Janay Futch

At NIAD since 2016
Janay Futch
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Patterns come in all different sizes and shapes. I look at my pattern and I try to decide. You can put any pattern together and it comes out great.

Featured Artworks

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Artist Bio

Janay Futch (b.1990) joined NIAD Art Center in 2016, and has consistently pushed the boundaries in printmaking, painting, and drawing. Often favoring experimental techniques, she’s incorporated a wide range of materials like shaving cream, silicone oil, and hand torches alongside pencil and ink. Many of the resulting works on paper are richly colored and feature combinations of gridded structures, dotted compositions, and personal symbols.

Janay describes the infinite possibilities of her process in a recent book of poetry: “Patterns can be fun to do. Patterns can be different styles of design. Patterns can be deep. Patterns can be overwhelming.”

Janay has exhibited around the Bay Area in group shows at the Eddie Rhodes Gallery in Contra Costa College and at the Oakland Museum of California. In 2024, her work was selected to represent NIAD in a showcase at ARTS CCC in the Contra Costa County Admin Building.

Exhibition Highlights
Art Passages
ARTSCCC
Contra Costa County McBrien Administrative Building Martinez
July, 2024
Art of the African Diaspora 2024
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Richmond Art Center
January, 2024
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3,743 Dreams Not Remembered
Liliana Herrera
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Eddie Rhodes Gallery
September, 2023
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Into the Brightness: Artists from Creativity Explored, Creative Growth & NIAD
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Oakland Museum of California
May, 2023
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A Stick In The Snow
organized by Joanna and Milo Moyer-Battick
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NIAD Online Gallery
October, 2022
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Holding the Line
organized by jill moniz
NIAD Online Gallery
August, 2021
Through My Eyes
organized By Scott Hewicker and Cliff Hengst
NIAD Art Center
2020
Spring/ Summer Exhibition
organized by Arianne Gelardin
PARLOR
2017