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curator's choice: introduction to selected works
"The work of Jenny Kitchener is complex and detailed in both its technical realization and inherent themes. The work ‘Totem’ consists of 16 panels printed by linocut onto woven material. The small-scale prints are intricate and painstaking, demonstrating a considerable skill and technical precision. The themes that the artist confronts are equally complex. A narrative cycle is built from symbols that are repeated with no identifiable beginning or end. ‘Totem’ successfully evokes a sense of place and indicates an appreciation of the rich, natural environment in which Kitchener creates her work." Philip Bacon AM, August 2007biography
Born Sydney, 1955.
education & training
| 1996 | Master of Arts, Southern Cross University, 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. |
solo exhibitions
| 2007 | Past Lives: The Art of Remembering, nextart Space, Southern Cross University, 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: Similitudes, Lismore Regional Gallery & Tweed River Regional Gallery, NSW. |
| 1992 | Read Me, Northern Rivers Contemporary Art Centre, Lismore, NSW. |
selected group exhibitions
| 2007 | Lessons in History: Volume I, (curated by Noreen Grahame), Grahame Galleries and Editions, Brisbane, QLD. |
| Burnie Print Prize, (finalist), Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania. | |
| 2006 | The Silkcut Award for Linocut Prints, (finalist), Glen Eira Gallery, VIC. |
| The O'Grady Sisters Redrawn, (curated by Akky van Ogtrop), Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW. | |
| Libris Awards: The Australian Artists' Book Prize, Artspace Mackay, QLD. | |
| 2005 | Prometheus Visual Arts Award, (finalist), All Saints Anglican School, Merrimac, QLD. |
| The Chase, with Patrycia Buckland, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW. | |
| 2004 | Recollection, Tweed, Lismore & Grafton Regional Galleries, NSW. |
| 2003 | The Geelong Print Prize, (finalist), Geelong Regional Gallery, VIC. |
| Distant Noises, RMIT Faculty Gallery, Melbourne, VIC. | |
| Surface Tension, Lismore Regional Art Gallery & First Draft Gallery, Surry Hills, NSW. | |
| 2002 | The Silk Cut Award for Linocut Prints, (finalist), Glen Eira City Centre, Caulfield South. VIC. |
| 2000 | National Works on Paper, (finalist), Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, VIC |
| 1998-99 | Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, (finalist), Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC. |
| 1998 | Relative Values, Common Ground, with P Buckland & J Fiford,Lismore Reg. Gallery, NSW. |
| 1997 | 1997 Shell Fremantle Print Award, (finalist), Fremantle Arts Centre, WA. |
| 1996-97 | 3x8+1:25 Years of Flying Arts, Flying Arts Commemorative Touring Exhibition, QLD and NSW. |
awards & residencies
| 2007 | Artist's book acquired, Artspace Mackay, QLD. |
| 2005 | Artist's book acquired, Southern Cross University Artists' Book Collection. |
| 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 University, NSW. |
| 1993 | University Medal, University of New England, Northern Rivers, NSW. |
| 1992 | Postgraduate Research Scholarship, UNE-NR, NSW. |
| 1990-91 | Visual Arts Faculty Prize, University of New England-NR, NSW. |
| 1978 | Arches-Rives Award for Works on Paper - First Prize, Sydney College of the Arts, NSW. |
collections
| Australian Print Council; Australian Print Workshop; Tasmanian Museum Gallery; The London Print Studios Workshop; Bristol University, United Kingdom; Silpakorn University, Bangkok;The Chicago Print Collective Workshop U.S.A.; Sydney College of the Arts, NSW; Capricornia College, QLD; Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW; Lismore Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Grafton Regional Art Gallery, NSW; Artspace Mackay, QLD; The National Gallery, Canberra, ACT. |
selected publications
| Arlene Dalton 'Surface Tension', review, Imprint, Autumn, 2003, Vol 38, Number 1, p.15. | |
| Dr M Paterson 'Jenny Kitchener's Places not Forgotten, Imprint, Summer, 2005, Vol 40. No 4, p.8. | |
| Rosie Lee (ed) 'Artists Statements: Jenny Kitchener', North Coast Arts Quarterly, Summer, 2006, p.7. | |
| Nerida Blok 'Carving out a Niche in the Art World', The Northern Star, March, 2007, p.37. | |
| Jan Davis 'Past Lives: The art of Remembering', catalogue essay, nextart Gallery, Lismore, 2007 |
artist profile
Jenny Kitchener was born in Sydney in 1955 and spent her childhood in close proximity to the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park. Here she developed a great love of nature and of the Australian bush. She moved to the North Coast in 1980 where she lives on a property at Afterlee, west of Kyogle.
Personal reflections of family and place inform and provide the subject matter of much of Jenny's work. Inspiration is drawn from both the domestic realm of the home and from the beauty of the natural environment. Her current work is concerned with exploring personal issues concerned with the notions of change and memory in relation to place and to the passing of time.
Jenny has held six solo shows since 1992, and has been very active in exhibiting in both local and national exhibitions over the past 15 years. Collections in both Australia and overseas hold examples of her work. Recently she has had work acquired by The National Gallery of Australia. As a teacher she has a longstanding association with the Printmaking Studio at Southern Cross University and in the Fine Arts Department of The North Coast Institute of TAFE.
