Jane, born in Yorkshire, went to Hornsey College of Art, & is preparing to fly solo in Brixton
Jane, born in Yorkshire, went to Hornsey College of Art, & is preparing to fly solo in Brixton
“Take your feet off the ground and fly. Creativity pushes the boundaries like flying: you take risks, go into the unknown and use manual skills in partnership with the intellect in ways just beyond your control. The science of the infinitely big, cosmology, and the infinitely small, quantum physics are coming together in a way that is so mind expanding that it has left religion behind.
I dream of people being able to fly like swimming in the medium of the air not water. I found cutouts can suggest a flying human – silhouettes are what we see flying high. Recently I have become aware how this can relate to the journey towards death.
Speed is vital for flying. Stalling planes fall out of the sky – as I learnt at Booker Gliding Club. (This real experience of flying has been vital for my work.) Also the colours and shapes of landscape & cloudscapes seen from above call out for exploration. I would like to immerse visitors in an ambiguity of ‘up’ and ‘down’ and reduce the importance of corners and boundaries.”
Why Walk when you could Fly? an exhibition by Jane Oldfield
Private view Oct 10th 2017, Brixton East, 100 Barrington Rd Brixton, SW9 7JF
Ph D, M Sc – UMIST, Diploma, Hornsey College of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2017 'Why walk when you could Fly?', Brixton, london
2006 ‘Cars & Colour’, Barga, Tuscany, Italy
2006 ‘Cars & Colour’, Waterloo Gallery, London
2005 (solo stand) Kunst-Event, Antwerp
2003 (solo stands)1st & 2nd Manchester Art Fairs, Urbis, Manchester
2002 (solo stand) Fresh Art 2002, Business Design Centre, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 ‘Bad Behaviour Open’, Brixton East, Brixton
2016 ‘Thoughts in Art’ Teatro La Grada, Madrid
2016 ‘Open Aviary’, Island Projects, Sheerness
2016 'Europa', Transition Gallery, Unit 25a Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Rd, London E8 4QN
2016 RAG exhibition, Cavendish Conference Centre, 22 Duchess Mews, London W1G 9DT
2015 ‘Other’ xvi collective, Maverick Art Fair, Oxo Building
2015 ‘From the Pages of a Book (Open)’ Riverside Gallery, LB of Richmond
2015 ‘El Camino’ Hortensia Gallery, Fulham
2015 Turner’s House Exhibition, Sandycombe Lodge, Twickenham
2015 ‘Sanctum Sanctorum’, Gallery Sensei, New York, USA
2015 ‘West’ RAG, Griffin Gallery, curated by Duncan Smith ACAVA
2015 ‘Collaborations’ Bad Behaviour, The Flying Dutchman, Camberwell
2014 ‘Abstract Open’, Stables Gallery, Orleans House, LB of Richmond
2014 ‘Food,Glorious Food; Bad Behaviour’, The Cambria, Brixton
2014 ‘MetroEscapes’ Museo Ramon, Lalin, Spain
2014 ixv exhibition, South Lookout, Caroline Wiseman Gallery, Aldeburgh
2014 ‘Flight’ Conspire 47/49, Bermondsey
2013 ‘BOGOF’ WW Gallery, Hatton Garden
2013 Art at Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, Fenchurch Ave, City of London
2013 ‘Secret Histories’, xvi collective stand, Sluice Art Fair, Bermondsey
2013 ‘chArt; Bad Behaviour’, West Brixton Gallery
2013 - 'The Magic Shop' xvi collective[, Meantime Space, Stoke Newington
2012 LDN/BCN Untitled Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2012 La Petite Muerte, Drawers Gallery, Dalston, London
2012 ALAS 1st Residency Exhibition, Matt Roberts Gallery Vyner St, London
2012 Fusion (RAG), Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place, London
2012 Art Below, Regent's Park tube station & Gallery, off Tottenham Court Rd
2011 40 x40 (RAG), Riverside Studios, Hammersmith
2011 Then & Now (RAG) , Museum Municipale, Ourense, Spain
2010 RAG show SIAM Gallery, Songzhang, Beijing, China
2010 ‘London Calling’ Museo Ramon Ma Aller, Lalin, Spain
2009 ‘Drawings’(RAG) Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London
2008 ‘Recent Works (RAG)’ Knapp Gallery, Regent’s Park, London
2002 - RAG Group Show, Museo Municipal, Ourense, Spain
2001 - The City, Whitechapel Contemporary, East London
1997 - Cadaques Mini Print International, Spain, France, England
1996 - RAG Group Show, Museo Municipal, Ourense, Spain
Open Submissions
2016 Selected for ‘Bad Behaviour Open’, Brixton
2016 Selected for ‘Open Aviary’, Island Projects, Sheerness
2016 Selected for ‘Europa’, Transition Gallery, Hackney
2015 selected for ‘From the Pages of a Book’, LB Richmond
2014 selected for ‘Abstract Open’ by Mark de Novellis, LB Richmond
2007 selected for Phase 2 of the John Moores Art Prize
Live/Performance
2013 - Jane Air Bus, Animamus Art Salon, Apiary Studios,
Residencies
2015 ‘Sanctum Sanctorum’, Animus Art Salon, Gallery Sensei, USA
2014 xvi residency, Lookout, Aldeburgh beach, Caroline Wiseman Gallery
2013 Animus Art Salon, Apiary Studios, Hackney
2012 1st ALAS (Artist-led Society) Residency, Matt Roberts Gallery, Vyner St
Publications
2015 ‘West ’an exhibition by Riverside Artists Group at Winsor & Newton Griffin Gallery
2013 xvi collective, ‘Secret Histories’ at Sluice Art Fair
2012 'La Petite Muerte' by Kirsty Harris
2012 'This is Not the Gallery', book of 1st ALAS Residency
2011 'Antes e Agora' (Then and Now), Museo Municipal Ourense, Spain
Collections & Commissions
Christie Hospital, Manchester
Museum Municipale, Ourense, Spain
Private collections in London, Norfolk, Aldeburgh, Manchester, Spain, Pisa Italy, Washington DC USA
