Artist: Jane Walker  ASGFA

Artist Biography:

Jane Walker studied at Sheffield Hallam University (1984-87) and the Royal Academy Schools (1987-90). She received an Aeneas Travelling Award  from the Royal  Academy Schools (1990), a Lucy Morrison Memorial Award  (1993) and a portrait commission to paint Sir Lawrence Byford from the Royal Overseas League. She was artist in residence on the cross channel ferries between Newhaven and Dieppe (1992) and was a prizewinner in the John Moores 19, Liverpool (1995). Since moving to Sheffield (1998) she has received two Arts Council of England grants (2001, 2003). Selected solo shows include ‘Drawings from the cross channel residency, The Hawth Theatre, Crawley (1993); Royal Overseas League (1994) Sheffield University (2001); Bloc space, Sheffield (2004)  and ‘Short Frieze’ Atkinson Gallery, Southport (2007). Selected group exhibitions include: Urban York City Art Gallery (2001); Dean Clough Galleries, Halifax (2002, 2004) Paintings in Hospitals Sherridan Russel Gallery, London (2003); Jerwood Drawing Prize exhibition (2005); The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition (2005, 2009); Fold It Stroud House Gallery, Stroud (2005) Roderic Barret and his Students Chappel Galleries, Chappel (2006);Urban Voids and Absences turn-berlin gallery, Berlin (2010) and Paint Beldam Gallery, Brunel University (2010).
She lives and works in Sheffield.