ceramic artist/ designer + maker
@janebamford_ceramics
www.janebamford.com
EDUCATION + ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT
2015 -2021
Technician in Technology, The Friends’ School, Hobart, TAS
2014
Tutor in Ceramics (part time) for TCE students, The Friends’ School, Hobart, TAS (2014-15)
2013
Ceramics and Art Technician, The Friends’ School, Hobart, TAS (2013-21)
1998
Arts Facilitator Assistant – Jam Factory Ceramics Department - Ceramic Plates Project, Ernabella Arts Centre, Pitjantjatjara Homelands, via Alice Springs, NT
1997
Associate - Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide, SA
1996
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Ceramics Major), University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (1994-96)
1993
To-En-Kai Pottery Studio – Student/Member, Hamamatsu City, Japan
GRANTS + AWARDS
2022
Climate Change Residency – Arid Recovery Wildlife Reserve, Roxby Downs, SA
Artist in Residency – University of Tasmania School for Creative Arts & Media, Hobart, TAS
2019
Science/Art Residency - University of Tasmania School of Creative Arts, Hobart, TAS
2018
Science/Art Residency – University of Tasmania School of Creative Arts, Hobart, TAS
SAM Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, Adelaide – Finalist 2020/2021
Design Tasmania Awards – Winner ‘Design for Impact’ Category - jointly with Commonwealth Scientific and industrial research organisation (CSIRO) 2019
SAM Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, Adelaide – Finalist 2018
Bay of Fires Art Prize, St Helens – Finalist 2017
Victorian Arts Centre & Walker Ceramics-Highly Commended 1996
University of Tasmania Faculty of Visual and Performing Arts - Deans’ Roll of Excellence 1995
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
PRESENT – Design Tasmania, Melbourne Design Fair, Melbourne, VIC
2021
Crafted Technology, JamFactory, Adelaide, SA
Clay Habitat, Kingborough Hub Gallery, Kingston, TAS
The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA
2020
The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA
2019
Presenters, Australian Ceramics Triennale Exhibition Hobart, TAS
Celebrating Ceramics, Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Holding place Making space, Cradle Mountain Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain, TAS
2018
The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA
Dear kunanyi, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
The Sea Inside, Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2017
Bay of Fires Art Prize, St Helens, TAS
2013
Afloat, Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2011
Artfolio SPACE, Raffles Hotel, Singapore
2001
Swell, The Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide, SA
Minimal, Fusions Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2000
19th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award, Gold Coast, QLD
Queensland Potters Society Christmas Show, Brisbane, QLD
1999
Lifestyle Exhibition Craft Australia Boutique, David Jones, Sydney, NSW
1998
Strange Brew, The Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide, SA
1997
Christmas Follies, Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide, SA
Alice Springs Art Acquisition Exhibition, Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
Caboodle, The Jam Factory Craft and Design Centre, Adelaide, SA
1996
20th Annual Walker Ceramic Award Exhibition, Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Despart Gallery 9th Annual Exhibition, Despard Gallery, Hobart, TAS
A Kind of Blue, The Bond Store, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
1995
Kicking the Pig, The Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
COMMISSIONS
2021 – ongoing
Kangaroo Island Landscape Board – Design and production ceramic forms for regeneration of native oyster reef project
2019 - ongoing
CSIRO 2019 - Design production and supply 2500 Ceramic Artificial Spawning Habitat (ASH) for critically endangered Spotted Handfish recovery program
2018
CSIRO 2018 – Design production and supply 3000 Ceramic Artificial Spawning Habitat (ASH) for critically endangered Spotted Handfish conservation
COLLECTIONS
JANUS et Cie Collection, USA
and selected private and corporate collections in Australia
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS + SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2022
Presenter - Women in Design Symposium – Of Care – Adaption of an Art Practice. Art/Design, Science and Philanthropy, Design Tasmania, Launceston, TAS
Presenter and panellist - Blue Water Summit 2022 (streamed to USA) - Adelaide Creative Design and the Marine Environment -The collaboration of art, science and philanthropy (and on panel with Professor Gretta Pecl , Tony Bartrum of Kangaroo Island Dolphin Watch), Blue Water Institute, Adelaide, SA
Presenter and panellist - Australian Ceramics Triennale 2022 - Adaption of an Art Practice - What am I making and Why, in the Anthropocene (and on panel with Dr Julie Bartholomew and Dr Kate Dunn UNSW), Alice Springs, NT
Presenter - Beneath the surface/Threatened Species talk 2022 - Adaption of an Art Practice - Multi-disciplinary Collaboration for habitat and species support (Co presenting with Associate Professor Neville Barratt IMAS, Dr Cayne Layton IMAS, Dr Beth Strain IMAS), Wild Island Gallery, Hobart
Artist Talk and Workshop –Big Biodiversity Day - Ross, TAS
Presenter - Joint Arid Recovery and JamFactory Climate Change Residency 2022 - Multi-disciplinary Collaboration for habitat and species support, Arid Recovery Wildlife Reserve Research Station, Roxby Downs, SA
Presenter - Art Forum 2022 - Multi-disciplinary Collaboration for habitat and species support - Adaption of an Art Practice support, University of Tasmania Centre for the Arts and Media, Hobart, TAS
2021
Presenter - Kangaroo Island Wildlife Carnival – In conversation with Margi Prideaux (publisher Stormbird Press), Kangaroo Island, SA
Visiting Artist presentation - Biodiversity and Clay, 2021 - Kingston High School, Kingston, TAS
Floortalk - Clay as Habitat, (Co-presenting with Dr Diane Colombelli-Negrel - Flinders University), Jam Factory, Adelaide SA
2020
Floortalk - Spotted Handfish spawning habitat and clay, (Co presenting with Dr Tim Lynch, CSIRO), Tasmanian Museums and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
2019
Presenter - Australian Ceramics Triennale - Clay as Marine Spawning Habitat, CSIRO Spotted Handfish Recovery Program PW1, Hobart, TAS
Artist Talk and Workshop - Big Biodiversity Day - Ceramics as marine spawning habitat, Ross, TAS
Visiting Artist Presentation - Biodiversity, The Friends' School, Hobart, TAS
Visiting Artist presentation - Spotted Handfish, The Friends’ School, Hobart, TAS
Visiting Artist presentation - Spotted Handfish Conservation Project, The Friends’ School, Hobart, TAS
2018
Presenter - SOCA Arts Forum – Clay as Habitat for the critically endangered spotted handfish, University of Tasmania Centre for the Art & Media, Hobart, TAS
Presenter - Coast2Coast Marine Conference - Clay as Habitat- Spotted Handfish Restoration, Australian Coastal Society, Grand Chancellor Hotel, Hobart, TAS
GALLERY REPRESENTATION BIBLIOGRAPHY
Handmark Gallery, Hobart, TAS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
Jobe, K. (2022). Conservation through clay. Signals Magazine - Australian National Maritime Museum, 138 (Autumn), 13-17. https://issuu.com/anmmuseum/docs/signals138_pages/s/16395256
2021
Jobe, K. (2021). Artist making sculptures for little penguins. The Monthly. (Summer). https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2021/december/1638277200/keely-jobe/artist-making-sculpture-penguins#mtr
2020
Bamford, J. & Lynch, Dr T. (2020). Tasmanian’s spotted handfish. Signals Magazine - Australian National Maritime Museum, 131 (Winter), 14-19. https://issuu.com/anmmuseum/docs/signals131_spreads
2019
Gill, N. (2019). Crafting a ceramic habitat for a handfish. In Nogrady, B (ed). The Best Australian Science Writing 2019, p29. ISBN: 9781742236407
Molloy, F. (2019). Marine Science jobs can be creative too! Careers with STEM, (April 1), 14. https://careerswithstem.com.au/marine-science-jobs-creative/#gsc.tab=0
2018
Gill, N. (2018). Handcrafted Habitat. The Monthly. (July), 19.
Taylor-Graham, D. & McKinnon, J. (2018). Holding Space Making Place. Garland Magazine, (11). https://garlandmag.com/article/holding-space-making-place/
Gill, N. (2018) Handfish Crafted Habitats. CSIRO Double Helix Magazine, (26), 8.
MEDIA
ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-01/artists-design-ceramic-penguin-burrows/100576772
ABC Radio
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/your-afternoon/making-ceramic-penguin-homes/13437286
ABC Radio
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/sundays/jane-bamford/13487542 ABC Radio August 2021
The Wire Radio
https://www.thewire.org.au/story/nesting-module-gives-hope-to-little-penguins-on-kangaroo-island/
Podcast U.S.A.
Brand Tasmania. (2018). Ceramics and science could be a saviour for the Spotted Hand Fish. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFPDc_J_r0I
The Australian Ceramics Podcast. (2019). In conversation with Jane Bamford.
https://australianceramics.podbean.com/e/in-conversation-with-jane-bamford/
ABC News
ABC News
BBC News