About
Approaching poetry as a painter, painting as a poet…
Jane Ormerod is the author of Welcome to the Museum of Cattle (Three Rooms Press, 2012), Recreational Vehicles on Fire (Three Rooms Press, 2009), the chapbook 11 Films (Modern Metrics/EXOT Books, 2008), and the spoken word CD Nashville Invades Manhattan. Born on the south coast of England, she attended Camberwell College of Art in London before moving to New York City in 2002. Jane now resides in Hudson, NY. She is a founding editor at great weather for MEDIA, an independent press focusing on edgy and experimental poetry and prose. She is the recipient of a 2020 NYC Acker Award in publishing for her contribution to the avant-garde community.
Jane returned to painting in 2022 and takes part in the annual Hudson Open Studios Weekend. Recent and current group exhibitions include “Best in Show” at Gallery 40, Poughkeepsie, NY (Dec 7, 2024 - Jan 27, 2025), “20x20” at CREATE Council on the Arts, Catskill, NY (Nov 15, 2024 - Dec 29, 2024), and HOLIDAY at LABspace, Hillsdale, NY (Dec 14, 2024 - Feb 23, 2025).
In addition, Jane’s work was exhibited in “A Kind of Magic: The Art of Transforming” at Gallery 40, Poughkeepsie, NY (Dec 3, 2022 - Jan 28, 2023), “Small Works by Strangers” at Super Secret Projects, Beacon, NY (August 12 - August 25, 2023), and “Silver & Gold” group show at Circle 46 Gallery, Hudson, NY (December 2, 2023 - January 28, 2024).
Together with John K Lawson, Jane hosts and curates the literary and performance series “A Galère of Poetic Autopsies” at the historic Park Theater in Hudson, NY on the first Thursday of the month February through November.
Photographs by Peter Darrell, Jay Franco, Michael Geffner, Kat Georges, and Shell Sheddy