About Jay Senetchko

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Jay Senetchko now lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.

He is a University of Alberta graduate (1997 - Bachelor of Commerce with Distinction) and spent several years as a professional soccer player in Edmonton and Montreal before pursuing entrepreneurial interests in Canada and the United States. In 2000 he moved to Vancouver and received a Diploma of Classical Animation from the Vancouver Film School in 2001.    

His work has exhibited internationally since 2002, and recent awards of interest include an honourable mention in the 2013 Kingston Portrait Competition, shortlist for the BP Portrait Competition (2011, 2012, 2015, 2019), shortlist for the Kurt Beers 100 Painters of Tomorrow publication (2013), shortlist for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (2016, 2015), and inclusion in the recently published The Nerdrum School (2013).

He is the author of Making Pictures Speak: Image Theory for the Visual Arts, a textbook on perspective and composition for visual art; as well as the adult storybook Fishes and Wishes.  He is currently developing another storybook, The Dragon and the Unicorn: An Ideological Fairytale.

He has been teaching life-drawing, perspective, composition, colour theory and art history institutionally since 2002.

Senetchko is also a founding member (2009) of the Vancouver-based figurative collective Phantoms in the Front Yard (www.phantomsinthefrontyard.com).

For all things Jay Senetchko, please visit www.senetchko.ca