Curriculum Vitae : Janna Pameijer 

27 Ekert Road

Maleny, Qld., 4552 - Australie

Phone: (07)5494 4223

Mobile: 0411 457 358

janna@jannasart.com

www.jannasart.com

 

Education:

            Diploma of Fine Arts, Warrnambool CAE Victoria. 1978.  Special Recognition Scholarship.

 

Summary:

  • Full time Artist - Sculptor 1978 - present.
  • Highly proficient sculptor using specialised clay slab construction.
  • Especially recognised for animal studies and figurative portraiture.
  • Sought after lecturer/teacher/workshopper.
  • Accomplished Public Artist in various media.

 

Achievements and Experience:

Completed the Diploma of Fine Arts at Warrnambool CAE, Victoria in 1978. Since then has perfected the method of clay construction on various subject matter and particularly animal studies both domestic and wildlife and also figurative portraits.

 

Through involvement in wildlife art, co-foundered the Queensland Wildlife Artist’s Society in 1981. Served in an executive capacity for many years, and was awarded life membership.

 

Inspired by the human form, has created many remarkably lifelike portraits and figure studies in clay and bronze.

 

1990                Involved in community artwork on the UFO project with Hands on Art, Brisbane. This project involved members of the Lutwyche community participating in the making of a wall mural in fired clay. This is now mounted at the Lutwyche Shopping Centre.

 

2001                Commemoration of Federation, Oversaw a 2-week community group project in Charters Towers creating a series of life-size figures that typified residents in the era of Federation.

 

2001                Worked with members of the Maleny community preparing 5 large images in decorative clay tiles that have been incorporated in the pavement outside the Community Centre in Maple Street.

 

2000 - 2005     Worked on an enormous project, building a stone house private residence.

 

2003- 2004      Completed a commission for a large shopping centre complex in N.S.W. The project involved making a pair of life-size dolphins for a fountain garden. The dolphins were completed in cast aluminium.

 

2006                Involved in design development proposals for streetscape sculptures in Maleny for Caloundra City Council.

 

2008                Completed the first of three public sculptures in steel for Port Stephens Council as a feature for a newly constructed roundabout at Nelson Bay.

 

2009                Completed public sculpture “Herd of Cows” for Sunshine Coast Regional Council, sited in Maleny, Queensland.

 

Workshops:

 

The essence of all workshops has been to encourage participants to explore the wonderful medium of clay and to develop the individual’s artistic attributes. Where relevant, to invite them to explore ideas associated with their cultural background.

 

Workshops have been a key element for more than 25 years, and are conducted regularly from the Maleny studio, and in numerous centres throughout Queensland, interstate and overseas. These include workshops with the McGregor Summer School at the University of South East Qld, Society of Sculptors Queensland, Queensland Potters Association and over 25 different community groups and schools throughout Australia.  The first international workshop was held in Italy in 2007.

 

Exhibitions:

 

1980                Solo exhibition, Cintra House, Brisbane.

1979-83           Group exhibitions with the Wildlife Artists of Australasia, Melbourne.

1982-95           Group exhibitions with the Queensland Wildlife Artists Society, Brisbane.

1989-95           Group exhibitions with the Society of Sculptors Queensland, Brisbane.

1994-95           Nationwide group exhibition titled "Wildlife in Art", at Currumbin, Gold Coast

1997-99           Group exhibition, “All Nature Art”, at Mt Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.

July 94             Solo exhibition, Malcolm's of Maleny.           

July 94             Group exhibition, Stanthorpe Art Gallery.

September 94   Group exhibition, Sculpture Satellite Project, Brisbane.

September 94   Group "Wombat" exhibition, Royal Zoological Society of S.A., Adelaide.

October 94       Group exhibition, Noosa Fine Art Gallery, Noosa.

February 95     Group exhibition, Western Gallery, Toowoomba.

March 95         "Birds of a Feather" group wildlife exhibition, Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens, Brisbane.

June 95                        Group wildlife exhibition at "Talk to the Animals", Eagle Farm, Brisbane.

March 96         Group marine and coastal exhibition at Convention Centre, Brisbane.

May 99                        Heads - Group exhibition at Palmwoods, Sunshine Coast.

 

Artist in Residence:

 

May 2000        Toowoomba Boys Grammar School.

2001                Charters Towers, Federation Year Project

 

Acquisitions:

 

Chisholm Gallery, Caufield, Victoria.

Kelvin Grove High School, Brisbane.

South Pine Shire Council, Strathpine, Queensland.

Currumbin Sanctuary, Gold Coast, Queensland.

 

Prizes:

 

1982                  Wildlife Sculpture, Melbourne.                                              

1989                 Wildlife Sculpture, Brisbane.

1995                  Sculpture Award, Currumbin, Gold Coast.                 

1997                 Caloundra Arts Awards, Sunshine Coast.

2006                  Immanuel College                                                      

2006                 Zonta Women in Art