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Jane Rushton

Lecturer: Art

Department: Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts

Degree: BA (Hons)First Class Visual Culture, M.Phil Fine Art Practice and Theory

Associated research centres and groups: Art

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Current Teaching

I currently teach on first, second and third year studio courses, specialising in painting. I am also a supervisor on the LICA MA programme and havesupervised the 3rd year dissertation module.

Research Interests

Working primarily with drawing and painting, my aim is to explore the embodied experience of particular landscapes in which there is a sense of being 'on the edge', both physically and metaphysically. This interest has led me to some of the more remote parts of the British Isles, Iceland, Greenland, and Spitzbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago. The rhythm of walking and working is integral to my practice. Many of the projects I have undertaken have involved collaborating with scientists. That artists and scientists have different intentions for their research which respond to different disciplinary requirements promotes an enriching and fruitful dialogue. Having the opportunity to engage with a particular site as part of a shared activity brings the prospect of gaining different types of insight that is beneficial to my practice in that it provides a broader range of concepts and imagery for me to draw on. Specific research questions include:

What might studio based enquiry contribute to an awarenessand engagement with environment through and embodied response?

What new knowledge might be gained in collaborative partnerships between artists and scientists, and how might thatimpact on an interdisciplinary audience?

How might the methodologies of scientific practice translate into an expanded notion of art practice, and can this be reciprocal?

Exhibitions and publications

Solo Shows

2011 'Arctic Dialogues', Atrium Gallery, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University. 2010 Taseralik Cultural Centre, Sisimiut, Greenland. 2009 Katuaq, National Culture Centre, Nuuk, Greenland. 2007 AtticSalt, Edinburgh. 2004 Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University

Group Shows

2011 Environmental Dialogues, part of CORE city-wide exhibition, BBC Big Screen, Festival Square, Edinburgh. 2010 'Experimentality', Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University. 2008 'Location', Michael West Gallery, Isle of Wight. 2006 Institute of Physics, Portland Place, London. Alexandra Gallery, St. Martin's College, Lancaster. 'Findings: The Hindburn Project', 2 person show, Lancaster Environment Centre.2005, The Spiral Gallery, Settle, North Yorkshire. 'Habitats: Art & Science', Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University

Seminars

'Filtering Arctic Light: Chemical Encounters Between Art and Science' March 2011,Department of Anthropology, Manchester University

Membership

Land2. Creative practice-led research network http://www.land2.uwe.ac.uk/

Awards and Funding

2009 Lancaster University Research grant award: 'Arctic Dialogues' Lancaster University travel grant award for 'Greenland' exhibition Exhibition funding, Katuaq, Greenland. 2008 Arts Council England, Research and Development: 'Arctic Dialogues'. 2006 Arts Council England, Research and Development: 'Greenland'.

Associated Keywords: Art, Arts and ecology, Art/science collaboration, Contemporary fine art, Contemporary fine art drawing practice, Contemporary painting, Painting, Sublime

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