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About the Artist

an introduction

 

Jennifer Coghill is a Toronto (T’Karonto) mixed-media fiber and textile artist whose practice centres on reuse and material transformation. A design graduate of the Ontario College of Art, she employs sewing and textile techniques rooted in domestic traditions to create artworks that quietly question consumption and disposability.  

 

Drawn to the beauty of impermanence and the quiet poetry of everyday materials, she transforms used and discarded objects into work that reflects on renewal and invites moments of reflection and connection. Rooted in domestic textile traditions, particularly quilting, her work draws on associations of comfort, care, and home—ideas that carry particular weight in a time of uncertainty. Though the works resemble soft textiles, they are fragile and impractical, made from materials never meant to last. By shifting waste into careful, time-intensive forms, she explores how materials can change in meaning and value. 

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Exhibitions

 

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Solo Shows

 

2026

  • Piece by Piece, Design TO Festival, window installation at Dialogue 38 Inc., Toronto, ON

  • Winter Light, Gallery Wall at Might & Main, Toronto, ON

2025

  • Consumed!, Design TO Festival, site-specific installation at Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto, ON

  • Small Works, Gallery Wall at Might & Main, Toronto, ON

2024

  • Coffee Culture, Design TO Festival, window installation at Hamers Coffee, Toronto, ON

2023

  • Café Curtains, World of Threads Festival, Oakville, ON

  • Café Curtains, Design TO Festival, window installation at Hamers Coffee, Toronto, ON

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Juried Group Shows

 

2025

  • Pattern, Gladstone House, Toronto, ON

  • Art a la Carte, Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto, ON

  • new vistas: alder for the heart, Etobicoke Civic Centre Art Gallery, Etobicoke, ON

2024

  • FACE/WASTE, Steelcase Art Projects, Markham, ON

  • Delights, 2024 Grand National Fibre Art Exhibition

Kootenay Gallery of Art, Castlegar, BC, Jun 8 - Jul 27, 2024

United Contemporary, Pilot Mound, MT,  Aug 9 - Sep 25, 2024

Woodstock Art Gallery, Woodstock, ON, Oct 12 - Jan 25, 2025

St. John's Arts Centre, St. John, NB,  Mar 14 - Apr 25, 2025

  • Fierce Planets, Studio Art Quilt Associates

LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, Apr 18 - Sep 8, 2024

New England Quilt Museum, Lowell, MA, Jan 1 - May 10, 2025

Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL, Jun 13 - Aug 25, 2025

Stamford Museum and Nature Center, Stamford, FL, Sep 25 - Jan 2, 2026

BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, Mar 3 - Apr 19, 2026
Shafer Art Gallery, Great Bend, KS, Jun 12 -  Aug 15, 2026

Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM, Nov 28, 2026 - Mar  27, 2027

Buddy Holly Center, Lubbock, TX, Apr 16 - Jun 6, 2027

Allen County Museum, Lima, OH, Jul 15 - Nov 14, 2027

2023

  • 2023 Emerging Artists Show, Ontario Society of Artists, Baird Gallery, Toronto, ON

  

Juried Online Group Shows

2024

  • Ritual, virtual gallery, Studio Art Quilt Associates, saqa.com

2022

  • Textile Impressionism, virtual gallery, Studio Art Quilt Associates, saqa.com

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Awards

2024

  • Judge's Choice Award for Meadowland at Delights, 2023 Grand National Fibre Art Exhibition

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Talks

2026

  • Within the Weave, DesignTO Panel Discussion, DesignTO Festival, Toronto, ON

 

Residencies

2025

  • Alchemy Artist Residency, Gibraltar Point Arts Centre, Toronto, ON

  • Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op, 401 Richmond, Toronto, ON

 

Publications​

2024

  • Uppercase Magazine, Issue 62: Coffee Culture series is featured in the "Snippets" section

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