Jane Scobie
Jane Scobie’s work is deeply rooted in the rural landscape and the sea shore, it addresses themes of reparation and communication between species in the context of environmental threat. Jane’s research led practice explores biodiversity, extraction and ocean literacy through sculpture, sound, performance and a participative practice that challenges species hierarchies. As an interdisciplinary visual artist her projects investigate how nature can act as a witness to climate breakdown and recovery and how extractive practices continue to dominate management of the coast and land. Jane has an MA in Arts and Science from Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design, University of the Arts London.
Solo shows
March (2022) EDGELANDS Collaboration and landscape installation and Sculpture Trail with Wild Ken Hill re-wilding and regenerative farm, West Norfolk, March 2022
April (2021) Solitaire RAKE Collective (online)
March (2020) Walworth Skies, Project Space, Hendon
Awards and Commissions
July (2024) Ear of the Sea, Holme Beach - installation and workshops commissioned by Ground Work Gallery for Art and Environment
July (2024) Ear of the Sea and Other Stories - Maison/0 This Earth Award shortlist
July (2024) Ear of the Sea and Other Stories - NOVA Award Nominee
September (2022) The Vindication Plates - British Council Venice Biennale Steward-Research Fellowship
Spring (2019) Public Wealth, Private Sufficiency - Walworth Community Garden Network Commission for Chelsea Fringe
Residencies
February (2024) Joya: arte + ecologia / Water restoration and land art residency
Summer (2023) Ground Work Gallery Extraction Residency, Norfolk
(June 2023) Jaywick Social Practice Residency Essex
Publications
October (2024) Ambient Receiver, Journal of Creative Ecologies, Issue One - Sea Urchin A Life
September (2024) InterAlia Magazine, Entangled: Issue 85 - The Wash
Group shows
September 2024 - Meta Nature, BOTH Gallery London, joint exhibition with NeoMeta
June 2024 - EDGELANDS (2022) We Are Nature, Garden of Tomorrow Festival, London
May 2024 - The Commons (2021) Dorset Art Week @ Old Timber Yard, Bridport
April 2024 - Earth Maintenance, KX and Joya Staff (2024) installation and procession, Holding Rain in the Headwater at Gas Holders Park Kings Cross,
April 2024 - Herb Rings (2024) Holding Rain in the Headwater, Bagley Walk, Kings Cross
April 2024 - Floating Lace (2024) performance, Regents Canal
March 2024 - Mask (2023) and Testimony (2024) Membranes, Hypha Studio
March 2024 - Strandline Deposition (2024), performance at Membranes Art and Science Symposium, Hypha Studio
January 2024 - Tentacles (2023) and Strandline Deposition (2024) performance at Sideshow, Lethaby Gallery
November 2023 - Solitaire (2022) at Bill of Health, CSM Windows Gallery
September-December 2023- The Wash: Mask, Hood, Helmet (2023) and Tentacles (2023), Ground Beneath our Feet, Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn
August 2023 - Tide @ 11.41, (2023) Koppel Project Gallery, Hampstead
July-August 2023 - Holme Critters (2023) Ground Work Gallery, Kings Lynn
June 2023 - Earth Rights (2020), Amnesty International Show for 75 years of UNDHR, Italy
March 2023 - Interplanetary Ecology (2023) in All things current are found, Trinity Buoy Wharf
September 2022 - The Vindication Plates (2022) Venice, Italy
June, 2022- Public Wealth, Private Sufficiency (2020) Donne d'Arte, non da Parte, Italy
May 2022 - EDGELANDS (2022) Beyond the Line, Grove Building, Middlesex University
February-August 2022 - Walworth Skies (2020), In Air and Fire, Royal Airforce Museum
January 2022 - Solitaire (2022), Moment in the Ether, Nunnery Gallery
October 2021 - The Commons (2021) Blind Spot, October, Crypt Gallery
October 2021 - Principles of Public Life (2021), performance at Blind Spot, Crypt Gallery
April 2021 - Sea Henge (2021), A3x2, Nunnery Gallery
February 2020 - Public Wealth Private Sufficiency (2020) Islington Arts Factory
April 2019 - The List, Un-floatable Boats (2019), Grove Building, Middlesex University
April 2019 - Ghost of Sir John Soane (2019), performance and installation, Bow Church
April 2019 - Thorns and Roses (2018), performance, Schumacher College, Devon
May, 2018 - 7-Day Recycling (2018), Ruskin Gallery, Working Men’s College, Camden
Research
MA Art and Science Research Paper (2024) How could artists bring the nonhuman witness into discussions about the environmental crisis facing The Wash, Norfolk, UK. Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London
Curation
Good Work, 1995. Ceal Floyer, Darrell Viner and Chris Wainwright;
Do it Herself, 1996. Arts Council funded international exhibition for The British Council.
Association of Newham Artists, 1987. Founder and Curator