Jane Jaskevich
Artist Statement

Permanent Collections
My stone sculptures are mystical in nature.  
An AJC reviewer once said " Jane creates dreams in stone".
My art reflects the coexistence of the conscious and subconscious, 
the symbolic and literal, and the ancient and modern. 

I am a direct carver. I draw directly on the stone. With an idea in my mind, I start chiseling. 
Being a figurative sculptor I usually start an idea  that revolves around the human form. 
Sometimes I am inspired by an object. I have added interesting found objects that 
suggest wings or neckpieces and the like!!!.  My  most recent sculpture evolved into a
 diver since the cool blue marble I  was carving for the body suggested water. I attached a 
crystal head and she became a sea nymph.  

It is a discovery of the unconscious.  Your body follows what your creative self dictates.
My art evolves usually as I create it.

 I am especially interested in combining various materials in my figures. I pay homage 
to the Greco-Roman roots of stone in sculpture.  I  combine contemporary bodies with
 Greek faces . .From the Romans, I borrow the process of combining differnt stones in one figure .
The winged figure is one of my favorite  Greek motifs.  I recently created a Nike figure 
from stone and found objects. She is ancient in that she is in ruin..no head, arms or legs. She is 
modern in her wings are created from the curved back of an antique 
chair. She floats on copper tubing .

 My stone sculptures invite the viewer to interpret thus creating their own stories


 Permanent Collections

Centerpiece sculpture,GTE Data Services Center, Tampa
People's Church, East Lansing, MI
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL, 2 sculptures
Nationsbank Headquarters, Tampa, 3 sculptures
Art Center, Winter Haven, FL
Valencia Community College, Orlando
Cooper’s & Lybrand, Barnett Bank Blg, Tampa
Colorado Boxed Beef Headquarters, Winter Haven, FL
Poe & Associates, TECO Plaza, Tampa
Sun Bank, College Park, FL

Selected Exhibitions

2010
Twenty Ten Exhibit, WCAGA, Perimeter College, Atlanta
The Figure, Catherine Hayes Gallery , Greenville Sc
Poetic Form, 16 Patton Gallery, Asheville,NC
Thrive, Perimeter College Art gallery, Atlanta

2009
7 Facets, The Peace Center, Greenville SC
Mid-South Sculpture Exhibit, Chattnooga TN
Figure and Form, b&j Gallery, Atlanta
Sculpture Celebration, Lenoir, NC
Best In Show , 16 Patton, Ashville , NC
GPC Faculty Exhibit,
Perimeter College, Atlanta

2008
Figuative Allusions
, 16 Patton, Ashville, NC
Red, Perimeter College, Atlanta
Stone Sculpture , pb&j Gallery, Atlanta, GA
GPC Faculty Exhibit, Perimeter College, Atlanta
Gallery Artists, Art Cellar, Banner Elk, NC

2007
The Peace Center Sculpture Exhibit, Catherine Hayes Art Event, Greenville SC
The Cliffs Art Exhibit, Lake Keowee SC

2002- 2006 The Suitcase Exchange Show, Traveling show NC Galleries, New Zealand
2006 WCAGA Group Exhibit,The Defoor Centre, Atlanta GA

2005
Disclosure, Perimeter College, Atlanta
Tri-State Member's Exhibition, ,Catherine J. Smith Gallery, ASU, Boone NC
Spectrum, Spruill Art Center, Atlanta
Fire, Spruill Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Sculpture Invitational. The Art Cellar, Banner Elk, NC

2004
Loveland Invitational Sculpture Show, Loveland CO,
Infusion, DeFoor Art Centre, Atlanta,
Sculpture Invitational. The Art Cellar, Banner Elk, NC
Paradigm, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta
Faculty Exhibit, Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA

2003
Jaskevich & Adams, Adams Studio, Winter Haven , FL
Jaskevich & Cook, Art Station Art Center, Big Shanty, Kennesaw, GA
Shadows: Interrupted Light, Genema Gallery, Atlanta
Sculpture In The South, Summerville, SC
Jaskevich and Cook, Art Station Art Center, , Kennesaw, GA
Emergence, Kennesaw State university, Kennesaw, GA
Sculpture Celebration, Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC1 (995-96, 98, 2001)

2002
Thrive, Perimeter College Art Gallery, Clarston, GA 2002
Fully Formed ,Four Georgia Artists,Invitational ArtWalk, Lenox Square, Atlanta
Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO

2001
Tri-State Sculptors Exhibition,
Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2000
Tri-State Sculptors Exhibition, Brevard College Art Gallery. Brevard NC
Into The Millennium Invitational , South Cobb Art Alliance, Mableton, GA
Jaskevich & Sistrunk , The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL

1999
Jaskevich & Clement, SoHo Gallery, Pensacola, FL
Woman’s Point Of View, Invitational Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, GA.
Jaskevich, Clement & Tavrides, Art Center, Lake Wales, FL

1997
Jaskevich, Cook & Keith, Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta
Jaskevich & Petruiello, The Art Place, Marietta, GA

1995
Jaskevich & Hill, Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta,
Jaskevich, Schubert, and Tavrides, Art Center, Winter Haven, FL

1994 Jaskevich and Keith, Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, (1991)

1993
New England Art Expo, Boston
Contemporary Works: Florida Artists, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL

 

 

Selected Awards and Honors

Second Place, Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur, GA, 2000
Second Place, Man, Earth & Sky, Quinlan Visual arts Center, Gainesville, GA,1998
Honorable Mention, Art Station Member Competition, Stone Mountain, GA, 1998
Honorable Mention, 13th Annual Sculpture Celebration, Lenoir, NC, 1998
Artist's Choice, 11th Annual Sculpture Celebration, Lenoir, NC 1996
Honorable Mention, Annual Fine Arts Competition, Winter Haven, FL, 1987,1989
Merit Award, A Company of Women, Winter Haven, FL, 1984, 1991,1994
Purchase Award, Mayfaire, Lakeland, FL, 1988, 1990-93
Honorable Mention, Mayfaire, Lakeland, FL, 1991
Award of Excellence, Member's Competition, Arts on the Park, Lakeland, FL, 1990
Second Place, A Company of Women, Winter Haven, FL,1988.
Award of Merit, Mayshow Competition, Lakeland, FL, 1987
Juror, South Carolina Visual Arts Fellowships, 1986
Juror, Mayfaire, Polk Museum of Art, 1986
Award of Excellence, Mayfaire, Lakeland, FL, 1984
Best of Sculpture, Mainsail, St. Petersburg, FL, 1983
Third Place, International Art Competition, New Orleans, 1983

Education

Florida State University; Master of Art Education, 1977
University Of Georgia; Bachelor of Fine Art, 1975
Workshops: Bronze Casting, Crealde Art Center, Winter Park, FL, 1982
Marble Carving, Pietrasanta, Italy, 1986
Public Art: Concrete, International Sculpture Conference, Chicago, 1998
Juror
South Carolina Visual Arts Fellowships, 1986
Mayfaire, Polk Museum of

 

Internet Web Sites and Galleries

16 Patton, Asheville NC
Art Cellar, Banner Elk, NC
Catherine Hayes Galllery, Greenville SC
sculpture.org ( International Sculpture Center portfolio section)
TriState Sculptors.org (members
MidSouthSculpture.org(Members)
postpicasso.com
absolutearts.com

Atlanta's Public Radio NPR WABE 90.1 present Jane in an interview on City Cafe Sept 24, 2009.
You can hear the segment if you go to their link

http://www.pba.org/programming/programs/citycafe/3766/

Atlanta's Public Radio NPR WABE 90.1 present Jane in 2008in "Atlanta Sounds."
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http://www.pba.org/programming/programs/atlantasounds/1403/

 

 

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