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Artist Website : JaneKilford.co.uk

	Education:	1990 – 91 Foundation Access Course, Portsmouth College of Art, Design and Further Education. 1991 – 95 BA Hons. Art and Design, Winchester School of Art.

	Current Activities
		• Current project -Shaping Places. Education programme led by Kent Architecture Centre involving multi -disciplinary practitioners and Key Stage 2 and 3 students exploring the built environment • Up and Coming- ‘I Spy’ - Havant Art Centre Oct.04 An installation exploring our obsession with watching and being watched • 4 x4 - Workshops and exhibition using parts from a 4x4. Sept.04 • Make a Rocket-See it Go- Children’s Workshop, Portsmouth Central Library. Sat. 16.10.04 • Plus ‘Poesy’. Looking at a move in to garden sculpture Member of Catalyst –Women Art and Science Member of Art Space Portsmouth since 1996 Past member of “remarks”, Winchester based visual art group Founder member of Platform shoes, currently in suspension

	Exhibitions:
	2005	Key Works - Celebrating 21 years of Art Space Portsmouth, Portsmouth City Museum,20.07.01-02.09.01 Miz-maze - Drop-in Workshops to accompany Key Works exhibition.29.07.01 and 05.08.01. Snapshot - Joint exhibition with Sue Freestone, Havant Arts Centre, Havant. 28.07.01-08.09.01. Art from Words – Southampton City Art Gallery, 06.11.01 – 30.12.01. Open Studios 2001 - December 2001

	2002	Catalyst 8 - Curves that Count, 2002 - Portsmouth Arts Centre, 07.03.02 – 28.03.02. Local Artists Exhibition, 2002 - City Museum, Portsmouth, 08.03.02 – 12.05.02. Latitude – Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Directors Choice – Havant Arts Centre, Havant, 27.07.02 – 23.08.02

	2003	Living History Art Object – project in local Primary School, February 2003, ongoing. Catalyst 9 – Reflexions – Havant Arts Centre, Havant, 08.03.03 – 05.04.03. Workshops/Glenwood School, Emsworth for Nine Days in May, Havant Arts Festival resulting in Bugs exhibition 03.04.03-15.05.03 Art Club at Glenwood School 19.06.03-10.07.03 Showcase Installation, Havant Library throughout July 03 Self-portrait: Exhibition-Southampton City Art Gallery 11.12.03-22.02.04

	2004	Messenger Exhibition-Catalyst Havant Arts Centre !9.02.04-03.04.04 Children’s Workshop Leapfrog- Portsmouth Central Library 06.03.04 Local Artists Exhibition Portsmouth City Museum 19.03.04-16.05.04

STATEMENT

Exploring idylls and utopias Jane Kilford uses found, collected, and acquired material to reprocess and re-present objects thus exposing an intimacy which both liberates and creates a new historical context and dialogue. A graduate of Winchester School of Art, Kilford’s practice centres on manipulation of media into forms, projects, collaborations and site specific work.

Methodology involves breaking down selected materials then reconstructing them using processes such as binding, sewing and nailing. These hand worked pieces refer to basal concepts and tap into pre-lingual communication. Other pieces develop a focus on text, sub texts and today’s use of abbreviated message systems.