Jennifer O’Brien C.V
1954 Born in Sydney, lives and works in Australia
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Art Education, College of Fine Arts, Paddington 2007
Master of Art (Photomedia), College of Fine Arts, Paddington 1998
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Sculpture), Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain 1984
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Inaugural Annual Froghollow Studios Exhibition, ARO Gallery, Darlinghurst
Sydney Art Month , Level 3, 85 William St East Sydney
Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, St Kilda.
CCP Salon, Melbourne
Walker St Gallery, Dandenong
Articulate turns Eight, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
2017
Art Detour, Level 3 85 William St East Sydney
CCP Salon, Melbourne
Articulate turns Seven, Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
2016
CCP Salon, Melbourne
40x40, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
What’s Next? Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
2015
MOST, May Street Studios, St Peters
CCP Salon, Melbourne
40x40, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
2014
Compact Print Show, Umbrella Studios, Toowoomba
Disease, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Small Works Show, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
40x40 Art Show, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Colour, line, Form, Articulate Gallery, Leichhardt
2013
Click Photography Show, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
The Human Family Project, Parliament House, Sydney
2012
Articulate Project Space Leichhardt
Photography 1A Show, Brunswick St Art Gallery, Melbourne
Linden Contemporary Art Centre, Melbourne
The Human Family Project, Pine Street Arts Centre, Chippendale
2011
Kodak Photography Salon, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne
Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
John Fries Memorial Prize, Blackfriars off Broadway, Sydney
Click Photography Exhibition, Brunswick St Art Gallery, Melbourne
2010
Head On, ACP, Paddington
Picture This, Brunswick St Gallery, Melbourne
Articulate Project Space, Leichhardt
2008
Open Studio, Alice Street, Newtown.
Untitled, Old Scout Hall Studio, Mt. Victoria
2007
Open Studio, Alice Street, Newtown.
2006
Gallery Exhibition, Katoomba
2005
Red……. Ends, Level One, 16 Marsden St, Camperdown (Paintings).
2004
Criminal Expressions, Artists Gallery, Katoomba (Paintings).
2002
The Radio Show’, Studio 69, Leichhardt (Drawings).
2001
Body Parts, Rear 59, Annandale (Sculpture).
2000
Object of Desire, Women Sculptors Exhibition, ABC Foyer, Ultimo.
1998
Lure, Maudspace, Glebe.
Lost Dog, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown
1997
Stepwise, Group show, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney.
Colour,Paul Sorenson Gallery, Everglades Gardens, Leura.
1996
Journeys III, Ardt Gallery, Leichhardt.
Out of the Frame, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney University.
Snatch. Performance Space Gallery.
Femartism, International Women’s Day Group show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong.
Between the Teeth, Group show, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown.
Stepwise, Group show, Project Contemporary Artspace, Wollongong.
1995
Out City Projections, Green Park, Darlinghurst.
Pieces, Group show, Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra.
1993
Slip, Group show, T.A.P. Darlinghurst.
1990
Her Place, Group exhibition, Arena Art Space, Wollongong.
1988
We Have Survived Exhibition and Auction, Australian Centre for Photography, Paddington
1987
Women’s Art Show, Sydney Wharf, The Rocks.
1985
Artificial Museum of History, Group Exhibitions by Mixed Metaphors, Bondi Pavilion Gallery.
COLLABORATIVE WORKS
2011
Block, collaborative large drawing installation with Cath Brophy, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown
1999
The Virtual Cloakroom, Soft Where Hard Dithering Multimedia Show, with MMCC at Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown
1986
Catwalk Talks – Lessons in Femininity’. in collaboration with Linda Patterson, Heffron Hall, Darlinghurst.
1994
The Secret lies in the Garden, Multi-Media installation, with Multi-Media Checkout Chicks (MMCC)
Fleeing from Victory’, mixed media installation, with MMCC, Metro Theatre, George St, Sydney.
1995
Hysteria, Group Show with MMCC ,Polymorph Gallery, Enmore.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
Finalist John Fries Memorial Prize. Blackfriars Sydney 2011
Curator’s Prize, Bent Art, Katoomba 2006
Pat Corrigan Grant, NAVA 1999
Mardi Gras Funding Grant 1999
Pat Corrigan Grant, NAVA 1994
CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2017
Created Project Kollective Spaces (PKS) a collective for artists, designers, and other fields of study
The Sky is Falling……., Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Bondi, September 19 – October 1, curating ten artists.
1999
Curated show ‘Soft Where Hard Dithering’ with Jillian Hayden, Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Camperdown as part of Mardi Gras Festival.
PUBLICATIONS
2017
MMCC Six Ways to Love a Tree, Sydney, Australia
1997
Ashburn, E. Lesbian Art: An Encounter with Power. Sydney: Art and Australia