After living and traveling abroad throughout her teenage years and residing in Manchester for over a decade all that remains of Jane Chavez-Dawson’s welsh origins is the occasional welsh lilt to her accent. Her initial artistic inclination was more towards theory but after studying a degree in the ‘History of art and design’ at Manchester Metropolitan University’ she began producing artwork and completed a Masters (Art as Environment) at MMU.
As an artist Chavez-Dawson’s primary concerns are with television and how even the most overlooked subtleties invade our subconscious, affect our perceptions and interpretations of visual narratives. This has resulted with responses in a variety of mediums; videos that utilises the behaviour, mannerisms and film quality of daytime television, lifestyle & regional television programmes, also paintings, cress sculptures and posters.
http://www.myspace.com/janechavezdawson
Selected Education:
2006 Universtiy Of Central Lancaster, PGCE (Post-Compulsory Education)
2001 MA Art As Environment, Manchester Metropolitan University
1999 NCTJ, Nvq Level 4 Journalism & Subbing
1997 BA (Hons) History Of Art & Design, Manchester Metropolitan University
Selected Shows 2000 – 2007:
2007 North And South, John Hansard Gallery Southampton (Artist Commission)
06/07 Inside Outside, The Storey Gallery (Artist In Residency), Lancaster, UK
2006 Deletia, Arena Studios Gallery (Liverpool Biennial), Liverpool, UK
2006 Food & Drink, Queens Street Studios Gallery, Belfast, Uk [Horticultural Sculpture]
2006 Pure Screen (Retrospective), Project Space, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester, UK
2005 The Gang Show, The Embassey Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2005 Imitate, Imitate Gallery, Manchester, UK
2004 Mind Where You Look, Gallery Oldham & Fairfield General Hospital, Bury, Lancs, UK
2004 Phillips, London Fashion Week Show, London, UK
2003 We Go Round And Round In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire, Comme Ca NYC, Terminal Warehouse, New York, USA
2003 Thermo 03 (Curated By James Hutchinson & Rachel Goodyear), The Lowry, Salford, UK
2003 We Go Round And Round In The Night And Are Consumed By Fire, Castlefield Gallery, DVD Show Reel, New York, USA
2002 Fight (Curated By Jessica Voosanger & Dave Mackintosh) LCCA And The Leyton Wall Modern, London, UK
2002 Con’art (Slight Of Hand), The Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
2001 The Builders Arms 2 (Curated By Loose Ends), Summer Biennial, The International 3, Manchester, UK
2000 Being Answerable, 5th Elia Conference, Kuva Art Academy, Helsinki, Finland
2007 The Guardian, Guide, Robert Clark, ‘North & South’, Pp 37, 27th July
2003 The Guardian, G2, Manchester, Jessica Lack, Pick Of The Week ‘Art@F-Squared’, Pp 18, 22nd Sept
2002 Metro News, Manchester, Andrew Fraser, ‘Shopping’, Pp 18, 13th Sept
2002 City Life, Manchester, David Gledhill, ‘Jane Griffiths: Tv Dogs’, Pp 61, 11 – 26 Sept
2002 The Guardian, G2, Manchester, Jessica Lack, Pick Of The Week ‘Tv Dogs’, Pp 18, 23th Aug
2002 Metro News, Manchester, Scott Birch, ‘Icons From The Small Screen’, Pp 18, 13th Aug
2002 Artist Newsletter, Gillian Nicol, ‘The Mill’, Feb 2001
Sept 2000 – To Present Day Part-Time Lecturer, Stockport College
‘Media Studies’, ‘History Of Photography‘ ‘Critical Research’ And ‘Studies Skills’ On Ba (Hons) Photography Course, ‘Critical Art & Design Theory’ On Ba(Hons) Design & Visual Arts, ‘Critical Theory’ Hnd Media Broadcasting
Radar Arts Editor, Flux Magazine (Since December 1996)
Writer, Fluxspace (Since August 2000)
Freelance Writer:
Sept 2006 Time Out (North West / Manchester Edition).
April 2006 Ny Art Magazine (New York)
