JONATHAN H ALFAROb. 1992, Windsor, Ontario
Lives and works in Vancouver, BC
Work202620252024202320222021202020192018Select Projects2026
SIRENSIREN, People, Vancouver, BC - curatorial project
- forthcoming2025
Vulnerable Pleasures, Corpo Freudiano Vancouver School of Psychoanalysis with Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC2024
Dear Friends &, Resident Artist, The Capilano Review and The Western Front, Vancouver, BC2023
Curator’s Sauna, Canton-Sardine, Vancouver, BC2023
High-Fructose Sun, Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver, BC2023
Transmissions, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam, BC CVSelect Exhibitions2027
Candy-Sized, Free Economy, Vancouver, BC - forthcoming2026
Tender Threads, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC - forthcoming2026
SIRENSIREN, People, Vancouver, BC - curatorial project - forthcoming2025
Vulnerable Pleasures, Corpo Freudiano Vancouver Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis with Gallery Gachet, Vancouver, BC
2025
Fibre: CAROLINE ACHAINTRE, JONATHAN ALFARO, GHISLAIN BROWN-KOSSI, Wil Abale, Vancouver, BC2023
High-Fructose Sun, Burrard Arts Foundation – solo Vancouver, BC
2023
Thank You James H, Burrard Arts Foundation Garage – solo Vancouver, BC2023
Curator's Sauna, Canton-Sardine, Vancouver BC
2023
Transmissions, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam, BC
2018
Intertwined, Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons, Vancouver, BCGrants, Awards + Residencies2024
Dear Friends &, Resident Artist, The Capilano Review and The Western Front, Vancouver, BC2023
Burrard Arts Foundation Artist Residency, Vancouver, BC2023
Canada Council for the Arts, Concept to Realization Grant2022
New Media Gallery Micro Residency Program, New Westminster, BC2022
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant2021
Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Crearion Grant2019
Audain Art Museum RBC Emerging Artist Program, Whistler, BCPublications + Published Writing2024
The Capilano Review Spring Issue2021
Kaur, Russna. Interviewed by Jonathan Alfaro. “A Conversation with: Russna Kaur.” 33 Acres Brewing Company, 22 April 2021 www.33acresbrewing.com/a-conversation-with-russna-kaur/2017
Alfaro, Jonathan. Keepsakes for the Displaced. Freq Magazine2017
Alfaro, Jonathan and Magalena Gorski. Catalytic Communities: People of the Hills. Freq Magazine, Vol 2, Issue 11.Artist Talks2026
Weaving Synposium, Surrey Art Gallery - forthcoming2025
Contemporary Arts Society of Vancouver, Studio Tour2024
Centre A, Writing Mentorship Program Studio Tour2024
Langara Artist Speaker Series2023
Langara Artist Speaker Series2023
Contemporary Arts Society of VancouverEducation2022
NSCAD University – Anna Leonowens Gallery Certificate in Gallery + Studio Management, Halifax, NS2020
BFA Visual Arts + Minor in Curatorial Studies – Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BCRelated Work2025
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Preparator, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC2023
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Archives + Library Catalogue Management, Jo-Anne Birnie Danzker, Vancouver, BC2023
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Preparator, Art Gallery at Evergreen, Coquitlam BC
2023
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Studio Manager, Brent Wadden Studio, Vancouver, BC2023
Programming Jury, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON2023
Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Peer Jury2022
Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Peer Jury
2022
-2025
Museum Library Catalogue Management, Rennie Museum, Vancouver, BC2022
Invigilator for exhibition 51@51, Rennie Museum, Vancouver, BC2022
Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Peer Jury2020
Project Management, The Museum of Other Realities, Vancouver, BC2010
Studio assistant to Nancy Patterson, Toronto, ON Dear Friends &
The Capilano Review
& Western Front
Vancouver, BC2024
Jonathan Alfaro, Red Sweater Perfume, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.Jonathan Alfaro, Avocado Stones, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.Jonathan Alfaro, Sleeping Dictionary, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.Jonathan Alfaro, Satsuma Orange, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.Jonathan Alfaro, Sour Grape Necklace, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.Jonathan Alfaro, Perperual Sunrise, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.Jonathan Alfaro, Jungle Cactus, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.Jonathan Alfaro, Umami Richness, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.Jonathan Alfaro, Daisy Plum, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.Jonathan Alfaro, Warmed Glow, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.Jonathan Alfaro, Buen Tipo, monotype, 20.3 cm x 24.4 cm, 2024.The Capilano Review and Western Front are pleased to announce the return of Dear Friends &, our monthly reading series showcasing the work of local and touring Canadian authors. Commencing in June 2024 and taking place on the first Thursday evening of each month, readings will be hosted in Western Front’s historic Grand Luxe Hall and available to virtual audiences by livestream. The series is curated by Deanna Fong, Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross, and Kiel Torres.
We invite you to mark your calendars for the following reading dates in 2024: June 6, July 4, September 5, October 3, and November 7.
In addition to the many feature readers we have planned for the coming months, we’re also delighted to welcome Vancouver-based Jonathan Alfaro as our feature artist for this season. Alfaro’s recent drawings exploring relationships between drawing and writing, porousness and legibility, will provide an atmospheric backdrop for each event. Alfaro’s work is featured in our current Spring 2024 Issue.
The series’ name draws inspiration from the salutations and sign-offs used by Roy Kiyooka in his Transcanada Letters (Talonbooks, 1975), a collection which details the comings and goings of his literary sociality across Canada, the network of people and relations that enfold his writing, and the longings of his “Heart’s Geography” to be near the ones he loved. Kiyooka was an important figure for both Western Front and The Capilano Review, and this series invites his spirit of kinship, connection, and conviviality into the reading space.
The readings unfolded against a projection of resident artist Jonathan Alfaro’s monotype prints from the series Daylight Lover (2024). Produced especially for Dear Friends &, Alfaro’s new suite of works were inspired by the imagined flourishes that might be found in the margins of love letters.
We’d like to extend our thanks to Western Front and to the BC Arts Council’s Circulation and Touring program for their generous support of this program.