Jenn Woodall is an award-winning illustrator and comics creator who dwells in Toronto, Ontario. She has a Bachelor of Design from OCADU in Illustration as well as a BDes in Fashion Design. She self-publishes her own comics and also has her work distributed and published through Silver Sprocket, based in San Francisco. Her first original graphic novel series, ‘Space Trash,’ was published in September 2022 by Oni Press. Her most popular series, 'Magical Beatdown,' is still ongoing.
Clients and Publications:
Silver Sprocket, Macmillan's Publishing, Scholastic, IDW Publishing, Quirk Books, Oni Press, Boom! Studios, Greenpeace Canada, Polaris Music Prize, Exclaim! Magazine, NOW Magazine, CBC Arts, The Walrus, New Noise, Girl Guides of Canada, CANFAR, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, West End Pheonix and others
Awards and Recognition:
Canada Council for the Arts Grant Recipient 2023
Koyama Provides Grant August 2021
2018 Doug Wright Spotlight Award Winner
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition Emerging Artist by Emerging Curator Award
Joe Shuster Awards: Gene Day Award Winner 2018
3x3 Illustration Annual No. 15, Honourable Mention
Creative Quarterly 51, Illustration Student: Runner-up
3x3 Illustration Annual No. 13, Merit Winner
3x3 Illustration Annual No. 13, Merit Winner
Creative Quarterly 42, Illustration Student: Runner-up
Gallery Shows:
Power in Numbers, November 2023 at Gallery Nucleus, Portland
CYBERJUNK, August-September 2023 at Silver Sprocket, San Francisco
Power in Numbers, February-March 2020 at Gallery Nucleus, Portland
THIS IS SERIOUS: Canadian Indie Comics, June 2019 - January 2020 at the Art Gallery of Hamilton
SURGE II: Things to be said, August - September 2018 at the Propeller Gallery, Toronto
GIRLS by Jenn Woodall, February 2018 at the Silver Sprocket Pop-up, San Francisco
High Fantasy: Pizza Party Printing's Anniversary Black Light Poster Show, January 2018 at The Windup Space, Baltimore
Monster Manual, January 2018 at Secret Headquarters, Los Angeles
Family Store 1st Anniversary Art Show, February 2017 at Family Store, Brighton, UK
International Girl Gang Encyclopedia Exhibition, January 2017 Angoulême International Comics Festival, Angoulême, France
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS, February 2016, Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto
Children of Yuletide, December 2013, Grindcore House, Philadelphia
Comic / Anthology contributions:
Comic Book Slumber Party: Escape from Bitch Mountain, Avery Hill Publishing, May 2019
Comic Book Slumber Party: Deep Space Canine, Avery Hill Publishing, January 2017
1001 Knights Anthology, Fall 2017
Dirty Diamonds #8: Sex, Dirty Diamonds, Fall 2017
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls, Dark Horse Comics, Fall 2016
Friendship Edition Anthology Volume #2, Friendship Edition Press, May 2016
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls, Bedside Press, 2015
Dirty Diamonds #6: Beauty, Dirty Diamonds, 2015
How to Magic, Ladies Night Anthology, 2015
Friendship Edition Anthology Volume #1, Friendship Edition Press, 2014
Swipe Comics Anthology Vol. 1, DMG + Golden Gear Games, 2013
Bartkira: Volume 1, Black Hook Press, 2013
Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends: A Collection of Unsolved Mysteries, Hic & Hoc Publications, 2013