jane georges

about

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about

I am an interdisciplinary artist who is interested in paying close attention to nature, subconscious feeling and intuition, memory, nostalgic and phantasmic objects, cycles and time, distinct moments and sense of place, the senses, inner dialogue and healing, and abstractly binding remnants of my familial pathways in social work and architecture. Through this array of subjects, I create poetic works of exploration, research, translation, and response with a spectrum of unlikely utilitarian, ephemeral, and precious mediums and processes. I often work with new (to me) materials and/or mediums, with an open-ended curiosity towards the dissection, re-purpose, and/or potential for the material outside of its traditional sense of use and am known for working large scale through repetitive (almost ritual-like) intuitive layering and love to open my practice to the public, activating space by creating material and process-driven, experiential and collaborative moments.

I was an Artist-in-Residence at Chicago Art Department from 2019 to 2022, and most recently, while on a quest to explore my personal art practice more in depth, participated in The Center Program at Hyde Park Art Center, with a cohort of 20 other emerging and mid-career artists from 2023 to 2024.

I received my BA in Fine Art with concentrations in printmaking, painting, and sculpture from Indiana University in 2005, and believe in continuing self-education to build a library of knowledge in materials and processes through active curiosity, as a lifestyle.

Outside of my personal art practice, I happily choose to support Chicago’s creative ecosystem (and beyond) under the moniker ‘Oh And Also’ as an Artist for the Artists, freelance fabricator and art preparator, graphic designer, experiential designer for exhibitions and collective spaces, mural artist, traditional sign/object painter, exhibition vinyl designer + installer, teaching artist, and art consultant for an expanding client archive of esteemed artists, designers, curators, producers, galleries, and cultural institutions in the fine art, experiential, commercial, hospitality, retail, residential, fashion, film and music industries.

I am proud to have worked with, supported, collaborated with, and/or shown with the following:

artists for the artists:

cultural institutions + galleries:

commercial + hospitality + food/drink:

events + fashion + film + music:

creative collaborators + curators + producers + artists:

CV + Artist Statements + Project Briefs available upon request.

Let’s work together!

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