JANE BRUCKER

BIO

Artist Jane Brucker makes objects that touch on the poetry of existence. In her creations—both large installations and intimate, small-scale works—she examines memory, fragility, and death. A hallmark of her work is the combination of found objects and heirlooms with other materials, such as wood, glass, and precious cast metals. In works that exhibit a strong tactile sensibility, she is able to simultaneously explore the visceral and the spiritual.

 

Brucker’s work has been exhibited at venues throughout the United States and internationally, in Nepal, Germany, Italy and Czech Republic. She is a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles. Brucker holds an MFA from Claremont Graduate University, an MA in Religion and the Arts from Claremont School of Theology, and a BA from San Diego State University. She also attended Skowhegan School of Sculpture and Painting, where she studied painting with Agnes Martin and traditional buon’ fresco with Lucienne Bloch.