Jane Rainwater

Jane Rainwater lives in Andover, CT. Jane teaches art and design at several colleges and universities in Connecticut. She holds a MFA from The Art Institute of Boston, and a BFA from The Hartford Art School. Jane Rainwater recently received a Radius Emerging Artist Fellowship from The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, CT. She also worked on an on-line project with the Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis, MN, and has shown her work in Pittsburgh, PA at The Three Rivers Gallery.   <!--StartFragment--> Jane Rainwater Artist Statement People are often attracted to the aesthetics of an image or object that stimulates desire. Decorative objects are collected and exhibited in the home as status symbols of affluence and refinement. My work engages the viewer with its seemingly innocent decorative delight; yet upon closer examination the work challenges and questions our attraction by revealing darker truths. My drawings, diagrams, mixed media installations, sculpture and prints explore the paradox of “horrible beauty,” illuminating my concerns regarding wealth, greed, violence and cultural tradition.<!--EndFragment-->