Janice Stanton
Born in Montreal, Canada, Janice Stanton is based in New York City and Bridgehampton, New York. After many years working in still photography, she began creating documentary films about artists. Her keen visual sense, along with an interest in composition and combining text and found materials led her to collage, her preferred medium.
In 2021, Stanton was selected for the Visiting Artists and Scholars Program at the American Academy in Rome. She has studied at The Art Students League, the International Center of Photography, RISD, the School of Visual Arts, and in workshops with renowned photographers Mary Ellen Mark, Sally Gall, and Peter Turnley among others.
Her work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and venues including Anders Wahlstedt Fine Art (NYC), where she was featured in a 2-person exhibition; the Art Students League (NYC); FolioEast locations on the East End; Black Box Gallery (Portland, OR); Memorial Sloan Kettering (NYC); The White Room Gallery (Bridgehampton); Guild Hall (Easthampton); and is also in many private collections. In 2024, one of her collages was selected for the permanent collection of Onna House (Easthampton, NY and Palm Beach, FL).
“In all my work—collage and photography—I seek to create something revelatory. I am keenly interested in the interplay of words, textures, ideas and visual imagery. Drawing inspiration from the art and culture of locations around the world, my work addresses themes of memory, time and the human condition. The lines between photography, painting and collage are deliberately blurred in my abstract work, and compositions often extend beyond the ‘borders’ of the mat. Layering, negative space and the line are all elements that have both formal and metaphorical significance. Among the materials in my collages are found objects, pieces of my own photographs, calligraphy, and remnants of daily life.
-JS
Untitled 76, 2022, 16 x 20 in, cut photographs; deckle-edge paper handmade by artist; metallic and other cut papers; ink
Untitled 76, 2022, 16 x 20 in, cut photographs; deckle-edge paper handmade by artist; metallic and other cut papers; ink
Untitled 76, 2022, 16 x 20 in, cut photographs; deckle-edge paper handmade by artist; metallic and other cut papers; ink
Lapis, 2022, 16 x 20 in, photograph cuttings, acrylic paint, newsprint, ink, upholstery pins
Untitled 79, 2022, photograph by artist; reclaimed folded copper strip; textured papers; string; ink, 16 x 20" (40.64 x 50.8 cm)
Untitled 79, 2022, photograph by artist; reclaimed folded copper strip; textured papers; string; ink, 16 x 20"