Artist
Jane Wafer graduated from Oxford Brookes University in 2009 with first class honours in Fine Art. She lives and works in Oxford. In spring last year, she joined the Workshop Studio.
Change and transformation are recurring themes in her work, in which she uses a range of media including photography, video and 3D sculpture. The artist originally studied biology before turning to art as a complementary way to engage with the world, and a fascination with the natural world continues to influence much of her artwork.
News
Jane’s latest body of work,
Untitled - Synthetic Hybrids, was shown at the Manor, Wheatley as part of
Encounters. This work uses industrial and domestic materials in an endeavour to 'fix' dead trees. The construction of animal-like joints and spines enables them to twist and turn, introducing energy and flexibility into their rigid forms.
In spring this year, the artist exhibited with Loredana Faraon at the
Attic Studio in Medesano, Italy.
Mapping Spaces included new work directly responding to the local landscape and plans to create extensive reservoirs by flooding prime farmland.
In September 2009, the artist took part in the
Pestival, held at the Southbank Centre in London. This science-art collaboration was a perfect stage for one of her recent works, the
Not-Doings, which took their inspiration directly from the lives of insects.
