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, “Pattern” at the Attleboro Arts Museum in 2016, and “Depth Perception” at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in 2017. 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. In 2008 she was honored as the “Artist of Recognition” by the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, and 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, Littleton Museum, Raymond James, Texas State University and the U.S. Department of State, among others.
Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2017
Komorebi, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016
Play of Light, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2014
Translucence, Chicago Art Source Gallery, Chicago, IL
2012
Translucence, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
2010
New Work, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Group
2018
Manipulated: Cut, Molded, Folded, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
Art Aspen, Raven Gallery, Aspen, CO
2017
Depth Perception, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
Luminous – Jane Guthridge and Sophia Dillo, Old Masonic Hall, Breckenridge, CO
Informal Structures, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
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
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
Hot off the Press: New Encaustic Printmaking, curated by David A. Clark, R&F Gallery, Kingston, NY
New Works, Pismo Fine Art, Aspen, CO
2011
A Haiku Moment, Canyon Gallery, Boulder Public Library, Boulder, CO
Art of the Real, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Double Take, Chicago Art Source, Chicago, IL
Botanicus, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
2010
Mix, The Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO
Luminous Layers, Portland Oregon
ArtLA, Los Angeles, CA
The Art of Women, Denver International Airport
2009
Luminescence – Dialog Gallery, Roanoke, VA
The Art of Women, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
Encaustic – Jane Guthridge and Jeff Juhlin, Space Gallery, Denver, CO
Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY
2008
The Print Show, Juried by Bud Shark, Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
The Diptych Project, Steamboat Arts Center, Steamboat Springs, CO
The Diptych Project, Whitney Art Works, Portland, Maine
The Diptych Project, Brian Marks Fine Art, Portland, Oregon
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, Awards Luncheon, Denver, CO
Corporate Collections, Republic Plaza, Denver, CO
2007
“Full Circle – Jane Guthridge and Judy Campbell”, Exhibitrek, Boulder, CO
Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2006
MIAD Venado Tuero, Argentina
2005
Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence Italy
Arte, Denver, CO USA
2004
Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2003
Biennale Internazionale Dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence Italy
Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002
“Estremita” Italiane”, Walker’s, Denver, CO
Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001
James Walker Gallery, Denver, CO USA
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
Selected Collections
Charles Schwab, Colorado Business Committee For the Arts, Colorado State Bank and Trust, First Community Bank, First National Bank of Colorado, GE Johnson Construction Company, Hamilton Collection, Kaiser Permanente, Littleton Museum, Peak Public Relations, Raymond Brown Investments, Ripcord, Ritz Carlton Hotels, Sigler Communications, Texas State University, The Four Seasons Hotel, U.S. Department of State, Wells Fargo
Awards
2017
BreckCreate Artist Residency
2016
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design Residency
2014
Jentel Artist Residency
2013
Colorado Creative Industries, Jumpstart Award
2008
Artist of Recognition, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts
2005
Kittredge Foundation Grant
