Curriculum Vitae      JAN  RAE
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019    COAST paintings               Lennox Head Art Collective, guest artist
​2018    TRAVEL SKETCHES            Byron Bay Community Centre 
2016    COAST-LINE                       LONE GOAT Gallery, Byron Shire     
2009    Expresiones Tangueras    C.C.Borges Gallery, Buenos Aires  
2008    The Dance Show               Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay  
2005    The Art of Tango               Commerford Gallery, Sydney                                         
2005     A Tango Journey               Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane  
2002     Recent Works                    Cape Gallery, Byron Bay
2001     Works on Paper                Fox Galleries, Brisbane  
2000     Big Faces                            Crawford Gallery,  Sydney
1999     Quintessence                    Fox Galleries, Brisbane                                                        
1990     The Magic Show                Network Galleries, Byron Bay  

  SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018    ARTBOXproject NY           ARMORY ART week, New York
2018    The BIG Little Show          Bundeena Art Trail (with Jean Weiner)
2018    Unbounded                       STACKS project Sydney Art month
2016    40x40                                  Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
2016    UNSW A&D Annual           Kudos Gallery, Sydney
2016    Works on Paper                 ArtPiece Gallery,  Mullumbimby
2016    21.06.16 An Exhibition of Time   ADSpace,  UNSW
2016    RIPE                                      Gaffa Gallery (UNSW Art&Design M.A. )
2015    WEST'  Fowlers Gap Exhibition   AD Gallery UNSW Art&Design  
2014    'Refractions  Sydney Contemporary Abstraction'  Kaleidoscope Gallery  
2014     KG- Expose Show              Kaleidoscope Gallery,  Sydney  
2014     the Drawing Show            Brunswick St Galleries, Melbourne 
2013     Elephant, Water, Tango    Lust for Life Galleries, Brisbane  
2013     Flora and Fauna                Brunswick St Galleries, Melbourne  
2013     Paint, Purpose                   Brunswick St Galleries, Melbourne   
2012     Seascapes                          PopUp Gallery, Byron Bay  (with John Dahlsen)                                         
2007    "The Red Shoes" short film  in travelling ABC ArtsNest exhibition to Lismore,
                                                            Tweed and Grafton Regional Art Galleries  
2006    Down Under and Beyond' Agora Galleries, New York  
2004    Salmon Galleries                 Sydney   
1989    Some Recent Works           Network Galleries Byron Bay (with Les Dorahy)
1988     Landmarks                          Lismore Regional Art Galley 
1987    'Down Under in Disneyland'     SPARC, Los Angeles   (OFFART)
1985 and 1987  OFFART                  Holdsworth Contemporary Galleries, Sydney  

 PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2018/2019  Dance/Draw workshops Byron Bay Tango Festival (projections, drawing and dancing)
2017         Dance/Draw workshop "Drawing the Language of Dance" for Australian Tango Festival, Sydney
2017         Dance/Draw workshop and' Light Dance Performance' at Byron Bay Tango Festival
2017         'DRAW to PERFORM' Symposium , performance and workshop ,Brighton U.K.
2016         'Powerful Moments Forum'  workshop 'Tango and the Art of Connection' Mullumbimby
2008-16   Teaching and coordinating events for ByronTango
1999         Teaching TAFE, Lismore  - Colour Theory and Drawing
1995-98   Designer and Mural Painter for DIEMME Pty Ltd, Sydney 
1991-94   Theatre Set designer and painter NORPA and Tin Shed Theatre  (Byron)
1993         Teaching TAFE, Ballina -Aboriginal Special Projects                                         
1991         Co-ordinator ”Common Site” public seminar for NORART (Byron)
1984-89    Co-ordinator and mural painter OFFART Mural Team
1981-85    Director, Lismore Regional Art Gallery

 GRANTS and AWARDS:
2017          finalist Noosa Regional Gallery Drawing Prize
2016          invited artist and highly commended, Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Kudos Gallery, Sydney​
2016          winner Waverley Drawing Prize
2016          finalist Noosa Regional Gallery Drawing Prize
2016          highly commended, Smalls Show, Brunswick St Gallery
2010          Byron Arts Classic Art Prize
2009          finalist Country Energy Art Prize  Lismore Regional Art Gallery
2007          finalist ABC Artnest awards for best emerging screen artist  
2007          winner Australian Tango Championships (Sydney Opera House)
2005          Dance Art Prize Sydney
2000          Mosman Art Prize (popular vote)
1999          Easter Art Acquisition Art Prize Byron Bay
1987          Peter Brown Memorial Fellowship, Australia Council
1985          Visual Arts Board grant for Bangalow Mural
1976          Ceramics Workshop Development Grant (Australia Council)

  STUDIES:
2016             Master of Art   UNSW Art and Design
2007             Media & Performance Lismore TAFE
1998             Art History (British Institute, Florence, Italy)
                      Life Drawing (Florence, Italy)                                                                       
1972-75        Fine Arts, Queensland College of Art 

  PUBLICATIONS:
2019            'TRAVEL SKETCHES: the illustrated observations of a tango dancer in Buenos Aires' by Jan Rae
2018             PAJ: A Journal of Performance & Art, New York; ed: Bonnie Marranca
2016             RIPE   UNSW Art&Design 
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  COMMISSIONS and MURALS:
1995 -2001  Mural and decorative artwork Brunei Palaces   (DIEMME Sydney )
1984, 1988  The Byron Bay Community Centre Murals (Offart)

  INSTALLATIONS:
1988             Adelaide Festival (Festival Forecourt)​  
1987             SPARC  Los Angeles
​1986             Sydney Festival (Archibald Fountain) 
 (installations by Offart: a collaborative team 1984-1989 )
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