‘The work references my Torres Strait culture...Every piece is a reflection of the old artefacts using modern materials and how far I can manipulate these materials. I have been exploring with different materials like copper wire, raffia, natural fibre and other materials, and using these within the pieces... By combining ceramic objects and non-ceramic materials, I am reflecting on today's society, which has adopted these new materials to form new ways of making cultural artefacts and art practice.’ - Janet Fieldhouse, artist’s statement.

Janet Fieldhouse’s sculptures acknowledge the Torres Strait traditions of navigation, living off the sea and the land, and women’s traditional practices such as weaving. She exhibits nationally, including, in 2019, as part of The National: New Australian Art at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney and The 9th Asia Pacific Triennial of 2019 Contemporary Art (APT9) at the Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. In 2023, she completed two commissions, one at the Australian Embassy in Washington, USA, and one within the National Gallery of Australia sculpture garden. Her work was recently shown in the 2023 Tarnanthi Festival of Contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art in Adelaide.