Jennifer Keeler-Milne
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Jennifer Keeler-Milne is an Australian contemporary artist who is best known for her sumptuous landscape oil paintings and large-scale charcoal drawings. Keeler-Milne draws on traditional oil painting techniques to create striking contemporary works.
She trained in Melbourne at Melbourne State College, the Victorian College of the Arts
, and the College of Fine Arts
, COFA.
Keeler-Milne was awarded the Fred Williams
Family Prize in 1991.
Her richly textured and dramatic work transcends its subject matter with deeply evocative references to the landscape that are both imaginative and perceptive.
Her drawings have been frequentally selected to hang in the Dobell Prize
for Drawing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
.
She has held multiple solo exhibitions in Australia, and participated in over 30 group exhibitions in Australia & England.
Jennifer has been invited to participate in "Not the Way Home". This creative expedition is being managed by Artist Profile magazine, and takes 12 coastal based artists into the amazing environs of Fowlers Gap, a remote research station run by the University of NSW, off the Silver City Highway in far western NSW. The expedition is being recorded by the ABC and will culminate with an exhibition at the S.H. Ervin Gallery in May 2012.
Her work is held by Artbank
, the Art Gallery of New South Wales
, the Lord Reith collection as well as many private collections in the USA, France England & Australia.
Keeler-Milne has produced two books, My Big Art Adventure: What Colour is That? and My Big Art Adventure: What Number is That? Both books are published by the Art Gallery of New South Wales
. My Big Art Adventure: What Number is That? was chosen by The Children’s Book Council of Australia as a Notable Book in the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books 2006, is included in the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge
as well as the ACT Chief Minister's Reading Challenge.
She trained in Melbourne at Melbourne State College, the Victorian College of the Arts
Victorian College of the Arts
The Faculty of the VCA and Music is a faculty of the University of Melbourne, in Victoria . VCAM is located near the Melbourne central business district, on two campuses, one - the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music - on the Parkville campus of the University of Melbourne, and the other - the...
, and the College of Fine Arts
College of Fine Arts
The College of Fine Arts is the creative arts faculty of the University of New South Wales and is located on Oxford Street, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.- History :...
, COFA.
Keeler-Milne was awarded the Fred Williams
Fred Williams
Frederick Ronald Williams OBE was an Australian painter and printmaker. He was one of Australia’s most important artists, and one of the twentieth century’s major painters of the landscape...
Family Prize in 1991.
Her richly textured and dramatic work transcends its subject matter with deeply evocative references to the landscape that are both imaginative and perceptive.
Her drawings have been frequentally selected to hang in the Dobell Prize
Dobell Prize
Dobell Prize for drawing, Australian art prize held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales the highest prize for drawing in Australia. The prize had previously been held in conjunction with the Archibald Prize, Sulman Prize, Wynne Prize, around the early part of the year, but was moved in 2003 to...
for Drawing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales , located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was established in 1897 and is the most important public gallery in Sydney and the fourth largest in Australia...
.
She has held multiple solo exhibitions in Australia, and participated in over 30 group exhibitions in Australia & England.
Jennifer has been invited to participate in "Not the Way Home". This creative expedition is being managed by Artist Profile magazine, and takes 12 coastal based artists into the amazing environs of Fowlers Gap, a remote research station run by the University of NSW, off the Silver City Highway in far western NSW. The expedition is being recorded by the ABC and will culminate with an exhibition at the S.H. Ervin Gallery in May 2012.
Her work is held by Artbank
Artbank
Artbank is an art rental program established in 1980 by the Australian Government. It supports contemporary Australian artists and encourages a wider appreciation of their work by buying artworks which it then rents to public and private sector clients. It was modeled on the Canadian Art Bank,...
, the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales , located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was established in 1897 and is the most important public gallery in Sydney and the fourth largest in Australia...
, the Lord Reith collection as well as many private collections in the USA, France England & Australia.
Keeler-Milne has produced two books, My Big Art Adventure: What Colour is That? and My Big Art Adventure: What Number is That? Both books are published by the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of New South Wales
The Art Gallery of New South Wales , located in The Domain in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, was established in 1897 and is the most important public gallery in Sydney and the fourth largest in Australia...
. My Big Art Adventure: What Number is That? was chosen by The Children’s Book Council of Australia as a Notable Book in the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books 2006, is included in the NSW Premier's Reading Challenge
Premier's Reading Challenge
The Premier's Reading Challenge is a literacy initiative developed by Australian state governments. It is set not as a competitive event, but rather as an individual challenge to each student, as well as to promote a love of reading books....
as well as the ACT Chief Minister's Reading Challenge.
External links
- Dobell PrizeDobell PrizeDobell Prize for drawing, Australian art prize held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales the highest prize for drawing in Australia. The prize had previously been held in conjunction with the Archibald Prize, Sulman Prize, Wynne Prize, around the early part of the year, but was moved in 2003 to...
- AGNSW Visibility/Invisibility
- The Fleurieu Peninsula Art Prize Exhibition 2007
- Ivan Dougherty Gallery (Going) Out There
- Tim Olsen Gallery CV
- Premier's Reading Challenge
- Chief Minister's Reading Challenge
- Dobell Prize
- Not the Way Home