Biography
Jane LowBeer is a mixed media artist living in downtown Toronto. Monotypes have been her medium of choice during the last decade. Jane LowBeer started her artistic career as a printmaker studying with Stanley Hayter at his famous Atelier 17 in Paris. During her career she has exhibited in New York, Montreal and various places in Europe. Her works have garnered her prizes and are included in private and public collections including The Victoria and Albert Museum in London and Biblioteque National in Paris.

In Toronto she recently had a show at the Loop gallery and is represented by Open Studio and The Nikolai Rukaj Gallery. For almost twenty years she designed and constructed sets and a huge variety of puppets as artistic director of the multi-media theatre company, The Crankee Consort. Her art work is also influenced by her involvement with yoga, both as an instructor and as a Phoenix Rising Yoga therapist

 

   
Education  
1968-1972 B.A., Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, N.Y.
1973 L’Atelier de Recherche Graphique, Montreal
1974-1976 L'Atelier 17 (Stanley Hayter), Paris
   
Exhibitions  
2008 Loop Gallery, Toronto (solo)
2007 Big Little Fibre Exhibition, Gladstone Hotel
2007 Open Studio, Toronto (solo)
2007 World of Threads Festival, Oakville
2006 Print Show, John Aird Gallery, Toronto
2005 Ninth Annual Uxbridge Juried Art Exhibition
2004 Open Studio Group Show, Lima, Peru
2002 Byng Studio Gallery, Whitby ON, Award of Excellence
2000 Le Passe Partout Gallery, Montreal (solo)
2000 Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Bank Open Studio Show
1999 Le Passe Partout Gallery, Canadian Printers in Paris
1998 Theatre Passe Muraille (solo)
1998, 2001 Sage Café, (solo)
1996 Theatre Centre West, “Irrevella’s Monotypes” (solo)
1996 Theatre Centre West, “Irrevella’s Monotypes” (solo)
1995 Harbourfront, “Uncommon Objects, All Wrapped Up”
1994 Art Word Centre, “Hats & Monotypes” (solo)
1993 “Harvest Spirit”, outdoor sculpture, Harbourfront
1993 “Circa 200 Leaves”, Partisan Gallery
1992 “Windows”, Harbourfront Gallery
1980 “Critic’s Choice”, Hammer Graphics, New York City
1980 “Small Works”, Key Gallery, Terrain Gallery New York City
1980 “Dreams Exhibition”, Kleinart Gallery, New York City
1980 “L’Estampe Aujourd’hui”, Bibliotheque National, Paris
1977-1978 L’Atelier 17, 50th Anniversary Show
  Brooklyn Museum; University, of Iowa Museum;
  Krannert Museum; University of Michigan Gallery
1976-1978 “Four Graphic Artists”, Traveling Show, Sweden
   
Collections  
  Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
  Bibliotheque National de Paris, France
  Women’s College Hospital; IBM; INCO
   
Competitions and Awards
2006 Best in Category (Prints), Toronto Outdoor Art Show
1993 Surfacing, “Skin & Bones”, 7th Int. Textile Competition
1982 Brooklyn Cultural Center, “Miniature Show”
1982 New York University, “Miniature Show”
1977 Biennale des Arts de L’Estampe, Cannes, France
1976 Triennal Internationale d’Estampe en Couleur, Grechen, Switzerland, Third Prize
   
Gallery Representation
  Nikola Rukaj Gallery, Toronto
  Open Studio, Toronto