About the Artist:Jane Maxwell is a mixed media artist from Boston, Massachusetts. Her work is exhibited at major galleries throughout the United States and acquired by collectors from around the world.Maxwell’s artistic voice grew out of a passion for vintage materials, modern fashion and design – mingled with a deep fascination for pop culture and female icons. The issues of body image and perfectionism that pervade her work, have been informed by her own experiences, ambivalence and frustration, chasing the elusive myth of beauty.Maxwell’s work has been featured in numerous newspaper and magazine articles and in several books on mixed media and collage. She has been a college guest lecturer on the topic of body image and art. Recently, Jane was selected to be included in the 30th anniversary edition of “Who’s Who in American Art.”Maxwell graduated with a BA in Literature from Middlebury College. She studied mixed media at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and at the Decordova Museum School in Lincoln, Massachusetts. She is married with three teenage children.Artist's Statement:Trim, fashion-forward silhouettes serve as central icons in this mixed-media collage, that deconstructs and illuminates the feminine ideal.Figures are stripped of fashion and makeup , and built from layers of found and vintage papers that have been sanded, scraped and resurfaced. Aged movie posters, produce crate labels, advertising signs and related materials, compose the colors, patterns and text that surround and become the figures.While the women in this work are pared down forms, they remain thin, long-legged and sexy. There is a palpable ambivalence surrounding this work, that both denounces the cultural pressure to be perfect, while acknowledging a deep desire to achieve societal standards of beauty.This work offers a juxtaposition of women in conversation, comparison or repetition, underscoring the role that female camaraderie and competition play in the beauty quest and making a statement about our culture’s insistence on uniformity.Exhibitions:2016 Context Art Miami, Caldwell Snyder Booth2016 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Artist Demonstration2016 Joanne Artman Gallery, ‘Pared Down Synchronicity,’ Jane Maxwell & Matt Devine, Laguna Beach, CA2016 Joanne Artman Gallery [Solo Show], “Not So Plain Jane,” New York, NY2016 Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA2016 Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA2015 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA2015 Miami Context, Caldwell Snyder Booth2015 Gilman Contemporary [Solo Show], Sun Valley, ID2014 Art SiliconValley, San Francisco, CA2014 Lanoue Gallery, Boston, MA2014 Campton Gallery [Solo Show], New York, NY2013 Lanoue Fine Art [Solo Show], Boston, MA2013 Caldwell Snyder Gallery [Solo Show], St. Helena, CA2013 AAF New York2013 Joanne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA2013 Art Houston2012 Campton Gallery [Solo Show], New York, NY2012 Brown UniversityA0List Art Center, Providence, RI2012 artMARKET San Francisco2012 Gilman Contemporary [Solo Show], Ketchum, ID2011 Lanoue Fine Art, Boston, MA2011 Campton Gallery [Solo Show], New York, NY2011 San Francisco Art Fair2011 Madison Gallery, ‘Females on Figures’, La Jolla, CA2011 Gilman Contemporary, Sun Valley, ID2010 Lanoue Fine Art [Solo Show], Boston, MA2010 Caldwell Snyder Gallery [Solo Show], San Francisco, CA2010 Victorine Contemporary [Solo Show], Newport, RI2010 Gilman Contemporary, Ketchum, ID2010 Art Miami2010 Art Hamptons2010 Art Aspen2009 Campton Gallery [Solo Show], New York, NY2009 Mauger Modern Art, Art London: London, UK2009 Red Dot Miami, Miami, FL2009 Los Angeles Art Show, Los Angeles, CA2009 Caldwell Snyder Gallery [Solo Show], San Francisco, CA2009 LA Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA2009 Lanoue Fine Art, “Go Figure,” Boston, MA2009 Reign Gallery [Solo Show], Newport, RI2008 Campton Gallery [Solo Show], New York, NY2008 Hubert Gallery [Solo Show], New York, NY2008 Galerie Geraldine Zberro, Paris, France2007 Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY2007 Susan Maasch Fine Art, Portland, ME2007 New England Art Institute Gallery, “S, M, L, XL” [Solo Show], Brookline, MA2006 Judi Rotenberg Gallery, “Made In America,” Boston, MA2006 Oylan Gallery [Solo Show], Cambridge, MA2006 Carney Gallery at Regis College [Solo Show], Weston, MA2006 Nave Gallery, “Serious Fun: Whimsical Art by Fine Artists,” Somerville, MA2006 One Way Gallery, Featured Artist, Narragansett, RI2006 Woman Made Gallery, “Her Mark,” Chicago, IL2006 Attleboro Arts Museum, “Small Works National Juried Art Exhibition,” Juror’s Choice Award, Attleboro, MA2006 Fiber Art Center, “Fiber and the Book Artist,” Amherst, MA2006 Cambridge Art Association, “Blue,” Cambridge, MA2005 Clark Gallery, “Director’s Choice,” Lincoln, MA2005 Cushing-Martin Gallery, “Communicating Through Collage,” Stonehill College, Easton, MA2004 Mario Russo Salon, Louis Boston [Solo Show], Boston, MA2004 New Art Center, “Icons and Alters,” Newton, MA2004 BAAK Gallery, “Women Spring into Life,” Cambridge, MA2003 DK Project Art, “Inner Selections,” South End Artists Open Studios, Boston, MA2003 New Art Center, “Icons and Alters,” Newton, MA2002 Holzwasser Gallery, New Art Center, Newton, MA2002 The Somerville Museum, “Persona,” Somerville, MA2002 Cambridge Art Association, “Hot Colors,” Cambridge, MA2002 New Art Center, “Icons and Alters,” Newton, MA2001 The Stage Gallery, “Face to Face,” Merrick, NY2001 Cambridge Art Association, “Red,” Cambridge, MA2000 ArtWorks!, “Rhymes & Rhythms,” New Bedford, MA2000 Period Art Gallery, “International Show,” Omaha, NE2000 Newburyport Art Association, “Annual Juried Show” Mixed Media Prize, Newburyport, MAFeatures:Artscope, “Society Women: Jane Maxwell Undresses Pop Culture,” By Catherine Creighton, November 2013“THE NEO-FEMININE MYSTIQUE,” By Peter FrankWest of Boston Life Magazine, Feature Article (Winter 2009)Artella Magazine, Issue #10 (2007)The Boston Sunday Globe, “Paper Dolls That Deliver a Message” (February 11 2007)Newton Magazine, “Icons and Altars” (December 2006)Newton Magazine, “Arts Outlook” (April 2006)The Boston Globe, “Sidekick” Cover (January 17 2006)The Boston Globe, “Campus Calendar” (January 19 2006)The Metrowest Daily News, “All Doll-ed Up” (January 19 2006)The Wayland/Weston Town Crier, “Exploring Body Image With Paper Doll Cut-Outs” (January 19 2006)Middlesex Beat, “Fragmented Paper Dolls Reflect Women’s Unease” (February 2006)The Boston Sunday Globe, “People” (May 9 2004)The Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, “Working Order” (August 24 2003)The Boston Sunday Globe, “Putting it all Together” (May 11 2003)The Newton Tab, “Windows into the Souls of Artists” (May 14 2003)Art New England, “Persona” Somerville Museum Show Review (August/September 2002)Publications:Mixed Media Collage, Quarry Books Published: September 2008Complete Color Harmony Workbook, Rockport Books Published: May 2007Artful Paper Dolls, By Terry Taylor, Lark Books Published: June 2006Beyond Paper Dolls, By Lynne Perella, Stampington &anp; Company Due for Publication: September 2006Collage Sourcebook, By Jennifer Atkinson, Holly Harrison and Paula Grasdal, Quarry Books Published: 2005Collage for the Soul, By Holly Harrison and Paula Gradsal, Rockport Books Published: 2003Altered Books, Collaborative Journals, and Other Adventures in Bookmaking, By Holly Harrison, Rockport Books Published: 2003