Jane Marie Cleveland's Arts Résumé

The Arts Résumé of Jane Marie Cleveland

PO Box 111
San Francisco CA 94104
USA
email: jane@janeland.com Biography
Statement
Critical Comments
Awards
Selected Exhibitions
Juried Exhibitions
Miscellaneous
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BIOGRAPHY:

A lifelong Californian, I was delivered to this happy place by Dr Miracle at Glendale Sanitarium on August 22, 1945. Daddy painted cars and during WWII painted camouflage on the roofs of aircraft factories. Mom designed 2 houses and countless remodels. She drew, glazed and embellished ceramics, made tables and lamps out of unlikely materials, painted signs for the family businesses, and was quite a beauty herself. Aunt Pat was a nightclub photographer and Uncle Nick was almost a cartoonist for Walt Disney. So I was genetically predisposed toward the visual, you see.

When I was 4 we moved from Los Angeles to Mendocino County where I was the first child in my 2nd Grade class to evolve from depicting trees as circles-on-sticks to drawing trees with limbs and gnarly roots. In junior high school I began drawing house plans. In high school I became a fan of the photography of Richard Avedon and Irving Penn mainly through their work in Vogue magazine. Meanwhile I got by with my point-and-shoot camera, taking snapshots for the high school yearbook. In 1965 cousin Marcus gave me my first 35mm camera: a Kodak Signet 35 rangefinder. In 1964 I was a finalist in Mademoiselle magazine's annual college staff competition. I attended Humboldt State University where I received a BA degree in Art and gained an abiding appreciation of the elements of design. My deep gratitude to Professors Glenn Berry (who took what I thought was my unfinished painting and placed it in a student show, providing a valuable lesson in when-to-stop-painting); James Born (who rewarded my most brutally honest self-portraits); Reese Bullen (who provided me a rapturous appreciation of the calligraphic line); Max Butler (who illuminated my sense of composition by demonstrating the power of negative space); Tom Knight (whose great good humor and encouragement I still treasure. "You respect the equipment, and the equipment will respect you."); and sculptor Mel Schuler.

In San Francisco I worked briefly for Helen Johnstone at her seminal Focus Gallery on Union Street , but spent most of my adult working days and/or nights as a conscientious civil servant, continuing my photography and exploring new media in my own time. I spent a few years as a new music DJ/producer at KUSF FM and as co-director of Nanny Goat Hill Gallery. Currently I do free-lance graphic design and copywriting, and perform shipping feats for Computers & Music.

Domestic partner Joe West, tabby cat Buttercup, and I share an odd box of a house, situated on a little-known San Francisco slope, with big west windows that look out through a wind-buffered eucalyptus tree to the Farralon Islands and Point Reyes. Most of my still life photography takes place in the filtered light of these windows.

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STATEMENT:

"Art is nature seen through a temperament" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" - Francis Bacon

"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture." - Jean Cocteau

...Nevertheless, since I have vocal chords, opposable thumbs, and a computer keyboard and my hydrangea does not I will go on: With the premise that ART exists in the perception of ART, it has been my pleasure to perceive with visual excitement and visceral satisfaction, not only the product called ART, but also, its exquisite design elements, which might include a stark field of dark taupe; an array of black marks; a random shard of cadmium yellow; a suggestive slice of a perfectly formed calligraphic line; an odd juxtaposition of architectural surface and detail; a reflection of cypress splayed across the cobalt blue arc of Chevrolet fender; or a solitary, heartbreakingly delicate leaf...
and now I will go have a seance with my hydrangea.

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CRITICAL COMMENTS:

Susan Todd-Raque, an independent scholar on photography and co-founder of Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Inc, served as juror for Art & Antiques magazine's Second Annual Photography Competition and commented on "641" (above) as reported in the June 2002 issue of Art & Antiques: "This could be an abstract painting. There's a textural quality to it that adds to the painterly aspects."

From the San Francisco Examiner, June 25, 1983, "Tortilla makes a splash at the Arts Festival" by Al Morch: "Second-place photography ($500) went to an even more undiscernible subject by Edward E Stern, who specializes in natural forms. I liked Jane Marie Cleveland's delicately fragile color photograph 'Composition with Two Rose Petals.' It took third place ($250), but I have a feeling if it had been printed in a larger format, the judges would have awarded it first prize."

The following appraisal was overheard at the jurying for the 1983 Pulse of the City Exhibition:
Gallerist Marian Parmenter: "Well, of course they're pretty..."
Noted photographer/professor Jack Welpott: "Wait, these are heavy-weight."
[pictured below are the 2 photographs referred to, "Composition with 2 Yellow Gerberas" and "X with Pippen"]

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AWARDS:

2002
Award of Merit, photography, CALIFORNIA WORKS, at the California State Fair, Aug 17 - Sept 2, Sacramento CA. "Fuschia Blossom with Grey Papers," below. To see more images in this series, go to gallery 018.

2002

Third Place Award, professional category, ART & ANTIQUES MAGAZINE SECOND ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION. Personal profile and image reproduction in the June 2002 issue (page 56) (Jurors: Bill Gillespie and Susan Todd-Raque). "641," below:

1995
First Place Award, color photography, ARCHITECTURE IN FOCUS IV, at the Oakland Museum, Oakland California (Jurors: Jane Lidz, Reagan Louie, Lewis Watts). "915 Diptich," below:

1992

Award of Merit, photography, CALIFORNIA WORKS, at the California State Fair, Sacramento California (Juror: Frish Brandt).
"Danvers Street 1991," below:

1991
Honorable Mention, photography, ARCHITECTURE IN FOCUS II, at the American Institute of Architects East Bay chapter and at the Oakland Museum, Oakland California (Jurors: Ted Cohen, Dorothy Mayer, Beverlee Tito Simboli).
" Barnes Building, New Orleans," below:

1983
Third Place Award, photography, SAN FRANCISCO ARTS FESTIVAL, at Fort Mason, San Francisco California (Jurors: James Alinder, et al). "Composition with Two Rose Petals," below:

1974
First Place Award, photography, UNITED STATES POST OFFICE ART SHOW, at the Hall of Flowers, San Francisco California (Juror: Imogen Cunningham).
"Willard North Corner," below:

1967

Third Place Award, painting, REDWOOD ART ASSOCIATION NINTH ANNUAL EXHIBIT, at 600 Second Street, Eureka California (Juror: Laverne Krause). untitled self portrait, acrylic on canvas, below:

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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

1997 Color Photographs in group exhibit at Somar Gallery, San Francisco California

1995 Color Photographs in solo exhibit at Every Woman's Fitness Center, Emeryville California

1985 Color Photographs and Acrylic Paintings in solo exhibit at the University of California Faculty/Alumni House, San Francisco

1984 Color Photographs in solo exhibit at Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco California

1984 Color Photographs in invitational group exhibit at Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay Oregon

1982 Color Photographs in solo exhibit at Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco California

1970 Color Photographs in solo exhibit at the University of California Extension Campus, San Francisco California (Fred Reichman, curator)

1967 Black and White Photographs in solo exhibit at City Lights bookstore, San Francisco California

1966 Oil Paintings in a 2 person exhibit at the Humboldt Bank, Arcata California

JURIED EXHIBITIONS

1996 BAY ARTS 96 at Manor House Gallery , Belmont CA (Juror: George Rivera) 1 photo etching.

1995 ARCHITECTURE IN FOCUS IV at the Oakland Museum, Oakland CA (Jurors: Jane Lidz, Reagan Louie, Lewis Watts) 2 photographs, see Awards.

1994 BAY ARTS 94 at Manor House Gallery, Belmont CA (Juror: Peter Gordon) 1 photograph.

1992 CALIFORNIA WORKS at the California State Fair, Sacramento CA (Juror: Frish Brandt) 1 photograph, see Awards.

1991 ARCHITECTURE IN FOCUS II at the American Institute of Architects, Oakland CA and at the Oakland Museum, Oakland CA (Jurors: Ted Cohen, Dorothy Mayer, Beverlee Tito Simboli) 5 photographs, see Awards.

1987 BAY ARTS 87 at Manor House Gallery, Belmont CA (Jurors: Michael S Bell, Elio Benvenuto) 1 photograph.

1986 BAY ARTS 86 at Manor House Gallery, Belmont CA (Juror: Lynn Gumpert) 1 photograph.

1985 BAY ARTS 85 at Manor House Gallery, Belmont CA (Jurors: Graham Beal, Rena Branston, Mark Van Proyen) 1 photograph.

1985 SNAP! at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco CA (Jurors: Constance Lewallen, Sam Wagstaff, Joel-Peter Witkin) 1 photograph.

1985 SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION FESTIVAL at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA (Jurors: Thomasina DeMaio, E J Yurkov) 1 photograph.

1985 SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION FESTIVAL at Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA (Juror: Ralph Maradiaga) 1 photograph.

1985 WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS IN AMERICA 1985 at the Women's Building and Los Angeles Photography Center Gallery, Los Angeles CA (Juror: Irene Borger) 2 photographs.

1984 SAN FRANCISCO ARTS FESTIVAL at the Academy of Art, San Francisco CA (Juror: Paul Radeke) 2 photographs.

1983 SECOND ANNUAL PULSE OF THE CITY JURIED EXHIBITION at Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco CA (Jurors: Marian Parmenter, Jack Welpott) 2 photographs, see Critical Comments.

1983 SAN FRANCISCO ARTS FESTIVAL at Fort Mason, San Francisco CA (Jurors: James Alinder, et al) 2 photographs, see Awards and/or Critical Comments.

1983 NINTH ANNUAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION at Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay OR (Juror: Karen Geller-Shinn) 5 photographs, see Awards.

1974 U S POSTAL SERVICE ART SHOW at the Hall of Flowers, San Francisco CA (Juror: Imogen Cunningham) 1 photograph, one painting, see Awards.

1967
REDWOOD ART ASSOCIATION NINTH ANNUAL EXHIBIT at 600 Second Street, Eureka CA (Juror: Laverne Krause) 2 paintings, see Awards.

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MISCELLANEOUS:

SELECTED GRAPHIC DESIGN CLIENTS / PUBLICATIONS:

Herman Eberitzsch / "HAMSI - musical dice" CD, photography and graphic design
Jim Rousey / brochure, graphic design
Dave Scott / "DAVE SCOTT: In My Own Sweet Way" CD, photography
Computers & Music / catalog cover illustrations, logo, advertisements, brochures, forms, etc
Herman Eberitzsch / hamsimusic.com prototype website

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	The Arts Résumé of Jane Marie Cleveland
PO Box 111 San Francisco CA 94104 USA email: jane@janeland.com	Biography Statement Critical Comments Awards Selected Exhibitions Juried Exhibitions Miscellaneous to Arts Home Page & Image Gallery Index
	BIOGRAPHY:
	A lifelong Californian, I was delivered to this happy place by Dr Miracle at Glendale Sanitarium on August 22, 1945. Daddy painted cars and during WWII painted camouflage on the roofs of aircraft factories. Mom designed 2 houses and countless remodels. She drew, glazed and embellished ceramics, made tables and lamps out of unlikely materials, painted signs for the family businesses, and was quite a beauty herself. Aunt Pat was a nightclub photographer and Uncle Nick was almost a cartoonist for Walt Disney. So I was genetically predisposed toward the visual, you see. When I was 4 we moved from Los Angeles to Mendocino County where I was the first child in my 2nd Grade class to evolve from depicting trees as circles-on-sticks to drawing trees with limbs and gnarly roots. In junior high school I began drawing house plans. In high school I became a fan of the photography of Richard Avedon and Irving Penn mainly through their work in Vogue magazine. Meanwhile I got by with my point-and-shoot camera, taking snapshots for the high school yearbook. In 1965 cousin Marcus gave me my first 35mm camera: a Kodak Signet 35 rangefinder. In 1964 I was a finalist in Mademoiselle magazine's annual college staff competition. I attended Humboldt State University where I received a BA degree in Art and gained an abiding appreciation of the elements of design. My deep gratitude to Professors Glenn Berry (who took what I thought was my unfinished painting and placed it in a student show, providing a valuable lesson in when-to-stop-painting); James Born (who rewarded my most brutally honest self-portraits); Reese Bullen (who provided me a rapturous appreciation of the calligraphic line); Max Butler (who illuminated my sense of composition by demonstrating the power of negative space); Tom Knight (whose great good humor and encouragement I still treasure. "You respect the equipment, and the equipment will respect you."); and sculptor Mel Schuler. In San Francisco I worked briefly for Helen Johnstone at her seminal Focus Gallery on Union Street , but spent most of my adult working days and/or nights as a conscientious civil servant, continuing my photography and exploring new media in my own time. I spent a few years as a new music DJ/producer at KUSF FM and as co-director of Nanny Goat Hill Gallery. Currently I do free-lance graphic design and copywriting, and perform shipping feats for Computers & Music. Domestic partner Joe West, tabby cat Buttercup, and I share an odd box of a house, situated on a little-known San Francisco slope, with big west windows that look out through a wind-buffered eucalyptus tree to the Farralon Islands and Point Reyes. Most of my still life photography takes place in the filtered light of these windows. return to the top of this résumé page
	STATEMENT:
	"Art is nature seen through a temperament" - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion" - Francis Bacon "An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture." - Jean Cocteau ...Nevertheless, since I have vocal chords, opposable thumbs, and a computer keyboard and my hydrangea does not I will go on: With the premise that ART exists in the perception of ART, it has been my pleasure to perceive with visual excitement and visceral satisfaction, not only the product called ART, but also, its exquisite design elements, which might include a stark field of dark taupe; an array of black marks; a random shard of cadmium yellow; a suggestive slice of a perfectly formed calligraphic line; an odd juxtaposition of architectural surface and detail; a reflection of cypress splayed across the cobalt blue arc of Chevrolet fender; or a solitary, heartbreakingly delicate leaf... and now I will go have a seance with my hydrangea. return to the top of this résumé page
	CRITICAL COMMENTS:
	Susan Todd-Raque, an independent scholar on photography and co-founder of Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Inc, served as juror for Art & Antiques magazine's Second Annual Photography Competition and commented on "641" (above) as reported in the June 2002 issue of Art & Antiques: "This could be an abstract painting. There's a textural quality to it that adds to the painterly aspects."
	From the San Francisco Examiner, June 25, 1983, "Tortilla makes a splash at the Arts Festival" by Al Morch: "Second-place photography ($500) went to an even more undiscernible subject by Edward E Stern, who specializes in natural forms. I liked Jane Marie Cleveland's delicately fragile color photograph 'Composition with Two Rose Petals.' It took third place ($250), but I have a feeling if it had been printed in a larger format, the judges would have awarded it first prize."
	The following appraisal was overheard at the jurying for the 1983 Pulse of the City Exhibition: Gallerist Marian Parmenter: "Well, of course they're pretty..." Noted photographer/professor Jack Welpott: "Wait, these are heavy-weight." [pictured below are the 2 photographs referred to, "Composition with 2 Yellow Gerberas" and "X with Pippen"] return to the top of this résumé page
	AWARDS:
2002	Award of Merit, photography, CALIFORNIA WORKS, at the California State Fair, Aug 17 - Sept 2, Sacramento CA. "Fuschia Blossom with Grey Papers," below. To see more images in this series, go to gallery 018.
2002	Third Place Award, professional category, ART & ANTIQUES MAGAZINE SECOND ANNUAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION. Personal profile and image reproduction in the June 2002 issue (page 56) (Jurors: Bill Gillespie and Susan Todd-Raque). "641," below:
1995	First Place Award, color photography, ARCHITECTURE IN FOCUS IV, at the Oakland Museum, Oakland California (Jurors: Jane Lidz, Reagan Louie, Lewis Watts). "915 Diptich," below:
1992	Award of Merit, photography, CALIFORNIA WORKS, at the California State Fair, Sacramento California (Juror: Frish Brandt). "Danvers Street 1991," below:
1991	Honorable Mention, photography, ARCHITECTURE IN FOCUS II, at the American Institute of Architects East Bay chapter and at the Oakland Museum, Oakland California (Jurors: Ted Cohen, Dorothy Mayer, Beverlee Tito Simboli). " Barnes Building, New Orleans," below:
1983	Third Place Award, photography, SAN FRANCISCO ARTS FESTIVAL, at Fort Mason, San Francisco California (Jurors: James Alinder, et al). "Composition with Two Rose Petals," below:
1974	First Place Award, photography, UNITED STATES POST OFFICE ART SHOW, at the Hall of Flowers, San Francisco California (Juror: Imogen Cunningham). "Willard North Corner," below:
1967	Third Place Award, painting, REDWOOD ART ASSOCIATION NINTH ANNUAL EXHIBIT, at 600 Second Street, Eureka California (Juror: Laverne Krause). untitled self portrait, acrylic on canvas, below: return to the top of this résumé page
	SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1997	Color Photographs in group exhibit at Somar Gallery, San Francisco California
1995	Color Photographs in solo exhibit at Every Woman's Fitness Center, Emeryville California
1985	Color Photographs and Acrylic Paintings in solo exhibit at the University of California Faculty/Alumni House, San Francisco
1984	Color Photographs in solo exhibit at Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco California
1984	Color Photographs in invitational group exhibit at Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay Oregon
1982	Color Photographs in solo exhibit at Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco California
1970	Color Photographs in solo exhibit at the University of California Extension Campus, San Francisco California (Fred Reichman, curator)
1967	Black and White Photographs in solo exhibit at City Lights bookstore, San Francisco California
1966	Oil Paintings in a 2 person exhibit at the Humboldt Bank, Arcata California
	JURIED EXHIBITIONS
1996	BAY ARTS 96 at Manor House Gallery , Belmont CA (Juror: George Rivera) 1 photo etching.
1995	ARCHITECTURE IN FOCUS IV at the Oakland Museum, Oakland CA (Jurors: Jane Lidz, Reagan Louie, Lewis Watts) 2 photographs, see Awards.
1994	BAY ARTS 94 at Manor House Gallery, Belmont CA (Juror: Peter Gordon) 1 photograph.
1992	CALIFORNIA WORKS at the California State Fair, Sacramento CA (Juror: Frish Brandt) 1 photograph, see Awards.
1991	ARCHITECTURE IN FOCUS II at the American Institute of Architects, Oakland CA and at the Oakland Museum, Oakland CA (Jurors: Ted Cohen, Dorothy Mayer, Beverlee Tito Simboli) 5 photographs, see Awards.
1987	BAY ARTS 87 at Manor House Gallery, Belmont CA (Jurors: Michael S Bell, Elio Benvenuto) 1 photograph.
1986	BAY ARTS 86 at Manor House Gallery, Belmont CA (Juror: Lynn Gumpert) 1 photograph.
1985	BAY ARTS 85 at Manor House Gallery, Belmont CA (Jurors: Graham Beal, Rena Branston, Mark Van Proyen) 1 photograph.
1985	SNAP! at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco CA (Jurors: Constance Lewallen, Sam Wagstaff, Joel-Peter Witkin) 1 photograph.
1985	SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION FESTIVAL at the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA (Jurors: Thomasina DeMaio, E J Yurkov) 1 photograph.
1985	SAN FRANCISCO ARTS COMMISSION FESTIVAL at Civic Auditorium, San Francisco CA (Juror: Ralph Maradiaga) 1 photograph.
1985	WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS IN AMERICA 1985 at the Women's Building and Los Angeles Photography Center Gallery, Los Angeles CA (Juror: Irene Borger) 2 photographs.
1984	SAN FRANCISCO ARTS FESTIVAL at the Academy of Art, San Francisco CA (Juror: Paul Radeke) 2 photographs.
1983	SECOND ANNUAL PULSE OF THE CITY JURIED EXHIBITION at Nanny Goat Hill Gallery, San Francisco CA (Jurors: Marian Parmenter, Jack Welpott) 2 photographs, see Critical Comments.
1983	SAN FRANCISCO ARTS FESTIVAL at Fort Mason, San Francisco CA (Jurors: James Alinder, et al) 2 photographs, see Awards and/or Critical Comments.
1983	NINTH ANNUAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION at Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay OR (Juror: Karen Geller-Shinn) 5 photographs, see Awards.
1974	U S POSTAL SERVICE ART SHOW at the Hall of Flowers, San Francisco CA (Juror: Imogen Cunningham) 1 photograph, one painting, see Awards.
1967	REDWOOD ART ASSOCIATION NINTH ANNUAL EXHIBIT at 600 Second Street, Eureka CA (Juror: Laverne Krause) 2 paintings, see Awards. return to the top of this résumé page
	MISCELLANEOUS:
	SELECTED GRAPHIC DESIGN CLIENTS / PUBLICATIONS: Herman Eberitzsch / "HAMSI - musical dice" CD, photography and graphic design Jim Rousey / brochure, graphic design Dave Scott / "DAVE SCOTT: In My Own Sweet Way" CD, photography Computers & Music / catalog cover illustrations, logo, advertisements, brochures, forms, etc Herman Eberitzsch / hamsimusic.com prototype website return to the top of this résumé page