About the Artist
who I am
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Jennifer Coghill, a Toronto/T’Karonto mixed-media fiber and textile artist, is a graphic design graduate of the Ontario College of Art (AOCA). She started making textile work during the first pandemic lockdown, originally exploring surface design and hand stitching.
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Coghill's recent body of work, the Coffee Culture series, began with Café Curtains for the 2023 Design TO Festival and explores themes of home, ritual, and comfort. Using waste from coffee and tea preparation, these unexpected materials capture the ephemeral imprints of daily rituals, moments in time, and the comfort of home, adding layers of history and life to each artwork.
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Inspired by the traditional domestic arts of patchwork and quilting, many works in the series take the form of quilt-like patchwork panels. While these panels evoke the warmth and comfort of home, closer inspection reveals the origins of the materials, creating a striking contrast between their past and present forms. The work challenges conventional notions of beauty and value, asking viewers to reimagine their own rituals of consumption and waste.
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Exhibitions
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Solo Shows
2024
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Consumed!, Design TO Festival exhibition, Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto, Ontario
2024
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Coffee Culture, Design TO Festival window installation, Hamers Coffee, Toronto, Ontario
2023
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Café Curtains, World of Threads Festival, Oakville Ontario
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Café Curtains, Design TO Festival window installation, Hamers Coffee Toronto, Ontario
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Juried Group Shows
2025
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A la Carte, Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto, Ontario
2024
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FACE/WASTE, Steelcase Art Projects, Markham, Ontario
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Ritual, virtual (online) gallery, Studio Art Quilt Associates, saqa.com
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Delights*, 2024 Grand National Fibre Art Exhibition, Kootenay Gallery of Art, Castlegar, B.C.
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Fierce Planets*, Studio Art Quilt Associates, LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2023
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2023 Emerging Artists Show, Ontario Society of Artists, Baird Gallery Toronto, Ontario
2022
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Textile Impressionism, virtual (online) gallery, Studio Art Quilt Associates, saqa.com
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*Traveling Exhibitions Schedule
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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
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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
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Awards
2024
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Judge's Choice Award for Meadowland at Delights, 2023 Grand National Fibre Art Exhibition
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Publications​
2024
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Uppercase Magazine, Issue 62, Coffee Culture series is featured in the "Snippets" section