Jenny Watson
1951 *Melbourne, Australien
1972 Diplom in Malerei, National Gallery of Victoria Art School, Melbourne
1973 Diplom in Pädagogik, State College of Victoria, Melbourne
1978-84 Partner in div. Kunstprojekte, Melbourne
Jenny Watson zeigte ihre erste Einzelausstellung 1973;seither präsentierte sie 60 Einzelausstellungen in Australien und 50 Einzelausstellungen in Europa, Asien, Indien, Neuseeland und den Vereinigten Staaten.
Ihre Arbeiten wurden in zahlreichen Gruppenausstellungen gezeigt und sind in staatlichen und privaten Sammlungen sowie Unternehmenssammlungen in Australien und im Ausland vertreten.
Derzeit lebt Watson abwechselnd in Brisbane, Australien und Europa.
EINZELAUSTELLUNGEN
2018
Limits, Gimpel Fils, London
2017
Jenny Watson: The fabric of fantasy, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney
Other Lives, Galerie Straihammer and Seidenschwann, Wien, Österreich
Buffaloes, Gangurinn/ The Corridor, Reykjavik, Island
2016
Just a Girl, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Chronicles, QCA Gallery, Brisbane
2015
Fabrications, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
2014
Birds, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Garden of Eden and Child’s Play, Galerie Transit, Belgien
I woke up in France, Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide
2012
Other Lives, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Shibuya, Japan
Layerings, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
Jenny Watson: Here There and Everywhere, Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Melbourne
2011
Five paintings about a mobile phone, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
Striped Paintings and Undercover, Gimpel Fils, London, UK
2010
The Daisy Show, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Jenny Watson, CIAP, Belgien
2009
American Idyll, Galerie TRANSIT, Belgien
Material Evidence: Jenny Watson, Works on Fabric 1981 - 2005, Kunstverein Rosenheim, Sonntag and Transit Galerie, Belgien
OPQ Project Show, The Factory, Kunsthalle Krems, Österreich
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne
2008
Galerie Axel Holm, Ulm, Deutschland
Walking the dog, Malkasten, Düsseldorf
2007
Galerie Daniel Varenne, Geneva
Star Material, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
2006
Paris Fashion Week 2006, a collaboration with Arno Caravel and Martin Grant, Peloton, Sydney
Vintage Paintings & New Watercolours, TRANSIT, Mechelen, Belgien
Works made in Sri Lanka, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
Exhibition at Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide, Australien
2005
Material Evidence: Jenny Watson, Works on Fabric 1981 - 2005, Dell Gallery, Queensland College of Art, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australien
Child’s Play, Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Jenny Watson, Muka Gallery, Auckland, Neuseeland
2004
Woman and cat in an upper west side apartment, Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australien
Angels, Mrs. Peel, Maybelline and a Long Night of the Soul, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Childs Play II, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2003
Child’s Play, Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama and Hatano Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan
Made in Perth, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
Doll House, International Art Space Kellerberrin, Kellerrebin, Australien
2002
Girls, Gimpel Fils, London
Jenny Watson, Paul Greenaway, Adelaide
2001
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
ARCO, Madrid (Anna Schwartz Gallery)
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Bologna Art Fair, Giordano Raffaelli, Trento, Italien
Shrinksville, Galerie Transit, Belgien
2000
Shelf life, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
Wild East, Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
1999
Japan ’99, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1998
The Play Room & Buffaloes, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
University of Hanoi and College of Fine Arts, Vietnam
Mothership, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Dina Carola, Naples, Italien
Achim Kubinski, Berlin, Deutschland
The Seven Ages of a Playboy Bunny, Gimpel Fils, London, U.K.
1997
The Bear Facts, Galerie Transit, Leuven, Belgien
Mothership, Giordano Raffaeli, Trento, Italien
1996
Marburger University Museum, Deutschland
Ulmer Museum, Ulm, Deutschland
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
1995
Made in Europe, Ulmer Museum, Deutschland
Rosenheim Farm, Rosenheim Kunstverein, Rosenheim, Deutschland
Gramency Park Paintings, Manus Presse, Stuttgart, Deutschland
Gaby Kranshaar, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
History / Hysterie, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
Minimalism, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Galerie Janine Mautsch, Köln, Deutschland
Galerie Hilger, Wien, Österreich
Paintings with Veils and False Tails, Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong
Manus Presse, Stuttgart, Deutschland
Ludwigforum for Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Deutschland
Galerie Fabian Walter, Basel, Schweiz
1994
Prints, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Deutschland
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
Galerie Transit, Leuven, Belgien
Paintings with Veils and False Tails, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra;
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australien
Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
1993
Jenny Watson, Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
Paintings with Veils and False Tails, Australian Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italien
Galerie Janine Mautsch, Köln, Deutschland
Galerie Hilger, Frankfurt, Deutschland
Galerie Von Witzleben, Karlsruhe, Deutschland
Yoshida Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, Neuseeland
1992
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Yoshida Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Roberta Lietti Arte Contemporanea, Como, Italien
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
1991
Black Wholes, City Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
Galerie Hilger, Wien, Österreich
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australien
1990
Pleasures and Memories, Galerie Hilger, Frankfurt, Deutschland
1989
Fables, Pastoral and Present, City Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
Roz Mac Allan Gallery, Brisbane, Australien
1988
City Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
1987
The Mad Room, City Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
Roz Mac Allan Gallery, Brisbane, Australien
1986
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
Christine Abrahams Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
1985
University Gallery, University of Melbourne, Australien
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
1984
Art Projects, Melbourne, Australien
1983
Art Projects, Melbourne, Australien
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
1982
Art Projects, Melbourne, Australien
1981
Q Space Annex, Brisbane Art Projects, Melbourne, Australien
1980
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, Australien
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australien
Q Space Annex, Brisbane, Australien
Axiom Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
David Reid Gallery, Sydney, Australien
1978
Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
1977
Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
1975
Abraxas Gallery, Canberra, Australien
Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane, Australien
1974
Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
1973
Chapman Powell Street Gallery, Melbourne, Australien
GRUPPEN AUSSTELLUNGEN (AUSWAHL)
2016
Flashback & Guests, Stalke Galleri, Denmark
Painting, More Painting – Chapter 2, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Love…More Than a Four Letter Word, Caboolture Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
2015
Redlands Konica Minolta Art Prize, National Art School, Sydney
Radical Romanticism, CRANE International Project Space, Crane Arts, Philadelphia
GROUP SHOW: Tony Clark, Dale Frank, Kathy Temin & Jenny Watson, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Howard Arkley (and friends…), TarraWarra Museum of Art, Victoria, Australien
Bologna Art Fair, Studio d’Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italien
2014
Solitaire, Tarrawarra Museum of Art, Healesville
Spin Doctor, Brussels Art Fair, Belgien (kuratiert von Johan Creten)
Basil Sellers Art Prize 4, Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Pop to Popism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2013
Mix Tape 1980s: Appropriation, Subculture, Critical Style, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Every day I am a day older: Portraiture from the Griffith University Art Collection, Griffith University Art Gallery, Brisbane.
New 2013: Selected Recent Acquisitions, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane
Heat in the Eyes: New Acquisitions 2010-2013, Ian Potter Museum of Art - University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
Playtime, Institute
2012
Contemporary Australien: Women, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane.
Kindness/Udarta: Australien-India Cultural Exchange, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne.
2011
Forever Young: 30 Years of the Heide Collection, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne
PICA Salon 2011, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth
2010
Slow Burn: A century of Australian women artists from a private collection, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney
We Call Them Pirates Out Here, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Melbourne / Brisbane: punk, art and after, The Ian Potter Museum, Melbourne
2008
The Brisbane Sound, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2007
National Artists’ Self-Portrait Prize 2007, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
Art Brussels 2007, Brussels, Belgien
Art 38 Basel, with Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Basel, Schweiz
2007 Milano Art Fair, mit Giordano Raffaelli, Mailand, Italien
Bendigo Art Prize, Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo
Glimpse: Inside Gold Coast City Art Gallery‘s Collection, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, QLD
Innocence and Experience, Gimpel Fils, London, 4 April - 12 Mai
Cut ‘N’ Paste, Peloton Galleries, Sydney, 18 April - 12 Mai
Let Them Roam, Harrison Galleries, Sydney
2006
The Idea of the Animal, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
2005
Blur: Reality and Realism in Picture Making, kuratiert von Steven Alderton, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD, Australien
So You Wanna Be A Rock ‘n’ Roll Star: Australian painting from the NGV Shell Collection, NGV Wanderausstellung NETS Victoria
Elisabeth Murdoch Gallery, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, Victoria
10/21 - VCA at the Venice Biennale, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australien
Drawing Centre, kuratiert von Ross Woodrow, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW, Jan-Mär 2005
Blur, kuratiert von Steven Alderton, Dell Gallery @ QCA, Brisbane, Queensland
The Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize 2005, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australien
If the walls could talk: Tony Clark, Callum Morton, David Noonan, Kathy Temin und Jenny Watson, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australien
Critical Mass, Transit Gallery, Belgien
Gallery artists in new space, Giordano Raffaelli, Trento, Italien
2004
La Flora, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia; Reise nach Atlanta
George Keyt Foundation International Artists’ Camp 2004, Harold Peiris Gallery, Lionel Wendt Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Ruby Ranch, Arizona, New Mexico, kuratiert von Dr. Patricia Frederick
George Keyt Foundation International Artist’s Camp 2004, ‘The Village’, Habarana, Sri Lanka und Folgeausstellung Harold Peiris Gallery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Blur, kuratiert von Steven Alderton, Redland Art Gallery, Redland Shire Council, Cleveland, Queensland, Australien
2004 Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing Award (JADA), Grafton Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
Portrait Show, University of Queensland, Brisbane; National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Australien
Heavenly Creatures, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Victoria, Australien
Bendigo Art Prize, Bendigo, Victoria, Australien
Children (Four artists), Galerie Transit, Belgien
Brussels Art Fair, Belgien
2003
Group Show, MUKA, Auckland, Neuseeland
Group Show, Annina Nosei, New York, USA
Summer Show, Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
StArt: arte e sport a Cavalese, Centro Arte Contemporanea di Cavalese, Trento, Italien
Speilhoven Project, Belgien
Brussels Art Fair, Belgien
MCA Unpacked II, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
MCA Unpacked, Queensland University Art Gallery, Brisbane (Wanderausstellung)
In Conversation, The VanVliet Collection of international contemporary art with artworks from the collection of The University of Queensland, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane
2002
Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968 - 2002, National Gallery of Victoria, Federation Square, Melbourne (November 2002 – Februar 2003)
Frankfurt Art Fair, Galerie Gaby Kraushaar, Düsseldorf
Parallel Structures, a David Pestorious Project, Southbank, Brisbane & 200 Gertrude Street Artists Spaces, Melbourne
Transit Narratives, Angehörige ausgewählter australischer Universitäten auf Tournee in Italien
2001
Vessel….vehicle of promise, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, New South Wales
Desire, RMIT Gallery, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne
MCA Unpacked, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (Wanderausstellung)
2000
Summer Invitational, Annina Nosei, New York, U.S.A.
Mommy Dearest, Gimpel Fils, London, U.K.
1999
Annina Nosei at Bologna Art Fair, Italien
Group Exhibition, Stalke Galleri, Kopenhagen, Dänemark
1998
VOXXX, Chemnitz
Private Parts, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
1997
Kelowna Museum, British Columbia, Kanada
Gallery Artists, Annina Nosei, New York
Art Basel 28'97, Basel, Schweiz
Art Apero Bildzauber, Fabien Walter Galerie, Basel, Schweiz
Hotel on Fire: Brad Buckley, Genevieve Cadieux, Via Lewandowsky, Ken Lum,
Jenny Watson, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, Kanada
1996
Telstra Adelaide Festival, Adelaide
Basel International Art Fair ‘96, Basel, Schweiz
Kölner Kunstmesse, Köln, Deutschland
1995
Natural Dialogue, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne
Double Vision, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney; Canberra School of Art, Canberra
One World: Many Visions, zur Feier des 50jährigen Bestehens der Vereinten Nationen,
Silvermine Guild Arts Centre Gallery, New Canaan, CT
1994
Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
The Body, The Human Measure, Galerie Gaby Kraushar, Düsseldorf
Confess and Conceal, National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysien; Australia Centre,
Manila, Philippines; Australian Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesien
Yoshida Gallery, 1994 Nagoya Contemporary Art Fair, Nagoya, Japan
Galerie Fabian Walter, Basel, Schweiz
Power Works from the M.C.A. Collection, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongaarewa, Wellington; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth; Waikato Museum of Art & History, Hamilton, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, Neuseeland (1995)
1993
Yoshida Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Sue Crockford Gallery, Neuseeland
Prospect 1993, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, & Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Confess and Conceal, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, National Gallery of Art, Singapore,
National Gallery of Art, Bangkok, Thailand
Wit’s End, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
1992
Sinnlich, Janine Mautsch Galerie, Köln
1991
Early and Recent Work by 8 Contemporary Artists, City Gallery, Melbourne
Off the Wall / In the Air: A Seventies Selection, Monash University; Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Aufzeichnung, Janine Mautsch Galerie, Köln
Personal Portraits, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
Gold Coast City Conrad Jupiters Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Centre, Queensland
1990
City Gallery at ARCO'90, Madrid, Spain
Defective Models - Australian Portraiture 19th & 20th Centuries, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
Art With Text, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
2nd Australian Contemporary Art Fair, City Gallery, Melbourne
Alice 125, Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne State College, Melbourne
Mornington Peninsula Print Prize, Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery
Portia Geach Art Prize, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
15th Fremantle Print Award Exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre, Australien
1990 Diamond Valley Art Award, Diamond Valley Shire Offices, Greensborough
1988
Phase Zone Three, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Work 1968 - 1988, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Australian Bicentennial Perspecta, Art Gallery of Western Australia, und Folgetournee: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Deutschland & Stuttgart, Wurttembergische Kunsterverein (1989), Westdeutschland
1987
Chaos, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Paperworks by Seven, Roz MacAllan Gallery, Brisbane
Backlash, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Australian Art 1965 - 1985 (Field to Figuration), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
John McCaughey Prize, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Images of Childhood, Heide Park & Art Gallery, Melbourne
Australian Bicentennial Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1986
Sixth Triennale of India, Dehli, Indien (Goldmedaille)
Forbidden Objects, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
1985
Visual Tension, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Queensland Works, Queensland University Art Museum, Brisbane
IsolAustralien, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venedig, Italien
Artists Books, Anzart in New Zealand, Auckland
Close Remarks, Artspace, Sydney
3rd Internationale Triennale der Zeichnung, Stadt Kunsthalle, Nürnberg
Peace Biennale, Kunstmuseum & Kunsthaus, Hamburg
1984
Form - Image - Sign, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Apocalypse + Utopia, University Gallery, The University of Melbourne, Art Projects, Melbourne
5th Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Dreams and Nightmares, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney
Symbols, Emblems, Signatures: Australian Drawings 1984, Govett-Brewster Gallery,
New Plymouth, Neuseeland
1983
Robert MacPherson, Jenny Watson, Mike Parr, John Nixon, Art Projects, Melbourne
A Melbourne Mood: Cool Contemporary Art, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
Minimalism, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
A.U.S.T.R.A.L.I.A., Zona Firenze, Italien
Drawing from the Face and Figure, Heide Park & Art Gallery, Melbourne
1983
From Another Continent, Australia, the Dream & the Real, ARCII Musee d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
Australian Art in Amsterdam, Galerie Biederberg Muller, Amsterdam, Niederlande
Recent Australian Painting: A Survey of the 70s & 80s, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Vox Pop; Into the 80s, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Mattara Exhibition, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle
Acquisitions 1973 -1983, Queensland University Art Museum, Brisbane
Drawings (Schematic, Expressionist & Psychological), Art Projects, Melbourne
Against the Wall (Selections from the Michell Endowment), University Gallery, Melbourne
New Art: Selections from the Michell Endowment, Banule Gallery, Melbourne
1982
4th Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Painting/Painting, Art Projects, Melbourne
New Painting, Roslyn Oxley9, Sydney
Popism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, George Paton Gallery, Melbourne
The Temple of the Winds, N-Space, Melbourne
Australian Art of the Seventies, The Philip Morris Collection, Australian National Gallery, Canberra
The Seventies, The National Bank Collection, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1981
Real Super Real, Albury Art Gallery
New Realism, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
The Beacon, N Space, Sydney Australian Perspecta, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1980
Georges’ Prize, Melbourne
Alliance Française Fellowship Winners, Melbourne
On Paper, Survey 14, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1979
Still Life and Still Lives, Reisen durch Australien
Works on Paper, Watters Gallery, Sydney
1978
Still Life - Eight Women Realists, Victorian College of the Arts Gallery, Melbourne
Powell Street Gallery Artists at Cunningham-Ward, New York
1977
Illusion & Reality, International Exhibition, Australian State Galleries
1975
Georges’ Invitation Art Prize, Georges, Melbourne
1974
The Supernatural Natural Image,Geelong Art Gallery, McLelland Art Gallery und Ballarat Regional Gallery