Xylor Jane

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Xylor Jane
Born1964 (age 57–58)
U.S.
Alma mater San Francisco Art Institute
OccupationArtist, painter

Xylor Jane (born 1963) [1] is an American visual artist and painter. Her work is labor intensive and made up of dots, set to a mathematical sequence. [2] Often the paintings are made of bright colors. [2] She has lived and worked in Greenfield, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York City; and San Francisco, California. [3] [4] [5]

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Life and work

Jane received a BFA degree in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1993. [1]

Her paintings integrate concepts of mathematics by starting a painting with a number and incorporating sequencing, [6] [7] the paintings have a strong use of color, and they reflect time and space with the level of detail. [2] [8] Jane's color is rarely brushed, and rather is applied "in single, unmodulated dots, sometimes as tiny as a millimeter in diameter." [9] [8] Jane has worked extensively with prime numbers and the Fibonacci sequence in her art. [10] She is also known to be highly influenced by the weather, working "according to weather conditions, revisiting one painting, for instance, only on overcast days, and another when it's sunny out: hence, some works take years to produce." [10]

Jane's painting was featured in the Bay Area Now show at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2005. [11] Other Bay Area institutions where she has had solo or two-person shows include the Jack Hanley Gallery, [12] Gallery 16, [13] the LAB, [14] and the Luggage Store Gallery.[ citation needed ] Jane had a 2010 solo show at Almine Rech in Paris, France and a 2005 solo show at Four Gallery in Dublin, Ireland. [15]

Exhibitions

Jane's exhibitions include:

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References

  1. 1 2 Kemp, Arnold J. (March 12, 2012). "Xylor Jane and B. Wurtz: Recent Work". PNCA Untitled. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Yau, John (June 3, 2012). "The Mysteries of One, Two, Three". Hyperallergic. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  3. ↑ Spivack, Emily (September 4, 2019). "When a Discarded Cat's Whisker Becomes a Prized Possession". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  4. ↑ Motley, John (March 7, 2012). "Unlikely pair of artists share obsession with time". Oregonian/OregonLive. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Xylor Jane and Jeff Kao: Blue Max". The Lab. October 9, 2004. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  6. ↑ Heinrich, Will (September 18, 2019). "TriBeCa, the New Art Stroll". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ Eisenman, Nicole (December 2019). "Nicole Eisenman". Artforum.com. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  8. 1 2 3 Yau, John (April 6, 2009). "Xylor Jane: N.D.E." The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  9. ↑ Pagel, David (February 5, 2018). "From the tiniest of pinpoints of color, Xylor Jane creates pulsating patterns of life". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  10. 1 2 Schmerler, Sarah (October 12, 2012). "Xylor Jane – Reviews". Art in America. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Bay Area Now 4 Visual Arts - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts". AbsoluteArts.com. 2005. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  12. ↑ "Xylor Jane (with Nao Bustamante) - Exhibitions - Jack Hanley Gallery". www.jackhanley.com. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  13. ↑ Gallery 16. "Gallery 16 | Carry the One". Gallery 16. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Xylor Jane and Jeff Kao: Blue Max". archive.thelab.org. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  15. ↑ "Xylor Jane Biography – Xylor Jane on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
  16. ↑ Smith, Roberta (November 3, 2006). "Art in Review; Xylor Jane -- Dying Everyday". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Xylor Jane "trice"". NYAB Event. 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
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