Genevieve Jost was born in France in 1944 and moved to Canada in 1967. Genevieve’s artworks epitomize all that is magical in the Naïve World. Her enchantingly innocent portrayal of nature, animals and nubile youth – no doubt influenced by childhood memories and the lovely lake and woods that embrace her home – afford us a heartwarming, insightful view of life’s simple pleasures. Jost’s works evoke the tranquil animal kingdom of Edward Hicks and the dream-like forest scenes of Henri Rousseau. Her love of music is palpable, with her figures often depicted with a musical instrument in hand. A primitive, Early-American ambience pervades Genevieve’s works, with an emphasis upon the interaction between shepherds and well-fed flocks, children and brightly-plumed birds, adolescents and remarkably-domesticated jungle animals. In contrast to today’s technologies that overwhelm humanity and society, Jost’s artworks offer us an intimate view of “Paradise Lost,” and an appreciation of “roads less traveled”!
1944 Born in Compiegne, France
1967 Moved to Quebec, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
1982 L’Oeil Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1983 Art Francais Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1985 Art Francais Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1987 Art Francais Gallery, Montreal, Canada
“Delegation general du Quebec, Ney-York, USA
1989 Art Francais Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1990 Kasper Gallery, Morges, Switzerland
1991 Louis Smith Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1992 Valentin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1994 Valentin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1997 Louis Smith Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1999 Valentin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2002 Valentin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2004 Jeannine Blais Gallery, North Hately, Canada
2006 Valentin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Group Exhibitions
1984 German and Canadian Naןve Painters, Notre Dame de Grace,
Montreal, Canada
450th anniversary to the city of Quebec, Quebec, Canada
1985 “La cite et les naifs”, Musee des beaux-arts, Sherbrooke, Quebec,
Canada
“La peinture naןve du Quebec a Paris”, International Naןve Gallery, Paris, France
1986 International Salon of Naןve Art, Paris, France
1987 International Salon of Naןve Art, Paris, France
1990 “Arthur Villeneuve et ls peinture naןve”, Arhabaska Museum
1992 Valentin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
1994 Collective 60eme anniversary of Valentin Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2012 “Past Perfect, The Naives of North and Central America”, GINA Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv
Prizes
1990 1st prize, Primitive Modern contest, Switzerland
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