Jane Gillings b. 1965

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Jane Gillings, born in 1965, is a Sydney artist who uses discarded plastic for assemblage art. She has also worked in print making, especially lino prints, painting, drawing and installation. Gillings works at Mission Australia as an art tutor for disadvantaged youths. Jane Gillings divides her time between teaching art at a Mission Australia youth art program, and making her own artwork. Her work is diverse and encompasses printmaking, painting, illustration and sculpture. More recently she has been exploring the concept of waste and has embraced her compulsion for hoarding to create works that resurrect discarded objects. Jane's work attempts to draw attention to the amount of waste that we produce as humans. By presenting it back to her audience as something beautiful, she hopes to make people more aware of what they are throwing away, and its potential for reuse.
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creator of
Snowy Owl
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Commission. Plastic sculpture

 
creator of
Pete
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Plastic sculpture

 
creator of
Scrap
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Plastic sculpture

 
creator of
Patience
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Plastic sculpture

 
creator of
Meat Tray
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Plastic sculpture

 
creator of
Watermark
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URL
http://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/nag/learning/artcart/hit_the_bottle_2009

Installation created in collaboration with Alison McDonald (along with volunteers) and displayed in Newcastle Region Art Gallery March 2009.

 
creator of
That was the man
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Plastic sculpture

 
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Found Feathered Friends
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URL
http://www.ngart.com.au/exhibition_gallery_21.html

A collection of life-sized replicas of birds created from discarded plastic, wire and hot melt glue.

 
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Plastic Planet
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Plastic sculpture

 
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Vincent
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Plastic assemblage of Van Gogh self portrait.

 
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Wreath
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URL
http://www.ngart.com.au/images/artists/gillings/bunches.pdf

This work was exhibited in Bondi Sculpture by the Sea, 2007.

 
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Human Waste
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URL
http://www.ngart.com.au/images/artists/gillings/exhibition_popup_jg05.html

Created from discarded plastic, wire and hot-melt glue.

 
creator of
Arnolfini Marriage
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Plastic assemblage version of Jan Van Eyck’s classic painting of the same name.

 
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Straw Man
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Created from plastic drinking straws.

 
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American Plastic
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Plastic assemblage

 
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Steel
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Metal assemblage

 
creator of
Saint Barbie
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Plastic assemblage

 
creator of
If not for you
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Used pill packets assemblage

 
creator of
Lines of days
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Plastic assemblage

 
creator of
Gotham
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Plastic assemblage piece created from black, white and grey discarded plastic.

 
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Sea grass
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Acrylic on board

 
creator of
Powow
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Acrylic on board

 
creator of
Lotus 1
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Acrylic on board

 
creator of
Harvest
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Acrylic on board

 
creator of
Eight more words
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Acrylic on board

 
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  • Lippiatt, Greg (associate of)
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  • Sea grass (creator of)
  • Powow (creator of)
  • Lotus 1 (creator of)
  • Harvest (creator of)
  • Eight more words (creator of)
  • Train ride home (creator of)
  • Primary Icons (creator of)
  • Dreamboat (creator of)
  • Lungs (creator of)
  • Red Room Chair (creator of)
  • Sydney Hospital (creator of)
  • Ropes on Batavia (creator of)
  • Essington (creator of)
  • ANZAC Day Ferries (creator of)
  • Snowy Owl (creator of)
  • Plastic Planet (creator of)
  • Pete (creator of)
  • Scrap (creator of)
  • Patience (creator of)
  • Meat Tray (creator of)
  • That was the man (creator of)
  • Straw Man (creator of)
  • American Plastic (creator of)
  • Steel (creator of)
  • Saint Barbie (creator of)
  • Lines of days (creator of)
  • If not for you (creator of)
  • Vincent (creator of)
  • Gotham (creator of)
  • Arnolfini Marriage (creator of)
  • Wreath (creator of)
  • Found Feathered Friends (creator of)
  • Human Waste (creator of)
  • Watermark (creator of)
  • Sculpture by the Driveway (creator of)
  • The Roy Turner Gate (creator of)
Related collections
  • North Sydney Leagues Club (collected in)
  • Westmead Children's Hospital (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • 1995 Winner- Macquarie University Art Prize (received)
  • Sculpture by the Sea Kids Choice Prize (received)
  • 2007 Finalist- Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize (received)
  • City of Sydney Council Guest Speaker "Creative Pros" (received)
  • 2004 Runner-up- Reverse Garbage 'Junk Love' competition (received)
  • Telstra Paint a Payphone competition (received)
  • 2002 Runner-up- Tap Gallery Environmental Art Award (received)
  • Design for Macquarie University Student Diary (received)
  • 1994 Winner- Macquarie University Art Prize (received)
  • Chinese Calligraphy Campbelltown City Show (received)
  • Runner-up- Sydney Opera house 21st Birthday poster competition (received)
  • 2006 Nominee- Pride of Australia medal (received)
  • North Sydney Leagues Club Sporting Prize (received)
Related events
  • Sculpture 2010 (exhibited at)
  • Marrickville Council: Art in the Park, 'Cross Pollinations' (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture Show (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture Inside (in conjunction with Sculpture by the sea) (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture by the Sea (exhibited at)
  • There is No Place Like Home (exhibited at)
  • Fragile Planet (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Fishers Ghost Art Award Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture by the Sea (exhibited at)
  • South Sydney Council Mascon Festival (exhibited at)
  • Real Refuses (exhibited at)
  • Junk Love (exhibited at)
  • Relief Prints (exhibited at)
  • Ink Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Portia Geach Memorial Award Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Waverley Woollahra Art Show (exhibited at)
  • Australian Chinese Painting Society Annual Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Lloyd Rees Youth Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Found Feathered Friends (exhibited at)
  • Hit the Bottle (exhibited at)
  • Carriage Art Works: Contemporary Art from the City Fringe (exhibited at)