I acknowledge the Wodi Wodi people of the Five Islands Dreaming as the traditional custodians of the land on which I work and live. I pay my respects to all First Nations people, their connection to Country and the cultural knowledge they hold.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Janine Bailey is an artist who cultivates slower relationships with the materiality of printmaking, sculpture and drawing. Her approach amplifies processes such as folding, pulling, tracing and stretching and is exemplified by her use of felting – a textile producing practice in which natural fibres are condensed and pressed together. In this interchange between materials and artist there is both comfort and agitation as possibilities for expression and healing emerge. Materials such as wool, stone and charcoal assume an empathetic quality, which is enhanced when Bailey’s sculptural and graphic works are considered alongside her felted birds and other animals. Bailey extends her interest in questions of communication, multispecies and sustainability in work that combines nature materials, participatory sculpture and performance.
Janine is currently undertaking research into sustainability and the visual arts at University of Wollongong. Her PhD candidature is interdisciplinary, working with the discipline of Geography and Sustainable Communities and the school of Arts, English and Media.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Finalist, Wollongong Sculpture in the Garden Prize, Wollongong Botanic Gardens
2022 Group show, Bushcare Residency, Towri Centre, Wollongong Botanic Gardens
2022 Finalist, Reimagined Sculpture Prize, Hornsby Council, Hornsby
2019 Luminous Landscapes, Wollongong Botanic Gardens & Wollongong Council, Crown Street
2019 Finalist, Reimagined Sculpture Prize, Shoalhaven Council, Nowra
2018 Group show The Committee, Airspace Projects, Marrickville
2017 Finalist Clyde & Co Art Award, Sydney
2015 Group show Bespoke City, UNSW Art & Design, Kensington
2015 Group show Hidden Sculpture Prize, Rookwood Cemetery, Lidcombe
2015 Group show Language Disorder, Interlude Gallery, Glebe
2015 Finalist Sustainable Waste to Art Prize, City of Ryde, North Ryde
2015 Group show Taking Up Space, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
2014 Group show Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
2014 Winner Interfaith Exhibition, Verge Gallery, Sydney
2013 Finalist Verge Gallery Awards, Verge Gallery, Sydney
EDUCATION
2022 – present PhD Candidate – University of Wollongong
2021 Diploma of Sustainable Living – University of Tasmania
2016 Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours Class 1) University of Sydney – Sydney College of the Arts
2009 Bachelor of Social Science (Emergency Management) – Charles Sturt University
AWARDS & PRIZES
2022 Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship (AGRTP)
2016 University of Sydney Honours Scholarship
2015 Winner University of Sydney – Sydney College of the Arts Dean’s award for sculpture
2015 Winner Verge Gallery Awards – works on paper
2015 Highly Commended Rookwood Sculpture Prize
2014 University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize
2014 University of Sydney Dean’s list of Excellence in Academic Performance
2014 1st Place – Interfaith Exhibition Verge Gallery
2013 University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize
2013 University of Sydney Dean’s list of Excellence in Academic Performance
RESIDENCIES & INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
2022 Casual Lecturer (Art, Nature & the Environment) – University of Wollongong
2022 ARTWARD Artist in Residence – Wollongong City Council
2011-2021 Commercial Artist & Printmaker, Ducksalad
2019 – 2020 Teacher – Workshops – The Tinkerage Shellharbour
2020 Teacher – Screenprinting Multi Colour – National Art School
2020 Printmedia Technical Assistant, Sydney College of the Arts
2019 Artist Assistant & Screenprinter, Richard Dunn
2019 Mentor Disability Student, Sydney College of the Arts
2017 – 2019 Gallery & Committee Member, Airspace Projects Inc, Marrickville Finalist, Reimagined Sculpture Prize, Shoalhaven Council, Nowi
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