Jane Chafin, Artist
CV
2018 - Present
Artist
September 2008 – February 2016
Director, Offramp Gallery (Pasadena, CA, www.offrampgallery.com)
March 2001 – May 2006
Director of Content, Patron Technology (www.patrontechnology.com)
December 1999 - October 2000
Editorial Director, CultureFinder.com
September 1998 - December 1999
Managing Editor, CultureFinder.com
September - December 1999
Copy Chief
1988 - 1998
Assistant Registrar
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
Cultural Affairs Department, City of Los Angeles
Freelance writing/editing experience:
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Los Angeles Times
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Downtown News (Los Angeles)
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The Book Report (www.bookreporter.com)
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CultureFinder.com
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New Yorker magazine “Culture Wire” e-newsletter
1982-1998
Artist
EXHIBITIONS (1987-1998)
1998 “Night Vision,” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles
1996 “Mute Utterings,” Hollywood Digital, Los Angeles
1995 “Mirror, Mirror . . .” Bancroft Gallery, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
“Women and Surrealism,” Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
“Whose Body Is It Anyway? – The Larger Woman,”
Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House
Gallery, St. James, NY
1994 “2nd Annual Discreet Holiday Objects: Miracle on 18th
Street,” benefit for Side Street Projects,
Santa Monica, CA
“The Marvelous,” Jose Drudis-Biada Gallery, Mt. St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles
Solo Exhibition, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles
“Chafin, Miller, Watanabe,” Open Studio Exhibition, The Brewery, Los Angeles
1993 Oversight at the Project Box,” The Project Box, Los Angeles
Onyx 11 Year Retrospective, Onyx Echo Gallery,
Los Angeles
1992 Twisted Tales – The Fourth Annual Excursion,” John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Day of the Dead,” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles
Sub Tropical Gallery, coordinated by FAR in conjunction with LA Freewaves, Los Angeles
Three-person exhibition, John Thomas Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Symbology,” Security Pacific Gallery at the Plaza
Annex Exhibition, Williams/Lamb Gallery, Long Beach, CA
1991 ArtExpo California, Los Angeles, Onyx Gallery Booth
“Day of the Dead,” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles
2nd Annual Labor Day Festival Group Exhibition, Onyx Gallery, Los Angeles
Solo Exhibition, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles
1990 “Day of the Dead,” Las Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles
L.A. Festival Group Exhibition, Onyx Gallery, Los Angeles
Solo Exhibition, Onyx Gallery, Los Angeles
Solo Exhibition, The Espresso Bar, Pasadena, CA
1989 “Day of the Dead,” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles
“All City Art Open,” L.A. Municipal Art Gallery
1988 “Hearts and Flowers,” The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA
1987 “Day of the Dead,” The Folk Tree, Pasadena, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY (1987-1998)
Converse, Elizabeth. “A Wanderer’s Tour of Events.” Artweek Vol. 25, No. 1 (January 6, 1994): 12-13, illus.
Fagu, Hina. Review. Hollywood Digital. Coagula #24. Mid Autumn, 1996: 54.
Newsday. Melville, New York, (Friday, March 19, 1995: p.?, illus.
Oversight Magazine. Los Angeles, (Fall 1993): 20, illus.
Wilson, William. “Dreams, Themes in Barnsdall Exhibitions.” Los Angeles Times, October 15, 1998
Artist’s Resume
EDUCATION
Ohio Wesleyan University, 1969-1972
UCLA Continuing Education, Los Angeles, 1979-1980
Otis/Parsons Continuing Education, Los Angeles, 1980-82, 1986
Private Art Study, Los Angeles, 1982-86
EXHIBITIONS
2023
UPCOMING
CURRENT
PAST
Solo exhibition, Buffer Zone, July 23 - August 20, 2023, Roswell Space, Opening Reception: July 23, 3-6pm.
Video artist's talk for Buffer Zone, at Roswell Space, recorded on August 6, 2023, moderated by Anita Bunn and Gallery Director, Jonna Lee.
Telling Stories, El Camino College Art Gallery, February 13 - March 9, 2023. Opening Reception: February 18, 2-5pm.
2022 Prospective Memory, California Baptist University, Rose Garden Chapel Art Gallery, Riverside, CA, September 21 - November 18, 2022
2021 Map of DTLA 2020-21, October 1 - November 7, El Nopal Press, Los Angeles
2020 Jane Chafin/Stevie Love: New Paintings, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA March 2 - April 10, 2020
Installation shot, Jane Chafin/Stevie Love: New Paintings, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA March 2 - April 10, 2020