About Jennifer Bell
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Education
1996 - 1998
University of Newcastle
Awards
2023
SINGULART Awards
2020
Art Lovers Prize Australia
2019
Milburn Art Prize
2019
Rotary Art Spectacular
2019
2019 Art Lovers Prize Australia
2019
Global Etsy Design Awards
2018
Milburn Prize Finalist
2018
Morton Bay Region Art Awards Finalist
2018
Art Lovers Prize
2017
Highly Commended ArtWorld Studio Gallery Portrait Prize
2017
Finalist Lethbridge 10000 Art Prize
2017
Foot Square judges prize
2016
Voters’ Choice Winner Foot Square
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Event: Women's Work
Dates: 27 Feb 2019 - 17 Mar 2019
Celebrating the legacy of strong female artists in our society by holding the Women’s Work Exhibition and fundraiser to coincide with International Women’s Day 2019.
Event: The Weaving Room
Dates: 17 Nov 2018 - 19 Jan 2019
A space that explores both traditional and contemporary approaches to weaving. This exhibition embraces textiles and basketry, the use of recycled materials in weaving, and other disciplines with a focus on weave - woven ceramic objects, or a painting or perhaps drawings that depicts a strong woven element.
Event: Variegated
Dates: 1 Aug 2018 - 31 Aug 2018
Jennifer’s intricate paintings, paper cuttings and paper weavings capture the delicate aesthetic of nature in this series of works, variegated. Through the meditative process of making these often fluid pieces she creates varied and elaborate compositions that celebrate the simple beauty of leaves. Her work explores the complex patterns found at the microscopic level through to the venation system and tiny details often overlooked.
Beauty exists all around us, in the imperfect and in things we see every day but pay little attention to.
Event: Regeneration
Dates: 20 Jun 2018 - 30 Jun 2018
Aspirant Collection Group Show
Event: Natural Selection
Dates: 24 May 2018 - 24 Jun 2018
“Natural Selection” is a group exhibition of selected artists.
Event: Morton Bay Art Prize
Dates: 19 May 2018 - 27 May 2018
Finalist in the Morton Bay Art Prize for 2018
Event: Milburn Art Prize 2018
Dates: 27 Apr 2018 - 11 May 2018
Finalist in the Milburn Art Prize for 2018
Event: Art Lovers Prize
Dates: 1 Apr 2018 - 30 Apr 2018
Art Lovers Prize Finalists
Event: Petite Pieces
Dates: 7 Feb 2018 - 24 Feb 2018
Small works group show
Event: Abstract Exhibition
Dates: 6 Feb 2018 - 25 Feb 2018
Abstract group show
Event: All About Colour
Dates: 4 Oct 2017 - 22 Oct 2017
Group show about colour
Event: Landscape Prize
Dates: 2 Oct 2017 - 30 Oct 2017
Finalist in the ArtWorld Studio Gallery Landscape Prize Brisbane
Event: LANDSCAPES, SEASCAPES AND STREETSCAPES
Dates: 13 Sep 2017 - 30 Sep 2017
Group landscape exhibition
Event: 'Mythical’ Exhibition
Dates: 16 Aug 2017 - 2 Sep 2017
Mythical Art Group Exhibition
Event: ArtWorld Studio Gallery Portrait Prize 2017
Dates: 8 Jul 2017 - 6 Aug 2017
The second annual ArtWorld Studio Gallery Portrait Prize offers both beginning and experienced artists the chance to have their works exhibited this year, with a monetary prize on offer. Any medium is permitted including painting, printmaking, sculpture, installation, photography and digital.
Event: Lethbridge 10000 Art Prize
Dates: 8 Jun 2017 - 18 Jun 2017
Finalist in the Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Prize
Event: Weaving Illusions
Dates: 5 Jun 2017 - 30 Jun 2017
An exhibition of my work along with that of photographer Hayley Roberts
Event: Royal Queensland Art Society Landscape Exhibition
Dates: 30 May 2017 - 2 Jul 2017
The theme of Landscape
Event: Ipswich Art Awards
Dates: 3 May 2017 - 14 May 2017
A major event in the Ipswich Festival calendar with works received from artists throughout South-east Queensland and Northern New South Wales
Event: SNAP17
Dates: 19 Apr 2017 - 13 May 2017
Group photography exhibition at Brisbane Aspire Gallery
Event: All Creatures
Dates: 11 Apr 2017 - 29 Apr 2017
Group exhibition featuring Artworks depicting Wild Life and Pets
Event: petite pieces 2017
Dates: 1 Feb 2017 - 15 Feb 2017
Every February, Aspire Gallery runs our favourite and most popular competition – ‘petite pieces’ This competition is open theme and open medium, with the only restriction being that work has to fit within 40 x 40 x 40cm.
Event: End of year exhibition
Dates: 7 Dec 2016 - 17 Dec 2016
End of year exhibition at Aspire Gallery
Event: ELEMENTAL BRISBANE
Dates: 15 Oct 2016 - 22 Sep 2016
Elemental Brisbane celebrates the amazing works artists create using elements from the waste stream, PAPER, METAL, WOOD AND FIBER as the raw materials for their art.
Event: Babies, books and rhymes
Dates: 8 Oct 2016 - 30 Nov 2016
A solo exhibition of colourful and fun art and illustrations for children inspired by songs, nursery rhymes and books.
Event: Delicate Emotive
Dates: 18 Sep 2016 - 8 Oct 2016
Group exhibition focusing on delicate or emotive work
Event: Comforts of Home
Dates: 3 Aug 2016 - 21 Aug 2016
The theme reflects on what people have and want in their castles, whether that is a furry friend, lovely garden or a designer decor.
Event: Foot Square
Dates: 1 Jun 2016 - 18 Jun 2016
Group exhibition in any medium and any theme but must be under a foot square.
Event: Snap 2016
Dates: 2 May 2016 - 21 May 2016
SNAP '16 is all about promoting photography as an art form
Event: Once Upon a Time
Dates: 16 Aug 2013 - 26 Aug 2013
A group exhibition supporting the starlight foundation - Once upon a time, reinterpreting the fairytale.
Event: Own gallery
Dates: 16 Jan 2002 - 12 Dec 2004
Owned and operated gallery
Event: Femme Fatale
Dates: 1 Nov 2000 - 1 Dec 2000
Mixed media solo exhibition
Event: Continuing Exhibition
Dates: 30 Jun 2000 - 1 Apr 2001
Continuing exhibition of work at the beach side gallery
Event: Latest work
Dates: 1 Jun 1999 - 30 Jun 1999
Collection of mixed media work
Event: Liminal
Dates: 25 Nov 1998 - 5 Dec 1998
Inaugural exhibition of the first graduating students of Bachelor of Fine Arts degree
Event: Central Coast Arts Fringe Festival
Dates: 12 Oct 1997 - 19 Oct 1997
Central Coast Arts Fringe Festival various installation pieces through out Gosford
Biography
This experience has given her a heightened appreciation for the patterns and beauty that exist all around us, both man-made and naturally occurring, and she seeks to share this vision through her art.
It has been suggested in recent years as more becomes known of the condition that artists such as Seurat, the pioneer of pointillism, Van Gogh and more recently Yayoi Kusama famous for her dots, may also have experienced the symptoms of visual snow disorder.
Jennifer's art is a testament to the idea that beauty is found in the most unexpected places. She frequently incorporates recycled materials and found object, and focuses on simple subject matter, showcasing the extraordinary beauty that can be found in the ordinary and imperfect. Through her art, she encourages us to see the world in a new light, and to appreciate the beauty that exists all around us.
She holds a degree in Fine Art and has a rich background in the art world, having previously run her own gallery in New Zealand's picturesque Wellington suburb of Island Bay. Today, she is a full-time independent artist working from her sunny Brisbane studio, and her work is represented in private and corporate collections around the world, from Australia and New Zealand to North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
