Jaleen Grove

An Associate Editor of the Journal of Illustration and a Canadian art historian with specialization in the history of the commercial graphic arts, Dr. Jaleen Grove has been writing and publishing on scholarly aspects of illustration since 2006, and working and writing in the industry since 1990. Her publications include the books Oscar Cahén: Life and Work (Art Canada Institute, 2015), and Walter Haskell Hinton, Illustrator of the Popular American West (Knoxville: Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, 2010), and articles in Canadian Art Review (RACAR), Journal of Writing in Creative Practice, Journal of Canadian Studies. She is also co-editor of History of Illustration (Bloomsbury, 2018).

Grove was born on Canada's west coast and she lived most of her life there until 2007, when she shifted to Ontario. She has also lived in Saskatchewan, Alberta, New York, and St Louis. She was a full time artist until 2004, when she began graduate studies. During 2018-2020 she is Assistant Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her personal website is www.jaleengrove.com.