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Jane Boyd
Born (1953-06-20) 20 June 1953 (age 71)
London, UK
EducationCamberwell College of Arts, University of London
AwardsFellow Commoner in Creative Arts Trinity College, Cambridge (1981-83; Abbey Rome Fellow 1998 at the British School at Rome (1999); Leverhulme Trust Artist-in-Residence at The Warburg Institute, University of London (2001); Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship (2006); Brown Foundation Fellow at the Dora Maar House (2011); Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (2011).
Websitehttp://www.janeboyd.co.uk

Jane Boyd (born 20 June 1953) is a British artist. She is best known for her work in light-based installation and drawing and has been exhibiting internationally since 1986. Boyd was the first woman to be elected Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts[1], a two-year fellowship (1981-83) awarded by Trinity College Cambridge. Her work is represented in a number of public collections including the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Gibberd Gallery[2] and the British Museum[3][4].

Early life

Born in North London to architects Kenneth[5] and Diana Boyd (née Baxter), Jane Boyd graduated from Camberwell College of Art[6], University of the Arts London with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art in 1975.

Career

Jane Boyd won The Shell Waterloo Painting 1981 prize, a major competitive commission awarded by Shell UK to produce a painting measuring 3m x 10m for exhibition above the South Bank exit of London Waterloo Station. Filmed by the BBC throughout its progress in the studio and on site[7], the result was a large canvas entitled Generation of Alternatives[8]. The same year she exhibited in Summer Show 1, along with Andrew Darke[9], Andy Goldsworthy and Steve Joy[10] at the Serpentine Gallery, London[11][12]. Boyd concentrated on colour field painting until 1990 when ideas concerning the interdependence of time, memory and consciousness demanded a new medium able to express the inherent temporal nature of these concepts. Light itself would replace paint while in the drawings, charcoal dust would become the primary medium.[13]

Beginning with the series, Water Course i-iii (1993) using plaster dust, mirror and projected light, Boyd’s installations would experiment with refraction and reflection. In 1995, Boyd exhibited To the Warder of Things Present, a solo exhibition at Stichting de Achterstraat, Hoorn, Netherlands[14].

In 1999 she exhibited Out of Bounds in May Show at the British School at Rome. Also that year, in No Added Sugar, a group show with Kate Davis and Terry Smith curated by Roberto Annecchini at Change Studio d’Arte Contemporanea, Boyd exhibited It was Today[15] and in Grottesche curated by Domenico Scudero[16] she exhibited Gathering Worlds at Ex-chiesa di S. Stefano, Tivoli. Boyd’s site-specific installation, Chancing the Circle (1999) was installed in the Pantheon, Rome in May 1999.

One example of her use of natural light and mirror is Perfect Stranger (2000)[17], which explores, at a particular moment, the sense of place contained within the surfaces and cavities of a moulded ceiling. Boyd exhibited with Tessa Garland[18] and Tim Braden[19] in Seeing Things (2004), a group show at Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall. Boyd’s Living Memory (1988)[20] Artspace Sydney, Australia and Grounded in Time 1989 University of Surrey Guildford, UK are examples of solo exhibitions which featured large-scale drawing installations. Boyd’s work, Water Haulage iii (1991) was selected for the 10th Cleveland International Drawing Biennale (1991)[21].

In conclusion of a Residency at the Warburg Institute, University of London, Boyd exhibited two works Double Volume (2001) and Palindrome (2001), a transcription of Las Meninas (1656) by Diego Velázquez. In 2006 Boyd returned to the University of London as Leverhulme Trust Research Fellow[22] to engage in a new work entitled Concrete Liasions (2006)[23], a major light-based installation for the facades of Senate House Tower, Malet Street London[24]. In 2011 she was appointed Brown Foundation[25] Fellow, a fellowship programme administered by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston at Dora Maar House, Ménerbes, France[26] [27] together with composer Chaiyu Hsu[28] and author Cheryl Toman[29]. Boyd’s installation Vacant Possession (2011)[30] was sited on the ground floor of former home of surrealist photographer Dora Maar.

Honours and Awards

  • 2011 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
  • 2011 Brown Foundation Fellow at the Dora Maar House, Ménerbes
  • 2008 Regent’s Court Residency in association with University of Sydney and Macquarie University, Sydney
  • 2006 Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship
  • 2001 Leverhulme Trust Artist-in-Residence at The Warburg Institute[31], University of London
  • 2000 Arts and Humanities Research Board (2005> AHRC) Research Grant in Creative Arts
  • 1999 Oppenheim - John Downes Memorial Trust Award
  • 1998 Abbey Rome Fellow at the British School at Rome 1999[32]
  • 1994 Verbeeldende Nummers Stichting Wassen Neus - Amsterdam
  • 1981-83 Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts Trinity College, Cambridge
  • 1980-81 Shell Waterloo Painting 1981 commissioned by Shell UK
  • 1978 ACGB Arts Council Fine Arts Award in Painting

Major Works

Boyd’s website features a comprehensive selection of drawings and installation[33]. Significant works include

  • Generation of Alternatives (Shell Waterloo Painting 1981)
  • Out of Bounds (British School at Rome 1999)
  • Chancing the Circle (British School at Rome 1999)
  • Palindrome (Warburg Institute, University of London 2001)
  • Double Volume (Warburg Institute 2001)
  • Concrete Liasions (Leverhulme Trust, University of London 2006)
  • Vacant Possession (Dora Maar House 2011)

Public Collections

Publications

  • Jane Boyd, Place in Vertical Space: the Rising Skyline in the Urban Environment and the Primacy of Place’’ Etnofoor 2011 v. 23 issue 1 pp144-170 pub. University of Amsterdam ISSN 09215158 [34]
  • Senate House Tower the Capital’s First Skyscraper. The London Journal 2008. Maney Publishing Volume 33 no 3 pp249-269 ISSN 0305-8034[35]
  • Jane Boyd, Picture This: Velázquez’ Christ with Martha and Mary, The Expository Times 2006, Sage Publications Volume 118 pp70-77 ISSN: 0014-5246[36]
  • Jane Boyd and Philip F. Esler, Visuality & Biblical Text: Interpreting Velázquez “Christ with Martha and Mary” as a Test Case, 2004 Leo S. Olschki Editore Florence, Vol. 26 in the series Arte e Archeologia ISBN 88 222 53699 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum. Launched 8 December 2004 at the National Galleries of Scotland[37] [38] [39], published 2004 Leo Olschki[40]
  • Jane Boyd, Waterways drawings 1990-1992, forward Felix Villanueva, 1992[41]

Notes

  1. ^ "Creative arts fellowship marks 50 years". Cambridge University. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Gibberd Gallery". Gibberdgallery.co.uk. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Presence and Remains study iii; abstract shapes. 1999 Charcoal dust on Arches paper. Drawing. The British Museum Collection". Britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Presence and Remains study iv; abstract shapes. 1999 Charcoal dust on paper. Drawing. The British Museum Collection". Britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Kenneth Boyd, Architect". British Architectural Library Catalogue. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Camberwell College of Art". Camberwell College. Retrieved 7 December 2017. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  7. ^ "Jane Boyd featured in BBC Nationwide July 1981 on Shell Waterloo Painting, commissioned 1981". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Generation of Alternatives by Jane Boyd. Photo of the Shell UK Commission 1981 in situ over the main concourse at Waterloo Mainline Station London, oil on canvas". Commons.wikimedia.org. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
  9. ^ "Andrew Darke FRSA" (PDF). Andrew Darke. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  10. ^ "Artist Steve Joy's biography". Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  11. ^ "Summer Show 1 - Serpentine Gallery, London, 1981". ArtFacts.net. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  12. ^ "Catalogue, Summer Show 1, 4 Jul-2 Aug 1981". Serpentine Gallery. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  13. ^ "Jane Boyd is a visual artist working in light-based installation and drawing". janeboyd.co.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  14. ^ "Catalogue of works, 1995, Stichting de Achterstraat, Hoorn, Netherlands". Oudhoorn. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  15. ^ "ChangeArtConcept exhibition archive 1996-1999". Change Studio d’Arte Contemporanea. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Domenico Scudero, Unclosed Director". Rivista Trimestrale di Arte Contemporanea. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  17. ^ "Perfect Stranger, New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge". Art.newhall.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  18. ^ "Artist Tessa Garland CV". Tessa Garland. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  19. ^ "Artist Tim Braden recent work". Tim Braden. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  20. ^ "Living Memory - a multi-media installation by Jane Boyd, Friday April 15 1988". Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, New South Wales). Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  21. ^ "Catalogue, 10th Cleveland International Drawing Biennale". Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  22. ^ "The Leverhulme Trust - Awards made in 2006" (PDF). Leverhulme.ac.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  23. ^ "Concrete Liaisons - a documentary by Jane Boyd and Paul Cox. London skyline including light based installation Concrete Liaisons on Senate House Tower by Jane Boyd". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  24. ^ "Senate House, London". Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  25. ^ "The Brown Foundation - background". Brownfoundation.org. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  26. ^ "The Dora Maar House". mfah.org. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  27. ^ "Jane Boyd: Reflections of a Past Fellow by Gwen Strauss". mfah.org. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  28. ^ "Chiayu, composer, Ph.D. Recipient of 2016 Music Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters". Chiayuhsu.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  29. ^ "Cheryl Toman, Professor of French and Chair, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Director of Women's and Gender Studies". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  30. ^ "Vacant Possession: Portrait of a Village. Documentary photo-montage of the light-based installation by Jane Boyd at Dora Maar House made possible through generous support of the villagers of Ménerbes who lent their mirrors for the occasion". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  31. ^ "Leverhulme Trust Grants Awarded in 2000, Artists in Residence" (PDF). Leverhulme.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  32. ^ "Abbey Awards: Scholarships & Fellowships in Painting". Abbey.org.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  33. ^ "Jane Boyd:Work". janeboyd.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  34. ^ "Place in Vertical Space: the Rising Skyline in the Urban Environment and the Primacy of Place, Jane Boyd. Journal article, Etnofoor Vol. 23, No. 1, Architecture (2011), pp144-170". Etnofoor. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  35. ^ "Senate House Tower: the Capital's First Skyscraper, Jane Boyd. The London Journal 2008. Maney Publishing Volume 33 no 3 p 249-269 ISSN 0305-8034". Maneyonline.com. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  36. ^ "Picture This: Velázquez' Christ with Martha and Mary - How do we interpret paintings which concern biblical texts?". Journals.sagepub.com. The Expository Times. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  37. ^ "Review, Studio International. Visuality and Biblical Text: Interpreting Velázquez' "Christ with Martha and Mary" as a Test Case, Jane Boyd, Philip F Esler". Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  38. ^ "Review, Renaissance Quarterly. Jane Boyd and Philip F. Esler. Visuality and Biblical Text: Interpreting Velázquez' Christ with Martha and Mary as a Test Case. Arte e Archeologia, Studi e Documenti 26. Florence: Leo S. Olschki., 2004. 156 pp. illus. bibl. €76. ISBN: 88-222-5369-8". The University of Chicago Press. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  39. ^ "Secrets of mysterious painting unlocked, review, Thursday 17 February 2005. Visuality and Biblical Text: Interpreting Velázquez' Christ with Martha and Mary as a Test Case". The University of St Andrews. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  40. ^ "Leo S. Olschki Editore". Wikipedia.org. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  41. ^ "Jane Boyd publications:Waterways drawings 1990-1992". Janeboyd.co.uk. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
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