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J e n n y K i t c h e n e r
EDUCATION
1996 Master of Arts, Southern Cross University, NSW.
1993 Graduate Diploma of Education (Art), Uni. of New England - Northern Rivers, NSW.
1992 Bachelor of Arts (Honours First Class; University Medal), UNE-NR, Lismore, NSW.
1991 Bachelor of Arts (Distinction), UNE-NR, Lismore, NSW.
1979 Diploma of Visual Arts, Sydney College of the Arts, NSW.
INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2021 Seed, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW.
2019 Bloom, PG Printmaker Gallery, Fitzroy, VIC.
2018 Pollinate Too, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2018 Pollinate, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2017 Eye Spy, Roxy Gallery, Kyogle, NSW.
2015 Folly, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2014 The Theatre of Insects: little window of opportunity, Port Jackson Press Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2014 Array, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
2011 Tall Tales, Northern Rivers Gallery, Ballina, NSW.
2009 Time & Time Again, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2007 Past Lives: The Art of Remembering, next art Space, S.C.U., Lismore, NSW.
2004 On Reflection, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, NSW.
2000 The Nature of Things, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW.
1996 Patterns of Reproduction, Southern Cross University Art Museum, Lismore, NSW.
1995 By Design, Lismore Regional Gallery & Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW.
1992 Read Me, Northern Rivers Contemporary Art Centre, Lismore, NSW.
COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2011 Tree & Leaf, with Patrycia Buckland, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2005 The Chase, with Patrycia Buckland, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
1993 Relative Points of View, with Patrycia.Buckland, Grafton Regional Gallery & Byron Gallery, NSW.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Ulsan International Woodcut Print Art Festival, (Australian contingent), Ulsan, South Korea.
2022 Bookish, Melbourne Athenaeum Library, VIC.
2022 Lingua Franca, Grafton Regional Gallery, Grafton, NSW.
2021 Warp, Weft and Easel, Roxy Gallery, Kyogle, NSW.
2021 Wall of Wings, Oak Hill Gallery, Mornington, ViIC.
2021 Australian Print Workshop, Artist Showcase, Fitzroy, VIC.
2021 Inkmasters Print Exhibition, (finalist), Cairns, QLD.
2021 Australian Monoprint Award, (finalist), Firestation Gallery, Armadale, VIC.
2021 Bookish, Sydney Contemporary - PCA website.
2021 The Natural World, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, VIC.
2021 Making their Mark, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2021 Word, Roxy Gallery, Kyogle, NSW.
2020 Change is in the Wind, Roxy gallery, Kyogle, NSW.
2020 Art for Armenia, Plexus Gallery, Brisbane, QLD.
2020 PCA Print Exchange, Fitzroy, VIC.
2020 York Botanic Art Prize, Gallery 152, York, WA.
2020 Print, Paint, Pot, Roxy Gallery, Kyogle, NSW.
2020 New Work, James Makin Editions, Collingwood, VIC.
2020 The Border Art Prize, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2019 Imprint: Survey of the Print Council of Australia, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT.
2019 Dasher's Hope, Roxy Gallery, Kyogle, NSW.
2019 52 Impressions, G.R.A.I.N. Store, Nathalia, VIC.
2019 Brags:50 Years of Giving, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW.
2018 Impressions 2018, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, VIC.
2018 Firestation Monoprint Award, Armadale, VIC.
2018 Paper Contemporary, Sydney Art Fair, NSW.
2018 Summer Salon Show, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2018 Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award, (finalist), Fremantle, WA.
2018 Winter Salon Show, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, NSW.
2018 Inkmasters Print Exhibition, (finalist), Cairns, QLD.
2018 The 2018 Libris Awards, (finalist), Artspace Mackay, QLD.
2017 Summer Impressions, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2017 We're closer than you think, ArtState exhibition, curated by Natalie Bull, Lismore, NSW.
2017 PCA Print Commission 2017, travelling nationwide exhibition.
2017 Now & then: celebrating 50 years of Australian printmaking, Collins Place Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
2017 Burnie Print Prize 2017, (finalist), Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS.
2017 Paper Contemporary, Sydney Art Fair, NSW.
2017 Tracing the Line, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2017 Manly Library Artists' Book Award 2017, (finalist), Manly, NSW.
2016 Proof, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2016 Impressions 2016, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, VIC.
2016 The 2016 Libris Awards, (finalist), Artspace Mackay, QLD.
2016 Local Provenance, curated by J. Davis and S. Muddiman, Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2016 Contemporary Paper, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2016 Inkmasters Print Exhibition, Cairns, QLD.
2016 Intersecting Archives, Southern Cross University Library, Lismore, NSW.
2016 Future Feminist Archives, Cross Arts Projects, Kings Cross, NSW.
2016 50 Years of Print, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2016 Postcard Show, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2015 Aberrant Play, curated by Rochelle Summerfield, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2015 Wrap Up, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2015 Beastarium Portfolio, curated by Rona Green, Dubbo Regional Gallery, NSW.
2014 The 90 Show, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2014 Creative Industries Roadshow: Kyogle pop-up, Summerland Way, Kyogle, NSW.
2014 From Nature, Port Jackson Press Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2014 Impressions 2014, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, VIC.
2014 Inkmasters Print Exhibition, (finalist), The Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD.
2013 The Silkcut award for Linocuts, (finalist), GlenEira Gallery, Caulfield, VIC.
2013 CPM Awards, (finalist), Tweed Regional Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2013 Burnie Print Prize, (finalist), Burnie Regional Art Gallery, TAS.
2013 Manly Library Artists' Book Award 2013, (finalist), Manly Library, NSW.
2013 Feathers, Beaks and Claws, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2012 The Silkcut Award for Linocuts, (finalist), Glen Eira Gallery, Caulfield, VIC.
2012 InkMasters Print Exhibition, (finalist), The Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD.
2012 Impressions 2012, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, VIC.
2011 Footsteps: 20 Northern Rivers Printmakers, Impact 7, Monash University, VIC.
2011 Manly Library Artists’ Book Award 2011, (finalist), Manly Library, NSW.
2011 Fairytales in Fairyland, curated by Jude McBean, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
2011 Fair & Square Portfolio, curated by Rona Green, Charles Sturt Uni. Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
2011 Grafton Postcard Show, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2011 Southern Cross Acquisitive Artist's Book Award, nextart space, Lismore, NSW.
2011 Hearsay, nextart space, Lismore, NSW.
2010 The 2010 Libris Awards, (finalist/acquired), Artspace Mackay, QLD.
2010 The Silkcut Award for Linocuts, (finalist), Glen Eira Gallery, Caulfield, VIC.
2010 The Hanky Show, Barratt Galleries,Alstonville, NSW.
2010 Collection Landscapes, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2010 Grafton Print Night, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2009 The Silkcut Award for Linocuts, (finalist), Glen Eira Gallery, Caulfield, VIC.
2009 CPM Awards, (finalist), Tweed River Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2009 ‘...a thousand words’, selected prints from The Print Council of Aust., Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW.
2009 New Prints from the Collection, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2009 The Permanent Collection Show, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW.
2009 Collector’s Paradise, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2008 The 2008 Libris Awards, (finalist/acquired), Artspace Mackay, QLD.
2008 Silkcut Award for Linocut Prints, (finalist), Glen Eira Gallery, Caulfield, VIC.
2008 Southern Cross Acquisitive Artist's Book Award, (acquired), nextart space, Lismore, NSW.
2008 National Works on Paper, (finalist), Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC.
2008 Hard Pressed, Retrospect Galleries, Byron Bay, NSW.
2007 Burnie Print Prize, (finalist), Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania.
2007 Lessons in History: Volume I, (curated by Noreen Grahame), Grahame Galleries & Editions, Brisbane, QLD.
2007 Bookmarks V, (curated by Sarah Bodman),Uni. of West England, Bristol, UK.
2007 Terania, Barratt Galleries, Alstonville, NSW.
2007 Southern Cross Acquisitive Artist's Book Award, nextart space, Lismore, NSW.
2006 The O'Grady Sisters Redrawn, (curated by Akky van Ogtrop), Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW.
2006 The Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, (acquired finalist), Glen Eira Gallery, Caulfield, VIC.
2006 Libris Awards: The Australian Artists' Book Prize, Artspace Mackay, QLD.
2006 New Additions, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
2006 3D Works, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
2005 Southern Cross Acquisitive Artists' Book Award, (acquired), nextart Space, Lismore, NSW.
2005 Prometheus Visual Arts Award, (finalist), All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac, QLD.
2004 Recollection, Tweed River, Lismore & Grafton Regional Art Galleries, NSW.
2003 The Geelong Print Prize, (finalist), Geelong Regional Gallery, VIC.
2003 Surface Tension, with D.Bryant, N.Kliendanze, R.Summerfield and C.Willcocks, Lismore Reg. Gallery & Surry Hills.
2003 Distant Noises, (curated by The Print Council of Australia), RMIT Faculty Gallery, Melbourne, VIC.
2002 The Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, (finalist), Glen Eira Gallery, Caulfield, VIC.
2002 {e} Trust Foundation Erotic Print Folio Exhibition, Lismore Regional Art Gallery. NSW.
2001 4th Artists’ Books + Multiples Fair, Brisbane School of Arts, QLD..
2000 National Works on Paper, (finalist), Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC.
2000 TAFE Teachers Exhibition, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
1999 Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, (finalist), Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC.
1999 Geographically Bound, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
1999 Collective Knowledge, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
1998 3rd Artist’s Book + Multiples Fair, School of Arts, Brisbane, QLD.
1998 Relative Values: Common Ground, with P.Buckland & J.Fiford, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
1998 Gifted, Crafts Council of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
1997 1997 Shell Fremantle Print Award, (finalist), Fremantle Arts Centre, WA.
1996 3x8+1:25 Years of Flying Arts, University of Southern Queensland Gallery and selected Qld and NSW Galleries.
1995 Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA.
1995 11th Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial, and travelling exhibition, Tamworth City Gallery, NSW.
1995 Similitudes, with S. Victoire & A. Dalton, Lismore & Tweed River Reg. Galleries,NSW.
1994 Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, VIC.
1994 Artist’s Book Fair, Grahame Galleries, Brisbane, QLD.
1994 Out of the Kitchen Too, Maudespace, Glebe, NSW.
1993 1Oth Tamworth Fibre Textile Biennial, and travelling exhibition, Tamworth City Gallery, NSW.
1993 Out of the Kitchen, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
1992 The New Print, Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain, NSW.
1992 Ex-cite, Queensland College of the Arts, Griffith University, QLD.
1991 First National Student Art & Design Exhibition, Royal Exh. Building, Melbourne, VIC.
1991 Artists’ Books, Grahame Galleries, Brisbane, QLD.
1991 Four Directions, Access Art Centre, Lismore, NSW.
1990 Across the Line, McWhirters Art Space, Brisbane, QLD.
1990 Religious Icons, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
AWARDS/ACQUISITIONS/PRIZES/GRANTS/RESIDENCIES, etc.
2020 Border Art Prize, prizewinner, Tweed Regional Gallery, Murwillumbah, NSW.
2018 Windmill Scholarship, shortlisted.
2017 NAVA 2017 NSW Artists' Grant.
2017 Print Council of Australia Print Commission 2017.
2016 Artist-in Residence, Inkmasters Cairns, Cairns, QLD.
2011 Artist-in Residence, Australian Print Workshop, Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC.
2011 Bibliotheca Liborum, artist book acquired, Sydney, NSW.
2010 Libris Awards, Artspace Mackay, artist book acquired, QLD.
2008 SCU Artists' Book Award, artist book acquired by State Library of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD.
2008 Libris Awards, Artspace Mackay, artist books acquired, QLD.
2007 Bibliotheca Liborum, artist book acquired, Sydney, NSW.
2006 The Silkcut Award for Linocut Prints, prints acquired, National Gallery, ACT.
2005 Southern Cross University Artists' Book Collection, artist book acquired, nextart Space, Lismore, NSW.
2002 NAVA NSW Artists Marketing Grant Scheme.
2000 Pat Corrigan Artists Grant & the NAVA NSW Artists Marketing Grant Scheme.
1996 NAVA NSW Marketing Grant Scheme.
1995/96 Postgraduate Research Scholarship with Stipend, Southern Cross Uni. NSW.
1993 University Medal, University of New England, Northern Rivers, NSW.
1992 Postgraduate Research Scholarship, UNE-NR, NSW.
1991 Visual Arts Faculty Prize - Third Year Printmaking, UNE-NR, NSW.
1990 Visual Arts Faculty Prize - Second Year Printmaking, UNE-NR, NSW.
1978 Arches-Rives Award for Works on Paper - First Prize, Sydney College of the Arts, NSW.
COMMISSIONS
2017 Print Council of Australia, Commissioned Prints 2017, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne , VIC.
2015 Beastarium Folio, curated by Rona Green.
2014 The Theatre of Insects: little window of Opportunity, Port Jackson Print Gallery, Collingwood, VIC.
2010 Fair & Square Portfolio, curated by Rona Green, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW.
2008 Print Council of Australia Commissioned Prints 2008, Print Council of Australia, Melbourne, VIC.
2007 Byron Bay Art Diary 2008, True Art & Media, Bangalow, NSW.
2006 The O'Grady Sisters Redrawn, Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW.
2002 {e} Print Folio, Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW.
COLLECTIONS
Australian National Gallery, ACT
Australian Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra, ACT.
Print Council of Australia, VIC
State Library of Queensland, QLD
State Library of Victoria, VIC
Parliament House Art Collection, ACT.
Arjo Wiggins/Canson Australia Pty Ltd, VIC
Australian Print Workshop, VIC
Tasmanian Museum Gallery, TAS
The London Print Studios Workshop, England
University of West England, Bristol, England
Edinburgh Print Studio, Scotland
Glasgow Print Studio, Scotland
Limerick Printmakers, Ireland
Sydney College of the Arts, NSW
Monash University Library, VIC
University of Wollongong Art Gallery, NSW.
City of Whitehorse, VIC.
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD.
Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW
Gladstone Regional Art Gallery, QLD.
Friends of Wagga Wagga Art Gallery
Charles Sturt University, NSW
Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Artspace Mackay, QLD; Gladstone Regional Art Gallery QLD
Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Impressions on Paper Gallery, ACT
Customs House Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC
Castlemaine Gallery, VIC
Penleigh and Essendon Grammar, VIC.
St Kevin's College, VIC.
Melbourne Grammar School, VIC.
Presbyterian Ladies College, Melbourne, VIC
Wesley College, Glen Waverly
Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane, QLD
Tintern Schools, Melbourne VIC
Bibliotheca Librorum, Sydney, NSW
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2000-2011 Teacher, North Coast Institute of TAFE, Fine Arts, Lismore & Casino, NSW.
1995-2009 Associate Lecturer, Printmaking, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW.
1995 Tutor, Aboriginal Tutorial Assistance Scheme, Gungil Jindibah Centre, S.C.U, NSW.
1995-2017 Visual Art Teacher, Afterlee Public School, NSW.
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