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Jane Fine
Born1958
New York City, US
EducationHarvard University, Tufts University, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Known forpainting, abstraction
Movementfeminism, neo-pop
SpouseJames Esber

Jane Fine (born 1958) is an American visual artist.[1][2] She has been an active participant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn's art scene since the 1980s.[3] Her work has been associated with graffiti and the work of Philip Guston, who she met at Harvard University.[4] She collaborates with her husband, the painter James Esber, under the pseudonym "J. Fiber".[5]

Early life and education

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Jane Fine grew up in New York City.[6] She attended Hunter College High School and enrolled at Harvard University as a mathematics major, but then switched majors to focus on studio art.[7] After graduating with a B.A. magna cum laude in Visual and Environmental Studies, she studied painting for two years at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and went on to receive her M.A. from Tufts University.[8] In 1989, she attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.[9]

Career

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In 1985, Fine became one of the founding members of 124 Ridge Street Gallery in the Lower East Side, and participated in the gallery until 1988.[10] In 1986, Fine moved to Williamsburg and became an active participant in the neighborhood's growing artist community, for which she was consulted in Ann Fensterstock's book Art on the Block: Tracking the New York Art World from SoHo to the Bowery, Bushwick and Beyond.[11][12][13]

Her 1995 solo show at Casey Kaplan was the gallery's inaugural exhibition.[14] Fine showed her work in some of the first commercial exhibition spaces in Williamsburg, including Annie Herron’s Test-Site and Pierogi (originally named Pierogi 2000).[15] She was represented by Pierogi for over 20 years, where she had seven solo exhibitions.[16][17] Other one-person exhibitions by Fine have been held at locations including White Columns and the Mitchell Gallery at the Ringling College of Art and Design.[18][19]

In 2018, after a 23andMe test, Fine discovered that the man she thought was her biological father was not.[20] She was able to determine the identity of her biological father, a pediatrician she knew as a child named Henry Eisenoff.[21] This patrilineal discovery had a profound impact on the direction of her work, which began to incorporate text as a means to explore the complex range of memories, perceptions, and emotions associated with the event.[22]

Teaching

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Fine has held academic teaching positions at several institutions including Alfred University, Hamilton College, the University of California, Davis, the Rhode Island School of Design, and Vassar College.[23] Notably, in 2009, she was the Christian A. Johnson Visiting Artist-in-Residence at Middlebury College.[24]

Awards and fellowships

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Residencies

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Selected solo and two-person exhibitions

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  • Love, American Style, Pierogi, New York (2018)[38]
  • Contents Under Pressure, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York (2015)[39]
  • Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Remain Calm, Clifford Gallery, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York (2014)[40]
  • Formulas For Now, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York (2012)
  • Jolly Quagmire, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, California (2010)
  • Where Boys with Guns Wear Bows in Their Hair, Prospect 1.5, The Wesley, New Orleans, Louisiana (2010)[41]
  • Glad All Over, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York (2009)
  • J. Fiber: World War Me, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York (2008)
  • Skirmish, Pierogi, Leipzig, Germany (2007)
  • Shock and Awe, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, Texas (2007)
  • Friendly Fire, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts (2006)
  • After Sugar Time, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York (2004)
  • Jane Fine: New Work, Pierogi, Brooklyn, New York (2000)
  • Jane Fine, Casey Kaplan, New York (1996)
  • Jane Fine, Casey Kaplan, New York (1995)
  • White Room: Jane Fine, White Columns, New York (1992)[42]

Collections

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References

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  1. ^ "Jane Fine". Christie's. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ^ Johnson, Ken (2 April 2004). "Art in Review: Jane Fine -- 'After Sugar Time'". New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  3. ^ Vartanian, Hrag (24 March 2011). "Back to the Future, the Williamsburg that Waz". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  4. ^ http://www.artnet.com/magazine/reviews/garcia-fenech/garcia-fenech1-5-01.asp
  5. ^ Supanick, Jim. "Makin'Whopee: A Conversation with J. Fiber; James Esber and Jane Fine". The Brooklyn Rail. Archived from the original on 2024-06-24. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Episode 62: Jane Fine: Abstract Artist Discovers Family Secret". Happiness Through Hardship. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  7. ^ Carey, Brainard. "Jane Fine". Museum of Non-Visible Art. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  8. ^ Carey, Brainard. "Jane Fine". Museum of Non-Visible Art. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  9. ^ "People Database". Skowhegan. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  10. ^ "May 5, 1986 members of the 124 Ridge Street Gallery". Facebook. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  11. ^ Fensterstock, Ann (2013). Art on the Block: Tracking the New York Art World from SoHo to the Bowery, Bushwick and Beyond. St. Martin's Publishing Group. pp. XIII, 140, 250, 251.
  12. ^ "Jane Fine". Verdad Magazine. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  13. ^ Kalm, James (June 2008). "Brooklyn Dispatches". The Brooklyn Rail.
  14. ^ Smith, Roberta (14 April 1995). "Art in Review". New York Times. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Annie Herron, 50, an Art Dealer, is Dead". The New York Times. 28 September 2004.
  16. ^ "Jane Fine". Pierogi. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  17. ^ Yablonsky, Linda. "What Makes a Painting a Painting?". Artnews. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  18. ^ "Jane Fine Bio". Pierogi. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  19. ^ "White Room: Jane Fine". White Columns.
  20. ^ Saltz, Jerry. "25 Things to See, Hear, Watch, and Read Over the Next Two Weeks: Family Matters" (PDF). Vulture. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  21. ^ "HENNRY EISEN OFF, PEDIATRICIAN, 71; Aide at the Bronx-Lebanon Haspital Center Dead". The New York Times. 21 March 1964.
  22. ^ "Patrilineations: Jane Fine at Pierogi".
  23. ^ "Bio". Jane Fine. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  24. ^ Richards, Ramona (April 16, 2009). "Jane Fine". Middlebury Campus. p. 17.
  25. ^ "Announcement".
  26. ^ "New York Foundation for the Arts".
  27. ^ "New York Foundation for the Arts".
  28. ^ "Fine Arts Work Center".
  29. ^ "NEA Annual Report 1989" (PDF). National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  30. ^ "Our Artists – Yaddo".
  31. ^ "Jane Fine - MacDowell Fellow in Visual Arts".
  32. ^ "All Fellows". Fine Art Work Center. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  33. ^ "Meet the Artists |".
  34. ^ "Past Residents". Golden Foundationwilliam. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  35. ^ "Central City Artist Project". Central City Artist Project. Archived from the original on 19 December 2010. Retrieved 15 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  36. ^ "Jane Fine". Cité internationale des arts. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  37. ^ "Jane Fine: "Love, American Style"". The Art Guide. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  38. ^ McCann, Margaret. "Patrilineations: Jane Fine at Pierogi". Painters' Table. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  39. ^ "Jane Fine: Contents Under Pressure". Golden Foundation. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  40. ^ "Jane Fine: Ladies and Gentlemen, Please Remain Calm". Clifford Gallery. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  41. ^ "P.1.5".
  42. ^ "White Room: Jane Fine".
  43. ^ "Orange Flip". Harvard Art Museums. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  44. ^ "Swamped". University at Albany Fine Art Collections. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  45. ^ "Forced Entry". RISD Art Museum. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  46. ^ "Artists". West Collection. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  47. ^ "The Artist Pension Trust Had a Utopian Dream to Give Artists a Shared Retirement Fund. It's Devolved into Legal Threats and Despair". 11 January 2022.

Bibliography

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  • Jerry Saltz, "25 Things to See, Hear, Watch, and Read Over the Next Two Weeks", New York Magazine, September 16, 2018
  • Margaret McCann, "Patrlineations: Jane Fine at Pierogi", Painters' Table, October 3, 2018
  • Ann Wood, "Jane Fine Pours Herself Into Her Work", Provincetown Banner, March 15, 2018, p. 27
  • D. Eric Bookhardt, "Review: Works by Chris Guarisco, James Esber and Jane Fine", Best of New Orleans, March 19, 2013
  • Will Corwin, "Jane Fine", Art Papers, 34, no. 1 (January/February 2010), p. 64
  • Stephen Maine, "Jane Fine/Pierogi", Art in America, 97, no. 11 (December 2009), p. 140
  • Jim Supanick, "Makin’ Whopee: A Conversation with J. Fiber, James Esber and Jane Fine with Jim Supanick", The Brooklyn Rail, April 2008, pp. 29–33
  • Benjamin Genocchio, "What Is War Good For?", New York Times, January 9, 2005
  • Gregory Volk, "Big Brash Borough", Art in America, no. 8 (September 2004), pp. 93-97, 142
  • Ken Johnson, "Art in Review", New York Times, April 2, 2004
  • Stephen Maine, "Dateline Brooklyn", artnet.com, April 2004
  • "My Mother’s An Artist", New Yorker, May 26, 2003
  • Holland Cotter, "Art Guide", New York Times, March 1, 2002
  • Holland Cotter, "For Hikers Seeking Art, Brooklyn is a Left Bank", The New York Times, December 15, 2000
  • "Galleries: Jane Fine", New Yorker, November 27, 2000
  • Cathy Curtis, '"A Bridge to Brooklyn", Los Angeles Times, November 18, 1997
  • Roberta Smith, "Art in Review", New York Times, April 14, 1995
  • Stuart Servetar, "Jane Fine", New York Press, April 12, 1995
  • Roberta Smith, "Shades of a Rebirth for Painting", New York Times, June 18, 1993
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