Born Liverpool 1953, lives and works in Greater Manchester

www.janefairhurst.co.uk | www.axisweb.org | jane@greenslate.plus.com

Membership

OK Studios, Standish | Suite Studio Group, Salford | Red-Dot Exhibitions, Liverpool

Education
1972 Diploma in Art and Design, Liverpool College of Art.
1985 North Western Regional Advisory Council for Further Education - Certificate for Teachers in
Further Education.

Employment
1987-1997 Fine Art Tutor Wigan Adult Education Service
1997- self employed artist devising and managing fine art projects in schools, colleges and with community groups in and around the North West
1999-2006 Setting up and administration of OK Studios

Touring Exhibitions
TOURING OK 2002, exhibition devised and managed by Jane Fairhurst and Elaine Bennet
Castlefield YHA Commonwealth Games, Manchester/Robin Park Indoor Sports Centre,Wigan
The Door, Merseyide Youth Association Liverpool Biennial

Publications
Katalogue Volume 1 –From Pop to Politics, a catalogue of our time. Launched London 2005, Montreal, Berlin 2006, Paris 2007

Exhibition Judging
2007 West Lancashire Open

Future Exhibitions
2008 Solo Exhibition Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2007 Solo Exhibition Panacea Bar and Restaurant, Manchester

Recent Exhibitions

2007
Freefall Series, Derby Conference Centre (Solo Exhibition)
Looking Sideways, Drumcroon Gallery, Wigan
West Lancs Open Exhibition, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
Stairwell Solo Exhibition, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
Imitate, Tatton Park, Cheshire
You Are Here, Kitchen Gallery, Norton Priory, Runcorn
Freefall, Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (Solo Exhibition)

2006
Colour Box Series, Solo Exhibition Cornerhouse, Manchester
The Postcard Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Suite Open Studios, Suite Studios, Salford
Art Supermarket, Ale and Porter Gallery, Bath
Red Dot, Liverpool Biennial Indep 52 Roscoe Street, Liverpool
Cupola 15, part 2 Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
Cupola 15, Cupola Gallery, Sheffield
Sefton Open, Atkinson Gallery, Southport
Post It, Atkinson Gallery, Southport
Unnatural Selection, Shrewsbury Art Gallery
West Lancs Open, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
Out in the Open, Imitate at Tatton Park
Smallpond, Chorlton Mill, Manchester
Colour Box, Imitate Gallery, Manchester
Colour matters, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
Britishness, Cornerhouse, Manchester
Wrexham Open, Wrexham Arts Centre, Wales

2005
Yuletide, Imitate Gallery, Manchester
Suite Open Studios, Suite Studio Group, Salford
Katalogue Volume 1 (selected artist), Trafalgar Hotel, Trafalgar Square, London
Sefton Open, Atkinson Gallery, Southport
West Lancashire Open (1st Prize), Chapel Gallery Ormskirk
Imagine, Osteopathic Childrens Centre, Manchester
OK Open OK Studios, Standish
Objects of Desire (3D prize), Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
Wrexham Open, Wrexham Arts Centre, Wales

2004
On The Wall Olympia, London
West Lancashire Open, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
OK Open, OK Studios, Standish
Regeneration, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh
The Evolving Toy-Installation, Investment Centre, Wigan (Solo Exhibition)
Manchester Academy of Fine Art, Salford Art Gallery

2003
OK at Egg, Egg Gallery, Liverpool
West Lancashire Open, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
OK Open, OK Studios,Standish
Shrewsbury Open, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery
Amnesty International Exhibition, Southdown Gallery, Leamington Spa
Do/Dont, Can/Cant, Impact 3, South Africa Michaelis School of fine Art, University of Cape Town
Liverpool Biennial Independents Blundell Street Gallery, Liverpool
Small Voices 3 Wigan Investment Centre, Wigan (Solo Exhibition)
Small voices 2 Egg Gallery, Liverpool
Small Voices 1 Cajobah Gallery, Birkenhead

2001
OK Open Studios Standish
Small Voices, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh (Solo Exhibition)
Yours and Mine, Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery

2000
OK Christmas Exhibition Standish
Warrington Open Warrington Museum & Art Gallery
OK Open Studios Standish
Musee Imaginaire Museum of Installation Touring Box Project,
Turnpike Gallery, Leigh and permanent archive of MOI, London
Intrinsic Book Touring Exhibition, Ramsgate Library, Kent,
The Cajobah Gallery, Birkenhead, Drumcroon Art & Education Centre, Wigan, Barbican Library, London