Jane Waterbury's photostream  

I was born and grew up in Boron, a tiny town in the California Mojave Desert. I dabbled with photography as a teenager but I didn't get serious about it until 1993. Photography gave meaning to my life at a time when I felt worthless. It eventually allowed me to attend the San Francisco Art Institute. Once at SFAI I explored several different mediums including painting, film and digital art. I graduated in 1998 with a BFA in Interdisciplinary Arts.

I'm currently working in photography again. I like to compare the way I'm making art right now to automatic writing. I when I shoot a photo I usually don't understand why I was drawn to make the image. It's not until later that I realize why I made it. The reoccurring themes I see in my work are abandonment and emptiness.

Jane Waterbury

Education
1999 BFA Interdisciplinary Arts, San Francisco Art Institute
1995 AA Photography and Sociology, Antelope Valley College

Group Exhibitions
2008 "Alameda on Camera", Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, CA
2002 "Art Wine and Attractive People", Lair of the Minotaur Gallery, San Francisco
2001 "Inside Outside", Lair of the Minotaur Gallery, San Francisco
1998 Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
1997 Still Life Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
1997 "Spring Show", San Francisco Art Institute
1996 "Spring Show", San Francisco Art Institute
1995 "Select Student Show", Antelope Valley College Art Gallery, Lancaster, CA
1994 "Select Student Show", Antelope Valley College Art Gallery, Lancaster, CA

Awards / Appearances / Articles
2006 "The View From The Studio Door: How Artists Find Their Way In An Uncertain World", Quoted
2006 Sonoma County Fair, 3rd Place Adult Portraiture
1998 "Call for Help", G4, Guest, spoke about the computer as a medium for fine art
1998 "Computers Meet Art", G4, Article about guest appearance on "Call for help"
1995 Platton Scholarship for excellence in Photography
1995 Antelope Valley Arts Council Scholarship