Jane Nodine

STATEMENT

"I make art that gives viewers an experience for looking."
Having a strong interest in materiality and a personal connection to the natural world, my work is inspired by elements that show the passage of time and a record of aging. Informed by the macro and micro world, I focus on explorations of color, texture and substance manipulation that yield unusual and seductive visual results. My attention to surface and detailed foundation layers places an emphasis on the appearance of work as I strive to attract the viewer in for closer observation. I work intuitively and describe my approach to art-making as a process of excavation. There is no map or definitive end and no preconceived plan of travel, only a sense that something waits to be revealed.

BIO

Jane Allen Nodine is Distinguished Professor Emerita and retired Gallery Director at the University of South Carolina Upstate, where she served as head of the art program for over twenty years. Prior to joining the University she owned and operated Jane Nodine Hardwear, a full-service jewelry design and manufacturing company. Jane has worked in a variety of media throughout her career and she exhibits widely in the US and Europe. Recognized with numerous awards, Jane received an NEA/SECCA Southeastern Seven IV Fellowship from the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art and two South Carolina Arts Commission Artist Fellowships. In 2012 she received the Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement by the Southeastern College Art Conference and in 2002 she was awarded a Belle W. Baruch Visiting Scholar Fellowship to Hobcaw Barony Plantation in Georgetown, S.C. Jane’s work is included in numerous collections including the Medical University of South Carolina, Equitable Life Assurance Society – NYC, Stadtsparkasse Bank – Germany, and multiple works in the South Carolina State Art Collection. Jane's career spans several decades and in 1999 she was selected by the South Carolina State Museum and the South Carolina Arts Commission as one of the One Hundred Most Significant Artists in South Carolina During the 20th Century.

EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS/COMMISSIONS

2021
​REFLECTIONS, Art in the Age of Pandemic, Greenville Center for the Creative Arts, Greenville, SC
​FLASHPOINT: Material/Content/Fused, Curated traveling exhibition, Loveland Museum of Art, Loveland, CO
​FLASHPOINT: Material/Content/Fused, Curated traveling exhibition, Jackie Headley Gallery, California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
2020
​REFLECTIONS, Art in the Age of Pandemic, Solo Exhibition, Gallery at Carillion, Charlotte, NC
​REFLECTIONS, Art in the Age of Pandemic, solo exhibition, UPSTAIRS Artspace, Tryon, NC
​2020, So Far...., Group Invitational, Greenville Technical College, Benson Campus, Greenville, SC
FLASHPOINT: Material/Content? Fused, Curated traveling exhibition, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
2019
​FLASHPOINT: Material/Content/Fused, Curated traveling exhibition, Piedmont Arts Museum – Hooker Garret Gallery, Martinsville, VA
50 States/200 Artists, Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NM
Art of Play, Group Exhibition by Southern Exposure, Upstairs Art Space, Tryon, NC
2018
South Carolina Arts Commission Fellowship Artists Retrospective II, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
Eclipsing 50, Fellows Exhibition Celebrating 50th Anniversary of South Carolina Arts Commission, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia
Heated Exchange, Traveling Exhibition, Gumenick Gallery, Capital One Richmond, VA
Confluence: Contemporary Print Collective, Taiwan Print Exchange, Taiwan – Ideas Creation Studio, Space Two, Cultural Affairs Bureau of Chiayi City, Taiwan
2017
Heated Exchange, Traveling Exhibition, Capital One Richmond, Gumenick Gallery, Richmond, VA
​Expo Matera, ARTE INTERNAZIONALE 2017, Palazzo Dell'Annunziata, Matera, Italy
SCAC Fellowship Artists Retrospective, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
Confluence: Contemporary Print Collective, Taiwan Print Exchange, Taiwan – Ideas Creation Studio, Space Two, Taipei City, Taiwan
USC Upstate Faculty Exhibition, Curtis R. Harley Gallery, University Of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC
Confluence: Contemporary Print Collective, Taiwan Print Exchange, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC
UPSTATE 8; Women Artists of the Upstate, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Eclipsing 50, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC
SCAC Fellowship Artists 50th Anniversary Exhibition, Anderson Arts Center, Anderson, SC
Heated Exchange, Traveling Exhibition, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA
​Paper in Particular, National Competition, Sidney Larson Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, MO
Heated Exchange, Traveling Exhibition, California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
2016
Sensations, Group Exhibition, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
TEASE II, Transatlantic Exhibition of Art in the Southeast, The North Carolina Zeitgeist Foundation, Venues: Atlanta, Spartanburg, Charlotte, Raleigh
Encaustic Art in the 21st Century, Exhibition of artists featured in published book of the same name, Encaustic Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
11th Annual Encaustic Invitational: Length x Width x Depth, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Artfields, R.O.B., Southeastern Competition, Lake City, SC
Heated Exchange, Traveling Exhibit, J. Stark Eayne Galleries, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
Thermal Response, Solo Exhibit, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
Heated Exchange, Traveling Exhibit, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2015
Minimal/Maximal, 9th International Encaustic Conference Exhibition, Castile Hill Gallery, Truro Center for the Arts, Truro, MA
Expo Matera, ARTE INTERNAZIONALE 2015, Palazzo Dell'Annunziata, Matera, Italy
Ties That Bind, Invitational, Fine Arts Center, Greenville, SC
Formations, UPSTATE Gallery on Main, Spartanburg, SC
12 Friends; Bit by Bit, Art & Light Gallery, Greenville, SC
Independent Spirits: Women Artists of South Carolina, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
ArtFields, R.O.B., Southeastern Competition, Lake City, SC
2014
Heated Exchange, Curated Exhibition, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Fl
Swept Away, Curated Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
Cullowhee Mountain Arts Faculty Invitational, Fine Arts Museum, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
Thermal Response, Solo Exhibition, Goodall Gallery, Columbia College, Columbia, SC
Thermal Imprint, Solo Exhibition, Spartanburg County Library Headquarters, Spartanburg, SC
2013
Thermal Response, Solo Exhibition, Riverworks Gallery, Greenville, SC
Thermal Response, Solo Exhibition, GTC Galleries, Greer, SC, concurrent with Riverworks Gallery
Radiant, Curated Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Swept Away: Translucence, Transparence, Transcendence in Contemporary Encaustic, Curated Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
The Calligraphic Gesture, Curated Exhibition, Tao Water Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Natura Viva, Curated Exhbition, ArtCurrents Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Some Like it Hot; Encaustic Art in the Upstate, Group Exhibit, Metropolitan Arts Council, Greenville, SC
Thermal Response – Solo Exhibition, Elizabeth Ross Gallery, Central Piedmont Community College, Charlotte, NC
Heated Exchange, Curated Exhibition, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC
2012
Jane Allen Nodine, Wachsspuren – Gallerie Kunstkomplex, Wuppertal, Germany
Heated Exchange, Curated Exhibition, Upstairs Artist Space, Tryon, NC – Curator, Reni Gower
Wax Foundations: Encaustic in the Southeast – Frankie G. Weems Gallery, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
Thermal Response – Solo Exhibition, Guild Gallery, Chapman Cultural Center, Spartanburg, SC
2011
WOW, Women of Wax – Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
Wax Inc. – South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA
American Women – Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Coming Out of the Closet: Clothing Art as an Emergent Form, Mary Brogan Museum, Tallahassee, FL
Photo+Craft – National Competition, Lightbox Photographic Gallery, Astoria, OR
TRIENNIAL Revisited – Retrospective, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC
Encaustic Masters; Inspirational Voices – National Competition, Columbia River Gallery, Troutdale, OR
Fire and Wax – Solo Exhibition, McDunn Gallery, Greenville, SC
6th Annual Encaustic Invitational – Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Fire and Earth – Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
2010
The Notion of Image – Solo Exhibition, Corporate Museum & Frame, Richmond, VA
5th Annual Encaustic Invitational - Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Transitions/2010, WCAGA Members Exhibition – Georgia Peremiter College Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Elizabeth M. Guinan Gallery – Solo Exhibition, Charlotte, NC
Luminous Layers: Exploring Contemporary Encaustic – Lakewood Center for the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR
2009
Body Pulses; Third International Juried Exhibition – Plates to Pixels, Portland, OR
225 F: Encaustic Encounters Invitational Exhibition - Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
Art in Academia - SECAC Juried Exhibition, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Beauty and Its Opposites - 301 Gallery, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA,
4th Annual Encaustic Invitational - Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2008
Plates to Pixels Second International Juried Exhibition - Portland, OR
Back to Basics: Exploring Natural Materials - Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA
SECAC Juried Exhibition - Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, LA,
Shades of Gray; Four Artists of the Southeast - Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN
3rd Annual Encaustic Invitational - Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
MUSC Contemporary Carolina Collection - Ashley River Tower, Charleston, SC
2007
Solo Exhibition: transitory trace made evident - Mary Baldwin College Hunt Gallery, Staunton, VA
2006
1212 Gallery National Juried Photography Exhibition - 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA
LaGrange National XXIV Sculpture Exhibition - LaMar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA
A.I.R. Gallery Feminist Fashion Exhibition - New York, NY
University of South Carolina Alumni Invitational - McMaster Gallery of Art, Columbia
2005
SECAC Juried Exhibition - University of Arkansas Little Rock
Appalachian Corridors Juried Exhibit - Avampato Discovery Museum, Charleston, WV
RiverRun, Invitational Exhibition - Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
2004
traces - solo installation - University of South Carolina McMaster Gallery of Art, Columbia
Figure 8 - Lee Hall Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Southeastern Louisiana University Invitational - Southeastern Lousiana University, Hammond, LA
SECAC 2004 Members Exhibition - Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL
TRIENNIAL 2004 - South Carolina Arts Commission & South Carolina State Museum, Columbia
2003
SECAC 2003 Juried Exhibition - North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Tribute to Trees - Outdoor Sculpture Invitational, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC
2002
traces - solo Installation, Thompson Gallery of Furman University, Greenville, SC
Vision's International Competition - Art Center Waco, Waco, TX
Photo-Based Competition Exhibition - WomanMADE Gallery, Chicago, ILL
A Sense of Place; Continuity and Change in the New South - Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art, Augusta, GA
SECAC 2002 Juried Exhibition - Gulf Coast Exploreum, University of Alabama, Mobile
2001
Spartanburg Views Winterthur - Artist Photographer Exchange, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg, SC
Spartanburg Views Winterthur - Artist Photographer Exchange, Alte Kaserne, Winterthur, Switzerland
SECAC 2001 Juried Exhibition - South Carolina State Museum, Columbia
TRIENNIAL 2001 - South Carolina Arts Commission & South Carolina State Museum, Columbia
Winterthur Artist Photographer Exchange - Alte Kaserne, Winterthur, Switzerland
2000
American Identities - Gibson Gallery, The Art Museum of State University of New York College, Potsdam, NY
What is Drawing Now - Weber State University, Ogden, UT
34th Annual National Drawing & Small Sculpture Show - Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
SECAC 2000 Juried Exhibition - Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, KY

EDUCATION

1979 MFA in Painting/Drawing, University of South Carolina
1976 BFA in Painting, University of South Carolina
Special Studies in Art: Kent State University, Penland School of Crafts, R&F Handmade Paints

AWARDS

Distinguished Professor Emerita, 2018 by University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg
Honored in name with the Jane Allen Nodine Outstanding Art Student Award, to be given each year to a USC Upstate Student, 2018
2018 Distinguished Alumni Award from University of South Carolina School of Visual Art and Design, 2018
Distinguished Art Advocate Award, Sponsored by the South Carolina Art Education Association (SCAEA) 2016
Artist Support Grant, Arts Partnership of Spartanburg 2015
First Place Mix Media & Drawing, Spartanburg Artist Guild Annual, Spartanburg Museum of Art, 2013
Award, Outstanding Artistic Achievement, Southeastern College Art Conference 2012
First Place Painting Award, Spartanburg Artist Guild Annual, Spartanburg Museum of Art, 2012
Award, Outstanding Exhibition & Catalog of Historical Materials, Southeastern College Art Conference 2011
Sabbatical Award for Research, USC Upstate 2011
South Carolina Representative & Board Member – Southeastern College Art Conference 2008-2011
USC Upstate Faculty Award for Scholarly and Creative Pursuits 2008
MUSC Contemporary Carolina Collection at Ashley River Tower, Charleston, SC 2008
Southeastern College Art Conference Award for Teaching Excellence 2004
Award for Excellence in Directing International Studies, USC Upstate 2004
TRIENNIAL 2004; South Carolina Arts Commission and South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, 2004
Belle W. Baruch Foundation Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Hobcaw Barony Plantation, Georgetown, SC 2002
USCS Faculty Sabbatical Award Spring 2002; research of technology in Art, 2002
Pritchard's Island Artist Fellow, Beaufort County Arts Council & Pritchard's Island Research Center 2001
TRIENNIAL 2001; South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC, 2001
Visiting Artist, Winterthur, Switzerland, Spartanburg Arts Partnership & Arts Council of Winterthur 2000
100 Years/100 Artists, SC Arts Commission & SC State Museum, 100 significant Artists of the 20th C
University of South Carolina Spartanburg Teacher of the Year 1999
South Carolina Arts Commission Individual Artist Project Support Grant 1997
USC Research and Productive Scholarship, SPAR Award Grant 1997
Texas National '95, Austin State University, Nacogdoches, 2nd Place Cash Award, Leon Golub, Juror 1995
South Carolina Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship 1990
South Carolina Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship 1981
NEA/SECCA Southeast Seven IV, SECCA Individual Artist Fellowship, Winston-Salem, NC 1980

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of South Carolina Upstate – 2018
Gallery Talk, 701 Center for Contemporary Art, Columbia, SC – 2018
​Encaustic demonstration workshops, representing R&F Handmade Paint, Inc., Artist & Craftsman Supply, Charleston, SC – 2018
Judge – CAVA, Cherokee Alliance of Visual Artists. Annual Competition, Gaffney, SC – 2018
Judge – Eastside High School, Annual Student Art Exhibition, Taylors, SC – 2018
Judge – Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County’s 2018 Open Studios Art Tour, Santa Cruz, CA – 2018
Judge – Annual Student Art Competition, Wofford College, Spartanburg, SC – 2017
​Judge – Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County’s 2017 Open Studios Art Tour, Santa Cruz, CA – 2017
Assistant Chair, Fine Arts & Communication Studies, University of South Carolina Upstate, 2013 – 2018
Coordinator/Head, Visual Arts, University of South Carolina Upstate, 2013 – 2018
Director of University of South Carolina Gallery Program, 1995 – Present
Developed the self-study and steered to completion the 2016 NASAD review of University of South Carolina Upstate
Reviewer, "Art and Design Fundamentals". Bleicher, Steven, Oxford University Press – 2015
Panelist, "Professional Practices: The Big Picture", Ninth International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA – 2015
Judge – South Carolina Festival of Flowers Juried Art Exhibition, Arts Center Greenwood, Greenwood, SC, 2015
Initiate/Facilitator, Spearheaded and steered to operation, UPSTATE Gallery on Main, USC Upstate Satellite Gallery in Spartanburg, SC – 2014
Assessment Reviewer for Programs/Facilities/Curriculum, established College Art Department in North Carolina, 2015
Initiate/Facilitator – NASAD accreditation self-study and review process, 2013-16
Judge – Waccamaw Arts & Crafts Guild, 2014 Annual Members Exhibition, Myrtle Beach, SC
Judge – Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County’s 2014 Open Studios Art Tour, Santa Cruz, CA
Grant Reviewer, Aspire-III Review Committee, University of South Carolina Electronic Research Administration 2013
Judge – Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County’s 2013 Open Studios Art Tour, Santa Cruz, CA
Advisor/Consultant, Artist Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg, SC, 2013 –14
Judge – 59th Annual Pee Dee Regional Art Competition, Florence Museum of Art, Florence, SC, 2012
Judge – 2012 Greenville Technical College Visual Arts Annual Student Competition, GTC, Greenville, SC
Judge – Explore This 8, National Competition, CPSA–Colored Pencil Society of America, 2012
Consultant – Upstairs Gallery, Tryon, NC– Programming Development, 2011-12
Presenter – Judge & Jury, Process & Product, Charlotte Art League, 2011
Judge –The Power of Innovation: Art Inside the New Energy Age, National Competition, Charlotte Art League, 2011
Panel Presenter – “Careers in Encaustic” 4th Annual Encaustic Painting Conference, Montserrat College of Art, 2010
Designer – Exhibition Catalogue, Andy Warhol at USC Upstate, 2010
Initiate/Facilitator – coordinated the 2010 Andy Warhol collaborative exhibitions between Harley Gallery/USC Upstate and the Spartanburg Art Museum
Judge – Upstate Visual Arts, Regional Organization & Competition, Greenville, SC, 2009
Reviewer/Facilitator/Consultant – Visual Arts & Art Gallery program evaluation & revision, Clarion University, 2009
Initiate/Facilitator – 2008 acquisition of over 150 original photographs by Andy Warhol, gifted by the Andy Warhol Foundation Photographic Legacy Project
Reviewer – Launching the Imagination, Third Edition by Mary Stewart, McGraw Hill Publisher, 2008
Judge – 11th Biennial Western North Carolina Juried Exhibition, Tryon, NC, 2008
Judge – Fine Arts Center Annual Exhibition of Student Work, Greenville, SC, 2007
Judge – Scholastic Art Awards, Annual Scholastic Competition, South Carolina, 2004
Initiate/Facilitator – Spearheaded, steered to completion the redesign, renovation and construction, 7800 sq. ft. USC Upstate Visual Arts Center (6 offices, 5 lab-studios, storage – active operation of facility in 2003)
Initiate/Facilitator – Spearheaded, steered to completion, creation & development of the Bachelor of Arts program in Art, emphasis Graphic Design, 2001– 02
Facilitator – Directed relocation and renovation of Curtis R. Harley University Art Gallery , 2000
Initiate/Facilitator – Spearheaded and developed USC Upstate Study Abroad Italy, Director 1998 – 2010
Board of Trustees, Outside-In Open Studio, Spartanburg County Non-profit Open Studio Project for Adults with Chronic Mental Illness, 1997-2001
Artist Assistance Grants Panelist, The Arts Partnership of Spartanburg, SC, 1995-1997
Developed and Coordinated Docent Training Program through the Spartanburg County Museum of Art for 1996-97 Tri State Sculpture Exhibition
GTC/USCS Collaboration Advisory Committee, USCS collaboration with Greenville Technical College, 1996-98
Board of Trustees, Facilities Management Group of Spartanburg County, (formerly Spartanburg. Arts Council), 1994-1999
Grants Panelist, South Carolina Arts Commission Long Term Grants for Hugo Relief, artist victims of the storm, 1990

TAGS

abstract painter, pattern painting, texture painting, non-objective painting, southern made, seductive surface, color painting, dynamic color