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Jan Cleveringa (b.1969, Sydney), starting in his 40’s, is a contemporary, multidisciplinary artist exploring the impact of global change in society & how we relate to the environment, sustainability & culture.

Cleveringa creates several unique, exclusive, & authentic bodies of artworks including painting, drawing, installation & sculpture. He is best known for his art installations from reimagined discarded waste & his ‘Listening to Trees’ series of paintings and drawings.

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions                             

2022   Art Atrium, “Summer Sojourn,” Group Show, Botany, Sydney NSW, Australia.

2022   Articulate Project Space, “Blot”, Leichhardt, Sydney NSW, Australia.

2021   Art Atrium, “Summer Sojourn” Botany, Sydney NSW, Australia.

2020   Articulate Project Space, “The Few and Far Between”, Leichhardt, Sydney NSW, Australia.

2019   Incinerator Art Gallery, “Refracted Light”, Willoughby, NSW, Australia.

2019   The Other Art Fair (TOAF), Sydney, Australia.

2019   Reductive Non-Objective Project- “Biennale”, The Stores Building Gallery, Parramatta, NSW, Australia.

2018   Galeria Zero- Berlin Art Week- Kunst- Prenzlauer, Winsstrasse, Berlin.

2018   Galeria Zero- Barcelona- Summer- Galeria de arte L’ateler De Pilar Guell, Barcelona.

2018   Galeria Zero- Paris- Paris, France.

2018   Galeria Zero- Basel- The New Priority- Basel, Switzerland.

2017   Mythologies of the Discarded- Exhibition (& Residency), Peacock Gallery, Auburn Council, NSW, Australia.

2017   The MAP Reductive Non-Objective Project, Kiosk Gallery Exhibition– Katoomba, NSW, Australia.

2015   Anabaptister & 2014 Rumspringer, In Bennett Miller’s Performance, Splendour in the Grass Fest, Byron Bay, NSW, Australia.

2014   Beams Festival, Chippendale Arts Precinct, Chippendale, Sydney, Australia.

2013   At the Vanishing Point Gallery, Newtown, Sydney- ‘What on Earth Are We Eating?’

2013   At the Vanishing Point Gallery, Newtown, Sydney- ‘Solid Ground: Echoes’

 

Selected Finalist Prizes

2022   Fishers Ghost Campbelltown City Art Prize- Campbelltown Art Centre, Sydney, Australia.

2022   SWELL Sculpture, Currumbin, QLD, Australia.

2022   Eden Unearthed Art Prize– Eden Gardens, NSW, Australia–                 Stipend recipient ($5k).

2021   Eden Unearthed Art Prize– Eden Gardens, NSW, Australia-                 Stipend recipient ($4k).

2022   Shaw Sculpture Art Prize– Canberra, ACT, Australia-                 Recipient($1k)

2021   Lake Light Sculpture– Jindabyne NSW, Australia-                       Winner ($10k)

2020   Mosman Art Prize– Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

2020   SWELL Sculpture Prize– Currumbin, Queensland, Australia. (Covid19 Delayed).

2020   Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize-South Australia. (Covid19 Delayed).

2019   Eden Unearthed Art Prize– Eden Gardens, NSW, Australia-                 Winner ($10k)

2019   Scenic Sculpture Prize, Scenic World Blue Mountains, NSW-                 Enviro Prize Winner ($5k) (& Sculpture Otherwise, BMC Centre).

2019   North Sydney Art Prize, Coal Loader, North Sydney Coal Loader NSW.

2018   Fishers Ghost Campbelltown City Art Prize, Campbelltown Art Centre Gallery, Sydney, Australia.

2018   Scenic Sculpture Prize, Scenic World Blue Mountains, Katoomba NSW- (& Sculpture Otherwise, BMC Centre).

2018   Eden Unearthed Art Prize– Eden Gardens, NSW, Australia.

2018   Adelaide Park Lands Art Prize- South Australia, Australia-                 Commended Winner ($1K)

2017   Blacktown City Art Prize- Blacktown Art Centre Gallery, NSW, Australia.

2017   Mosman Art Prize– Mosman Art Gallery, NSW, Australia.

2017   SWELL Sculpture Prize– Currumbin, QLD, Australia.

2017   Scenic Sculpture Prize, Scenic World, Blue Mountains, Katoomba NSW, Australia (& Sculpture Otherwise, BMC Centre).

2016   Fishers Ghost Campbelltown City Art Prize, Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW, Australia.

2016   Blacktown City Art Prize- Blacktown Art Centre, NSW, Australia.

2016   Chippendale New World Art Prize, NG Gallery/Kensington Gallery, Chippendale Sydney

2016   Hidden– Rookwood Cemetery Sculpture Art Prize, Sydney-   Commended Winner  

2015   Fishers Ghost Campbelltown City Art Prize, Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW, Australia.

2014   Blacktown City Art Prize– Blacktown Art Centre, NSW, Australia.

2013   Hawkesbury Art Prize– Purple Noon Art Gallery, NSW, Australia.

2013   Fishers Ghost Campbelltown Art Prize, Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW, Australia.

2012   Hawkesbury Art Prize– Purple Noon Art Gallery, NSW, Australia.

2012   Blacktown City Art Prize– Blacktown Art Centre, NSW, Australia.

2012   Fishers Ghost Campbelltown City Art Prize, Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW, Australia.

2011   Blacktown City Art Prize– Blacktown Art Centre, NSW, Australia.

2011   Mosman Art Prize– Mosman Art Gallery, NSW, Australia.

2010   Blacktown City Art Prize– Blacktown Art Centre, NSW, Australia.

2010   Mosman Art Prize– Mosman Art Gallery, NSW, Australia.

 

Grant Awards

2016   Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre Creative Grant– A self-driven project inspiring painting by experimentally misusing smartphone apps and destroying/rebuilding imagery using the ‘filter’ and ‘screengrab’ photo process as a metaphor for cultural change & identity in fractured, fluid times.

 

Commissions Awards (Public artworks & projects)

2022   Blacktown City Council- Commission- Image lease contract- 5-yrs, NSW, Australia.

2020   Blacktown City Council- Mural Commission (50m²)- Riverstone NSW, Australia.

2018   Penrith City Council- Magnetic PlacesStepping-Stones Mosaic Community Engagement Project, Turner St. Park, Colyton, NSW, Australia.

2017   Penrith City Council- The Lincoln Park Community Engagement Project, Mural & Mosaic, Cambridge Park, NSW, Australia.

2016   Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts Centre Creative Community Grant– Community engagement mural project at ‘Life Without Barriers’, Australia.

2015   Blacktown City Council– The Anzac Centenary Memorial Mosaic Project (20m²), Mt. Druitt Sydney, Aug-Dec 2015, Sydney, Australia.

2014   The Hills Clinic Hospital- Mural (125m x 2.1m), Kellyville, Sydney, Australia.

2010   Landcom- Mural (30m x2m), Public Artwork, Stanhope Gardens, Sydney, Australia.

 

Education

1995-1998   Masters of Management (Not-for-Profit), (MBA),University of Technology (UTS), Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1992-1994   Bachelor Visual Arts (Painting major), Sydney College of the Arts (SCA– 2-yrs), University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.

1987-1991   Bachelor Arts (Psychology & Political Science), University of Sydney, NSW, Australia.

 

Studio Residencies

2019        Bilpin International Ground for Creative Initiatives (BigCi), NSW, Australia. (April, 1 month).

2019        Gunyah (Kath Fries), North Arm Cove, NSW, Australia. (Sept, 2 weeks).

2017        Auburn Council Peacock Gallery, Auburn, Cumberland Council, NSW, Australia. (Aug-Oct; 2 months).

2016/17   Leo Kelly Blacktown Art Centre (BAC), Blacktown City Council, NSW, Australia. (July-Feb; 8 months- incl. Special Projects)

2015/16   Leo Kelly Blacktown Art Centre (BAC), Blacktown City Council, NSW, Australia. (Oct-Mar; 6 months).

2014        Purple Noon Gallery, Freeman’s Reach, NSW, Australia. (Apr-May; 2 months)

2013        Leo Kelly Blacktown Art Centre (BAC), Blacktown City Council, NSW, Australia. (Jul-Dec; 6 months).

 

Bibliography

– Review– Eden Unearthed Prize 2019, Eden Gardens, by Gina Fairly ArtsHub- Wed 7^th August 2019. https://visual.artshub.com.au/news-article/reviews/visual-arts/gina-fairley/review-unearthed-eden-gardens-nsw-258529

– Review– Scenic Sculpture 2018, Scenic World by Gina Fairley ArtsHub- Tuesday 17 April 2018.

– Catalogue– Cheeseman J & Marashian N 2017, Mythologies of the Discarded exhibition- 28 Oct-26 Nov 2017 Peacock Gallery & Auburn Art studio, Cumberland Council, NSW, Australia.