JANE RAFFAN
ACCREDITATIONS
Accredited
valuer for the Australian Government's Cultural
Gifts Program: approved to value Australian indigenous art after 1970 (incl. new media),
and bark paintings; all regions
'Member of the Australian
Auctioneers and Valuers Association, Inc., NSW
Member of the Art Consulting Association of Australia
ABOUT JANE RAFFAN
Jane Raffan is a respected arts industry professional, with a reputation for integrity and discretion. She is an accredited valuer for the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program and recently completed post-graduate studies in law, concentrating on ethical dealing in art and cultural heritage. Jane writes regular art market commentary and clients benefit from her critical market insight and analysis.
Jane’s in-depth market knowledge stems from broad experience working in commercial, public sector and academic arts arenas for over twenty years. She has curated, published and acted as consultant to independent and public institution projects with a focus on Aboriginal art, and Australian art and photography, and has held high level managerial and specialist roles in the auction industry.
Jane has been actively engaged with Indigenous issues in both personal and professional spheres for over twenty-five years, and has been a practising industry based specialist in Aboriginal Art for fifteen.
Jane graduated from the University of Sydney with a first class honours degree in Fine Arts, which was followed by employment at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in collection management, during which time she also worked on exhibitions, authored loans policy, introduced new technologies and programs, and managed logistics.
Jane formed her personal interest and expertise in Aboriginal art while documenting and researching the Art Gallery of NSW collections prior to the appointment of a permanent curator.
In 1996 Jane curated an exhibition of paintings and photography on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, which she negotiated with NSW Parliament House.
In 2005 she co-hosted the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ fundraising Aboriginal Art auction to assist Indigenous causes on behalf of the Charles Perkins Children’s Trust, raising close to one million dollars.
In 2010 Jane was interviewed by the national broadcaster ABC Radio on Indigenous rights, and presented a paper on the influence of Aboriginal art and the Rights Agenda at a symposium on Art & Law, organised in conjunction with the Otago University, New Zealand. In March 2011 Jane began reviewing the Sydney art scene for Eastside Radio. She currently produces and presents her own fortnightly show for the Arts Monday program.
