Jane Button is a mixed media artist who makes small scale 2D and 3D works from her home studio in Wooroloo. She began making art in 2008 when she enrolled in the Arts and Design course at the (former) Midland TAFE.
Inspired by the human face, which plays a central role in much of her art, Jane's work explores the way characters are created through expression and setting, and features a strong emphasis on the lone figure.
With a current focus on printmaking, she often incorporates linocuts, drypoints and image transfers into her 3D pieces. She is intrigued by the metamorphosis her characters undertake as they progress through several different processes from original images to completed works.
In December 2017 she held her first exhibition at Mundaring Arts Centre, and in 2020 took part in two; WA Print Makers Association's Bodies of Work and Mundaring Arts Centre's Stories from Home.
In 2021, she held a solo exhibition at Ellis House arts centre entitled Distant Shores, and also presented a body of work at the Moores Building Gallery in Fremantle.
In 2022 she took part in Extricate, a group exhibition of contemporary printmaking held at Mundaring Arts Centre.
She is now preparing a body of work for the upcoming exhibition Face to Face, to be held at Ellis House in August 2023.
Awards
Distant Shores
Beginnings
Point of Origin
-2022-
Northam Art Prize: Local Artist Award | Point of Origin
-2021-
Beverley Art Awards: Print Making Award | Point of Origin
-Highly Commended: Mixed Media | Fragments
-Highly Commended: Small Works | Argosy
-Highly Commended: Mixed Media | Fragments
-Highly Commended: Small Works | Argosy
York Art Awards: Theme Award | Isolation
-2019-
Bayswater Art Awards | Navigate
York Art & Craft Awards:
-Sculpture award | Distant Shores
-Avon Valley Resident best exhibit in craft | Beginnings
-Avon Valley Resident best exhibit in art | Soar
-Sculpture award | Distant Shores
-Avon Valley Resident best exhibit in craft | Beginnings
-Avon Valley Resident best exhibit in art | Soar
Wundowie Iron Festival: Painting Award | Angelica
Melville Art Awards: 3D Award | Distant Shores
Kalamunda Art Awards: 3D Award | Distant Shores
-2018-
Darlington Arts Festival: 3D Highly Commended | Flotilla
York Art & Craft Awards: Theme Award (Theme: Fifty) | Face Up
Sculpture Award | Navigate
Sculpture Award | Navigate
Print Makers Association WA Print Awards: Rural Artist Award | Pillars of Fire
Exhibitions
-2022-
Mundaring Arts Centre | Extricate
Mundaring Arts Centre | Country Connections (Shire of Mundaring acquisitive exhibition)
Mundaring Arts Centre | Second Best Time
-2021-
Fremantle Arts Centre | Bodies of Work (PAWA exhibition)
Ellis House Arts Centre | Distant Shores (Solo)
Central TAFE Gallery | Between the Sheets Artist Book Exhibition
-2020-
Mundaring Arts Centre | Stories from Home
Fremantle Arts Centre | Bodies of Work (PAWA exhibition)
-2018-
Mundaring Arts Centre | Don't Jettison Everything
-2017-
Mundaring Arts Centre | Gifted