Quiet Square, (detail) 2015
Photography by James Field
JANE SKEER - CURRICULUM VITAE
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
2018 To look with fresh eyes - Mount Gambier revisited, Collective Haunt Inc. exhibition space, Norwood, South Australia
2018 Film, Adelaide Festival Centre Moving Image Screen Program, Adelaide, South Australia
2018 Pine Tree Green, Artist in Residence, Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre/Country Arts SA/SA Power Networks, Mount Gambier, SA
2018 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 (Commission) - 6 stobie pole works, Port Pirie CBD Rejuvenation, Port Pirie, South Australia
2017 Interventions, Adelaide Festival Centre - SALA Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
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
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 Haunt Volume One, Collective Haunt Incorporated, Norwood, 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 Airing our dirty Laundry, The Suburban Version, Linden Park, South Australia
2017 Colour Me, Praxis ARTSPACE, Bowden, South Australia
2017 What's in the BOX, BOAA - Biennale of Australian Art, Ballarat, Victoria
2017 Loreto springART - Emerging Feature Artist, Loreto College, Adelaide, South Australia
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
2017 Curious Objects, Signal Point Gallery, Goolwa Wharf, Goolwa, South Australia
2016 The Suburban Version, Linden Park, South Australia
2016 Loreto springART 2016, Loreto College, Marryatville, 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
2015 Propositions – Graduating Student Exhibition, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South
Australia
2015 Otherworld – Z-Ward, Sponsored by Helpmann Academy, Adelaide, South Australia
2015 Wish you were here - Postcard Exhibition, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South Australia
2015 “10 x 10” Graduate Fundraiser Exhibition, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South Australia
2015 Colour Me - Adelaide City Council’s Emerging Curator Polly Dance, Adelaide Town Hall, South
Australia
2015 Occasional Purpose – 6-hour live performance drawings, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide, South
Australia
2015 Four Legs - Red Poles Gallery/Restaurant, McLaren Vale, South Australia
2015 Renew - Guest artist, Pepper Street Art Centre, Magill, South Australia
2015 Caring for Our Planet – 6th Solar Art Prize, Royal South Australian Society of Arts,
Adelaide, South Australia
2015 Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia
2014 Breaking Silence - Graduating Student Exhibition, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South
Australia
2014 Wish you were here - Postcard Exhibition, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South Australia
2014 “10 x 10” Graduate Fundraiser Exhibition, Victoria Park Chiropractic Clinic, Adelaide, South Australia
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018 Chairperson/Curator, Collective Haunt Incorporated, Studio/Gallery, Norwood, SA
2017 Curator, The Suburban Version, Linden Park, South Australia
2017 Mentor-ship, IGNITE public art incubator, Tea Tree Gully Council, Modbury, South Australia
2017 Curator, Swell, Adelaide, South Australia
2016 Curator, The Suburban Version, Linden Park, South Australia
2016 Volunteer, Fontanelle Studio, Bowden, South Australia
2015 Curator, “10 x 10” Graduate Fundraiser Exhibition, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South
Australia
2014 Student Representative, Academic Board, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South
Australia
2014 Volunteer, FELTspace Artist Run Initiative, Adelaide, South Australia
2013 Volunteer, “Uncharted Territory” Graduating Students Exhibition, Adelaide Central School of Art,
Glenside, South Australia
2010-13 Art Selector, Assistant Curator & Catering Manager for SpringArt Loreto, Adelaide, South Australia
AWARDS/GRANTS
2017 Finalist, Tatiara Art Prize, Walkway Gallery, Bordertown, South Australia
2017 Finalist, Whyalla Art Prize, Country Arts SA, Whyalla, South Australia
2017 City Rural Emerging Artist Award, South Australia Living Artists (SALA) Awards, Adelaide, South Australia
2017 City of Burnside Local Artist Support, Promotion and Development Subsidy, City of Burnside, South Australia
2017 IGNITE Public Art Incubator, Project Participant – Mentorship, City of Tea Tree Gully, South Australia
2017 Adelaide Festival Centre/SALA Artist-in-Residence, Adelaide, South Australia
2017 Adelaide Festival Centre, DreamBIG Festival Artist-in-Residence, Adelaide, South Australia
2016 City of Burnside Local Artist Support, Promotion and Development Subsidy, City of Burnside, South Australia
2016 Adelaide Central School of Art Fontanelle Studio Residency, Bowden, South Australia
2016 The Watsons’ People’s Choice Award, The Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia
2016 The Hill-Smith Gallery/Helpmann Academy Friends Award (valued at $5000) – International Travel
Award, The Helpmann Academy Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia
2015 Alan Young Initiated Board of Governors Award for Excellence for Outstanding Achievement in the
Bachelor of Visual Art (Hons), Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside, South Australia
2015 Merit, Caring for Our Planet – 6th Solar Art Prize, Royal South Australian Society of Arts, Adelaide, South
Australia
2014 CEO Award, Bachelor of Visual Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 10 questions with The Boiler Room Studio artists, The Boiler Room Studios, Unley, SA
https://www.verso-art-writing.com/blog/2017/8/7/10-questions-with-the-boiler-room-studios
2017 The Suburban Version, Cassie Thring, co-curator Suburban Version, Verso MMXVI,
https://www.verso-art-writing.com/blog/2017/3/8/the-suburban-version
2017 Clare Axford & Petrina Egan, 2017 Artist in Residence announced for Adelaide Festival Centre’s
DreamBIG Children’s and SALA Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA,
http://www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au/about-us/media-releases/2017-artist-in-residence-
announced-for-adelaide-festival-centre-s-dreambig-children-s-festival-and-sala-festival/
2016 Beth Shimmin, Marketing and Development Executive, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside.
South Australia/Jackie Newton, Function Sales & Marketing, Arkaba Hotel, Parkside, Media Release
2016 Arkaba Hotel Commission awarded to Emerging artist Jane Skeer, 29th June, 2016
2016 Cormack O’Connor, Squarespace, Artist Jane Skeer is so Australian, she paints with Vegemite,
Lost at E Minor, 6th July, 2016
2016 Jane Llewellyn, Jane Skeer: The Emerging Artist Making Waste Beautiful, The Adelaide Review,
21st April, 2016
2016 Liv Croagh, The People have spoken for The Watson Award, The Watson Art, 20th April, 2016
2016 Beth Shimmin, Marketing and Development Executive, Adelaide Central School of Art, Glenside,
South Australia, Media Release, 17th March, 2016, Graduates Break Open Emerging Careers with
Selection in PICA’s HATCHED
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
2015 NAVA – National Association for the Visual Arts Inc, NSW
2014 aeaf - Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, South Australia
2014 Guildhouse - Backing Creative Professionals, Adelaide, South Australia