Xylor Jane
{{short description|American artist (born 1963)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2017}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Xylor Jane
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1964}}
| birth_place = U.S.
| alma_mater = San Francisco Art Institute
| occupation = Artist, painter
}}
Xylor Jane (born 1963){{Cite web |last=Kemp |first=Arnold J. |date=March 12, 2012 |title=Xylor Jane and B. Wurtz: Recent Work |url=http://untitled.pnca.edu/articles/show/5365 |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=PNCA Untitled}} is an American visual artist and painter. Her work is labor intensive and made up of dots, set to a mathematical sequence.{{Cite web |last=Yau |first=John |date=2012-06-03 |title=The Mysteries of One, Two, Three |url=http://hyperallergic.com/52388/xylor-jane-canada/ |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Hyperallergic |language=en-US}} Often the paintings are made of bright colors. She has lived and worked in Greenfield, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York City; and San Francisco, California.{{Cite news |last=Spivack |first=Emily |date=2019-09-04 |title=When a Discarded Cat’s Whisker Becomes a Prized Possession |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/t-magazine/xylor-jane.html |access-date=2022-05-01 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Motley |first=John |date=2012-03-07 |title=Unlikely pair of artists share obsession with time |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/art/2012/03/unlike_artists_share_obsession.html |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Oregonian/OregonLive |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2004 |title=Xylor Jane and Jeff Kao: Blue Max |url=http://archive.thelab.org/122-xylor-jane-and-jeff-kao-blue-max |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Lab}}
Life and work
Jane received a BFA degree in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1993.
Her paintings integrate concepts of mathematics by starting a painting with a number and incorporating sequencing,{{Cite news |last=Heinrich |first=Will |date=2019-09-18 |title=TriBeCa, the New Art Stroll |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/arts/design/art-galleries-tribeca.html |access-date=2022-05-01 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |last=Eisenman |first=Nicole |date=December 2019 |title=Nicole Eisenman |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/201910/nicole-eisenman-81365 |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Artforum.com |language=en-US}} the paintings have a strong use of color, and they reflect time and space with the level of detail.{{Cite web |last=Yau |first=John |date=2009-04-06 |title=Xylor Jane: N.D.E. |url=https://brooklynrail.org/2009/04/artseen/xylor-jane-nde |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Brooklyn Rail |language=en-US}} Jane's color is rarely brushed, and rather is applied "in single, unmodulated dots, sometimes as tiny as a millimeter in diameter."{{Cite web |last=Pagel |first=David |date=2018-02-05 |title=From the tiniest of pinpoints of color, Xylor Jane creates pulsating patterns of life |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-xylor-jane-review-20180205-htmlstory.html |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} Jane has worked extensively with prime numbers and the Fibonacci sequence in her art.{{Cite web |last=Schmerler |first=Sarah |date=October 12, 2012 |title=Xylor Jane – Reviews |url=http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/reviews/xylor-jane/ |access-date=2017-03-25 |website=Art in America}} She is also known to be highly influenced by the weather, working "according to weather conditions, revisiting one painting, for instance, only on overcast days, and another when it's sunny out: hence, some works take years to produce."
Jane's painting was featured in the Bay Area Now show at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in 2005.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2005 |title=Bay Area Now 4 Visual Arts - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts |url=http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2005/07/18/33163.html |access-date=2017-03-25 |website=AbsoluteArts.com}} Other Bay Area institutions where she has had solo or two-person shows include the Jack Hanley Gallery,{{Cite web|url=http://www.jackhanley.com/exhibitions/xylor-jane-with-nao-bustamante|title=Xylor Jane (with Nao Bustamante) - Exhibitions - Jack Hanley Gallery|website=www.jackhanley.com|access-date=2020-03-02}} Gallery 16,{{Cite web|url=https://gallery16.com/artists/xylor-jane/one-way|title=Gallery 16 {{!}} Carry the One|last=Gallery 16|website=Gallery 16|language=en|access-date=2020-03-02}} the LAB,{{Cite web|url=http://archive.thelab.org/122-xylor-jane-and-jeff-kao-blue-max|title=Xylor Jane and Jeff Kao: Blue Max|website=archive.thelab.org|access-date=2020-03-02}} and the Luggage Store Gallery.{{Citation needed|date=March 2017}} Jane had a 2010 solo show at Almine Rech in Paris, France and a 2005 solo show at Four Gallery in Dublin, Ireland.{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/xylor-jane/biography|title=Xylor Jane Biography – Xylor Jane on artnet|website=www.artnet.com|access-date=2018-03-07}}
Exhibitions
Jane's exhibitions include:
- 2004 – Xylor Jane and Jeff Kao: Blue Max, The Lab, San Francisco, California
- December 11, 2004 – January 1, 2005 – Xylor Jane, Robin Peck and Luke Murphy, CANADA Gallery, New York City, New York
- October 11 – November 6, 2006 – Xylor Jane: Dying Everyday, CANADA Gallery, New York City, New York{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Roberta |date=2006-11-03 |title=Art in Review; Xylor Jane -- Dying Everyday |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/arts/art-in-review-xylor-jane-dying-everyday.html |access-date=2022-05-01 |issn=0362-4331}}
- February 26 – March 29, 2009 – Xylor Jane: N.D.E., CANADA Gallery, New York City, New York
- May 6 – June 3, 2012 – Xylor Jane: Xylor Jane, 3:07 AM, CANADA Gallery, New York City, New York
- May 9 – June 7, 2015 – Xylor Jane: trice, CANADA Gallery, New York City, New York{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=Xylor Jane “trice” |url=http://www.nyartbeat.com/event/2015/D378 |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=NYAB Event}}
- June 8 – July 15, 2016 – Make Painting Great Again, CANADA Gallery, New York City, New York{{Cite web |title=Xylor Jane › Exhibitions |url=https://www.canadanewyork.com/artists/xylor-jane/exhibitions/ |access-date=2017-03-25 |website=www.canadanewyork.com}}
See also
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Category:21st-century American women artists
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