Jane Michalski
Contact Information
Education
M.A. - University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, 1983
B.F.A. - University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee, 1978
Artist's Bio and Statement
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Artist Jane Michalski has resided in Chicago for the past 28 years. Since 2005, she has been working in the medium of encaustic, and is a member of the newly formed encaustic painter’s group, Fused Chicago. Her work is included in private and corporate collections. In addition to her studio work as an artist she is active as a community gardener. For the summer of 2009, she is curating an exhibit, “Logan Square Connections” for the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival. She has a BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an M.A from the University of Illinois-Urbana. Ms. Michalski was the recipient of 2008 and 2009 CAAP grants from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
"These encaustic paintings start as a simple geometric structure enclosed in a square. The square is a format that suggests the world of ideas to me, and includes stability, confinement, and predictability. This structure undergoes a metamorphosis from the planned to the unplanned as the layers of wax are scraped, smoothed, and incised. I work intuitively to build complexity and nuances of color and texture. At some point, accidental effects occur. Either they happen spontaneously, or I work in a way that is less controlled and seek to bring them about. This way of working is intended as a metaphor for the divergence between human intellect and emotion. The transformation from controlling our emotions to letting go is one that can occur spontaneously in ways that are unpredictable.
"My intent is for the painting to reflect this dynamic and to become a record of the changes that occur during its own creation."
Solo Exhibitions
2000
School of Culinary Arts at Kendall College; Evanston, IL
1998
ARC Gallery, Invitational Space 1; Chicago, IL
1988
Chicago Workshop *Architects*; Chicago, IL
Two Person Exhibitions
1998
Moraine Valley Community College; Palos Hills, IL
1987
Hild Cultural Center; Chicago, IL
Earth Energy Pastel Drawings, Beverly Art Center; Chicago, IL
1986
St Luke’s Gallery, Church of St. Luke; Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
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2009
Annual Members' Show, Woman Made Gallery; Chicago, IL. juror, Judithe Hernández
Metamorphosis, co-sponsored by Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE and International Encaustic Artists; juror, George W. Neubert, Catalogue Published
4th Annual Nat'l Juried Exhibition, Katherine Butler Gallery; Sarasota, FL. juror, Roy Slade
2008
Feminist Ecology: Women and the Earth, Koehnline Museum of Art, Oakton Community College; Des Plaines, IL
Around The Coyote Fall Festival, Chicago, IL
1998
Loss and Grief, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Small Packages, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997
Twenty-first Annual Alice & Arthur Baer Competition, Beverly Art Center,Chicago, IL
1996
ARTIKISM - From the Outside In, Chicago, IL
1995
Gallery 1633 Guest Artist, Chicago, IL
1992
Sexual Politics, 1800 N. Clybourn Building, Chicago, IL
Seventy-First Annual Art Exhibit, Women’s Club of Evanston, IL
Michiana Regional Competition, South Bend Art Center, South Bend, IN
1986
Color '86, Oak Park Art Center; Oak Park, IL
Awards
Meditation and Longing Honorable Mention; Seventy-First Annual Art Exhibit, Women’s Club of Evanston, IL
2008/2009 Chicago Artist’s Assistance Program Grant Recipient
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