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Jane Adam
ARTIST'S STATEMENTIn the garden, I find myself thinking about how man manipulates nature. Are hybridised flowers natural or not? I realise that I have always tried to make natural objects - shells or plants - but of course this is impossible for me to do. So, rather than exercising total control over the outcome, I work with the metal to create forms such as curves or cracks. Anodised aluminium offers unique opportunities for surface colour and texture, and I enjoy its structural limitations, finding myself forced to find original solutions to forming and assembling the work.I am interested too in the mathematical order of organic forms. I begin with balanced geometrical proportions - though these will be stretched and distorted - and use sequences to create structures. The resulting jewellery comes alive when it then finds a wearer, forming a sensual relationship with her and becoming part of the expression of herself. TECHNIQUES By the intelligent and sensitive use of colour, mark, texture, design and form, Jane Adam transforms a commonplace material — aluminium - into wearable, sensual and seemingly precious pieces of jewellery. Anodising is an electro-chemical process, which gives the metal a hard, transparent surface layer of aluminium oxide. This layer is colourless, but can permanently absorb certain dyes. Jane's current work is coloured with thickened dyestuffs applied by her own original hand printing techniques to create layers of textured marks which blend together so that each piece is unique. They are immersion dyed to give a solid background colour, visible on the reverse of the piece. They are then stretched to craze the surface, giving a shimmery, iridescent effect. The colour is chemically sealed into the surface and cannot chip, flake or peel. VELVET DA VINCI SHOWS100 Brooches -- Brooches by U.S. and international artists based on the book, 500 Brooches COLLECT -- The New Art Fair in London for Contemporary Objects Mobiles 2 -- An exhibition of kinetic art The Pendant Show -- Celebrating 500 Pendants and Lockets by Lark Books COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEUK EDUCATIONMA (RCA), Metalwork and Jewelry, Royal College of Art, 1985 BA (Honors), Three-Dimensional Design, Manchester Polytechnic, 1981 SELECTED EXHIBITIONSSELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Gallery CAJ, Kyoto, Japan, 2010 Art Carat, Mayer Gallery, Munich, Germany, 2009 Jane Adam and Thomas Hill, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA 2009 Solo Exhibition, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland 2004 Solo Exhibition, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland 2002 Solo Exhibition, Noroeste, Santiago de Compostela, Spain 2001 Solo Exhibition, Arai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2000 Jane Adam Jewellery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales & British tour 1999 to 2002 Solo Exhibition, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland 1999 Solo Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen, Scotland 1997 Showcase, Contemporary Applied Arts, London, England 1997 Solo Exhibition, Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland 1991
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Open Mind — International Contemporary Metal Art, Sungkok Art Musuem, Seoul, Korea, 2011 Christmas Exhibition, Gallery Nine, Bath, 2011 Christmas Exhibition, Galerie Hélène Porée, Paris, France, 2011 Goldsmiths' Fair, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, 2011 Focus Showcase, Christmas Exhibition, Electrum, London, 2010 Freehand at 30, Freehand, Los Angeles, 2010 Art Carat, Mayer Goldschmiede, Munich, 2009 Two person show, Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA, 2009 Contemporary Jewellery UK-Japan, Gallery Shop Si, Kobe, Japan, 2008 In the Window', Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, 2008 SOFA, Chicago, USA, 2007, 2008 Origin, Somerset House, London, 2008 Goldsmiths' Fair, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, 2008 8 Contemporary British Jewellers in 2008, Kobe Fashion Museum, Kobe, Japan, 2008 Surfaces, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York 2008 Collect, Cockpit Arts 2008 SOFA Chicago, Patina Gallery 2007 From Minimal to Bling, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston 2007 Annual Jewelry Show, Freehand, LA 2007 Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2006 Origin, Somerset House, London 2006 LOOT! 2006, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY 2006 Contemporary British Jewelry, Gallery Bielak, Krakow and Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland, OR 2005 Celebrating 30 Years, Crafts Council Shop at V&A, London 2005 100 Brooches, Group Exhibition, Velvet da Vinci, 2005 traveling through 2006 Galerie Lous Martin, Delft, Holland 2004 Collect, Velvet da Vinci at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2004 What is Craft?, The Hub, Sleaford, Lincs, U.K. 2003 Flow, London, 2002 Decade, Ruthin Craft Centre, 2002 Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Jewellery, Chateau de Seneffe, Belgium 2002 Jewellery by the Top Ten, Contemporary Applied Arts, London 2001 Aluminum by Design: Jewelry to Jets, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA 2000 and traveling internationally through 2005 Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts: Jewellery, Crafts Council, London 2000 traveling through 2001 Diverse Routes, Electrum Gallery, London 2000 Metalmorphosis, Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague and Broham Museum Berlin 1989 through 1999 Jewelry Today, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland 1998 Introducing British Jewelry, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA 1998 Retrospective Exhibition, School of Jewellery, Birmingham, England 1998 Making Sense, Royal Albert Museum, Exeter, England 1995 touring through 1996 What is Jewellery?, Crafts Council, London, England 1995 All that Glisters, British Council touring exhibition 1992 Galerie Pousse, Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan 1990 Contemporary Crafts from Britain, CICA, New York, NY 1990 British Jewellery, Crafts Council Gallery, London, England 1989 touring through 1990 Contemporary British Crafts, Kyoto and Tokyo 1988 to 1989 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCECo-deputy Chair, Crafts Council, 2009 - present Chair, Development Award, Crafts Council, 2003 to present Trustee, Crafts Council, 2002 to present Senior Research Fellow, Industry Innovation Centre, University of Central England, 1997 through 2001 Chairman, Association for Contemporary Jewellery, 2000 through 2002 Vice-Chairman, Association for Contemporary Jewellery, 1997 through 2000 Visiting Lecturer, Glasgow School of Art, Postgraduate Diploma in Silversmithing and Jewellery, Oporto, Portugal, 1996 through 1997 Assessor for the National Lottery Member of Crafts Council Selected Index, 1988 to present Member of Contemporary Applied Arts TEACHINGSociety of Jewellery Historians, London 2009 External examiner, Glasgow School of Art 2004 through 2007 Visiting artist, Tainan National College of the Arts, Taiwan 2004 Discussion Group Chair, Eye of the Beholder, ACJ conference, Manchester 2003 Guest Speaker, Aluminum by Design, international symposium, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA 2000 Guest Presenter, SNAG conference, Boston, MA 2000 Lecture, Contemporary Jewellery Study Day, Victoria & Albert Museum, 1998 Visiting lecturer, Postgraduate Diploma in Silversmithing & Jewellery, Oporto, Portugal 1996 through 97 British Council visitor, touring India with exhibition All That Glisters, 1992 SELECTED PUBLICATIONSHomes & Antiques, 2009 Metalsmith Exhibition in Print, 2009 'Non-precious Jewellery', Kathie Murphy, 2009 The Face of Craft', Craft and Design Magazine, 2008 Crafts and Design magazine, February 2008 500 Pendants and Lockets, Lark Books, USA, 2008 500 Necklaces, Marjorie Schick, Lark Books, USA, 2006 Interior World Magazine, Taiwan, 2005 "Love Actually: Earrings worn by Emma Thompson," 2003 "Rich Alchemy: Jane Adam," Ornament Magazine, USA, 2003 Film on art and empire, British Galleries, Victoria and Albert Museum, 2001 through 11 Interview, Woman's Hour, Radio 4, March 2001 Review, Crafts Magazine, Jan/Feb 2000 Article, Real Homes Magazine, 1998 TV and Radio appearances, 1985 through 1997: Debut, BBC2; Handmade, BBC1; How Do You Manage, BBC2; Kaleidoscope, Radio 4; Woman's Hour, Radio 4;Good Morning, ITV COLLECTIONSAberdeen Art Gallery Atkinson Art Gallery, Southport Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham British Council Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh Cleveland Craft Center Cooper Hewitt Museum of Design, New York Craft Study Centre, Framham Crafts Council, London, England Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo Hove Museum and Art Gallery Royal Liverpool Museum, Liverpool, England Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Helsinki, Finland North-West Arts, Manchester Royal Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland Shipley Museum and Art Gallery, Gateshead Stafford Art Gallery, Stafford Ulster Museum Department of Jewellery, Department of Prints and Drawings, Victoria and Albert Museum Top |
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