Janet Gallagher has established a creative practice of a hybrid nature over the past 30 years. Exploring printmaking, collage, sculpture, textiles and installation, she has cultivated a rich personal symbolism and idiosyncratic technique.
Her distinctive use of scrap-heap materials – sewn, strung and stitched – thread together psychological topographies and natural morphology.
Her work follows paths and layers of identity, change, connection and disconnection and the physical and psychic environments in which we exist, working with layers, as a means of exploring perception and experience of moment or place.
In mapping the micro and macro alike, she searches for signs and cycles of renewal and beauty, often reclaiming everyday materials in an intertwining the mundane and spiritual. Janet’s allegorical vignettes offer intriguing layers and dimensions to contemplate.
Janet is based in Adelaide & has lived & made work in North Queensland, Melbourne & Darwin. She is interested in opportunities for exhibition, collaboration & bringing her art into variety of settings to explore potential via a variety of mediums or workshops.
In 2017-2021 she facilitated workshops in the community exploring Altered Book Art Journaling along with workshops for children exploring printmaking with natural, found & recycled materials. She has current Department of Communities & Social Inclusion (DCSI) child-related employment clearances & current National Police Checks.
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I'm an Australian Contemporary Visual Artist & Maker based in South Australia.
I am committed to working with the Arts in diverse settings including health & disability support & cultivating creativity through workshops in the community.
Creative Art & making is the continuing vital and connective thread throughout my life...
I am committed to working with the Arts in diverse settings including health & disability support & cultivating creativity through workshops in the community.
Creative Art & making is the continuing vital and connective thread throughout my life...