Jude Griebel
Biography
Judes paintings and prints, elements of storybook narrative and adult experience are combined to create scenes that have a foothold in both the real and imaginary. Regarding his work, Jude states: I am interested in how youths are able to project their imaginations onto domestic and everyday spaces, transforming and doubting the familiar. It is this state of questioning, anxiety and nostalgic wonder that I attempt to translate through my painting and print work.
The costume has become a repetitive theme in his work as a tool of transformation, disappearance and disconnection from reality.
Jude received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2003, and studied printmaking in Florence, Italy. He is an active member of the Malaspina Printmakers Society in Vancouver. His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows throughout Canada, as well as internationally in the United States, and Europe.
When he is working at New Leaf, Jude is an extremely bad influence on both Katie and Peter. He is currently somewhere in Eastern Canada and we miss him quite a lot.
