Artists in Residence

Jan King (1945 - ) Australia

Title: Fandango Medium: Aluminium and Zinc coating on steel Date : 1988 Dimensions: 965mm x 300mm x 600mm Collection category: Sculpture

Artist in Residence program, funded by Cathryn and Margaret Mittelheuser

Jan King was born and raised in western Queensland. She now lives and works in Sydney. She initially studied art in Perugia, and returned to Sydney to continue studies at the National Art School, graduating in 1975. She completed postgraduate studies at The New York Studio School, New York in 1979 and later received a Bachelor of Visual Art at UNSW, COFA. She has been a practising sculptor for more than thirty years and her work, although abstract, is influenced frequently by landscape and natural forms in the environment and the structures and forces which shift and mould our surroundings. King is represented in numerous public, private and corporate collections, including Macquarie University, University of Western Sydney, UTS, Woollahra Council and the Casula Arts Centre. She has also received numerous awards and grants. The following year saw our artist alumna, Ruth Benson as Artist in Residence for four weeks in 1989. She created a large ceramic work using sand patterns to create her moulds which give her work such a distinctive mark. The sand formations were the starting point for much of her work.

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