Jane Rosen, New Studies

New York, NY –  Sears-Peyton Gallery is pleased to present Jane Rosen: New Studies, on view January 30th - March 8th. The exhibition features new sculptures and drawings including master works in glass and stone. Rosen’s work is intrinsically linked to her observations and immersion in nature.

Given the precariousness of the future of the environment, Jane’s work is sublimely political. These hand blown beings defy time, draw us, in the artist’s words, “to something other". Jane’s process of creating sculpture in glass is complex, collaborative, chemical—almost alchemical. Starting with a drawing, she assembles a palette of glass powder then, painstakingly, creates the sculpture. Working with glass blowing maestro Ross Richmond, using fire and water, they shape, add pigment, heat and blow the glass until the sculptures take form.

Featured in this exhibition are three works on paper that serve as "studies" for the glass works. These are where Rosen incorporates notes, her palettes for the glass, and pulls in art historical and cultural references. In Study Sheet, 2024 you feel as though your witnessing the landing place for the artists inner thoughts and inspirations. Like the rich textures of Rosen's sculpture, the eye dances between surfaces, from the reflective sheen of Buddhist temple money to Sanskrit paper collaged among the artists notes and drawings. Thought the works on paper are made in preparation for the glass blows, the sculptures that follow are also studies. Rosen's body of work is an ongoing study of natural forms and materials. Her work is the product of her lifelong exploration of these themes.

Rosen was born and raised in New York, NY. After spending many years in Manhattan, she chose to relocate to a rural, coastal property in Northern California in order to live where nature was larger than culture. Rosen now lives and works in San Gregorio, California.

Jane Rosen’s work is featured in numerous public and private collections including the The Brooklyn Museum, Scottsdale Museum of Art, Mitsubishi Corporation, Luso American Foundation, and the US Embassy in Tunis, Tunisia. Her credentials include a professorship at University of California at Berkeley, Senior Faculty Member at the School of Visual Arts in New York and visiting Consulting Professor at Stanford University. Rosen has received the Full Award in Sculpture from the National Endowment for the Arts (1980) and the Full Award in Sculpture from CAPS (1982). She has been honored by the Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City, the Pilchuck Glass School as an Artist in Residence (1999), and is a recipient of the Madein/Luso American Foundation Grant (1988).