jane gifford was born and brought up in the new forest, studied fine art at newcastle university, painting in new york on a max beckmann scholarship to the brooklyn museum art school, and printmaking at central st martins london.
always a dreamer, jane has recorded her dreams and used them as subject matter for paintings, drawings, prints and videos for a very long time.
jane gifford’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the uk and abroad including camden arts centre london, hirschl contemporary art london, royal academy london, standpoint london, riverside studios london, wellcome collection london, whitechapel london, cornerhouse manchester, dundee contemporary arts dundee, first site colchester, glynn vivian art gallery swansea, ikon touring birmingham, mappin art gallery sheffield, veemvloer amsterdam, hygiene museum dresden and grey art gallery new york.
jane's work is in many collections including the government art collection.