, David. “A kiss before dying”. Review for the solo exhibition “St. Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Virgins” in Eye Magazine, August 7, 2003.
• 2003 Goddard, Peter. “Artist Jennifer Linton tracks virgin territory”. Review for the solo exhibition “St. Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Virgins” in The Toronto Star, July 26, 2003.
• 2003 “Camp Catharsis”. Review for the solo exhibition “St. Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Virgins” in XTRA!, July 24, 2003.
• 2003 Jordan, Betty Ann. Review of the solo exhibition “St. Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Virgins” in Toronto Life magazine, August 2003.
• 2003 Interviewed by CIUT 89.5 FM Visual Voices for the solo exhibition “St. Ursula & the Eleven Thousand Virgins”, July 24, 2003.
• 2003 “Anger is an energy”, art spread featured in Other Magazine, issue #2, October 2003, San Francisco, California.
• 2002 Work featured in Wegway magazine, issue no.4, Fall 2002, as part of the annual Wegway Juried Exhibition.
• 2002 Interviewed by CIUT 89.5 FM Visual Voices at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition.
• 2001 Placentile, Milena. “Shotgun Review” for the solo exhibition “Postmodern Fables” in Lola, Winter 2001/02 issue.
• 2000 Dault, Gary Michael. Review in “Gallery Going” for the solo exhibition “The Bitter Seed”, The Globe And Mail, June 3, 2000.
• 2000 Hanna, Deirdre. “Sweetness of Survival”. Review for the solo exhibition “The Bitter Seed”, NOW Magazine, June 1, 2000.