Artists

JANE WILBRAHAM

Jane Wilbraham creates works encompassing sculpture, architectural wall reliefs, drawings and watercolours, which explore the shifting dynamics between globalisation and local, vernacular languages.

The majority of Jane's sculptures feature dextrously cut and re-assembled graphics from cardboard salvaged from the fruit and veg boxes used to freight produce around the globe. This highly crafted approach creates a counterpoint to the humble, throwaway nature of the material and highlights the idiosyncrasies of the relationships between global commerce, historical context, shanty-town aesthetics and cultural variations: it is an attempt to define a contemporary 'poetry of place'.

Jane's recent large-scale watercolours of dirt and discarded rubbish, interspersed with plant life (leaves, berries, seeds, weeds etc) chart her movements through different locations. The paintings forensically document Jane's attempts to reconnect with natural phenomena through the foil of the debris of city life, revealing the possibilities of how nature consistently gatecrashes and adapts to the urban environment.

In 2007 Jane was one of 5 artists commissioned for the 'Art U Need' project (curated by Bob & Roberta Smith) which took place in the Thames Gateway,Essex and her second solo show at Hales Gallery was in January 2008.
Her work is included in collections including the British Museum (Prints and Drawings).
Jane lives and works in London, and studied at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam.