A MOMENT IN TIME
JAN WILLIAMSON
This will be the first solo exhibition for Jan Williamson in our new (since 2017) gallery space at Access Cresent, and most extensive exhibition of her work with the gallery. The exhibition includes a cross-section of her paintings capturing time in life’s moments, including some of her former Archibald Prize finalist portraits.
Join the artist in the gallery on Saturday 11th November, 5-7 pm to celebrate the official opening of this exhibition
An online exhibition catalogue can be viewed here. This will open a fullscreen flipbook-style catalogue to view the exhibition works. All dimensions are listed height x width, and are framed only if indicated. We are delighted to announce that we will be sharing some of Jan’s Archibald finalist portraits with you, which are not included in this catalogue.
ca Gallery wishes to advise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
that the online catalogue and physical exhibition contains the names and/or images
of people who have since passed away.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My subject matter is mainly people. I take inspiration from children engaged
in their own worlds of play and dreams.
I am also inspired by our First Nations people, and have painted with them at Utopia.
To capture this and to share with others, is a gift I treasure.
My goal through my work, is to inspire the viewer to engage, and discover beauty
and joy in a moment in time.
– Jan Williamson, 2023
“What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.”
– excerpt from “Leisure” by William H. Davies (1871-1940)
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Jan Williamson is a professional artist who specialises in portraiture and figurative work.
As one of Australia’s premier portrait artists, Jan’s work portrays people and intimate studies of children, playing on the beach, or engrossed in their own world, oblivious to the influences around them.
Her portraits have been selected as finalists in all the major Australian exhibitions. A finalist five times in the Archibald Prize, and winning the Packing Room Prize for two consecutive years with portraits of Jenny Morris and Rachel Ward (2002, 2003), and the People’s Choice Award in 2002 for her portrait of Morris. She has been a finalist on numerous occasions in major Australian exhibitions including the Portia Geach Memorial Award, Moran Portrait Prize, and exhibited in the Salon des Refuses, and the Sporting Portrait Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW.
Her subjects have included; Tom Carroll, Jenny Morris, Rachel Ward, Wayne Bennett, David Williamson, Collette Dinnigan, Anne Geddes, INXS’s Andrew Farris, Sue McPherson, Vice Chancellor of Deakin University, Professor Sally Walker, Dr Eddie Liu, Father of Chinatown, Brisbane.
Nancy Kunoth Petyarr (1934,1939-2009), Kathleen (c.1930-2021) and Poly Ngal are a few of the famous, senior indigenous artists from Utopia, NT, that Jan has had the privilege to paint.
Jan is also a foundation and exhibiting member of Portrait Artists Australia, an association launched in 2001 to promote portraiture in Australia.
