BIOGRAPHY
JANE SMALL
Photographer
MY STORY
To me, photography is a chance to play.
When I first started taking photographs, I did so as a journalist, photographing people and events as a weekly newspaper editor and later as a public relations professional. It wasn’t until many years later that I started thinking of photography as a purely artistic outlet. I began experimenting with my camera, the lighting, the setting -- creating shots from the ground up, not waiting for them to happen.
Today, I endeavor to paint pictures with color and light, telling stories, sometimes funny, sometimes mysterious, and often a little sinister.
EDUCATION
BA, Journalism, Indiana University
Ongoing education, Indianapolis Art Center
Ongoing education, Cleveland Institute of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2025 Fairy Tales: A Floral Fantasy, AIR Studio + Gallery, Glencoe, Illinois
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2025 Fairy Tales: A Floral Fantasy, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, Ohio
OTHER EXHIBITIONS
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2025 Through the Lens: A Portrait Show, Cleveland Photo Fest, The Brownhoist, Cleveland, Ohio
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2024 Descendants, Kaiser Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
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2023 Fairmount Art Exhibition (juried), Fairmount Center for the Arts, Novelty, Ohio
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2022 Fairmount Art Exhibition (juried), Fairmount Center for the Arts, Novelty, Ohio
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2021 Fairmount Art Exhibition (juried), Fairmount Center for the Arts, Novelty, Ohio
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2020 Photothon (juried), Cleveland Photo Fest, Cleveland, Ohio
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2019 Cleveland Print Room Annual Show (juried), University Hospitals Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio
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2018 Cleveland Print Room Annual Show (juried), Cleveland Print Room, Cleveland, Ohio
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2004 Divisional Award Winners Student Show, Indianapolis Art Center Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
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2002 Student Show (juried), Indianapolis Art Center Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
EDUCATION
BA, Journalism, Indiana University
Continuing Education, Indianapolis Art Center
Continuing Education, Cleveland Institute of ArT
AWARDS
Best of Intermediate Division, Indianapolis Art Center, 2004
Jurist’s Award, Cleveland Print Room Peer Show, 2018
Honorable Mention, Cleveland Photo Fest, PHOTOTHON “Furtography and Dear Diary,” 2021
