Alexan Simeon Janvier[1] CM AOE RCA (/ˈdʒænvɪər/; February 28, 1935 – July 10, 2024) was a First Nations painter in Canada.

Alex Janvier was born on Le Goff Reserve, Cold Lake First Nations, northern Alberta, on February 28, 1935[3] of Dene Suline and Saulteaux descent.

[4] At the age of eight, he was sent to the Blue Quills Indian residential school near St. Paul, Alberta, where the principal recognized his innate artistic talent and encouraged him in his art.

He helped bring together a group of artists for the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo 67, among them Norval Morrisseau and Bill Reid.

[7] In 1993, a large abstract painting by Janvier, Morning Star, was installed at the river end of the Grand Hall of the Canadian Museum of History, where a seven-storey-high dome rises above the granite floor.