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2021
AUSTRALIAN PRINT WORKSHOP ARTIST'S SHOWCASE
Jenny has been invited to showcase a selection of her artist's books, folios and prints in the APW's Artist's Showcase program. The work will be on display in the front window from 6 May to 6 June,
2021
SEED
LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY
Detail from a three panel linocut, 'Plant Totem'
Jenny's next solo show, 'Seed', will be exhibited at Lismore Regional Gallery in early October, 2021.
Part survey/part new work, the exhibition will the fifth and final show - in a series of exhibitions - in which Jenny has sought to highlight the importance of pollinating insects and birds and their essential contribution to plant reproduction.
Jenny views this final exhibition as an end product - which comes with the promise of a new beginning - in much the same way as a seed does.
2020
BORDER ART PRIZE 2020
Jenny’s print, ‘Out of kilter’ received third place in The Border Art Prize 2020. This year the online exhibition received 390 entries. The judge, Naomi Sands, Director of the Grafton Regional Gallery commented, ‘This delightful print pays homage to the profound beauty in nature. Its strong composition and striking use of colour and layers takes you on an enchanting journey’.
‘Out of kilter’
2020
YORK BOTANIC ART PRIZE 2020
'Floral emblems': folio with four prints,
linocut and collage.
Jenny’s submission to the inaugural York Botanic Art Prize 2020 has been shortlisted from a pool of over 220 entries. As a finalist, Jenny will create a new artwork which relates to a specific species of the flora of Western Australia. The finalists’ artworks will be exhibited at Gallery 152, York, Western Australia from 31 October to 3 January, 2021.
2020
PRINT POT PAINT
Jenny will be exhibiting work at the Kyogle Roxy Gallery with Deborah Brown, Rodney Brown and Wendy Cain in a group exhibition titled ‘Print Paint Pot’. The show will feature a diverse range of artwork, including paintings, prints, ceramics and a selection of mixed media collaborative works. The show will run from 2 September to 4 October 2020.
Jenny and Deborah with some of the collaborative artworks.
2019
B L O O M
PG PRINTMAKER GALLERY - FITZROY, MELBOURNE
7 November -21 November, 2019
The work in the exhibition, Bloom, celebrates both the alluring beauty of flowers and the important symbiotic relationship between pollinators and flowering plants, in an attempt to bring attention to a disturbing decline in insect numbers.
Bloom is the forth show in a series of exhibitions in which Jenny has sought to highlight the importance of the pollinating insects and birds and their essential contribution to plant reproduction. (Previous exhibitions concerned with pollination were: ‘Array’ (2014), ‘Folly’ (2015), ‘Pollinate’ (2018). In late 2021 Jenny will present the final show in this series, titled Seed, which will be exhibited at the Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW.
2019
PARLIAMENT HOUSE COLLECTION - CANBERRA
Two of Jenny's prints have recently been acquired by Parliament House, Canberra, for their art collection.
The acquired prints are to be included in the upcoming exhibition, Imprint: A survey of the Print Council of Australia, which will be on show at Parliament House, Canberra from March to May, 2019.
(L) Family: Psittacidae (parrots)
(R) Family: Meliphagidae (honeyeaters)
Partial exhibition view of the Imprint exhibition at Parliament House.
2019
FRIDGE MAGNET
Jenny's linocut, 'Bird pollinator: honeyeater' was selected to be made into a fridge magnet, to be sold in the Canberra Parliament House gift shop.
The same image was also featured on the 'Program of Events, Autumn, 2019' brochure.