Janis Jefferies

History

Career Path: Janis Jefferies is an artist, writer and curator. She pioneered the field of contemporary textiles within visual and material culture, internationally through exhibitions and texts. Recent publications include ‘Laboured Cloth: Translations of Hybridity in Contemporary Art’, in The Object of Labor: Art, Cloth, and Cultural Production, The Art School of the Art Institute of Chicago/MIT Press, USA, 2007 and ‘Contemporary textiles: the Art Fabric’ in Contemporary Textiles: The Fabric of Fine Art, Black Dog publishing, 2008. Curatorial work includes, Kaunas Art Biennial (wide examination), Lithuania, 2007; Process Revealed: An exhibition of generative and digital works, Artpool artspace and research centre, Budapest, Hungary 2006 and Boys who Sew, Crafts Council national touring exhibition 2004/05. She holds a Crafts Council Spark Plug curating award that seeks to examine the creative and dynamic relationship between mathematics, mathematical forms and craft through the Common Threads archive held in CHRRCT.

Venue: Constance Howard Resource and Research Centre in Textiles, Goldsmiths, University of London

Curator Visit Expectations: In craft terms, we live in exciting times, full of new material possibilities; with the potential to transform society by changing the way people think and live. The visit will provide just such an opportunity.