Jane Gillings b. 1965

  • Artist (Installation Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist
Jane Gillings, born in 1965, is a Sydney artist who uses discarded plastic for assemblage art. She has also worked in print making, especially lino prints, painting, drawing and installation. Gillings works at Mission Australia as an art tutor for disadvantaged youths. Jane Gillings divides her time between teaching art at a Mission Australia youth art program, and making her own artwork. Her work is diverse and encompasses printmaking, painting, illustration and sculpture. More recently she has been exploring the concept of waste and has embraced her compulsion for hoarding to create works that resurrect discarded objects. Jane's work attempts to draw attention to the amount of waste that we produce as humans. By presenting it back to her audience as something beautiful, she hopes to make people more aware of what they are throwing away, and its potential for reuse.
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Name
Jane Gillings
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Installation Artist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Art Facilitator Mission Australia (Art Facilitator In this role Gillings is an art tutor for disadvantaged youth.)
  • Preparator Australian Museum (Preparator Gillings worked at a variety of jobs at the Australian Museum from 1985 to 1986.)
Birth date
1965
Active Period
  • 1992-
Residence
  • Sydney, NSW
Training
  • Dental Technicians Certificate, 1985 - 1986 Randwick College of TAFE, Sydney, NSW
  • Anatomical Preservation and Display, 1987 Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
  • Ornithology of Australian Birds, 1988 Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
  • Anatomical Museum Methods, 1988 Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
  • Museum Techniques 2, 1989 Sydney Technical College, Sydney, NSW
  • Bachelor of Arts, Major in Chinese Studies, 1993 - 1997 Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW
  • 1998 NSW Vocational Education & Training Accreditation Board Workplace Training-Arts and Cultural Industries Category 1
  • Certificate IV Workplace Training and Assessment, 2003 TAFE, NSW
Languages
  • English

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