Janet Allsebrook is a multi-media artist working in printing, photography, 3D installations, and the creation of artist books.
Image: artist’s website (see below)
Her art education has included a MA Printmaking from Bradford College and a post-graduate diploma in Film and Photography from the University of Bristol.
Janet’s work has been shown in exhibitions in the UK, USA and in other European countries. Her prints, for example, have been exhibited at the ‘Livre d’Artiste & Jeu de Hazard’, Marseille 2015, the MA21 Exhibition at Dean Clough, Halifax in 2014, and the ‘Celebrating 21 Years of Arts & Media Postgraduate Programmes’ exhibition at Bradford College in 2014.
Janet also regularly works within the archives of Museums, Libraries and with scientist collaborators, producing multi media exhibitions as a result of research. She was, for example, an Artist in Residence at The Leeds Library in 2016. Janet’s multi-media work was presented at the Library during February/March 2016 in their exhibition: ‘The Enlightenment: Maps, Plants and The Triangular Trade,’ that examined the motives of the search for wealth and power by European nations, including 18th century morals, including debates about slavery, and about commerce and plant hunting. The image below is from this Leeds Library project. Janet has also been Artist at The Soil Association Conference, Bristol, 4th – 6th November 2015.
Image: artist’s website (see below)
Image: artist’s website (see below)
Janet has written :
I like to develop installations, books and exhibitions about the human condition. I work across many media including printmaking, photography, construction, photography and painting, depending on the relevance of those media. My working method is to carry out intensive research. From this research I collect archival material, create images and texts and combine these to make new work. There is nothing better than opening a discussion with an audience. It’s an ideas exchange. I like to tell a story and so an exhibition is like a book blown open and spread around the space!
I have held exhibitions in museums and libraries, in nature and in the garden. I am a gardener. The garden is another world, very much like the human world in many ways. I often use garden related imagery to illustrate ideas and to discuss the human condition. My Artists’ Books are in collections here and around the world.
Image: artist’s website (see below)
Janet’s artist books have been shown at book fairs and exhibitions, including Artist Book Fairs at Sheffield and Leeds. Her books have been purchased by Tate Library Archive, the Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections Library, and by private collectors across Europe and in the USA.
Website: http://www.janet-allsebrook.com/
You can also read Janet Allsebrook’s ‘My Art’ artist statement at https://www.notjusthockney.info/my-art-janet-allsebrook/