Photo by Philip Kanwischer
ABOUT
Jonathan Green is of Mi’kmaq and Inuit, British and Scottish heritage from Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He does not know a lot about his indigenous heritage but is trying to learn more. Green earned a MFA in Printmaking from the University of Alberta in 2016, a BFA from Memorial University of Newfoundland – Grenfell Campus. He has been a Visual Arts Studio Workstudy at the Banff Centre.
Green has been fortunate to receive funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Manitoba Arts Council, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton Arts Council and the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council.
He has canoed down the Yukon River as part of the Canadian Wilderness Artist Residency. As well, he was 2017 SNAP Printshop Emerging artist in residence in Edmonton, Canada. Green was an artist in residence at the University of Alaska Anchorage, USA from 2017-2019.
He currently resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada at his studio Campsite Press.
Jonathan Green is represented by the Leyton Gallery of Fine Art