Janieta Eyre: Constructing Mythologies

This exhibition, a Featured Exhibition of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, presents a survey of the work of local Toronto photographer and artist Janieta Eyre. Throughout her career, Eyre has created images that contrast and challenge traditional notions of femininity in society. This exhibition examines Eyre’s work in its capacity to challenge and re-articulate constructions of femininity.

While Eyre’s work is highly constructed, unlike images of women and femininity that we so often encounter in everyday life, she rejects implicit gender roles and offers alternative myths that extend beyond a simple critique. This exhibition features photographs from five different series created by Eyre that focus on constructions of beauty and sexuality in various stages of women’s lives, from girlhood to motherhood.

This exhibition is produced as part of the requirements for the Master of Museum Studies Program.