Jane Venis

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Jane Venis is a New Zealand multimedia artist, musician and writer. She focuses on the "absurdities and concerns of contemporary popular culture," which she chooses to show through objects, video, sound and performance works. [1]

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Biography

Venis gained a Master of Fine Arts from the Dunedin School of Art, and then a PhD in Fine Arts from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Australia. [1]

Venis taught 'Music Making' night classes in the 1980s [2] and has made musical instruments since 2001. [3] She is currently Professor of Creative Studies [4] in the School of Design at Otago Polytechnic, and she teaches in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. [1]

Venis describes her work as "crafted assemblage" and creates musical instruments from reworked scrap and rubbish materials. Her work references the Japanese art of Chindogu - objects freed from the chains of usefulness. [3]

Notable exhibitions

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Researcher profile for Jane Venis". Otago Polytechnic . Archived from the original on 8 March 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Jane Venis - Award for Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching". Ako Aotearoa. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 Venis, Jane. "Behind the scenes with Dr Clawhammer" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Professoriate". Otago Polytechnic . Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. ↑ "Jane Venis and Hannah Joynt Solo Exhibition – CICA" . Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Hannah Joynt & Jane Venis | Drawn to Sound". The Big Idea. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Drawn to Sound".
  8. ↑ "Hannah Joynt and Jane Venis artwork" . Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "The lost object ensemble - Jane Venis".
  10. ↑ Smith, Charmian (21 October 2011). "Chindogu of human desire". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  11. ↑ Constantine, Ellie (19 March 2009). "Un-necessity mother of inventions". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  12. ↑ "Jane Venis - Blue Oyster Art Project Space". www.blueoyster.org.nz. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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