Lot 297 - Jayne-Anita Smith - Sanctum

Acrylic and oil on gessoed paper
2025
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Art on a Postcard

About
Jayne Anita Smith's contemporary art practice delves into the sacred feminine and the rediscovery of our connection to nature. Through paintings, drawings and prints in her latest series, she explores ways to reshape our understanding of identity and place, looking towards a more holistic approach to the environment amid the looming threat of climate change.

Education
2005 - 2009
BA Hons Fine Art, University College Falmouth, Cornwall

Solo Exhibitions
2022
A fragile state, BAGT, London

2017
Fool’s Paradise. Coates and Scarry, Gallery 8, London

2016
Small works, Newlyn Picture Room, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall

Group Exhibitions
2023
Tao Hua Tan residency group exhibition, Hefei Kurami Art Gallery, Hefei, China
Windows and thresholds, Bell House, London, UK

2022
Re-Call, Award winners show, Air Gallery, Manchester, UK
Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester, UK
Cambrian Open, Conwy, Wales

2021
Air Gallery open, Saul Hay Award winner, Manchester, UK
Frontier Art Open, 3rd Runner up, Sheffield, UK
Overexposed, The visionary Projects, Online
Tangled up in blue, Purslane art gallery, Online

2020
Hedges and houses and mothers and children, I Like your work, curated with Dazed and Confucius, Online exhibition
Summers Shadow, A Way Art Gallery, Online exhibition
We could apply our lipstick, C&C Gallery, London, UK
Wells Contemporary art open, Somerset, UK
Harley Open, Harley gallery, Nottingham, UK

2019
RA Summer exhibition, London, UK
Morph, Mash Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

2018
Beep painting prize, Swansea. Wales
Art Gemini Prize, London, UK

Awards
2022
Artworks Solo Show Award, Barbican Arts Group Trust
Saul Hay Award, Air Gallery