Jane Carney is presently working out of her studio in Evanston, Illinois and teaching studio art at Loyola Academy. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in painting from Saint Mary's College and her Masters Degree in Arts and Interdisciplinary Learning from Loyola University. She has taught art, dance and creative dramatics on the high school level and with adult education programs. She has worked as a graphic designer and art director, and is married and the mother of four.
"My interest is to communicate the passion of the process, the joy of the brush stroke, the physical experience of making the painting. I try to retain a playfulness and spontaneity to my work. I am interested in the relationships of space, line and colors. I love the figure and often use it as my starting point. The work sometimes retains a figurative quality but often moves towards abstraction. The styles inform each other. Presently I am exploring gestural landscapes of lines, shapes and colors.
"I continue to study and learn."
| Bachelor of Fine Arts, St. Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana |
| Master of Arts Education, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2009 | Fragile Foundations, Ysla Battrell Gallery, Wilmette, Illinois |
| 2004 | One Woman Show, August House Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2010 | 12th Annual Chicago Art Open, River East Art Center, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2009 | Artists Under Glass, Evanston Art Council, Evanston, Illinois |
| 2009 |
Viridian Artists Inc, 20th International Juried Exhibition (slide show presentation), New York, New York, June-July 2009 N.A.W.A. 120th Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York, New York, May 2009 |
| 2008 |
Chicago Art Open, Merchandise Mart (juried), October 2008 Luxe Magazine Anniversary Benefit, Curator's Choice Award Two Artists/Two Lenses, Gallery Stuart Rodgers, Chicago, Illinois Prudential Building Lobby, Chicago, Illinois, FLATFILE Galleries, June 2008-March 2009 Spring Into Summer, N.A.W.A. Gallery, New York, New York Minimal, FLATFILE Galleries, Chicago, Illinois (Invitation) |
| 2007 | The Art of the Art, Coral Springs Art Museum, Coral Springs, Florida (Juried) Chicago Art Open, Chicago, Illinois (Juried) N.A.W.A. Florida: Response to the Muse, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida (Juried) N.A.W.A. New Members Exhibition, N.A.W.A. Gallery, New York, New York |
| 2006 |
SOC Designs, Architectural Firm, Evanston, Illinois,
Matt Schaefer & Jane Carney Recent Work Illinois Institute of Art's Gallery 350, Chicago, Illinois (Regional Juried Exhibition) First Night, Brian Bourke & Friends, Evanston, Illinois |
| 2005 |
Printmaking Show, North Shore Art League, Winnetka, Illinois 100 Years of the Figure, Jane Meyer Ltd. Gallery, Geneva, Illinois |
| 2004 |
Transformers Group Exhibition, Line Drive Gallery, Evanston, Illinois Around the Coyote, Wicker Park, Chicago, Illinois Adult Student Exhibition, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois |
| 1993 | Artists in Silk, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, Illinois |
| 1982 | Chicago/Chicago Artists, Hayes Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| 1979 |
Concordia College Gallery, River Forest, Illinois Beacon Hull House Gallery, Chicago, Illinois |
| 2008 | Vermont Studio Center, Artist's Residency, Johnson, Vermont |
| 2007 | Skidmore College Artist's Residency (4 weeks), Saratoga Springs, New York |
| 2006 |
Evanston Art Center, Open Figure Studio, Evanston, Illinois North Shore Art League, Printmaking Workshop, Winnetka, Illinois |
| 2005 |
Monotype Tutorial, Rita Price Studio, Northfield, Illinois Anderson Ranch, Snow Mass, Colorado, Deep Cover: Workshop For Advanced Painters, Holly Hughes, Carroll Dunham |
| 2004 |
Evanston Art Center, Figure Painting Studios Nancy Rosen, Janis Pozzi-Johnson, Eleanor Spiess-Ferris Evanston Art Center, Silk Screen Workshop, Maggie Weiss |
| 2003 | Evanston Art Center, Acrylic Paint Workshop |
| 2002 | School of The Art Institute, Figure Painting, Marion Kryczka |
| 2001 |
Ox-Bow, The Figure in the Landscape, Joseph Mann Evanston Art Center, Teaching From The Inside Out, Sue Sommers |
| 2000 | Evanston Art Center, Figure Drawing, Marylin Propp |
| Flatfile Galleries, March 2008 - gallery closing |
| Regional Scholastic Arts Awards, Juror 2009 |
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National Association of Women Artists Juried membership October 2006 |
| CAC, Chicago Artists Coalition |
| NAEA, National Art Education Association |
| Curators Choice Artist, Chicago Art Open 2008 |
| Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, Vermont, Artist's Grant 2008 |
| Studio Art Fellowship, Skidmore College 2007 |
| Finalist, Teacher of the Year 2005, Loyola Academy, Wilmette, Illinois. |
| 2006 | Loyola Academy Library, Wilmette, Illinois |
| Jane Carney's paintings are in private collections nationally. |
Contact the artist: jane@janecarneyart.com
847-927-1508