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 held solo and group shows since 1989.
PORTRAIT COMMISSIONS: the artist makes a series of studies during two or three sittings, from which an oil painting may be worked later in the studio. The works on paper may be used as studies for the oil paintings, or may be commissioned as completed pastel paintings. The portraits incorporate elements of fantasy and irony to explore the inner landscape of the sitter. The subject plays an active role in determining the compositional elements of the portrait, which may include landscapes or animals or other personal references.
She has also produced a body of work in printmaking, using intaglio etching methods, including portraits and landscapes.
Meditation paintings reflect a long involvement with yoga. Since 1998 she has taught workshops which make use of a strategic combination of meditation and art practice. She is completing a PhD at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, on spiritual art.
Janis Lander writes about art for various publications. Recent articles and reviews may be found on the UNSW website, where she is contributing editor for The College Voice, an online arts magazine:
www.arc.unsw.edu.au/Publication.aspx?id=5
The artist regularly makes artists’ trips to studios in the semi-arid country around Fowler’s Gap Research Station in far western NSW. Her solo exhibition in October 2006 was a collection of paintings, drawings and etchings based on a 2006 trip into the desert. In May 2008, 12 of the pieces from this body of work were hung in the inaugural Plein Air Parliamentary Prize in Parliament House, Sydney. In September 2009, 9 pieces from the most recent trip were hung in the Broken Hill Outback Prize.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 – Time Out, Aquarelle Gallery, Crows Nest, Sydney.
1995 – Life Studies, Eaglehawk Gallery, York St, Sydney.
1992 Tree Pieces, The Wall Gallery, Paddington, Sydney.
1991 – Conversation Among The Gods, Opera Walk, The Rocks, Sydney.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009: Finalist: The Broken Hill Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Gallery, NSW
2008 Finalist: the inaugural Plein Air Parliamentary Prize, Parliament House Sydney.
- Group Exhibition:The Art of Healing – Arthouse Hotel, Sydney.
-Works on Paper: Marianne Newman Gallery,Sydney.
2007 Finalist: Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, State Library Sydney.
- Group Show: Power in the House, Parliament House, Sydney.
2006 – Finalist: Portia Geach Memorial Award.
- Group Show: Courtroom Faces, Supreme Court Building, Sydney.
- Field Trip Exhibition, COFA Exhibition Space.
- Mixed Exhibition: Sarah Roney Gallery, Sydney
- Works on Paper: Marianne Newman Gallery,Sydney.
- PAA Exhibition, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney.
2005 Cicada Press Printmaking, Chiangmai, Thailand.
- Exhibition of Printmaking. College of Fine Arts, Sydney
- Selected: Macquarie International Portrait Artists Australia Exhibition
Australian Embassy, Washington D.C. USA.
- Courtroom & Street Antics, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney.
2004 Fur & Feathers, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney.
2003 Printmaking Exhibition, College of Fine Arts, Sydney.
Artists by Artists, Arthouse Hotel, Sydney.
2002 ‘The Body’, College of Fine Arts, Sydney.
2000 ‘Bay Landscapes’, Rushcutters Bay Gallery, Sydney.
1998 Mixed Exhibition, Style Galleries, Sydney
1997 Mixed Exhibition, Duke of Wellington Gallery, Mosman
Mixed Exhibition, Art Link, Sydney.
Mixed Exhibition, Double Bay Galleries, Sydney.
1995 Sydney University Performance Space.
1990 Centenary Exhibition, JAAS. S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
Graduating Exhibition, Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney.
1987 Finalist: Woollahra Prize Exhibition, Holdsworth Galleries, Woollahra, Sydney
PROJECTS
2006 -2007 Member of ILIRI: Imaging the land International Research Institute, COFA UNSW.
2007 – 2008 Woollahra Public Art Advisory Committee.
From 2003 – Committee Member: Portrait Artists Australia
From 2003 – Contributing Editor: The College Voice, ARC UNSW.
COLLECTIONS
Nelson Meers Collection
Kincoppal Rose Bay Library
Westmead Childrens Hospital
GRANTS
2008 - UNSW ARC/GAS Grant
2007 - UNSW Post Graduate Research Support Scheme
2007 – UNSW ARC/GAS Grant
2005 - COFA SA Post Graduate Award.
1999 – NEIS Grant.
RESIDENCIES
2009 - Fowler’s Gap Research Station, via Broken Hill, NSW.
2008 – Fowler’s Gap Research Station, via Broken Hill, NSW.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
PhD Candidate, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, 2003 -
Master Art & Design Education, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, 2002
Diploma of Painting, Julian Ashton Art School. 1990
Bachelor of Arts, Sydney University, 1975
Certificate 4 – Assessment & Workplace Training, 2000