Biographical Information for Jana Brevick:

Residence: Washington

Education:

1999 BFA Metal Design, University of Washington, Seattle
1995 BA Apparel Design, Western Washington University, Bellingham
1991 Associates Degree, Univeristy of Idaho, Moscow

Solo Exhibitions:

2011 ComLink, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2010 Net, SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2008 Thanks, Wavelength, SOIL Backspace Gallery, Seattle
2006 Control Panel, SOIL Gallery, September
2005 Remote Control, Backspace Gallery, Seattle, April 1-30

Selected Exhibitions:

2011
-SOIL @ Aqua Art, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, Florida
-Subtle Set, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, August

2010
-Celebrating 70, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, August
-Signs of Life #6, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, October

2009
-Artists of ARTECH, Past-Present Employee exhibition, Wright Exhibition Space
-False Proof, Kirkland Art Center, September
-EXPO, SOIL Gallery, May
-Stimulus Project, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA

2008
-SOIL @ Aqua Art, Art Basel South Beach, Miami, Florida
-The Surrealist Impulse: Recent Acquisitions from the Tacoma Art Museum Collection, Sept-May 2009
-Tacoma Art Museum Collection, Sept - May 2009
-SOIL @ SOIL, SOIL Gallery, October member's show

2006
-SOIL @ Aqua Art, Art Basel South Beach, Miami, Florida

2005
-SOIL Gallery: 10 Year, All Member Retrospective, October 1-30, SOIL Gallery
-200 Rings, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, Curator: Robert Ebendorf & Elizabeth Shypertt and Mike Holmes, then on to Cleveland at Gallery M, June 20- July 10, and then to Shaw Gallery, October
-Signs of Life #1, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, June 16 -July 5, literary journal /show catalogue and participant in lecture
-Beyond the Body: Northwest Jewelers at Play, Tacoma Art Museum, Curator: Rock Hushka, May14 -September 11, 2005

2003
-YSA Exhibition, Howard House, Seattle, December -January
-The Ring, Traveling Exhibition; Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbigshire, Wales, April-May; Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December; end of traveling exhibition
-Unemployment Benefits, Temporary Cathexis Gallery (now Priceless Works Gallery), Seattle, April, curator: Ragan Peck
-New Members Show, Soil Gallery, Seattle, March
-Art of Gold, Traveling Exhibition; Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, California, January-May; Spenser Museum, Lawrence, Kansas, November-January 2004; then on to three more locations
-Display Use Only, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington, curator: Susan Myers
-Gallery of Collections and Creations, SOIL Co-op Members, Bumbershoot

2002
-Exquisite Corpse, Collaborative Sculpture, Drawing and Painting Show, Bumbershoot, curator: Marian Peck
-Round, Soil Gallery, July, Seattle, curator: Monica Miller

2001
-SCHMUCK 2001, Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
-Avant Garde Jewelry, Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Haus, Bremen, Germany

2000
-Under the Influence, Northwest Jewelry and Ethnographic Objects, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington; curator: Mia McEldowney
-Drawing the Lines, Society of Arts and Crafts Gallery, Boston, MA; curator: Gail M. Brown
-Attitude and Action! North American Figurative Jewelry, The ATrium GAllery, University of Central England, Birmingham, England, July-August; traveled to Dublin, Ireland

Speaking Engagements/Teaching:

-Teaching, Penland School, Summer sessions 2009, 2012
-Lecture and demonstration, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2008 & MAssachussetts School of Art, 2009
-Lecture and presentations of my work, Bellevue Arts Museum, Docents Association, 2005
-SOIL Auction Co-Chair; Seattle Design Center, 2011 & Western Bridge, Seattle 2007
-Going Local, Artist Lecture Series, sponsored by Seattle Metals Guild, April 14, 2005

Curatorial Experience:

-The Progressives, Facere Jewelry Art gallery, October 2006
-Tinker Tailor Jewelry Spy, SOIL Art Gallery, September 2006
-SOIL Annual Auction, 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008
-Remote Control, Backspace Gallery, April 2005
-Tiny Universe, SOIL Gallery, November 2003

Workshops:

2007 Maker Faire, San Mateo, California
2004-05 VAIN Free-Thinking Residency, Seattle, October-January
2003 EDGE Program, Professional Artist Practices, Artist Trust, Seattle, October-December
2001 Manfred Bischoff (Germany); Lost Object, Hidden Jewel; Alchimia School; Florence, Italy
2000 Assistant to Lori Talcott; Ancient Techniques, Filigree and Engraving; Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina

Permanent Collection: Tacoma Art Museum

Publications and Reviews:

-Graves, Jen. Where Am I? What's Going On? The Stranger Blog. Sep. 22, 2009
-Craig, Gabriel. Metalsmith
-Kangas, Matthew. Metalsmith
-Kurtz, Katie. Craft: transforming traditional craft, Vol. 06, Handmade Section, p. 12. O'Reilly Publications, 2008.
-Updike, Robin. Jana Brevick: A Slyly Subversive Artist. Ornament Magazine, Winter, Vol. 29, no. 2. pp. 48-51.
-Art to Go, Susan Phinney, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Thursday, December 15, 2005
-Review: Hackett, Regina. SOIL Retrospective Show. Post-Intelligencer, Friday, October 28, 2005
-SOIL: A Seattle Artist' Run Gallery, book compiled by SOIL members of past exhibitions, current and past members with images and timeline.
-Review: Hackett, Regina. Surveilance, SOIL members exhibition. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 2005
-Metcalf, Bruce. Is There a Jewelry Avant-garde? Essay and image of The Everchanging Ring, Metalsmith Magazine, Summer 2004, vol. 24, number 3. pp.14-15.
-Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, August 2004
-1000 Rings, Published by Lark Books, 2004, curator: Robert Ebendorf
-Hall, Emily, In Art News, The Stranger, March 6, 2003, page 26.
-Kangas, Matthew, Review, Display Use Only, Metalsmith, Spring 2003, vol. 23, num. 2, page 48.
-Schmuck 2001, exhibition catalogue for Munich, Germany, Edition Handwerk, 2001, pages 32-33