Biography
Jane Hyslop (b. Edinburgh, Scotland, UK 1966) is an artist with particular interest in artists' books, drawing and printmaking. She lectures in the Edinburgh School of Art and the School of Design.
Her research has documented the decline of the mining industry, the dereliction of former mine workings, railways and other man-made sites in parallel with the regeneration of this land in her native Midlothian. Her interest in the flora that inhabits these sites has led her to look at the history of Scottish gardens and the cultivation of specimen plants over indigenous ones. Her work examines place through research into social, architectural and natural history and is often expressed through narratives that are centred on the plants that populate or are cultivated on particular sites. Jane's books are held in numerous collections including the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, the National Library of Scotland, Tate Library and Yale Center for British Art.
