Artist Showcase | Janet Fieldhouse

Clan groups: Moa Island, Hammond Island, Prince of Wales Island, Badu Island and Darnley Island
Language groups: Kalaw Lagaw Ya/Meriam Mir

Janet Fieldhouse was born in Cairns, Queensland, in 1971. She is an established artist who is nationally recognised for her ceramic and textile works.

Through her arts practice, Janet maintains strong cultural connections with, and a deep understanding of, traditional practices and cultural knowledge. She reinterprets traditional ways to define what it means to be a Torres Strait Islander woman today. Her works celebrate traditions and stories of navigation, of living off the sea and land, and of women’s traditional practices, including weaving body adornments used for ceremony.

Janet has exhibited extensively, and her work is held in major public collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane; and Cairns Art Gallery, Queensland.

 

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Solo Exhibition | Highlighted Works

Janet Fieldhouse: Material Culture
8 Jun – 1 Sep 2024

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Janet FIELDHOUSE b.1971 Kala Lagaw Ya/Meriam Mir Turtle Charm, 2023, buff raku trachyte, chocolate brown, raffia, 80 x 62 x 30 cm, Courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Photography: Mick Bell Janet FIELDHOUSE b.1971 Kala Lagaw Ya/Meriam Mir Marriage Vase, 2023, buff raku trachyte, feather, raffia, 30 x 15 x 15 cm, Courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne, Photography: Mick Bell

 

 

Janet Fieldhouse: Mark and Memory
11 Jul – 24 Aug 2014

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Janet Fieldhouse, Mark and Memory 3, 2014, red raku, black and white charcoal, Courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Mark and Memory 1, 2014, red raku, white charcoal, Courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Mat Series 2, 2014, porcelain, white raku, Courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Comb Series 1, 2014, porcelain, wood, light box, Courtesy the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery

 

 

 

Group Exhibitions | Highlighted Works

FACELESS Transforming Identity: Blak/Black Artists from North Australia, Africa and the African Diaspora 
25 Jun – 2 Oct 2022

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Janet Fieldhouse, I AM: Because of series 2022, cool ice clay, raffia, wood, wire. Courtesy the artist. Photography: Michael Marzic Janet Fieldhouse, I AM: Because of series 2022, cool ice clay, raffia, wood, wire. Courtesy the artist. Photography: Michael Marzic Janet Fieldhouse, I AM: Because of series 2022, cool ice clay, raffia, wood, wire. Courtesy the artist. Photography: Michael Marzic

RITUAL: the past in the present
15 May – 22 Aug 2021

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FNQ Contemporaries 2021
5 Feb 2020 – 13 Mar 2021

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Reimagining: between tradition and innovation
17 Oct – 10 Jan 2021

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Reimagining: between tradition and innovation installation, Cairns Art Gallery 2021

ARTNOW FNQ 2019
13 Dec 2019 – 2 Feb 2020

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Janet Fieldhouse, Hybrid Pendant Series 1, 2019, wood, feathers, hemp string, raffia, Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne Janet Fieldhouse, Scarification Hybrid Basket, 2019, buff Raku trachyte, feathers, wire, hemp, Collection of the artist. Courtesy of Vivien Anderson Gallery, Melbourne

 

Collection Works

Janet Fieldhouse, Body Scarification, 2020, Buff Raku Trachyte, clay, feathers, raffia, wood, Purchased Cairns Art Gallery and Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, 2021. Commissioned by Cairns Art Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Breastplate Pendant 1 & 2, 2020, clay, Cool Ice porcelain, hemp string, wood, Purchased Cairns Art Gallery and Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, 2021. Commissioned by Cairns Art Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Charms, Buff Raku Trachyte, raffia, Purchased Cairns Art Gallery and Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, 2021. Commissioned by Cairns Art Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Comb Dance, 2020, clay, raffia, feathers, wire, Purchased Cairns Art Gallery and Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, 2021. Commissioned by Cairns Art Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Crab Claw (Scarification), 2020, Buff Raku Trachyte, raffia, feathers, Purchased Cairns Art Gallery and Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, 2021. Commissioned by Cairns Art Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Dogai (Evil Spirit) 1 & 2, 2020, Cool Ice porcelain, feathers, hemp string, Purchased Cairns Art Gallery and Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, 2021. Commissioned by Cairns Art Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Dogai (Evil Spirit) 1 & 2, 2020, Cool Ice porcelain, feathers, hemp string, Purchased Cairns Art Gallery and Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, 2021. Commissioned by Cairns Art Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Memory Marks (Scarification), 2020, clay, feathers, jute string, Purchased Cairns Art Gallery and Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, 2021. Commissioned by Cairns Art Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Trade, 2020, Buff Raku Trachyte, Cool Ice porcelain, clay, jute rope, Purchased Cairns Art Gallery and Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, 2021. Commissioned by Cairns Art Gallery Janet Fieldhouse, Water Charm, 2020, Buff Raku Trachyte, raffia, Purchased Cairns Art Gallery and Cairns Art Gallery Foundation, 2021. Commissioned by Cairns Art Gallery

 

Resources | Publications

Janet Fieldhouse: Mark and Memory
Exhibition catalogue
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The Cairns Art Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we work and live. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this website may contain images, names or voices of deceased persons in photographs, film or text.