JANE SCOBIE
Photographic print.
42 x 60cm
edition of 10
The Totems are a visual reference to changes in the environment. Each ceramic was made in response to Wild Ken Hill. They are symbolic of shifting qualities in the landscape and embody precious processes that we cannot see but want to nurture. The images were taken at Wild Ken Hill a project to restore nature, fight climate change, and grow healthy food across a coastal farm in West Norfolk. It is the home of BBC Spring Watch.
Jane Scobie is an environmental artist whose practice explores the fluid boundaries between the human and the nonhuman and the reciprocal nature of care. Current research is focussed on the strand line as a witness to climate breakdown. Recent work includes Edgelands (2022) - a collaboration and sculpture installation at Wild Ken Hill, a project to restore nature, fight climate change, and grow healthy food across a coastal farm in West Norfolk, the home of BBC Spring Watch. Artist in Resident at Ground Work Gallery, Kings Lynn focused on Extraction (2023). Joya:Air - Art and Environment Residency (2024) looking at rainwater harvesting.
As a visual artist Jane is a passionate advocate for social change and puts engagement and collaboration at the heart of her practice. Jane has a First-Class degree in Fine Art and is currently completing an MA in Arts and Science at Central Saint Martins. In 2022 Jane was awarded a British Council Venice Biennale Fellowship. Previously Jane had a successful career working as a senior leader for a range of international non-governmental organisations, she is a Clore Social Leadership Fellow.
www.janescobie.com
@janescobieartist
Photographer: Tristram Kenton
www.tristramkenton.com