JAN GARBEN, Visual Artist
Curriculum vitae 2023
ART EDUCATION
2015 - 2021 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, graduation 2022
2009 - 2012 Diploma of Fine Art, Sydney Gallery School (Meadowbank TAFE)
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS
1987 Bachelor of Medical Science, University of Tasmania
1990 Bachelor if Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Tasmania
WORKSHOPS AND SHORT COURSES
2024 Repertoire, 12 week online course studying historical pattern design with Barbel Dressler
2024 Immersion, 12 week online course learning surface pattern design, use of Adobe Illustrator with Bonnie Christine
2020 Natural History Illustration, EdX certificate
2020 Life Drawing Petersham, ongoing
2014 Painting the Human Figure, David Newman-White
2011 Figure Drawing Workshop, David Newman-White
2007, 2008 Mitchell School of Art, Val Kelmsley, Herman Pekel, Joseph Zbukvic
2005 Botanical Drawing, Leonie Norton
2002 Watercolour Painting, Willandra Art Centre
2002 Children's Book Illustration, Wayne Harris and Donna Rawlins
AWARDS
2024 Finalist, with Adrienne Hunt and Graham Wackett, North Sydney Art Prize
First Prize, Miniature Painting, Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) Arts and Crafts competition
Highly Commended, Watercolour painting, RAS Arts and Crafts Competition
2022 Highly Commended, Vector Art and Raster Art, RAS Arts and Crafts competition
2021 Second Prize, Vector Art, RAS Arts and Crafts competition
2019 Second Prize, Raster Art, RAS Arts and Crafts Competition,
Highly Commended, Drawing, RAS Arts and Crafts Competition
Highly Commended, Vector Art, RAS Arts and Crafts Competition
2017 First Prize, Raster Art, RAS Arts and Crafts Competition
2013 First Prize, Printmaking, RAS Arts and Crafts Competition
2012 First Prize, Miniature Painting, RAS Arts and Crafts Competition
2011 Second Prize, Printmaking, RAS Arts and Crafts Competition
2004 Highly Commended, Still Life, RAS Arts and Crafts Competition
2003 Second Prize, Seascape RAS Arts and Crafts Competition
GROUP AND MIXED EXHIBITIONS
2024 Sacred Grove in your Street, The Tree Veneration Society Group Show with Willoughby City Council, The Concourse, Willoughby.
2024 North Sydney Art Prize 2024, The Coal Loader, Waverton
2011 - 2024 Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) Arts and Crafts competition, RAS Showgrounds, Homebush
2023 Tree Tales 2023, The Tree Veneration Society Group Show, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown, Curatorial team and exhibitor. (upcoming)
2023 Arboreal Narratives 2023, The Tree Veneration Society Group Show, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, Curatorial team and exhibitor.
2022 Save Oxford Falls, Group show, Creative Library, Manly
2022 Beyond Human, The Tree Veneration Society Group Show, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown
2021 New Contemporaries, Sydney College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition, SCA gallery, Sydney University Campus, Camperdown
2020 Arboreal Narratives 2021, The Tree Veneration Society Group show, Sheffer Gallery, Darlington
2012 Fingerprints, Group Exhibition, Global Gallery, Darlinghurst
2011 Culmination; Paper Trail; Meadowbank College Association Art Award Exhibition, Multiple exhibitions held at See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2010 2 + 3; Meadowbank College Association Art Award Exhibition; Starting Grid; One Up; Meadowbank College Association Art Award; Exposed, Multiple exhibitions See Street Gallery, Meadowbank
2007 The Art of Climbing, Escalade Climbing Festival, Katoomba,
2003-05 Royal Agricultural Society Arts and Crafts Competition, Homebush
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONED WORKS
Commissioned Watercolour portraits and other sold works held in private collections
Murals at Sydney Indoor Climbing Gym, St Peters
BOOK ILLUSTRATION
2007 Juju Sundin's Birth Skills, with Sarah Murdoch, Allen & Unwin
2005 Puberty Boy, by Geoff Price, Allen & Unwin
2004 Puberty Girl, by Shushann Movsessian, Allen & Unwin