Jane Adam was born in London. Following a short career in retail management at Heal's and Liberty's, she gained a degree in 3D Design at Manchester Polytechnic in 1981 and an MA in Metalwork and Jewellery at the Royal College of Art.
After graduating in 1985, she set up her studio in central London. Since then, Jane has concentrated full time on making jewellery, combining artistic integrity, ongoing experimentation and technical innovation with a grounded sense of practical reality, to design and create ranges of jewellery that appeal to women (and men) of all ages. Her innovative work in anodised aluminium has been widely influential, and her jewellery is included in many major museum and public collections around the world.
"I try make work that means something to me at a certain time, in the hope that it will have some meaning for other people too. Although they are often quite large in scale, I want my pieces to enhance rather than to dominate their wearers; to make them feel more like themselves, and this is what interests me: the way my work can transform and itself be transformed by the person who owns and wears it." - February 2022
Selected Exhibitions
Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Denbighshire
Bluecoat Display Centre, Liverpool
The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
Electrum Gallery, London
BR Gallery, Yunnan, China
Museum of Art and Design, New York, USA
Gallery CAJ, Kyoto, Japan
Lesley Craze Gallery, London
Goldsmiths' Centre, London