Jenny Davis
Jenny Davis is a professional artist living in Victoria, Australia and intermittently, in Paris, London and Spain.
MessageVisual artist Jenny Davis runs her arts practice from a multi- purpose studio she built in 2000 from discarded and recycled materials. Outlook8studio is based in the beautiful mountains of Yarra Valley, Victoria in Australia. Jenny currently lives in Australia and has intermittently, lived in Paris, London and Spain, where she was awarded an arts residency in Barcelona. Jenny has worked on several, collaborative and research projects throughout Australia, Europe and US, over the past 35 years. Her practice encompasses painting, sculpture, drawing, collage, photography, book arts, textiles, installation &video.
Jenny's artwork has been exhibited in Australia, Berlin, Paris, Spain, New York, the UK and the US and is represented in numerous private and public collections. She has received awards and residencies both nationally and internationally, and her digital artworks have been projected onto buildings in Times Square, New York and in 2017 at The Venice Biennale 57 in Italy. Public Art Project. Her latest public art project for Rydges Hotel Group in Melbourne. Australia. 2023.
A multidisciplinary artist who strives to through her work, to question and understand the world we inhabit. With an inquisitive and experimental approach, Jenny explores many themes including beauty, love, disruption, conflict and the nuances of the human condition. She contemplates the fragility of nature and life, the transformative power of decay, loss, and of renewal, trying to make sense of the world we inhabit and beyond.
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Spaces Below Yering Station Gallery, Curator Dr. Ewen Jarvis. Yarra Glen, Victoria Australia.
2016 Wallmatter The Memo, Curator Jade Bitar Regional Exhibitions, Vic. Australia.
2011 Abstraction & Beyond Burrinja Cultural Center. Victoria Australia.
2009/10 Jenny Davis 12 Photographs. 12 Months, Paris. France.
2009 Outlook8 Virtual Gallery Malt Village. Secondlife.
2008 Jenny Davis Malt Virtual Gallery. Secondlife.
2007 Jenny Davis 12 paintings. 12 months. Paris. France.
2007 Ausgallery International Representation. Australian Government Incentive.
2007 Parisgrit Tilt Contemporary Art Gallery. Melbourne Australia.
2006 Can Serrat Project Tilt Contemporary Art Gallery. Melbourne. Australia.
2005 Project Can Serrat Upper Yarra Arts Center. Victoria. Australia.
2005 Open Studio Exhibition Can Serrat Arts Centre. El Bruc, Barcelona. Spain.
2005 Beale on Auburn Gallery Auburn Road Hawthorn. Victoria. Australia.
2004 Didja. Tilt Contemporary Art Gallery. Melbourne. Australia.
2004 Jenny Davis at Loft Art Space Rochford Winery. Victoria Australia.
2003 Jenny Davis Recent Paintings Tilt Contemporary Art. Melbourne Australia.
2002 Jenny Davis Whereartis@Gallery. Fitzroy, Melbourne. Australia.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Woman Yava Gallery & Waterwheel Gallery, Victoria Australia
2022 Door to Door Berlin Lite – Hause Gallery 4H, Berlin Germany.
2022 Abstractions YAVA Art Gallery. Healesville Victoria. Australia
2022 Transformation Textile Sculpture Exhibition. Online exhibition & Publication.
2021 Door-to-Door Project No Vacancy Gallery. Melbourne Australia.
2020 Door-to-Door Project Virtual online exhibition. Artaviso
2020 Quite Complexity YAVA Gallery & Arts Hub
2019 Members exhibition YAVA Gallery & Arts Hub. Healesville Victoria. Australia.
2019 Yarra Glen Art Show Victoria. Australia.
2018 Hit Me With Your Best Shot Project BOAA installation. City of Ballarat.
2017 The Biennale Project Wallmatter 17 Digital Image Projection,
Venice Biennale 57. La Biennale di Venezia. Venice, Italy.
2017 From This Place – Inspiring Women Artists of the Yarra Valley
Exhibition & Book Launch. Lindy Schneider, Angela Rivas, 14 Artists. Victoria. Australia.
2014/15 Second Time Around Environmental Install. Museum of Shenandoah Valley. USA.
2014 Art+Mel Interactive Arts Event. Federation Square + Laneway. Melbourne. Australia.
2014 Times Square Show Building Projection. Times Square, New York. USA.
2013-14 Snap to Grid Exhibition Los Angeles Center For Digital Art . USA.
2013 Creatives Rising Exhibition 30 Story Tall Projection Mapping Event. New York. USA: MoMA, Guggenheim, Gagosian Gallery, Sotheby’s, Christie’s Auction House.
2013 The Story of the Creative See Me Exhibition Space. N Y City. Digital Installation.
2013 Artfuly Pop Up Exhibition Somedays Gallery. Surrey Hills, Sydney. Australia.
2013 Xtinction Three Stories Artspace. Victoria, Australia.
2012 Land to Light Jenny Davis, Charles Farrugia, Mark Story, John Martin. Switchback Gallery.Curators, Charles Farrugia, Rod Forbes
Monash University. Gippsland, Australia.
2010 Room of Reference TPTP Space. Montmartre, Paris. France.
2010 Sebel Show, Heritage Country Club. Melbourne Australia.
2010 Artisans Show Upper Yarra Arts Center. Victoria. Australia.
2009 Art For Life - Bushfire Appeal Art Auction Melbourne Town Hall. Australia.
2009 Landfillart Project USA Traveling Exhibition and Publication. USA.
2009 Mont De Lancy Show Victoria. Australia.
2009 Artisans Exhibition Upper Yarra Arts Center. Victoria. Australia.
2008 Strazz n Oz Jenny Davis & Jerry Osadczuk. Victoria. Australia.
2008 Tilt Christmas Show Tilt Contemporary Art Gallery. Melbourne. Australia.
2008 March ’08 Hills Artists Tilt Contemporary Art. Melbourne. Australia.
2008 Australia Day Exhibition Upper Yarra Arts Center. Victoria. Australia.
2007 Melb 5 Bob Curtis Contemporary Movement Gallery. Berlin, Germany.
2006-7 Abstraction X Four Carteret Contemporary Gallery NC, USA. Curator NY artist, Amy Ernst.
2006 Finalist John Leslie Art Prize Sale Art Gallery. Victoria. Australia.
2005 Discovery Art Show Gasworks. Melbourne. Australia.
2005 Urbantide Toyota Spirit Gallery. Melbourne. Australia.
2005 Soundscape Fresh Gallery Space. Fitzroy, Melbourne. Australia.
2005 Affordable Art Fair Exhibition Buildings. Melbourne. Australia.
2005 Tilt Collectors Show Tilt Contemporary Art. Melbourne. Australia.
2005 Tilt Retrospective Tilt Contemporary Art. Melbourne. Australia.
2005 Abstract2 Art-Domain.com gallery. Leipzig, Germany. Curated.
2004 Out from Down under and Beyond Soho. New York. USA.
2004 Abstract 1 Art Domain.com gallery. Port D’ andratx, Balearic Islands. Spain.
2004 Artiade, Olympics of Visual Arts Exhibition Olympic Games. Athens. Greece.
2004 Tilt Collectors Show Tilt Contemporary Art. Melbourne. Australia.
2004 Tilt Retrospective Tilt Contemporary Art. Melbourne. Australia.
2003 The Postcard Show Linden Gallery. St Kilda. Victoria. Australia.
2003 Differing Visions Warburton Arts Center. Victoria. Australia.
2003 Summer Salon Gallery314 Richmond. Victoria. Australia.
1999 International Women’s Day Show Healesville. Australia.
1998 International Women’s Day Show Healesville. Australia.
1997 Coming up for Air Caulfield Art Complex. Melbourne. Australia.
1996 Recovery National Gallery of Victoria. Melbourne. Australia.
Public Art - Projects & Collaborations
2022/23 Public Art Project Rydges CBD Hotel. Melbourne Australia
2017 From This Place – Inspiring Women Artists of the Yarra Valley, Exhibition & Book Launch. Lindy Schneider, Angela Rivas & Artists. Yarra Valley, Victoria. Australia.
2014/17 International Union of Mail Artists Collaborative Mail- Art Projects.
2014 Limited Edition, Artist Book Publications Jenny Davis – Jack Oudyn. Australia.
2014 John Baldessari: Name up in Lights, Monnaie de Paris Seine River. Paris. France.
2011 John Baldessari: Name up in Lights Kaldor Public Art Projects. Sydney Festival.
2009/10 Landfill Art Project USA.
2007/9/10/16 Meet the Tenant Project Research and document underground spaces in Paris, France Photography, video and publication.
1994 Public Art Project Sculpture Redgum Art Center. Collaboration, artist Lazlo Biro. Lilydale Vic.
Awards & Grants
2018 Selected artist The Other Art Fair Melbourne. Saatchi Art London.
2015 Featured Artist Issue 16 Upstairs at Duroc Literary and Arts Magazine, Paris, France.
2012 Featured Artist Aesthetica Creative Works Annual England & Wales.
2012 Selected Cover Artist Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual England & Wales.
2013 Featured Artist, Rothko Red. Moods & Appetites, New York. USA.
2012 Featured Artist Upstairs at Duroc Literary and Arts Magazine, Paris, France.
2010 Featured Artist Abstractions 2010 New Art Review Magazine. N.Y. USA.
2011 Awarded 2nd. Prize. Abstracts Exhibition Light Space & Time Gallery USA.
2010 Winner Tyrrell’s Wine Label Award Victoria Australia.
2008 Awarded EMDG Australian Trade Commission Grant, Export Award.
2006 Certificate of Honour for Excellence in the Arts Palm Awards, Leipzig, Germany.
2005 Awarded Artist In Residence Can Serrat International Art Center, Barcelona, Spain.
2003 Award for Artistic Excellence, Camille Claudel, Peter Harper Art Award, USA.
Education & Professional Experience
2023 Perfectly Imperfect. Lorna Crane Australia
2022 Transformation. Textile Sculpture Exhibition. Online exhibition & Publication.
2020 The Bookmaker Artist Book Workshop. Roxanne Evans Stout. USA.
2018 Victory Shields and Wisdom Keepers Mixed Media Workshop. Roxanne Evans Stout. USA.
2017 Weaving Workshop Ruth Woods. Craft School Oz. Alywon Gardens Yarra Glen. Vic.
2016 Art Business Strategies Coaching Course. 11-weeks. Maria Brophy. Online.
2016 Creativity and the Business of Art Alexis Castillo. Online.
2016 Textile Workshop Indigo Shibori & Slow Stitch, Boro, Ruth Woods. Vic. Australia.
2008-19 Badger Creek Art Group Victoria. Australia.
2015 100 Days of Creative Courage Stephanie Levy. Berlin. Germany.
2015 InstaSavvy, Social Media Business Workshop Dotty Media, Byron Bay, Australia.
2015 CreativeArtsbiz Business Course.
2015 Encaustic Art Workshop Dawna Richardson-Hyde. Victoria. Australia.
2013- 30 Days of Collage, Stephanie Levy. Berlin. Germany
2012 Find Your Own Freedom & the Business Model Right for You Online Workshop.
2011 Creative Souls Telesummit Online Workshop.
2011 Business Branding Workshop Etsy Labs.
2006-18 Design Branding and Art Blogger Workshop.
2004-5 Alternative Arts Drawing and Painting Richard-Granville- Smith, Victoria, Australia.
2000-4 Professional Development for Artists Shane Merry, Victoria, Australia.
2001 Further Education Art Studies Art Foundation Studies, Cross Media Application, Cultural Perspectives, Contemporary Arts Practice, Painting Studies, Ruth Woods. Victoria.
1998/9/0 Therapist Training Australian Institute of Professional Councillors Australia.
1998 Small Business Training Swinburne Uni. Lilydale. (off campus) Victoria, Australia.
1995 Women as Artists Dr Annette Iggulden. Melbourne, Australia.
1995 Folio Prep Workshop Dr Annette Iggulden. Melbourne, Australia.
1995 Cert. of Arc, Mig, Oxy Welding Box Hill TAFE, Victoria, Australia.
1995 Associate Diploma of Visual Arts Yr. 2 Oil Painting. Dr Annette Iggulden.
1994 Associate Diploma of Visual Arts Dandenong TAFE. Year 2. Victoria. Australia.
1994 Associate Diploma of Visual Arts Swinburne TAFE Year 1. Victoria. Australia.
1993 Adv. Cert. Art and Design Dawna Richardson-Hyde. Victoria.
1993 Adv. Cert. Ceramics Dawna Richardson-Hyde. Victoria.
1993 Creative Art Class Dr Annette Iggulden. Melbourne. Australia.
1993 Oil Painting Marg Payne. Victoria. Australia.
1992 Acrylic Painting Marg Bell. Victoria. Australia.
1992 Textile Art Patchwork Haven. Victoria. Australia.
1985/6 Starting a Craft Business Lilydale School of Horticulture. Vic. Australia.
1980/79 Creative Arts Course Stott’s College. Sydney. Australia.
1974-9 Experiments in B/W Photography & Darkroom Techniques Vic. Australia.
1977 Short Story Writing Stott’s College. Sydney. Australia.
Work & Research
2022/23 Public Art Project Rydges CBD Hotel. Melbourne Australia
2018 London & Surrounds, Research & studio project. London UK.
2001-24 Outlook8studio Owner, Manager, Artist, Professional Studio Work, Vic. Australia.
2010-19 Fitzherbert Studio Professional Studio work Victoria. Australia.
2003-24 Art Blogger Manage maintain online website and shop.
2010 Street Noir Project Paris Video. Night Photography. Paris. France.
2007/9/10/16 Meet the Tenant Paris Research Arts Project & Network Paris, France. Oversee exhibition Berlin, Germany.
2005 Artist In Residence Spain Can Serrat International Arts Center. Barcelona, Spain. Studio Work. Public Presentation.
2005 European & UK Research Project England, Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Amsterdam, Venice, Switzerland, Austria, Zurich and Spain.
2005 Video, Photography & Research Project UK Maidstone, England.
2002-3 Teaching Outlook8studio, Abstraction & Creative Arts.
1994 Creative Fence Sculpture (public art project) Lilydale. Victoria. Australia.
1994 Mentor-ship & Studio Practice, Lazlo Biro. Sculptor. Vic. Australia.
1993 Curator TAFE student exhibition. Swinburne. Wantirna. Australia.
1990-99 Drug/Alcohol Counsellor Art Therapy Doctors Suites Mooroolbark & Freelance.
1987/88 Jenny's Porch Art /Craft Business Sole Trader. Donald. Vic. Australia.
1987/88 Teaching Arts/Crafts Jenny's Porch. Donald. Victoria. Australia.
Publications/Artist Books
2023 Visual Artist Jenny Davis - The Artist’s Journey. Vol. 1, 2,3,4. Published books.
2022 Transformation - Textile Sculpture Exhibition Creating with Courage Publication. Clarrisa Callesen
2016 Rustmatter - Limited edition artist books 10 books in vintage cigar tins.
2016 Vintage Pulp - Sew Somerset Magazine Stampington & Company. California, USA.
2008 Meet the Tenant - Jenny Davis Hard cover book. What lurks? Beneath the City of Paris.
2008 Odd Feeling - Midnight Echo Magazine. Internal Photograph.
2014 No/Yes Book - Limited Edition Artist Book Jenny Davis – Jack Oudyn. Australia.
2014 Artist Book Publication Jenny Davis – Jack Oudyn. Australia
Media/Reviews
2018 Spaces Below Review. Curator, Dr. Ewen Jarvis.
2016 Wallmatter Jenny Davis Explores Neglected Spaces, Feature Bluethumb. Bek Possingham.
2011 Hidden Spaces Exposed - Upwey Show Leader Newspapers. Victoria. Australia.
2010 Collecting Going Green Invited Artist Blogger, USA.
2009 Jenny Davis, Artist Interview Design Style Guide, USA.
2009 Jenny Davis Art Review Hong Kong.
2008 Art from Rubbish Mountain Views Newspapers. Victoria. Australia.
2008 Heart put into Art Leader Newspapers. Victoria. Australia.
2007 Paris work on Show Leader Newspapers. Victoria. Australia.
2006 Cover Art, Fuel4artists Sydney. Australia. Online.
2005 Immersing in the Spanish Culture Leader Newspapers. Victoria. Australia.
2005 A Culture Fused in Art Fairfax News. Melbourne. Australia.
2005 Cover-Art, Art Calendar Magazine Washington DC. USA.
2004 Didja & Artiade Leader Newspapers, Victoria. Australia.
2004 Artiade Athens Olympic Games Leader Newspapers, Victoria, Australia.
2004 Art Collector Magazine Article Australia.
2004 The World of Antiques and Art. Article Australia.
2003 Lawrence Downes Gallery & Studio Magazine New York USA. Review
2004 Out from Down under and Beyond New York Art Guide, New York, USA.
1996 My Art and Life Vogue Magazine. Sydney. Australia.
1994 Creative Fences, Public Art Leader Newspapers, Victoria, Australia.
Public - Corporate - Private Collections
2022/23 Rydges CBD Hotel Group Melbourne Australia
2005 Can Serrat International Art Center Barcelona, Spain.
2009 - Landfillart Collection Second Time Around Travelling Environmental Exhibition, Museum of Shenandoah Valley & USA.
1994 Creative Fence Sculpture Lilydale. Victoria. Australia.
Various Private Collections in Australia, UK, USA, Canada & Europe.
Memberships
NAVA Australia
Arts Law Australia
Women's Art Register Australia
Copyright Agency Australia & World Collecting Agency
IUOMA International Union of Mail Artists
Statement
In researching and documenting under-structure, abandoned buildings and marks left behind in the built environment, I find ‘beauty in decay, random marks, aerial perspectives, graffiti and weathered surfaces’. My artworks link to the contrasts of imperfections, found in the urban environment, highlighting, insignificant marks, weathered surfaces and cast-offs. I am influenced by, abandoned, underground and derelict spaces, vacant industrial sites, structures, old walls & graffiti.