Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
California Deserts/High and Low
29 Palms Art Gallery, CA
2020
Parrots and Other Critters (12/2020–2/2021)
Santa Ysabel Art Gallery, Santa Ysabel, CA
2019
Predator Country: Wilderness Paintings from Montana and California
Santa Ysabel Gallery, CA
2018
Predator Country: Wilderness Paintings from Montana and California
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2017
Suspect Terrain; Protected Lands
Santa Ysabel Gallery, CA
2015
Slipping and Sliding in the Anthropocene
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2014
Suspect Terrain; Protected Lands
John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2010
Wilderness Work
Bowery Gallery, NY
2006
Jane Culp: Rugged Yet Fragile Land
The Painting Center, NYC, NY
2001
Solo Exhibition
The Painting Center, NYC, NY
1998
Solo Exhibition
Bowery Gallery, NYC, NY
1998
Solo Exhibition
Queens College, NYC, NY
1996
Solo Exhibition
Bowery Gallery, NYC, NY
Selected Two-Person and Group Exhibitions
2017
Joshua Tree National Park Annual Exhibition
Joshua Tree National Park, CA
2016
Yosemite Renaissance XXXI
Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park
2015
Seven On Site
Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA
2015
Seven On Site
Newtonbury House, Ireland
2013
Yosemite Renaissance XXVII — Second Prize
Yosemite Museum, Yosemite National Park, CA
2009
Yosemite Museum: Resident Artist Exhibit, 4 Painters
Yosemite National Park, CA
2007
Yosemite: Art of an American Icon (traveling exhibition)
Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA
2007
Yosemite: Art of an American Icon (traveling exhibition)
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2006
Yosemite: Art of an American Icon (traveling exhibition)
Museum of the American West / Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA
2004
On the Anniversary of the Desert Protection Act — Three Person Exhibition
Riverside Art Museum, CA
2004
Acquisitions: Achenbach Collection
Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
2001
Inspiration From a Desert — Three Person Exhibition
Palm Springs Desert Museum, CA
1994
National Academy of Design Annual Exhibition — Merit Award
National Academy of Design, NYC, NY
Grants and Honors
2022
Private Residency Grant near Mono Lake for painting
2017
Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, CA names a “Jane Culp Studio” for residents
2016
Peter Reed Foundation Grant for Painting
1993
Flintridge Foundation Artist Grant for Artist in Mid-Career
1989
Hereward Lester Cooke Foundation Grant for Artists in Mid-Career
1987
Member Subcommittee, Joint Committee on the Arts of the California Legislature: Arts in Other Places
1981–1988
California Arts Council Artist in Residence Grants
1984
Woodstock Art History Register, Smithsonian Institution
1972
Alternate Fulbright Scholar Award
Artist-in-Residence Landscape Painting Grants
2016–1998
- Four Yosemite AIR grants, Yosemite, CA
- Eight Dorland Mountain Arts Colony residencies, Temecula, CA
- Two Eastern Frontier residencies, Norton Island, Maine
- Two Joshua Tree National Park residencies, CA
- Death Valley National Park, CA
- Anza-Borrego State Park, CA
Selected Publications and Press
2020
Jane Culp Paintings and Drawings: Echoes of the San Andreas
144-page hardcover, Fresco Books, printed in Italy
2017
Desert Devotional: The Anza-Borrego Paintings of Jane Culp by Ann Japenga
CaliforniaDesertArt.com
2016
Featured Exhibition, San Diego Union-Tribune Calendar, San Diego, CA
2016
Exhibition profile, The Julian News, Julian, CA
2016
Borrego Sun News, Borrego Springs, CA
2016
Brooklyn Rail — Full-page advertisement, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Albany Times — Review of solo exhibition at John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2015
Interview with Larry Groff — Painting Perceptions
2014
John Goodrich review in Art Critical and OnViewAt.com for Suspect Terrain at John Davis Gallery
2014
Interview with Dorland artist — Life Uncorked.com and Dorland Mountain Arts Colony Newsletter
2013
Work included in Art of the National Parks: Historic Connections Contemporary Interpretations
Published by Fresco Fine Arts / University of New Mexico Press
2010
Wall Street Journal — “Wilderness Work at the Bowery Gallery” by Lance Esplund
Selected Career Experience
2005
Presentation at College Art Association Annual Meeting: Landscape Painting Panel, Seattle, WA
2005
Board of Directors, Dorland Mountain Art
2005
Visiting Critic, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
1999
Instructor, Fall Drawing Marathon, New York Studio School, NYC, NY
1993
Flintridge Foundation Artist Grant for Artist in Mid-Career
1991
Artist-in-Residence and Mule Pack Painting Trip, Yosemite, CA
1989
Hereward Lester Cooke Foundation Grant for Artists in Mid-Career
1987/1984
Member Subcommittee, Joint Committee on the Arts of the California Legislature: “Arts in Other Places” Expert
1985
Vista College Art Instructor, University of California Berkeley
1985
California Arts Council Artist in Residence Grants (1981–1984, 1985–1988)
1985
Woodstock Art History Register, Smithsonian Institution
1972
Alternate Fulbright Scholar Award
Collections
- Arkansas Art Center
- Asheville Art Museum
- Death Valley National Park
- Barry Lopez
- Bill Devall
- The Bond Market Association, NYC
- Bryn Mawr College, PA
- Butler Institute
- California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
- Dorland Mountain Arts Colony
- Eastern Frontier Society
- Hollins College of Art
- Joshua Tree National Park
- Nevada Museum of Art
- Western Carolina University
- Yosemite National Park Museum
- Yale School of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT
- Joani Max Myers and Danny Myers, Esq.
- Sally McShea Law Firm
- Fulvia and Bob McCrie, NYC
- Austin and Kathy Linsley, Murrieta, CA
- Earl Weed III
- John Davis
- David and Rene McKee
Education
1965
Yale University, MFA, New Haven, CT
1963
Washington University, BFA, St. Louis, MO
1962
Yale Summer School of Music and Art, Norfolk, CT