Jane Fairhurst

Born: 1953 in Liverpool, United Kingdom Lives and Works: Wigan, United Kingdom

Jane Fairhurst is a multi disciplinary artist who started her career studying Fine art at Liverpool Art College in the early 1970’s.

Jane lives in Wigan and since 1999 has worked from her studio at Cross Street Arts, Standish. She studied for a Masters in Fine Art at John Moores University, Liverpool and in 2010 she gained an MFA with distinction.

Jane makes work in series and has used a multi-disciplinary approach to explore themes of environment, consumerism and the role of women in the human story. More recently she has focused on developing her painting skills using her own sculptural works, her home, its interior and surroundings, as her focus. Jane's themes and subject matter are dynamic and change as new connections surface across the body of work.

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Awards:

2007 & 2005 West Lancashire Painting Prize, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk 2005 3D Prize The Turnpike Gallery, Leigh

Selected Solo Exhibitions:

2021 In Series, The World of Glass, St Helens 2018 The Transit of Venus, Isherwood Gallery, Wigan 2011 Rise Up and Build (collaboration), Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk 2010 Transition, Gallery Oldham

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2023 In The Making, Salford Museum and Art Gallery 2022 Beep International Painting Prize, Swansea 2021 Obstructions, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester 2020 Love is a Rebellious Bird, The Fire Within, Wigan