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In 1988, she graduated from the University of Toronto with a bachelor"s degree in philosophy. From 1991 to 1995, Eyre studied photography at Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto.
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Janieta Eyre
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In March 2013, her work was shown at the Henry Art Gallery in Seattle. Eyre"s photographs have been featured in exhibitions across Canada and the United States including Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Vancouver, Ottawa, Regina and New York City. Janieta Eyre has participated in Scotiabank"s CONTACT Photography Festival numerous times.
"Janieta Eyre: Constructing Mythologies" was a featured exhibition of the 2013 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.
In 2002, her exhibition Motherhood & Natural History Museum was displayed at the Christopher Cutts Gallery in Toronto, the Diane Ferris Gallery in Vancouver, and the Christinerose Gallery in New New York Motherhood is a collection of 11 photographs and Natural History Museum is a nine-minute video installation.
Both explore the relationship of giving birth, postpartum depression, and the relationship of the woman before she gave birth to who she becomes after she becomes a mother. Eyre uses bold colors and double images to explore the darker emotions of pregnancy.
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