Xylor Jane (b.1963 Long Beach, CA) received her BFA in painting from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1993. Her practice is grounded in the visualization of mathematical systems, developed through a highly structured and methodical approach to painting. Working primarily on square wood panels with oil, ink, and graphite, Jane constructs compositions based on numerical logic, including prime numbers, palindromes, and complex sequences.
Her paintings are composed through the precise placement of dots within gridded fields, a process that echoes the logic of algorithms and computational systems. While rigorously systematic, the work is not illustrative of mathematics; rather, it reflects a broader inquiry into humanity’s impulse to seek order and meaning within both natural and abstract structures.
Through the combination of mathematical precision and intense chromatic variation, Jane’s paintings produce optically active surfaces that appear to vibrate and shift. The tension between structure and color generates immersive visual experiences that invite sustained contemplation.
Jane’s work has been widely exhibited in the United States and internationally and is held in numerous public and private collections. Recent exhibitions include UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley; Canada, New York; Campoli Presti, Paris; Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles; University Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst; and Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, California. Her first exhibition with Konrad Fischer Galerie took place in Berlin in 2024. She lives and works in Greenfield, Massachusetts.