BIOGRAPHY
American, b. 1961
Jane DeDecker’s energetic and dynamic bronze sculptures serve as a reflection of her own life experiences and those of her closely-knit family. Her twelve nieces and nephews are the primary source of her inspiration, though DeDecker’s sculptures are not portraits. In fact, her loose style leaves her viewers with room for interpretation, so as to see their own lives within her sculptures. This imprecision, combined with her unique ability to capture specific moments to which each viewer can relate on a personal level, regardless of age, give DeDecker’s work a timeless quality that spans generations.
DeDecker began her artistic training as a painter at the University of Northern Colorado, until a professor, noticing her joy in the portrayal of shapes and forms, suggested she try her hand at sculpture. Taking his advice, DeDecker went on to study at Gobelins School of Tapestry in Paris, and in returning to Colorado, spent five years as master craftsman to the notable bronze sculptor George Lundeen.
DeDecker is a Fellow of the National Sculpture Society and has gone on to receive copious awards, such as the Critics Choice Award from the Kimball Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX. Major installations of DeDecker’s sculptures are located at the Presidential Library in Washington, DC; the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Benson Park, Loveland, Colorado; American Stores, Salt Lake City, Utah; Trammell Crow, St. Louis, Missouri and Clinton Library, Little Rock, Arkansas, among many others. DeDecker is currently working on Every Word We Utter, an upcoming Women's Suffrage National Monument in Washington, DC.
1987 Studied stone carving under Robert Game, Canadian Sculptor
1984 Scottsdale Artists School, Jon Zahorek Anatomy Course Scottsdale, AZ
1983 Goblins School of Tapestry Paris, France
1982 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Deer Isle, Maine
1979-82 University of Northern Colorado Greeley, CO
EXHIBITIONS:
2022 Contemporary Representational Art, Palm Beach, FL
2020 Annual Small Works Online Exhibition
2020 Summer Highlights: Part I Online Exhibition
2019 Annual Small Works Online Exhibition
2019 Summer Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2018 Online Holiday Group Show
2018 Group Show, New York, NY
2018 Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2017 Annual Small Works Online Exhibition
2016 MIXED Ground Floor Show at 3W57, New York, NY
2016 Annual Small Works Online Exhibition
2016 Cavalier Galleries 30th Anniversary, New York, NY
2015 Winter Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2014 Winter Group Exhibition, Greenwich, CT
2013 June Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2013 February Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2013 January Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2013 December Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2012 November Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2012 Summer Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2012 Spring Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2012 Group Exhibition: Recent Works by Gallery Artists, Greenwich, CT
2011 Group Exhibition: Recent Works by Gallery Artists, Greenwich, CT
2014 Summer Group Show, Greenwich, CT
2004-05 Annual Exhibit, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2004 One Point Gallery (Solo Exhibition), Denver, CO
2004 Stallions, Ponies and Unicorns National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2004 Bill Clinton Presidential Center Library, Little Rock, AK
1994-2004 State Street Art Show, Ann Arbor, MI
2003 Changing the American Landscape Though Sculpture, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN
2002 Angels, Cupids, and Creatures of Winged Fantasy, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2002 Annual Exhibit, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY and Brookgreen Gardens Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
2002 Remembering 911, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
1986-2002 Colorado Governor's Art Show, Loveland, CO
2000-01 Annual Exhibit. National Sculpture Society, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
1986-2001 Sculpture in the Park, Loveland, CO
1999-2000 Annual Exhibit. National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
1999 Miniatures Show, Albuquerque, NM
1998 Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
1997 Kimball Arts Museum, Park City, UT
1996 Arts Festival in the Village, La Jolla, CA
1990-95 Kimball Museum Arts Festival, Park City, UT
1989-95 Affair in the Garden, Beverly Hills, CA
1995 Women Artists and the West, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
1990-94 Peach Tree Art Show, Atlanta, GA
1990-91 Art Expo, New York, NY
1990 The Allied Artists of America, Inc., New York, NY
1990 Dreamers and Shapers, Intercombine Arts Performance, Loveland, CO
1989 North American Sculpture Review, Golden, CO
Memberships
1994-Present, National Sculptors’ Guild
1998-Present, National Sculpture Society
Awards
2008 C.Percival Dietsch Prize for Wind, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2002 Bronze Medal and Pietro & Alfrieda Montana Memorial Prize ,
2001 Mrs. Louise Bennett Award, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
1999 Aggop Agopof Award. National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
1997 Award of Excellence, Kimball Art Museum, Park City, UT
1997 Critics Choice Award, Kimball Art Museum, Park City, UT
1993 Mayors Purchase Award, Affair in the Gardens, Beverly Hills, CA
1992 Best of Show, Affair in the Gardens, Beverly Hills, CA
1992 Merit Award, Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA
1992 First Place in Sculpture Fall Show, Affair in the Garden, Beverly Hills, CA