Janet Curley Cannon
Janet Curley Cannon   

Janet Curley Cannon's art is an observation on the peripheral characteristics of the urban environment.  She draws inspiration from the everyday surroundings of a place, capturing the accumulation of history built up on its surfaces and structures before they're lost through destruction or regeneration. 

Posters, stickers and flyers are put intentionally in public spaces to grab our attention then left to slowly decompose when no longer of any relevance.   City surfaces will be varnished with the film of daily life, bearing witness to the effects of weather and the passage of time.  These are the marker's of a place's visual language, providing glimpses into the everyday, ordinary events that make up the rituals and habits of contemporary life. 

Janet captures these worn surfaces and pieces of urban detritus through photography and drawing, then digitally combines, manipulates, alters and rearranges selections.  She plays with the text, the textures and the branding, musing on societies interests and concerns.  Her work mixes traditional and digital media using many experimental digital print processes and includes prints, collage, mixed media pieces, video, and sculptural installations. 

Janet was Artist-in-Residence at South Hill Park Arts Centre in Berkshire in 2007-08 and has been a tutor in the Digital Media Centre there since 2005.  Her digital animations have been selected for many international festivals and curated projects including the Liverpool Biennial Independents, London's Gasworks Gallery, and recently the BBC Big Screens program.  Her print work has been widely exhibited including the International Print Triennial 2009 in Krakow, Poland and a prizewinner at the Through the Lens exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol in 2008.  She has been pushing the boundaries of digital printmaking since completing her Masters degree at Camberwell College, London in 2005 and her work is documented in a number of recent publications including the upcoming book by Richard Noyce, 'Critical Mass – Printmaking Beyond the Edge' to be published by A&C Black in autumn 2010.

Born Seattle WA USA, lives and works Berkshire, UK                                                                            

Education

Solo Show
2009                Bracknell Gallery; South Hill Park Arts Centre, Berkshire UK

Selected Group Shows/Curated Projects
2010        BBC Big Screens; The Projection Gallery.com; London UK
Friday Night Shorts; TAP, Southend-on-Sea UK
2009                International Print Triennial; Bunkier Sztuki Gallery, Krakow Poland
Lumen Evolution Festival; The Projection Gallery; Leeds UK
Radiator - Exploits in the Wireless City; Nottingham UK
Underground City; Divus Unit 30, London UK
LOOP at Clifford Chance; Canary Wharf, London UK
The Art of Communication; Ofcom HQ, London UK
7th British International Miniature Print Exhibition; touring UK
2008        Through the Lens; Royal West of England Academy, Bristol UK
BIMPE; Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC Canada
LOOP; Menier Gallery, London UK
Originals; Mall Galleries, London UK
British Printmakers; Obsidian Art Gallery, Buckinghamshire UK
2007                Stick*Stamp*Fly; Gasworks Gallery, London UK
Canterbury Animation Festival; Canterbury UK
PixelPops; Orkney Islands, Scotland UK
One Minute Film Festival; Aarau Switzerland
Wrexham Print International; Memorial Gallery, Wrexham Wales UK
LOOP; Bankside Gallery, London UK
Video Channel; Cologne Germany
Nexus Art Screen; Gateshead Station, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne UK
2006                SightSonic International Festival of Digital Art; York UK
BLINK Animation Project; Gasworks Gallery, London UK
Liverpool Biennial Independents; The Projection Gallery, Liverpool UK
LOOP; Menier Gallery, London UK
Surface & Object; Morley Gallery, London UK
2005        Images in the City; Geffrye Museum, London UK
IMPACT 4; Zamek Cultural Centre, Poznan Poland
2004        Autumn Exhibition; Royal West of England Academy, Bristol UK
100 Views of Tokyo/London; Japan Print Association, Tokyo Japan
2003        5th British International Miniature Print Exhibition; touring UK
2002        The Discerning Eye; Mall Galleries, London UK

Public Commission
2006        Leigh Park Library and Community Centre for Havant Borough Council, Hampshire UK

Publications/Reviews
2010        Noyce, Richard. Critical Mass – Printmaking Beyond the Edge. A & C Black, London (due out autumn)  
Holley, Christine. Season of Englishness – AN Interface, Reviews Unedited. (online)
2009        Leach, Jennifer. Observations on a Town – AN Interface, Reviews Unedited. (online)
Tala, Alexia. Installations and Experimental Printmaking; A & C Black, London
Stokes, Ruth. Art and Architecture from Urban Decay; Vivid Ink Blog (online)
2008        Harrod, Christopher. LOOP08 - New Zealand Art Monthly (online)
Scannell, Aine. Tradigital Printmaking Blog (online)
2007                Saunders, Lesley. ReOrsa - AN Interface, Reviews Unedited (online)

Residencies
2008South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell Berkshire UK
2006Guildford High School, Guildford Surrey UK