Jane Jaskevich
Artist Statement

My stone sculptures are mystical in nature. Over the years I have dealt
with several themes in stone....masked figures..figures holding symbols..
figures with animals. Currently I am, creating floor sculptures of dreamy
figures who turn to face you. One section of the body may be wood; the
other part is stone The interaction of different materials is both an inspiration and a challenge.

Female and animal forms combine to create an ethereal quality.
Sometimes two different stones are combined to add more separation
and freedom of form as in the "Siren", a female nude reclining on a orange
turtle. Here the graceful configuration of the turtle and the woman is offset by
the surreal use of scale. In "Magic" the rabbit on the head symbolizes a
bewitching nature. Closed eyes are used to represent the dream world.

The motifs come from personal experience. A woman’s head intertwined
with a deer’s face created with real antlers was my attempt to immortalize
a dead deer which appeared to be sleeping on the side of the road. My
images, sometimes peaceful, sometimes threatening, suggest personal
myths. The stone sculptures invite the viewer to create their own stories.

Permanent Collections

Centerpiece sculpture,GTE Data Services Center, Tampa
People's Church, East Lansing, MI
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL, 2 sculptures
Nationsbank Headquarters, Tampa, 3 sculptures
Art Center, Winter Haven, FL
Valencia Community College, Orlando
Cooper’s & Lybrand, Barnett Bank Blg, Tampa
Colorado Boxed Beef Headquarters, Winter Haven, FL
Poe & Associates, TECO Plaza, Tampa
Sun Bank, College Park, FL

Selected Exhibitions

2002- 2005 The Suitcase Exchange Show, Traveling show originating in NC Galleries and currently in New Zealand

2005 Disclosure, Perimeter College, Atlanta
Tri-State Member's Exhibition, ,Catherine J. Smith Gallery, ASU, Boone NC
Spectrum, Spruill Art Center, Atlanta
GPC Faculty Exhibit, Perimeter College, Atlanta
Fire, Spruill Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Sculpture Invitational. The Art Cellar, Banner Elk, NC

2004 Loveland Invitational Sculpture Show, Loveland CO,
Infusion, DeFoor Art Centre, Atlanta,
Sculpture Invitational. The Art Cellar, Banner Elk, NC
Paradigm, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta
Faculty Exhibit, Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA

2003 Jaskevich & Adams, Adams Studio, Winter Haven , FL
Jaskevich & Cook, Art Station Art Center, Big Shanty, Kennesaw, GA
Shadows: Interrupted Light, Genema Gallery, Atlanta
WCA Group Exhibition, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA.
Sculpture In The South, Summerville, SC
Jaskevich and Cook, Art Station Art Center, , Kennesaw, GA
Emergence, Kennesaw State university, Kennesaw, GA
Sculpture Celebration, Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC1 (995-96, 98, 2001)

2002 Thrive, Perimeter College Art Gallery, Clarston, GA 2002
Fully Formed ,Four Georgia Artists,Invitational ArtWalk, Lenox Square, Atlanta
Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO

2001 Tri-State Sculptors Exhibition, Hart-Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC

2000 Tri-State Sculptors Exhibition, Brevard College Art Gallery. Brevard NC
Into The Millennium Invitational , South Cobb Art Alliance, Mableton, GA
Jaskevich & Sistrunk , The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL

1999 Jaskevich & Clement, SoHo Gallery, Pensacola, FL
Woman’s Point Of View, Invitational Quinlan Arts Center, Gainesville, GA.
Jaskevich, Clement & Tavrides, Art Center, Lake Wales, FL

1997 Jaskevich, Cook & Keith, Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta
Jaskevich & Petruiello, The Art Place, Marietta, GA

1995 Jaskevich & Hill, Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta,
Jaskevich, Schubert, and Tavrides, Art Center, Winter Haven, FL

1994 Jaskevich and Keith, Ardavin Gallery, Atlanta, (1991)

1993 New England Art Expo, Boston
Contemporary Works: Florida Artists, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL

Selected Awards and Honors

Second Place, Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur, GA, 2000
Second Place, Man, Earth & Sky, Quinlan Visual arts Center, Gainesville, GA,1998
Honorable Mention, Art Station Member Competition, Stone Mountain, GA, 1998
Honorable Mention, 13th Annual Sculpture Celebration, Lenoir, NC, 1998
Artist's Choice, 11th Annual Sculpture Celebration, Lenoir, NC 1996
Honorable Mention, Annual Fine Arts Competition, Winter Haven, FL, 1987,1989
Merit Award, A Company of Women, Winter Haven, FL, 1984, 1991,1994
Purchase Award, Mayfaire, Lakeland, FL, 1988, 1990-93
Honorable Mention, Mayfaire, Lakeland, FL, 1991
Award of Excellence, Member's Competition, Arts on the Park, Lakeland, FL, 1990
Second Place, A Company of Women, Winter Haven, FL,1988.
Award of Merit, Mayshow Competition, Lakeland, FL, 1987
Juror, South Carolina Visual Arts Fellowships, 1986
Juror, Mayfaire, Polk Museum of Art, 1986
Award of Excellence, Mayfaire, Lakeland, FL, 1984
Best of Sculpture, Mainsail, St. Petersburg, FL, 1983
Third Place, International Art Competition, New Orleans, 1983

Education

Florida State University; Master of Art Education, 1977
University Of Georgia; Bachelor of Fine Art, 1975
Workshops: Bronze Casting, Crealde Art Center, Winter Park, FL, 1982
Marble Carving, Pietrasanta, Italy, 1986
Public Art: Concrete, International Sculpture Conference, Chicago, 1998
Juror
South Carolina Visual Arts Fellowships, 1986
Mayfaire, Polk Museum of

Internet Web Sites

www.sculpture.org ( International Sculpture Center portfolio section)
www.TriState Sculptors.org (members)
www.postpicasso.com
www.absolutearts.com