Jane Rainey is a fine artist painter based in Northern Ireland. She has shown work across Ireland. Solo shows include 'Lunar Tides' at the Molesworth Gallery in 2022 and ‘The Ultimate Fate of the Universe’ at the Ards Art Centre (2017), while recent group shows include the Hennessy Craig Exhibition in 2022 and ‘Futures Series 3, Episode One’ at the RHA (2017), and ‘Headless Cities’, TULCA, Galway (2016). Recent awards include a scholarship awarded by NCAD for a Masters in Fine Art (2014), and the John and Rachel Turner Bursary Award, Ulster University (2014). Rainey was also shortlisted for the 2019 Merrion Plinth Award and 2022 Hennessy Craig Award.
Her work is held in various private and public collections, including the OPW State Art Collection and the Mason, Hayes and Curran corporate collection. She also created a commission for Meta Open Arts, Dublin 2022 and Project Art, Chapter One, Dublin, in 2017.
Education
2016 National College of Art and Design, Master of Fine Art
2014 University of Ulster, Bachelor of Fine Arts with Integrated Foundation Year
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Lunar Tides, Solo Exhibition, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
2019 The Horizon Is Never Still, Molesworth Gallery, Dublin
2018 Ridges, Rathfarnham Castle, Dublin
2017 The Ultimate Fate of the Universe, Ards Art Centre, Antrim
Group Exhibitions
2023 At Cross Purposes, touring exhibition
2022 New Exits 10 Years of painting shows, The Mac, Belfast
Royal Hibernian Academy,191st Annual Exhibition. Dublin
Generation 2022, Butler Gallery, Kilkenny
Hennesy Craig, Group exhibition, RHA. Dublin
2021 Abstract View, The Courthouse Gallery. Co. Clare
Project VR, Live VR performance, Belfast Photo Festival. Belfast
2020 Royal Hibernian Academy,190th Annual Exhibition. Dublin
CHRYSALIS, The Molesworth Gallery, Online Exhibition. Dublin
2019 VUE Art Fair, RHA, Dublin
Boyle Open Art Exhibition, Ireland
Plan Ireland, Charity Auction and Gala Ball, Ireland
Belfast Open Studios, QSS, Belfast
QSS Opening Night, Belfast
2018 Gallery 545 Group Exhibition, Cotton Court Gallery, Belfast
RHA 188th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
Art Trail, Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival, Bullitt Hotel, Belfast
2017 Gallery 545 launch, QSS Gallery, Belfast
VUE Art Fair, RHA, Dublin
Futures Series 3 Episode One, RHA, Dublin
Hermione, Alexandra College, Dublin
A Bounce Borrowed, The Dock, Carrick on Shannon
2016 A Painting Show, QSS, Belfast
Contemporary Art at Christmas, Mason Hayes & Curran, Dublin
Headless Cities, TULCA, Galway
RDS Visual Art Awards, Dublin
Affordable Art Fair, Sol Art Gallery, New York
Amalgamate, PS2 Gallery, Belfast
Art Works, Éigse, Carlow
RHA 186th Annual Exhibition, Dublin
Awards / Shortlistings
2020 Shortlisted for the Hennessy Craig Award, RHA
2020 SIAP Award from Arts Council N Ireland
2020 The K & M Evans Painting Prize
2019 Shortlisted for the Merrion Plinth Award
2016 Shortlisted for the RDS visual art awards
2014 Scholarship awarded by NCAD to study Masters in Fine Art
2014 John and Rachel Turner Bursary Award, University of Ulster, Belfast
2012 Dean’s List Award, University of Ulster, Belfast
2011 John and Rachel Turner Prize Award, University of Ulster, Belfast
Commissions
2022 Meta AIR program, Dublin
2017 Project Art, Chapter One, Dublin
Collections
OPW State Art Collection, Ireland
Mason Hayes and Curran Private Corporate Art Collection, Dublin