Jane Barthès

Jane Barthès’ world is big and wild and full of unknowns and her art grapples with the concept of relationships between all things; the ebb and flow between matter and energy, the clash between chaos and order, and the human struggle to find clarity and create harmony in a world filled with uncertainty. Moreover, Barthès has always been fascinated by the concept of space, carving into it and taming it to find order in its infinity.

Barthès was born in Nigeria to a fiery and passionate Catalan, French father and a reserved English mother; this inherited duality has strongly impacted her work as an artist from the start. “I am a good survivor,” Barthès says. “I have turned my world upside down many times”. Those conscious acts of self-implosion may have at one time seemed random, but have become reflective of her artistic point of view. “My desire to demystify what is scary and unfamiliar and make it a part of my personal evolution has clearly informed my work.”

Barthès has lived many lives around the globe, trekking across the African continent as well as China and other developing countries before attending Wimbledon School of Art, University of London. Following graduation in 1994, she left the UK, to spend a decade living ...

Education
BA with Honors in Painting from the London Wimbledon Art School, UK 1994

Exhibitions Abbreviated:

Europe 1994 – 2004

Solo Shows
Le Variétés, Sommières, France
L’Entrepôt, Uzès, France
Cork Street Gallery, Cork Street, London

Group Shows
The Harrodian, London
Red Box Association, Provence, France

USA, 2005 – 2009
Solo Shows
2005 - Tadu, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 - Gallery Sklo, Atlanta, Georgia
2007 - Jalu Gallery, Sayulita, Mexico

Group Shows
2006 - Tadu, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2007 - Tadu, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008 - Salon Mar Graff, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2015
Solo Shows
"Molecules of Drawing", Echt Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

2016
Group Shows
"Dynamic”, Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
Art Fairs
Boca Contemporary Art Fair, Boca Raton, FL

2017
Solo Shows
Kit and Ace Designs INC., Chicago, Illinois
Group Shows
Bridgeport Art Center - 5th Annual Art Competition, Chicago, Illinois

2018
Solo shows
"GRIDZ", Pop Up, Chicago, IL
"Alternative Molecular Universe", Fermilab, IL

Work held in private collections
UK – London, Wimbourne and the Bundes Bank
France – Paris, Nîmes, Montpellier
Germany – Landau
USA – Scottsdale, AZ; Denver, CO; Atlanta, GA; Santa Fe, NM; NYC, New York; Los Angeles, CA; Chicago, IL