LANDER Janis

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BIOGRAPHY
Janis Lander is an artist, writer and teacher. She is represented in private collections in Australia and overseas, including Germany, France and U.S.A. She has been selected to exhibit in curated shows - in the US, in Thailand, and in Australia.

Her subjects include landscapes, Portraits and other figurative works. Her meditation pieces reflect a life-long involvement with yoga.

Janis began to exhibit and sell her work in regional shows in her teens, and, apart from a six-year hiatus when she was raising her children, has produced a large body of work in different media: oil on canvas; pastels/charcoal on paper; and intaglio etching Printmaking techniques.

Janis is currently Researching a doctoral thesis in spiritual art at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW, where she is contributing editor of The College Voice, an online arts magazine. �
   
EDUCATION
2003 Commencing PhD Candidate, COFA, UNSW
2002 Master of Art & Design Education, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales
2000 Certificate 4, Assessment & Workplace Training, Macquarie College
1990 Diploma of Painting, Julian Ashton Art School
1976 Bachelor of Arts, University of Sydney
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Time Out (Exhibition of Drawings, paintings and Etchings), Aquarelle Gallery, Crows Nest, Sydney
1996 Works on Paper, Eaglehawk Galleries, Sydney
  Meditations (Oils and Pastels), Clairvision School
1992 Tree Pieces, The Wall Gallery, Paddington, Sydney
1991 Conversation Amongst the Gods (Paintings), The Opera Bar, Opera House Walk, Sydney
   
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 Finalist: the inaugural Plein Air Parliament Prize, Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney
2007 Finalist: Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library, Macquarie St., Sydney. Then on national tour until 2008
  Power in the House, Parliament House, Macquarie St, Sydney. PAA Exhibition
2006 Finalist: Portia Geach Memorial Award 2006, S H Ervin Gallery, Sydney
  ILIRI Exhibition, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
  Courtroom Faces, Supreme Court Building, Sydney, PAA Exhibition.
2005 Exhibition of Prints. Chiangmai, Thailand.
  The Macquarie International Portrait Artists Australia Exhibition, the Australian Embassy, Washington D.C. USA.
  Exhibition of Printmaking, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
  PAA Exhibition, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
2004 PAA Exhibition, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
2003 Exhibition of Printmaking, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
  PAA Exhibition, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney
2002 The Body, College of Fine Arts, Sydney
2000 Group Show, Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney
1999 Studies from Life, Bayswater Centre
1998 Group Show, Style Galleries, Sydney
1997 Group Show, Duke of Wellington Gallery, Mosman
  Group Show, Art Link, Sydney
  Group Show, Double Bay Art, Sydney
1995 Group Show, Sydney University Performance Space
1990 Group Show JAAS, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1987 Finalist: Eastern Suburbs Award. Holdsworth Galleries, Woollahra, Sydney
   
AWARDS/GRANTS
2008 UNSW GAS/ARC Award
2007 UNSW Postgraduate Research Support Scheme
  UNSW GAS/ARC Award
2005 COFA Students Association Postgraduate Grant, UNSW
1998 NEIS Grant
   
PROJECTS
From 2006 Committee Member of the ILIRI Group at the College of Fine Arts, UNSW. Imaging the Land International Research Institute
From 2003 Contributing Editor, The College Voice, an online arts magazine; for the Student Association of the College of Fine Arts, UNSW
From 2002 Committee Member of Portrait Artists Australia, an independent artists' initiative
1998 Collaboration - educational video Visionary Art with Dr Samuel Sagan and members of the Clairvision School of meditation.
   
RESIDENCIES
2008 ARC Studio, Fowler's Gap UNSW Research Station
   
COLLECTIONS
Nelson Meers Collection; Kincoppal Rose Bay Library; Westmead Childrens Hospital
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