Penny Jensz
(b.1970)

Painter

Throughout history artists have acted as a conscience for society. Penny Jensz is at once an artist, and a dedicated student of the human condition. She believes art can serve as "an important tool for re-engaging an audience who have been desensitised by global media, and an insatiable appetite for entertainment". As an emerging Australian artist Jensz employs her command of drawing, painting, and mixed media in the service of social insight."

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Curriculum vitae

                     Formal training and qualifications

2003                        Graduate Diploma in Visual Art at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

1991                        Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

                       

                                Solo Exhibitions

2007                        Penny Jensz, Green-wood Gallery, Melbourne
                                Penny Jensz, High-Arts, Highlands, Victoria

2006                        Landscape of the Australian Conscience, Fortyfivedownstairs Gallery, Melbourne
                                Cerebral Tears, Fortyfivedownstairs Gallery, Melbourne          



                                Group Exhibitons

2007                        Melbourne Art Fair 2007, Melbourne

2005                        Beijing Biennale, Beijing
                                The Naked Truth, Dickerson Art Gallery, Sydney
                                The Naked Truth, Dickerson Art Gallery, Melbourne
                                Customisation, Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival, Melbourne
                                The Discovery Art Show, Gasworks Art Park, Melbourne
                                The Harries National Digital Art Prize, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
                                Melbourne Affordable Art Show, Melbourne
                                Julie Millowick Aquistive Photographic Award, Castlemaine Sate Festival, Castlemaine
                                Daylesford Photographic Biennale, Daylesford
                                International Digital Art Awards, on line and touring exhibition, VCA Gallery, Melbourne

2004                        ACMP Australian Photographer’s Collection No 10, 101 Gallery, Melbourne
                                New Social Commentaries, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool

2003                        Graduate Show, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

2002                        Rights of Passage Chapel off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne

                                                 
  
                                Awards

2005                        Finalist, 2005 Cromwell’s Art Prize

2004                        Finalist, New Social Commentaries, Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool
                                Australian Institute of Professional Photography, (Victorian Division), silver award in Portrait category, Phon                            
                                Australian Institute of Professional Photography, (Victorian Division), silver award in Portrait category, Alex                                             
                                Australian Institute of Professional Photography, (Victorian Division), silver award in Portrait category, John                                       
                                Australian Institute of Professional Photography, (Victorian Division), silver award in Portrait category, Eliot   
                                          
2003                        Australian Commercial Magazine Photographers permanent collection No.10   
                                
1997                        Dimensional Art Directors and Illustrators Awards Show, New York, silver award

1996                        Dimensional Art Directors and Illustrators Award Show, New York, bronze award



                         Corporate Commissions

1998                        Several Sculpture Installations for Visy, Melbourne
1998                        Castran and Gilbert Real Estate           



                                Private Collections

                                Penny's work is held in private collections in Australia and the United States.                      



                                Publications and Reviews

2005                        Morrow, Christine, Contemporary art and Culture Critique, UN magazine, Issue 3 Autumn, 2005
                                International Digital Art Award 2005, Desktop, Issue #204, April 2005

2004                        New Social Commentaries, Warnambool Art Gallery, New Social Commentaries Prize    Catalogue, 2004

2003                        Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition, Catalogue, 2003



                          Residencies
                                    
                                Wesley College, Artist in Residence Program.