Working from a studio on Bruny Island (Sandra) Janine Combes explores the intersect between nature and history through the medium of contemporary jewellery. She uses a wide variety of materials and methods to create sculptural, textured and layered works.
Combes comes to jewellery making from a professional background in community development, and social planning. She has studied jewellery making at TAFE Tasmania, Alchimia Jewellery School in Italy and undertaken residencies at Muong Studio in North Vietnam and Maria Island (Dombrovskis Wilderness Residency 2018).
Combes has been awarded two Arts Tasmania grants and is represented by Handmark Tasmania. Her work has been shown nationally at the Australian Metal and Silverwork Award exhibition (Castlemaine), Contemporary Wearables (Toowoomba), Radiant Pavilion (Melbourne) and within Tasmania at the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Handmark Tasmania, The Henry Jones Art Hotel, The Design Centre and Hadley’s Orient Hotel.
(Sandra) Janine Combes: Curriculum Vitae
Education
2014 Digital Ready: Department of Economic Development, Tasmania, Online Arts Marketing mentorship
2014 Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, Italy: Intensive Course
2013 University of Tasmania: Body Adornment Summer School
2012 University of Tasmania: Contemporary Art Jewellery Summer School (Karl Fritz and Lisa Walker)
2009 Lucrative Arts Business Course, Salamanca Arts Centre, Tasmania
1991-1992 TAFE Tasmania Diploma of Art, Craft and Design Course (Jewellery): selected subjects
1982 Bachelor of Social Administration, Flinders University, South Australia
1980 Bachelor of Arts, University of Tasmania
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Time and Tide: Handmark Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2017 Head in the Clouds: Handmark Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2017 The Flower Lady- ten decades, Old Distillery Gallery, Art Farm, Tasmania
2014 Physis+Nature=Essence: Handmark Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2011 The Lightbox Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Tasmania
2010 Made on Deal Island, Off Centre Gallery, Salamanca Place, Hobart, Tasmania
2010 Feature Artist, Art at the Point Gallery, North Bruny Island, Tasmania
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018-2019 Gilded Encounters– Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart
2018-2019 Material Memories– Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
2017 Inscription and Place- a poetic exploration of place, family and objects, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
2015 Serial Exchange, Loop Project Art Space, Melbourne, Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Trail, Australia
2015 Contemporary Wearables, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2015 Australian Contemporary Silver and Metalwork Award exhibition, Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine, Australia
2015 Exquisite, Henry Jones Art Hotel Hobart and the Schoolhouse Gallery, Hobart
2013 Pushing the Boundaries (15 Tasmanian Contemporary Jewellery Designers), Rosny Schoolhouse Gallery, Hobart
2013 Pickled, Tasmanian artists working in metals, Brave Art Gallery, Longford, Tasmania
2013 Designed Made, an exhibition of Tasmanian Design, Mawson Pavilion, Hobart held as part of Ten Days on the Island
2012 Bruny Island Artists at Gallery Parnella, St Helens, Tasmania
2010 Design Showcase, Sustainable Living Expo, Hobart
Residencies
2016 Muong studio, North Vietnam, 5-week residency
2018 Dombrovskis Parks and Wildlife Residency, Maria Island, Arts Tasmania
Awards and grants
2012 An artwork was selected as a gift for the Duchess of Cornwall from the people of Tasmania
2015 Arts Tasmania, Individual Artists Grant 2015
2018 Dombrovskis Parks and Wildlife Residency, Maria Island, Arts Tasmania
Gallery representation: Janine is represented by Handmark Tasmania.
Past events
The Language of Textiles: Unravelling Ornament
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Undercurrent
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145-151 Rooke St, Devonport TAS 7310
Exhibition: tidal.20 City of Devonport Tasmanian Art Award
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145-151 Rooke St, Devonport TAS 7310
Gilded Encounters
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34 Murray Street, Hobart TAS
Janine Combes: The Flower Lady – 10 Decades
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3866 Channel Highway, Birchs Bay
Inscription and Place
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Dunn Place, Hobart
Handmark – Evandale
Galleries
2 Russell Street, Evandale
Handmark – Hobart
Galleries
Salamanca Arts Centre, Salamanca Place
