Jane Guthridge
Artist Statement
Moving from the Midwest to the abundant sunlight and dramatic skies of Colorado has inspired my work. I have always been interested in looking closely at nature and find that the vast areas of wilderness in the West allow for a deeper contemplation of the ethereal qualities of the natural world – the rich colors of the land, the gentle curves of plants, the patterns of dappled light through trees. I abstract and reconfigure these patterns to convey the underlying rhythms and harmonies of our environment, creating a space that is somewhere between the real and the imagined.
I am interested in light in nature and the transcendent experience light creates. Light fascinates me. It is always changing, from day to night, from season to season, from minute to minute. It is a marker of time. It is an emotional connection – the difference between a cloudy and sunny day. I use a variety of translucent and reflective materials that bend and refract, obscure and reveal, diffusing light and casting shadows in various ways. As the light surrounding the work changes throughout the day, the work will change, as well, changing the perception of both object and viewer.
Artist Bio
Jane Guthridge is a Colorado artist known for her work in a variety of translucent materials exploring the transformative effects of light and nature. Her move from the Midwest to the abundant sunlight of Colorado inspires her work.
Ms. Guthridge has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions internationally. Her work was included in Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in 2013 and the Hunterdon art Museum in 2014, and Pattern at the Attleboro Arts Museum in 2016. Her installation, Reflected Light, was exhibited in 2016 at the Center for Visual Arts in Colorado Women in Abstraction, curated by Michael Paglia, art critic and author of several books on abstraction. She was awarded artist residencies at Jentel Artist Residency and RMCAD and honored as the 2008 Artist of Recognition by the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts. With the generous sponsorship of The Kittredge Foundation, she represented the United States in The International Biennale of Contemporary Art in Florence, Italy in 2003 and 2005. Her work is contained in the collections of Charles Schwab, Colorado State Bank and Trust, First National Bank of Colorado, Four Seasons, Kaiser Permanente, Raymond James, Texas State University and the U.S. Department of State, among others.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2014 Translucence, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012 Translucence, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2010 New Work, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Group
2016 Colorado Women in Abstraction, The Center for Visual Arts, curated by Michael Paglia, Denver, CO
2015 Haiku – Poetry in Art, Arts Brookfield, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
Pattern: Geometric – Organic, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
New Works, Pismo, Aspen, CO
Aqua, Miami Basel, Project Gallery, Miami, FL
Massively Small, J GO Gallery, Park City, UT
2014 Natural Surroundings, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Swept Away, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
New Works, Pismo, Aspen, CO
2013 Swept Away, Cape Cod Museum of Art, curated by Michael Giaquinto, Dennis, MA
2013 Art of the State, Arvada Center for the Arts, curated by Dean Sobel and Collin Parsons, Arvada, CO
2012 Icebreaker 3, Ice Cube Gallery, curated by Glenn Chanzit, Modern and Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
2012 Hot off the Press: New Encaustic Printmaking, curated by David A. Clark, R&F Gallery, Kingston, NY
2012 New Works, Pismo Fine Art, Aspen, CO
2011 A Haiku Moment, Canyon Gallery, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO
2011 Art of the Real, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2011 Double Take, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL
2011 Botanicus, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
2010 Mix, The Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO
2010 Luminous Layers, Portland Oregon
2010 ArtLA, Los Angeles, CA
2010 The Art of Women, Denver International Airport
2009 Luminescence – Dialog Gallery, Roanoke, VA
2009 The Art of Women, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
2009 Encaustic – Jane Guthridge and Jeff Juhlin, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2009 Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
2008 The Print Show, Juried by Bud Shark, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
2008 The Diptych Project, Steamboat Arts Center, Steamboat Springs, CO
2008 The Diptych Project, Whitney Art Works, Portland, Maine
2008 The Diptych Project, Brian Marks Fine Art, Portland, Oregon
2008 Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Awards Luncheon, Denver, CO
2008 Corporate Collections, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
2007 “Full Circle – Jane Guthridge and Judy Campbell”, Exhibitrek, Boulder, CO
2007 Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2006 MIAD Venado Tuero, Argentina
2005 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence Italy
2005 Arte, Denver, CO USA
2004 Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence Italy
2003 Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 “Estremita” Italiane”, Walker’s, Denver, CO
2002 Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001 James Walker Gallery, Denver, CO USA
2001 Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2000 “Duet” James Walker Gallery, Denver, CO USA
1999 James Walker Gallery, Denver, CO USA
1998 “Colorado Wyoming Biennial 1998” OneWest Art Center, Sandy Harthorn, Boise Art Museum, Juror, Fort Collins, CO USA
Awards
Colorado Creative Industries, Jumpstart Award
2008 “Artist of Recognition” Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
Kittredge Foundation Grant
