About

A contemporary interdisciplinary artist, Jane’s practice is research-led, narrative-driven and figurative, engaging in dialogue with the language of photography and film.

Through a process of deconstructing and reimagining familial and found images through painting, drawing, the moving image, and installation, Jane places individuals who have been and are obscured, invisible, and absent from history back in the frame. Her work explores themes of authority, illusion, and the corruptibility of moments, posing questions about representation, the archive, and who holds authority over truth. She seeks out ways to tell alternative stories that rely on the traces of different historical data, spotlighting the histories we are told and directing our attention to consider where power resides and who holds agency.

A London-based artist, Jane studied at Chelsea College of Arts and was awarded a scholarship for her master’s degree in fine art: Painting at Camberwell College of Arts in 2023. She currently has a shared studio at the Elephant & Castle and is a member of the @Fold collective and @critical edge collective. Her work has been exhibited widely, and one of her paintings is currently on display at the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition.

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Exhibitions

2025

'The Couches', Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
'The Weight of Things'. Morley Gallery, March 2025
'Shelved'. Morley Gallery, March 2025
'Unseen'. Anteros Arts Foundation, March 2025

2024

‘The Miniatures Challenge’, Canal Boat Contemporary, November 2024
‘From The Ground-Up’, Lewisham Art House, October 2024
‘Playground’, Swanfall Art, Handbag Factory, October 2024
'Un-visible', Safehouse 2, September 2024
'And you would have to believe it', Copeland Gallery, June 2024
'About Time', Handbag Factory, May 2024
Dulwich Open House, May 2024
'What We Bring to the Table', Safehouse 1, March 202

2023

Research Festival, APT Gallery, November 2023
To the Lighthouse Millbank - November 2023
Convergence, A-B Gallery, October 2023
MA Fine Art Summer Show, Camberwell Art College, July 2023
Echoes’ Avenues 11 studios, London. June 2023
‘Carnival’, Safehouse 1, 139 Copeland Road, May 2023
‘Spectrum’, Bargehouse, London, April 2023
‘Lost memories’, with Stevie-Ray Latham and Mina Fouladi, 231 Old Kent Road, London. March 2023
‘Forces of the Small’, Filet Gallery, London Feb 2023

2022

‘As Witness’ Chelsea College of Art, June 2022
‘I’m In It’, Safehouse 1&2, 139 Copeland Road, London, May 2022
‘Bog [art]’, The Morgue, Chelsea College of Art, London April 2022
‘Nexus’, Triangle Gallery, London January 2022

2021

‘Solstice’, Group Show, Open Studio, Chelsea College of Art, London December 2021
‘Resilience’ Art Foundation, End of Year show, Morley College, London 2021
Fine Art Interim Show, City Lit, London 2021
Fine Art City Lit’s Year 2, Online Final Show, City Lit, London 2021‘One Year On’, Morley in Lockdown, Morley College, London 2021
Other
2022 Co-organised Chelsea-wide Quilt Collaboration and workshop, at Chelsea College of Art
2021 film ‘Ghost Two’ was selected and screened City Lit Flicks 2021 festival

Education

MA Fine Art Painting, Camberwell (University of the Arts London) (2022-23)
Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts (University of the Arts London) 2021-22 (Distinction)
UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Morley College, London (2019-20)
Post Graduate Diploma in Contemporary Literature, Birkbeck (2013-14)
BSc (Hons) Economics, London school of Economics and Political 1982-85

Employment History

Legacies Officer - (International Aid Charity) - July 2014 – August 2022
Communication and Information Officer -Civil Service Sep 2003- April 2013
Raising my family 1994 -2003
Editor- Hughes Publishing Company - Jan 1992 – Jan1994
Political Researcher - BBC Political Research Unit (PRU) - Jan 1987 – Jan1992