Moment when the lightFused, carved and hand finished glass.130 x 80 x 10mm. 2010Photograph: Grant Hancock.Janice Vitkovsky is an artist based in Adelaide, Kaurna lands of South Australia. A practice that spans over 25 years, her work seeks to convey the immersive nature to our subjective experiences through glass object.
Combining knowledge in hot glass processes, kiln forming and cold finishing techniques, Janice’s sculpture explores ideas referencing perception and impermanence, drawing links between how we build meaning through construction and reconstruction of thoughts, ideas and experiences.
Janice began her glass studies graduating from the University of South Australia in 1999. She then went on to complete the Associate trainee-ship program at JamFactory’s Glass Studio. Gaining extensive experience in the historic Venetian murrine technique through mentorship with artist Giles Bettison in New York, this glass process provided a vehicle for her fascination with pattern. The murrine technique allows intricate patterns to embed in the surface of the glass, giving the appearance of moire patterns that optically shift, exposing variable viewpoints.
Janice has exhibited in numerous national and international exhibitions and artist residency programs, and her work is held in public and private collections in Australia, Asia, Europe and the USA.
Curriculum Vitae
Janice Vitkovsky
Born 1977, Adelaide, South Australia.
Education
1996 - 1999 Bachelor of Applied Arts, Glass and Ceramics, South Australian School of Art, Adelaide.
2000 -01 Design Associate traineeship, Glass Studio, JamFactory, Adelaide.
2005 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Honours, Glass, Australian National University, Canberra.
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Variation, Solo exhibition, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.
Verticale, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.
2022 Tom Malone Prize, Finalist, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
Fuse Glass Prize, Finalist, JamFactory, Adelaide, Australian Design Centre, Canberra
Glassworks.
2021 The Study, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.
Vitreous, Collect Space, JamFactory, Adelaide.
2018 Sketch - Masters of Glass, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.
2017 ANU School of Art 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Canberra.
Brooch, Gallery Bilk, Canberra.
2016 Grid, with Peta Kruger, Collect Space, JamFactory, Adelaide.
2015 Tom Malone Prize, Finalist, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
2014 Be Consumed - Creative collaborations for the Barossa, JamFactory, Adelaide.
2013 Designing Craft/Crafting Design: 40 years of JamFactory, JamFactory and national tour.
View, Solo, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.
Links: Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest, Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma
Museum of Glass, Tacoma and national tour of USA.
2011 A Fine Line, Gallery 2, Jamfactory, Adelaide.
Ephemeral Mapping, Solo, Jane Sauer Gallery, NM, USA.
SOFA NY, Jane Sauer Gallery, NY, USA.
2010 Mind and Matter, JamFactory, Adelaide and Object Gallery, Sydney.
SOFA NY, Jane Sauer Gallery, NY, USA.
The Sum of Parts - Masters of Glass, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.
2009 White Hot - Contemporary Australian Glass, AsiaLink, Gallery of Art and Design, SIlpakom, University
of Bankok, Thailand and Tour.
SOFA Chicago, Jane Sauer Gallery, Chicago, USA.
2008 Frequency, Solo, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.
2006 Beneath The Surface, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, USA.
NewDesign, Object Gallery, Sydney.
Miniatures, Workshop Bilk, Canberra.
2004 Pixelated - Glass Mosaic, Heller Gallery, NY, USA.
2003 BEAcon Glass Symposium, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, USA.
SALA week, Solo, Purple Space, Jamfactory, Adelaide.
2002 Talente, International Craft Fair, Munich, Germany.
Grants, Awards & Residencies
2023 Arts SA grant to assist with solo exhibition, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.
2019 Arts SA grant to make new work.
2013 Arts SA grant to assist with residency at Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, USA.
Arts SA grant to assist with solo exhibition, Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.
Artist residency at Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, USA.
Artist residency at Alberta College of Art and Design, Canada.
2010 Arts SA grant to assist with solo exhibition at Jane Sauer Gallery, NM, USA.
2009 AsiaLink support to attend opening of White Hot - Contemporary Australian Glass, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2008 Australia Council Established artist Grant for solo exhibition with Sabbia Gallery, Sydney.
2007 Arts SA grant for assistance with solo exhibition, Bullseye Connection Gallery, Portland, USA.
2006 Winner, Object award for graduate exhibition.
Object Gallery scholarship to attend Masterclass at Northlands Creative Glass, Lybster, Scotland.
2005 ANU Graduate awards: Australian Decorative and Fine Art Society award. Pamille Berg & Robin Blau
Logos’ award, CraftACT Crucible Showcase award, Henry Ergas award.
2004 Arts SA emerging artist grant to develop new work.
2003 Australia Council Mentorship grant with Giles Bettison, NY, USA.
2002 South Australian Youth Arts Board grant to pursue new work.
2000 Arts SA & JamFactory supported scholarship to attend Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, USA.
Publications
Designing Craft/Crafting Design: 40 years of JamFactory, pg 126, 2013
Links: Australian Glass and the Pacific Northwest, pg 100, 103, 160, 2013.
Colour Ignited - Glass 1962 - 2012, pg 261, 262, 2012.
CraftArts International, October Issue, pg52 - 55, 2009.
Australian Glass Today, Margot Osborne, pg 128, 129, 2005.
Collections
National Art Glass Collection, Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW.
Hamilton Art Gallery, VIC.
Tacoma Museum of Glass, Tacoma, USA.
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD.