EXHIBITIONS & BIOGRAPHY
JENNIFER PLUNKETT
1968-9 studied Graphic Design Caulfield Institute of Technology
1971-5 studied Painting, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1973 received Commonwealth of Australia grant to visit Japan as an
observer at International Design Conference in Kyoto (ICSID)
1976 travelled & painted Europe & U.K.
1981 travelled & painted Indonesia (Java & Bali), Singapore, Hong Kong & Macau
1984 travelled & painted Japan
1982-7 painted the swimming pool series
1984-9 painted the four seasons – views & impressions of Melbourne - urban landscape series
1990 set up studio at Cowes, Phillip Island, Victoria
1984-93 painted the beach series
Solo exhibitions
1979 Melbourne University Gallery - scenes from a Spanish journey
1983 Painters Gallery, Sydney – Java, Bali, Hong Kong & Macau series
1987 Roar Studios, Melbourne – the swimming pool series.
Collingwood Leisure Centre – the swimming pool series
1989 Roar 2 Studios, Melbourne – the four seasons – views & impressions of Melbourne’s urban landscape
1993 Roar 2 Studios - observations & recollections – images of the beach, the city and the landscape
1992 Lyttleton Gallery, Melbourne – Pastel Paintings – contemplations of changing light on rural & urban landscapes
1995 Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
1999 Glen Eira City Gallery – Urban landscape & the natural world
2001 Glen Eira City Gallery – Island
2015 Open Studio weekend
2017 Tacit Contemporary - The colours & shapes of the coastal fringe
2018 Tacit Galleries - Coastal shapes and colours
Joint exhibitions
1981 De Carle Lane studio, Brunswick – with Rafael Gurvich
1983 Elizabeth Street studio, North Melbourne – with Rafael Gurvich
2002 the blue penguin gallery – with Rafael Gurvich
2003 the blue penguin gallery – recent paintings with Rafael Gurvich
2007 the blue penguin gallery – SUMMER EXHIBITION – with Rafael Gurvich
2008 the blue penguin gallery – IMAGES OF JAPAN – with Rafael Gurvich
2009 the blue penguin gallery - MAINLY DOGS & PARKS with Rafael Gurvich
2012 the blue penguin gallery - aspects of landscape with Rafael Gurvich
2015 OPEN STUDIO - Cowes
Group exhibitions
1977 Mornington Peninsula Drawing Prize
1979 Save the Children Fund – Nauru House
1988 50 Fine Artists – Royal Melbourne Showgrounds, curated by Hugo Leschen
1989 The Roar 2 Summer Show – Roar 2 Studios
1990 Second Australian Contemporary Art Fair – Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
1991 Lyttleton Gallery – a mixed collection of fine paintings & ceramics – A positive view to 1991
1997 Editions Gallery, Armadale
1998 The Fleurieu Biennale – The McLaren Vale Prize & The Fleurieu Vistas Prize
1999 We are Australian - The George Adams Gallery, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne & touring Australia throughout 2000/2001
2006 Chrysalis Publishing - Art’s a great gift
Public collections
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Melbourne University Gallery
Vilnius University Library, Vilnius, Lithuania
Australian Print Workshop
Artbank
Arthur Young & Associates
News Limited (New York)
Federal Airports Corporation
also represented in private collections in Australia.
Book cover
Outlook – an anthology of Australian poetry for senior students – Ron Pretty.
Published Longman Cheshire. 1992
Bibliography
The Encyclopedia of Australian Art – Alan & Susan McCulloch. Published Allen & Unwin 1994
McCulloch’s Encyclopedia of Australian Art - published The Miegunyah Press. 2006