Jan Allsopp

As an artist I explore how shape and colour can evoke memory of place and time. I live in what was my families beach weekender and childhood memories surround me and influence my work. When I begin a painting I start with no preconceived ideas but instead play in paint with the happy emotions I remember. As the work develops I choose a shape or shapes to emphasise and pare down the colours. It is at this point I choose which of my themes the work will fit into. I use these constraints to guide the finished work. My abstract paintings are done in acrylic, drawing media and collage on wood panels. My 3D abstracts are constructed of painted wood and found objects. 

2016 Creative Visionary Program, Nicholas Wilton, San Francisco, USA
Incomplete BA (Fine Art & Visual Communication), Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA
1992 Certificate in Painting, North Coast Institute of TAFE, Coffs Harbour NSW
1993 Certificate in Drawing, North Coast Institute of TAFE, Coffs Harbour NSW

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery - upcoming
2012 Paw-traits, Bunker Cartoon Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
2006 Roll Up!, Bunker Cartoon Gallery, Coffs Harbour NSW
2005 Cool Canines, Bunker Cartoon Gallery, Coffs Harbour NSW
2004 Recent Work, FWO, Coffs Harbour NSW
2003 Recent Work, FWO, Coffs Harbour NSW
2000 A Cup of Tea and a Nice Lie Down, Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour NSW

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 New Year, New Work, Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery, Coffs Harbour NSW
2018 The Summer Show, The Art Space, Urunga NSW
2018 Guura/Bloom, The Art Space, Urunga NSW
2018 Full Circle, The Art Space, Urunga NSW
2018 Northern Exposure 5, Glasshouse, Port Macquarie NSW
2013-15 Group Exhibitions, The Art Factory, Coffs Harbour NSW
2012 Women’s Exhibition, Cr8Studios, Coffs Harbour NSW
2011 Summer Sessions, Matilda Street Gallery, Macksville NSW
2011 Affordable Art Exhibition, Cr8Studios, Coffs Harbour NSW
2011 Opening Exhibition, Cr8Studios, Coffs Harbour NSW
2011 Soul Food, Bowraville Community Art Gallery, Bowraville, NSW
2010 Converge, MV Gallery, Gladstone, NSW
2009 Warwick Art Prize, Warwick Art Gallery, Warwick, Qld
2007 Body of Work, Liminal Space, Coffs Harbour, NSW
2006 Arc...