{{short description|American new media artist}} {{Infobox person | name = E. Jane | other_names = MHYSA | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Bethesda, Maryland, US | alma_mater = Marymount Manhattan College (BA)<br/>University of Pennsylvania School of Design (MFA) | occupation = Interdisciplinary new media artist, musician | years_active = 2015–present | awards = Wynn Newhouse Award (2016) | website = }} '''E. Jane''', also known by their performance name '''MHYSA''', is an American interdisciplinary new media artist and musician.
== Early life and education == Jane was born in Bethesda, Maryland in 1990.<ref name=":7"/><ref>{{Citation|title=before the world ends|url=https://www.pandora.com/artist/mhysa/nevaeh/before-the-world-ends/TRfzP5c6P77tbfg|language=en|access-date=2020-08-18}}</ref> Jane graduated from Marymount Manhattan College in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in art history.<ref name=":8"/> In 2016, they graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in interdisciplinary art from the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.<ref name=":4"/>
== Career == They have participated in various exhibitions and festivals internationally, including ''Wandering/WILDING: Blackness on the Internet'' at IMT Gallery in London in 2016,<ref name=":12" /> Post-Cyber Feminist International in 2017,<ref name=":13" /> and Glasgow International in 2018.<ref name=":19" /><ref name=":20" />
Jane was a 2019–2020 Artist-in-Residence at The Studio Museum in Harlem,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Exhibition: This Longing Vessel - The Wire|url=https://www.thewire.co.uk/events/this-longing-vessel|access-date=2021-02-05|website=The Wire Magazine - Adventures In Modern Music|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and they are based in Brooklyn, New York.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dear Delia|url=https://www.shootthelobster.com/dear-delia|access-date=2020-08-18|website=Shoot The Lobster|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== MHYSA === Jane performs under the musical alter ego name, "MHYSA".<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":5"/> MHYSA is also a part of the music duo SCRAAATCH, along with collaborator "lawd knows" (who also goes by "chukwumaa").<ref name=":8"/><ref name=":0"/> In 2017, MHYSA released their debut album, ''{{Proper name|fantasii}}''.<ref name=":5"/> In February 2020, they released the album ''NEVAEH'' for Hyperdub.<ref name=":9"/>
The New York Times has said MHYSA's work contains a "wobbly, dreamy club sound".<ref name=":6"/> Others have noted the performance as referencing or being connected to 1990s R&B music.<ref name=":4"/><ref name=":10"/><ref name=":8"/> MHYSA has described themselves as "an underground pop star for the cyber resistance".<ref name=":4"/>
== Selected works == === ''Lavendra'' (2015–) === ''Lavendra'' is a multimedia installation. It was displayed in exhibitions at the PennDesign MFA Program in 2015 and 2016,<ref name=":14"/> and as a solo exhibition at the Brooklyn gallery American Medium in 2017<ref name=":14"/> and the Glasgow International in Scotland in 2018.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":15"/> The installation includes references to 1990s R&B (rhythm and blues) divas, such as portrait collages of 1990s black female musicians and songs selected from the time.<ref name=":10"/> Digital performances by MHYSA were shown on monitors, and the room was covered in purple light.<ref name=":10"/>
=== ''Alive #NotYetDead'' (2015) === Alive was started in 2015 in response to the death of Sandra Bland.<ref name=":3"/> Bland was found hanged in a cell after a traffic arrest in 2015.<ref name=":4"/> Jane created a photobooth background with the word "ALIVE" for black women to take pictures with and share on social media using the hashtag #notyetdead.<ref name=":16"/> These selfies were uploaded to a website and also displayed in an installation.<ref name=":17"/><ref name=":4"/>
== Personal life == Jane uses ''they'' and ''them'' pronouns.<ref name=":8"/><ref name=":18"/>
== Awards and honors == In 2016, they received the Wynn Newhouse Award.<ref name=":11" />
== See also == *Womanism *Afrofuturism
== References == <references>
<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last1=Saxelby |first1=Ruth |title=FADER Mix: SCRAAATCH |url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/01/06/fader-mix-scraaatch |website=The Fader |accessdate=June 5, 2019 |ref=6}}</ref>
<ref name=":1">{{cite web |last1=Karp-Evans |first1=Elizabeth |title=E. Jane Rethinks Representation and Recognition |date=26 November 2019 |url=https://www.culturedmag.com/musician-e-jane-mhysa-young-artists-2020/ |publisher=Cultured |accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
<!-- <ref name="auto1">{{cite web |title=Interview with Sound Artist E. Jane |url=http://www.maskmagazine.com/the-dropout-issue/life/e-jane-interview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150828152600/http://www.maskmagazine.com/the-dropout-issue/life/e-jane-interview |url-status=usurped |archive-date=August 28, 2015 |website=Mask Magazine |accessdate=June 5, 2019 |ref=2}}</ref>
<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=MMC Art and Art History Programs Spur Outstanding Alumni Success |url=https://www.mmm.edu/live/news/3287-mmc-art-and-art-history-programs-spur-outstanding |publisher=Marymount Manhattan College |accessdate=31 March 2020 |date=3 September 2019}}</ref> --> <ref name=":3">{{cite web |last1=Girma |first1=Hanna |title=Artist Profile: E. Jane |url=http://rhizome.org/editorial/2017/may/23/artist-profile-e-jane/ |website=Rhizome |accessdate=June 5, 2019 |ref=3}}</ref>
<ref name=":4">{{cite web |last1=Salisbury |first1=Stephan |title=Philly artist starts a high-profile residency at Harlem's Studio Museum this week |url=https://www.inquirer.com/arts/studio-museum-harlem-residency-ejane-philadelphia-upenn-mhysa-20190930.html |publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer |accessdate=31 March 2020 |date=30 September 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=":5">{{cite web |last1=Gaillot |first1=Ann-Derrick |title=Mhysa Nevaeh |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/mhysa-nevaeh/ |publisher=Pitchfork |accessdate=31 March 2020 |date=18 February 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=":6">{{cite web |last1=Mitter |first1=Siddhartha |title=Studio Museum in Harlem Names Artists in Residence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/arts/design/studio-museum-harlem-artists-in-residence.html |work=The New York Times |accessdate=31 March 2020 |date=10 July 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=":7">{{cite web |title=The Studio Museum Announces: Artists in Residence 2019–20 |url=https://studiomuseum.org/press-release/studio-museum-announces-artists-residence-2019-20 |publisher=The Studio Museum in Harlem |accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=":8">{{cite web |last1=Tantum |first1=Bruce |title=MHYSA: a manifesto for a liberated tomorrow |url=https://djmag.com/longreads/mhysa-manifesto-liberated-tomorrow |publisher=DJ Mag |accessdate=31 March 2020 |date=13 February 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=":9">{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Steph |title=Solitary bedroom songs with a subtle pop spirit. |url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/24715 |publisher=Resident Advisor |accessdate=31 March 2020 |date=13 February 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=":10">{{cite web |last1=Moses |first1=Serubiri |title=The Liberation of '90s R&B Divas |url=https://hyperallergic.com/375418/the-liberation-of-90s-rb-divas/ |publisher=Hyperallergic |accessdate=31 March 2020 |date=27 April 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=":11">{{cite web |title=Wynn Newhouse Awards |url=https://www.wnewhouseawards.com/Pages/Awards.html |publisher=Wynn Newhouse Awards |accessdate=31 March 2020}}</ref>
<ref name=":12">{{cite web |last1=Cheneviere |first1=Tatiana |title=A Review of Wandering/WILDING: Blackness on the Internet at IMT Gallery, London |url=http://www.arteviste.com/arteviste/2016/11/30/a-review-of-wanderingwilding-blackness-on-the-internet-at-imt-gallery-london |publisher=Arteviste |accessdate=10 April 2020 |date=8 December 2016}}</ref>
<ref name=":13">{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Joanna |title=Post-Cyber Feminist International 2017 |url=https://frieze.com/article/post-cyber-feminist-international-2017 |publisher=Frieze |accessdate=10 April 2020 |date=28 Nov 2017}}</ref>
<ref name=":14">{{cite web |last1=Chiaverina |first1=John |title=The Power of the Diva: E. Jane Explores a Star Named Lavendra |url=http://www.artnews.com/2017/03/23/the-power-of-the-diva-e-jane-explores-a-star-named-lavendra/ |website=Art News |date=23 March 2017 |accessdate=June 5, 2019 |ref=7}}</ref>
<ref name=":15">{{cite web |last1=Valentine |first1=Victoria L. |title=Studio Museum in Harlem Names 2019-2020 Artists-in-Residence: E. Jane, Naudline Pierre, and Elliot Reed |url=https://www.culturetype.com/2019/07/11/studio-museum-in-harlem-names-2019-2020-artists-in-residence-e-jane-naudline-pierre-and-elliot-reed/ |publisher=Culture Type |accessdate=10 April 2020 |date=11 July 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=":16">{{cite web |title=Artist E. Jane Celebrates Black Women's Resistance |url=http://www.maskmagazine.com/not-again/life/e-jane-not-yet-dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160110180634/http://www.maskmagazine.com/not-again/life/e-jane-not-yet-dead |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 10, 2016 |website=Mask Magazine |accessdate=June 5, 2019 |ref=9}}</ref>
<ref name=":17">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Melissa |title=The Studio Museum Residency Has Shaped the World's Understanding of Black Contemporary Art. That's a Lot of Responsibility |url=https://news.artnet.com/market/studio-museum-residency-analysis-1638781 |publisher=Artnet |accessdate=10 April 2020 |date=3 September 2019}}</ref>
<ref name=":18">{{cite web |last1=Jane |first1=E. |title=About |url=http://www.e-jane.net/about.html |website=e-jane.net}}</ref>
<ref name=":19">{{cite web |last1=Cumming |first1=Laura |title=Glasgow International 2018 review – a uniquely collaborative scene |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/apr/22/glasgow-international-2018-review |work=The Guardian |accessdate=16 April 2020 |date=22 April 2018}}</ref>
<ref name=":20">{{cite web |title=E. Jane |url=https://glasgowinternational.org/artists/e-jane/ |publisher=Glasgow International |accessdate=16 April 2020}}</ref>
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