Janae Easton

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Detroit Michigan 1976
Lives: Tallahassee Florida

Education
2002 Master of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Florida State University

Solo Exhibitions
2006 Drawings From Another Time; Past to Present, Lakefront at Langdon Gallery, The University of Wisconsin, WI.
2004 The Land of Growth, book making workshop and exhibition, Nan Boynton Gallery, Tallahassee, FL.
2003 Morphology of Organisms, Nan Boynton Gallery, Tallahassee, FL.
2002 Morphological Construction, Window on Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL.
2000 Lollipops are suppose to make everything better, Window on Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL.


Group Exhibitions
2007 New 07, NUTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Flower Power Invitational, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL.
2006
New Work, New Faces, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL.

2005 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY.
Postcards from the edge, New York, NY
621 Benefit Art Auction, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL.
House of Cards, Carriage House, Columbus OH.
Faculty Show, Florida State University Museum, Tallahassee, FL
LGTB Art Show, Mickee Faust Clubhouse, Tallahassee, FL.
Untitled, Art-O-Mat

2004 Make Believe, Three Person Show; Janae Easton, Patricia Dahlman, and Carol Goemboski, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL.
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, New York, NY.
621 Benefit Art Auction, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Cycles, Two Person Show; Janae Easton and Kristin Miller, College of Southern Maryland, LaPlata MD.
Small Victories, Modest Contemporary Arts Project, Chicago, IL.
The Faculty Annual, Florida State University, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL.
Untitled, Art-O-Mat
2003 621 Benefit Art Auction, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL.
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY.
Postcards from the Edge, Visual AIDS, New York, NY.
Douglas Dibble Memorial Art Auction, Hunter College Times Square Gallery, NY.
Westmoreland Art Nationals, Westmoreland Community College, Youngwood, PA.
Faculty Art Show, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL.
Untitled, Art-O-Mat

2002 MFA Thesis Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
Fresh: New Work/New Perspectives, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL.
Fiber and Material Studies Accreditation show, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL.
Wow! Pure Fever, 1926 Gallery, Chicago, IL.



Grants/Awards
Puffin Foundation Ltd. Grant, awarded January 2004
3rd Place, 621 Benefit Art Auction, awarded November 2003
SAIC Tuition Grant, The School of the Art Institute, awarded 2000-2002
Integrated Visions 2002 Roads Scholarship Fund for Research and Travel, awarded May 2002