RAiR | 1997-98
Jane South
Jane was born in Manchester, England, and received her BA in Theater and Set Design from the Central School of Art in London. In 1989, she moved to New York City, where she did theater work and various art-related odd jobs for a few years. Later, she enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she received her MFA in painting and sculpture. She has had multiple stints as a visiting lecturer, visiting artist and artist-in-residence at institutions all over the US and in Australia. Between 1999 and 2019 Jane participated in about seventy solo and group exhibitions, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and the Knoxville Museum of Art, Tennessee. In 2018 Jane was elected to the National Academy of Design. She was awarded numerous residency grants, including the Rockefeller Foundation to the Bellagio Center in Italy and the Camargo Foundation in France as well as MacDowell Colony and Yaddo in the United States.
Jane’s work is unique, drawing from many different sources for inspiration. The Anderson Museum has on display three major pieces of hers; they share a hidden sense of humor about what they are depicting, making them very powerful.
Jane South’s website.
AMoCA Collection | Episode Two, 1998, mixed media on masonite, 48” x 42”
