Jane Skeer
BIO
Jane Skeer graduated from Adelaide Central School of Art with First Class Honours in 2015, her work Quiet Square was selected for Hatched: The National Graduate Exhibition at PICA, Perth.
Skeer has been actively exhibiting work throughout South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia. Skeer’s calendar for 2018 was bulging with activity, from collaborating with South African artist Francois Knoetze, to activating the Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mount Gambier. Skeer represented South Australia at BOAA – the Biennale of Australian Art, Ballarat. In 2018 alone, Skeer was Artist in Residence at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre and Loreto College, Marryatville and was recently awarded the 2018 Emerging Visual Artist of the Year at the Adelaide Critics Circle, 22nd Annual Awards for Excellence in the Arts. In 2019, Skeer was a finalist in the North Sydney Art Prize, Pro Hart Art Prize and she is currently a finalist in SALA: The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award and the Churchie National Emerging Art Prize at IMA, Brisbane. She has also just deinstalled a major installation, her largest immersive work to date, Twine at the Walkway Gallery, Bordertown.
In 2017, Skeer worked at the Adelaide Festival Centre as the Artist in Residence for both, the DreamBIG Festival and the SALA Festival. Her work, Flyers, earnt her the 2017 SALA Emerging Artist Award. In June 2017, she participated in a mentorship with the City of Tea Tree Gully – IGNITE public art incubator and installed her first public artwork in the main street of Port Pirie.
https://www.janeskeer.com/bio
Collaboration/ Collaborator names Keywords:
Collective Haunt Inc.
https://www.collectivehauntinc.com
Collections
Various Private Collections
CV
JANE SKEER – CURRICULUM VITAE
https://janeskeer.squarespace.com
EDUCATION
2015 Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours First Class), Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South Australia
2014 Bachelor of Visual Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South Australia
2013 Associate Degree in Visual Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS/COMMISSIONS/RESIDENCIES
2019 Twine, The Walkway Gallery, Bordertown, South Australia
2018 A Sustainable Celebration, New Year’s Eve in Elder Park, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Afresh, Riddoch Art Gallery, Mount Gambier, South Australia
2018 True Blue, BOAA – Biennale of Australian Art, Ballarat, Victoria
2018 To look with fresh eyes – Mount Gambier revisited, Collective Haunt Inc. Gallery, Norwood, SA
2018 Film, Adelaide Festival Centre Moving Image Screen Program, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Pine tree green, Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre/Country Arts SA/SA Power Networks, Mt Gambier, SA
2018 Substituted – SALA Artist in Residence, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Sign of the times, Gallery 1855, Tea Tree Gully, South Australia
2018 Anew, Gallery 1855, Tea Tree Gully, South Australia
2017 Left Behind, FELTspace ARI, Adelaide, South Australia
2017 Public Art – stobie pole rope works, (Commission), Port Pirie CBD Rejuvenation, Port Pirie, SA
2017 Interventions, South Australian Living Artist (SALA) Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, SA
2017 Flyers, DreamBIG Festival – Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
2016 The Messenger, Kings ARI, Melbourne, Victoria
2016 Meandering, Arkaba Hotel, (Commission), Fullarton, South Australia
2016 Suspended, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia – Garden Space, Parkside, South Australia
2016 Ode to the fisherman, Floating Goose Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Wish You Were Here, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South Australia
2018 Possessions, Collective Haunt Inc, Norwood, South Australia
2018 Her Name, Adelaide Central School of Art/Guildhouse, Glenside, South Australia
2018 Endless Horizons, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, North Adelaide South Australia
2018 The Doll Redefined, Gallery 1855, Tea Tree Gully, South Australia
2018 Internal Forces, Riddoch Gallery, Mount Gambier, South Australia
2018 Francois Knoetze: The Art of Mongo, Collaboration with OSCA, Port Adelaide, SA
2018 Adelaide Fringe Exhibitions, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
2017 The Suburban Version, Linden Park, South Australia
2017 Keeping the lights on, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide, South Australia
2017 Colour Me, Praxis ARTSPACE, Bowden, South Australia
2017 Loreto springART – Emerging Feature Artist, Loreto College, Adelaide, SA
2017 FRAN FEST Poster Project, ACE Open, Adelaide, South Australia
2017 It’s Getting Hot in Here, Raj House, Adelaide, South Australia
2017 Brighton Jetty Classic Sculptures, Brighton, South Australia
2016 The Suburban Version, Linden Park, South Australia
2016 Four Walls, Brunswick Gallery, Fitzroy, Victoria
2016 Wild Goose Chase, Adelaide Fringe, Floating Goose Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2016 Hatched: National Graduate Show, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, Western Australia
2016 Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia
AWARDS/GRANT
2019 Finalist, Tatiara Art Prize, Walkway Gallery, Bordertown, SA
2019 Finalist, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, IMA, Brisbane, Queensland
2019 Finalist, The Advertiser Contemporary Art Award, SALA, Adelaide, SA
2019 Finalist, Pro Hart Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill, NSW
2019 Finalist, North Sydney Art Prize, Coal Loader Site, Waverton, NSW
2018 Emerging Visual Artist of the Year, Adelaide’s Critics Circle, 22nd Annual Awards, Excellence in Arts, SA
2018 Catapult Mentorship – Richard Lewer, Guildhouse, Adelaide, South Australia
2017 City Rural Emerging Artist Award, South Australia Living Artists (SALA) Awards, South Australia
2017 Adelaide Festival Centre & DreamBIG Festival /SALA Artist-in-Residence, Adelaide, South Australia