Jane Granby
Encyclopedia
Jane Granby is an American
artist (b. October 7, 1975) based in San Diego, California
. Granby’s work includes painting, photography, and works of mixed media. Her work is often autobiographical including emotions ranging from pain to joy.
. She received a B.A. in Art in 1997 from University of California, Los Angeles
(UCLA) where she studied with artists including Don Suggs
, John Baldessari
, Henry Hopkins
, Roger Herman, and Baraba Drucker. Granby has been under going treatment for a cancerous brain tumor
since she was twelve years of age.
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artist (b. October 7, 1975) based in San Diego, California
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
. Granby’s work includes painting, photography, and works of mixed media. Her work is often autobiographical including emotions ranging from pain to joy.
Biography
Jane Granby was born in San Diego, California. She started her art career early in life at Zamorano Fine Arts Academy and San Diego School of Creative and Performing ArtsSan Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts
The San Diego School of Creative and Performing Arts, known as SCPA, is a public arts magnet school in southeastern San Diego, California, USA. Most of the students in grades 6-12 are bussed to the school from throughout the San Diego Unified School District...
. She received a B.A. in Art in 1997 from University of California, Los Angeles
University of California, Los Angeles
The University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
(UCLA) where she studied with artists including Don Suggs
Don Suggs
Don Suggs is an American artist based in Los Angeles, California. Described as polymorphic and stylistically variable, his oeuvre includes paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptures and is recognized for its use of color....
, John Baldessari
John Baldessari
John Anthony Baldessari is an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lives and works in Santa Monica and Venice, California...
, Henry Hopkins
Henry Hopkins (curator)
Henry Hopkins studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago, but is best known as a curator, teacher, and museum director. He became director of the Fort Worth Art Center Museum...
, Roger Herman, and Baraba Drucker. Granby has been under going treatment for a cancerous brain tumor
Brain tumor
A brain tumor is an intracranial solid neoplasm, a tumor within the brain or the central spinal canal.Brain tumors include all tumors inside the cranium or in the central spinal canal...
since she was twelve years of age.
Granby’s Work
When asked about her work, Granby will most often provide her Artist’s Statement. Which Reads: "I Do Not Have Cancer, My Body Does"My fingers slowly moved along the small bumps. My fingers would have to adjust since my eyes could not. At twelve I was in a blind school learning BrailleBrailleThe Braille system is a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write, and was the first digital form of writing.Braille was devised in 1825 by Louis Braille, a blind Frenchman. Each Braille character, or cell, is made up of six dot positions, arranged in a rectangle containing two...
. I was rapidly losing my sight and my dream to be an artist. I was adjusting to a new world, a world without sight, a world without color. My heart ached. I had a brain tumor eating away at my optic nerve. It was eating away at my sight and my dreams, but I would not let it eat away at my heart, soul, or my love for God. I prayed.
My prayers were answered. I regained my sight, no medical explanation. My doctors were baffled. One doctor admitted that “some people would call this a miracle.” I agree with that doctor. I believe in miracles. I believe that GodGodGod is the English name given to a singular being in theistic and deistic religions who is either the sole deity in monotheism, or a single deity in polytheism....
granted me my sight as a reminder of his power and grace but has not removed my cancerous brain tumor in order to teach me.
He has taught me faith. He has taught me that I do not have cancer, my body has cancer. He has taught me to say thank you. I say thank you through prayer and with my art.
Once my sight returned, I remember seeing color so much more vibrantly, so much more beautifully. My art is a celebration of those colors, a celebration of vision and healing. Art does not heal the body, it heals the soul. We will not take our bodies to heaven, but we will take our souls, so I paint and I pray.
Awards
- 2007-Awarded Cancer Survivor Hero Medal
- 1994-Painting “Everlasting Life” reviewed for album cover of The CureThe CureThe Cure are an English rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal songwriter Robert Smith being the only constant member...
’s album “Wild Mood Swings - 1990-Courage Award presented by the American Cancer SocietyAmerican Cancer SocietyThe American Cancer Society is the "nationwide community-based voluntary health organization" dedicated, in their own words, "to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and...
- 1990-San Diego Artwalk, Winner
- 1988-American Society on Aging Photography Contest, First Place
- 1988-The City of San Diego Special Commendation by the Mayor in acknowledgement for having artwork chosen to be displayed in a museum in Moscow
- 1988-Artwork selected for “Young Art ’88,” a major exhibition at the San Diego Museum of Art
Exhibitions
Since 1988, Granby’s works have been included in group exhibitions in Los Angeles at The T. Heritage Gallery, The Wight Art Gallery, Kerkoff Art Gallery, The White Room Gallery at UCLA, Long Beach Arts and Whitter Art Gallery. She has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in San Diego, California. Jane Granby’s solo exhibitions include:- 2007-2008:Jane Granby, Girls From the Park, San Diego, CA
- 2005: Photography, Shakespeare’s, San Diego, CA
- 2004: Jane Granby, Café Loma, San Diego, CA
- 2003: British Tea Party, Shakespeare’s, San Diego, CA
- 2001: A Journey: People, Place, Cats, Prime Cuts Gallery, San Diego, CA
- 2000: Happy Day, The San Diego Marriot, San Diego, CA
- 1997-1998: Jane Granby, Boardwalk Studios, San Diego, CA
- 1995: Faces, The Lyceum Theatre, San Diego, CA
- 1995: Beyond, The Cross Cultural Center at the University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, San DiegoThe University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
, CA - 1995: The Dance of Life, The Price Center at the University of California, San DiegoUniversity of California, San DiegoThe University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
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