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Nationality |
Australian, American |
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1996 – 99 |
M.F.A. University of Houston |
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1992 – 93 |
B.A. Art Honors (First Class), Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia. Studio painting and Sociology of the arts. |
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1988 – 90 |
B.A. Fine Art (painting), Curtin University. |
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2006 |
Toronto Alternative Art Fair International, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, Toronto, Canada, November Breathing Space, Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, TX. December 1 – 30 Sala Diaz, San Antonio, June 20 – August 15 Breathing Space, Rudolph projects / Artscan Gallery, Houston, Texas, March 24th - April 22nd |
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2004 |
Breathing Space, Rudolph projects / Artscan Gallery, Houston, Texas, September 30th - October 28th |
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2003 |
Line of sight, Women And Their Work, Austin, Texas, October 2 - November 1. Recent Work, Artscan Gallery and Rudolph Projects, Houston. May 30 - June 30 |
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2001 |
Stargazing, McMurtrey Gallery, Houston, July 14 – August 12. |
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1999 |
In Search of the Picturesque, Projects Gallery, University of Houston, Texas, April 1 – 15. |
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1994 |
Sub-urban Visions, Delaney Galleries, Perth, Western Australia, June 14 – July 6. |
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2007 |
“Amistad; Texas Art in Peru”, Museo de la Nación, Lima Peru. Traveled to Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru. Curated by Gus Kopriva. Catalog (illustrated) Linie, Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany, May 12 – July 1 The Roving Eye, Embassy of Australia, Washington DC , Feb – Mar |
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2006 |
Revising Arcadia, The Landscape in Contemporary Art, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Florida, Sept 7–Dec 31 Houston Survey, Shanghai Museum of Art, China, July Perspectives 152: 4 Artists 4 Stories, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, June 22 – Sept 10 (cat) The Roving Eye, Gigantic Art Space, New York , Mar.31 – July 27. Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art, Williams Tower, Houston, Jan. 13 – Feb 17. (Jeffrey Grove, juror) |
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2005 |
Scope Art Fair, Rudolph Projects Artscan Gallery, New York March, Miami December The Big Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, July 8th - August 6th, Michael Oliivnk Juror Holly Johnson Gallery, Dallas, March Texas Biennial, Dougherty Art Center, Austin, March L.A. Art Fair, Rudolph Projects, Jan. 27 – 30 Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art, Williams Tower, Houston, Jan.14–Feb.18 (Dominic Molon juror). The Elusive Landscape, Kathryn Markel Fine Art, New York, Jan. 6 – Feb. 5 |
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2004 |
Sympathetic - Manipulative Potential, University Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Oct 20th - Nov 24th Invitational Salon of Small Works, New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA, May28 – June24 Stray Show, Chicago Art Fair, Rudolph Projects, May 7 - 10 Modes and Methods: Diversity in Contemporary Art, Amarillo Museum of Art May 1 – July3 100 Drawings, Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas, April 2 – May 5. Scope Art Fair, Rudolph Projects, New York City, March 12 – 15 Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2004, Williams Tower, (Jennifer Gross, juror) Jan. 16 – Feb 20. Landscapes, Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, Florida, Dec. 29 – Jan 30 |
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2003 |
Open Show 2003, Art League of Houston, (Dr Robert Card & Karol Kreymer, jurors) Oct. 30 – Dec. 13 Scope Art Fair, Rudolph Projects, Miami, Florida December 4 - 7 Red, Artscan & Rudolph Projects, Houston September 10 - October 11 Scope Art Fair, Rudolph Projects, Los Angeles, California July 18 - 21 New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas (Janet Kutner, juror) July 25 - August 30 New American Talent 18, Arthouse, Austin, Texas, (Dominic Molon, juror) June 13 – August 30. Visual Arts Alliance 20th Juried Open Exhibition, Houston, (Lynn Herbert, juror) May16 – June 7 Texas National, Stephen F. Austin State University Art Center, Nacogdoches, (Jerry Uelsmann & Maggie Taylor, jurors) April 12 – May 11. Assistance League of Houston 2003, Williams Tower, (Connie Butler, juror) February – March |
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2002 |
Visual Arts Alliance Show, 1 Allen Center, Houston, (Clint Willour, juror) November Shifting Ground, Artscan Gallery and Rudolph Projects, Houston, May 31 – June 29. New Orleans Art Association National Show, Poydras Plaza, New Orleans, (Kaywin Feldman juror) May 4 – June 1. The Dishman Competition, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas. (Volker Eisele juror) March 15 – April 3 Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2002, Williams Tower, Houston (James Rondeau juror) April 19 – May 31. Current Work 2002: A National Competition, Rosenthal Gallery, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina. (Ralph Steeds juror) Feb. 22 – March 30 International Juried Show, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Jan. 27 – March 20 (William Zimmerman juror) Group Show, Debra Owen Gallery, San Diego. Feb. 28 – March 25 |
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2000 |
Urban Realities, Galveston Art Center, Oct.21 – Nov. 19. Spring Exhibition, Joan Wich &Co, Houston, April 29 –May 27 |
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1999 |
Group show, Blossom Street Gallery, Houston, June 1 – 30 |
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UH MFA Thesis Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, May 1 – 22 |
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1998 |
Small Works ‘98 National Juried Exhibition (Donald Kuspit juror) Sam Houston State University, Feb. 26 – March 19. |
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1997 |
Art Celebrations ’97, Drawings, New Gallery, Houston, July 12 – August 30. |
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Fremantle 6160, Fremantle Arts Center, Western Australia |
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Horace Cardwell Juried Competition, (Geri Hooks, Richard Stout, J.P. MacDonald jurors) Museum of East Texas, Lufkin, |
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1996 |
Recent Work, Commerce Street Art Gallery, Houston, June |
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1992 |
Telecom Acquisitive Art Exhibition, Perth, Western Australia |
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1991 |
Old Customs House Artists Exhibition, Fremantle Arts Center. |
Awards and Residencies
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2007 |
Commission, University of Houston Downtown, College of Business |
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2006 |
Art In Embassies Program, U.S. Embassy, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2006 – 2008 |
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2005 |
Commission, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Second Place, Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art (Dominic Molon, juror) Individual Artist Fellowship Grant , Cultural Arts Council of Houston, Harris County |
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2004 |
Creative Capital Professional Development workshop, Diverse Works, Houston Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire Third Place, Assistance League Celebrates Texas Art |
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2003 |
Juror’s Award, Art League of Houston Open Show Third Place, Visual Arts Alliance 20th Open Juried Exhibition. (Jennifer Gross, juror) |
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2002 |
First Place, Current Work 2002 National Competition, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina. Honorable Mention, Assistance League Juried Exhibition. First Place, Visual Arts Alliance members exhibition, Clint Willour - Juror |
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1999-2000 |
The Drawing Center, New York, Slide Registry |
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1997 - 8 |
Friends of Art Student Scholarship |
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1995 |
Commerce Street Art Warehouse inaugural Studio Award |
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1992 |
First Place, Telecom Australia Open Drawing Award |
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2002 - present |
Reviews editor, ArtLies magazine |
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2000 - 2001 |
Gallery teacher, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston Adjunct, Houston Community College, Glassell Junior School of Art Programming committee, Lawndale Art Center |
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1999 |
Adjunct, University of Houston, drawing and painting |
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1998 |
John O’Quinn Children’s Assessment Center mural project. |
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1997 – 98 |
Graduate Teaching Fellow, drawing, University of Houston. |
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1991 – 94 |
Research Assistant/Teaching Associate, Curtin University, Australia. Teacher, visual culture/art history, Central Metropolitan College of TAFE, University West Australia, and Fremantle Arts Center |
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1977 – 78 |
Apprentice to ceramist Joan Campbell M.B.E., Fremantle workshop. |
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Dallas Museum of Art |
University of Houston |
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Microsoft Corporation |
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
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Art Bank, Australia |
Weatherford, Texas |
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Telecom Australia |
Group One Automotive |
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Curtin University, Australia |
Burns, Anderson, Jury & Brenner, Austin |
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Duke Energy, Houston |
Progressive Insurance, USA |
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Cornell Art Museum, Florida |
Interliant, Houston |
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Chambers, Minneapolis |
King & Spalding LLP, Houston |
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Private Collections Australia, UK, US |
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Mandy Cook, “The Honourable Members”, The Independent, St John’s, December 14, 2007, p 23 Ingrid Periz, “Australian Artists in the United States”, Art & Australia, Volume 44, No.4, Winter 2007 (illustrated) Isotope A Journal of Literary Nature and Science Writing, fall/winter 2006, illustrated Matthew Bourbon, “Janaki Lennie Dallas Review”, www.Artforum.com, December 13, 2006 (illustrated) E. Luanne McKinnon “Revising Arcadia, The Landscape in Contemporary Art” catalogue, Cornell Museum of Art, Rollins College, Florida, September – December 2006, (illustrated) Kelly Klaasmeyer, “Fantastic 4”, Houston Press, July 6, 2006 Anjali Gupta, “Janaki Lennie at Sala Diaz” Fluent Collaborative online art journal, 6.30.06, www.fluentcollab.org John Ewing, “The Roving Eye”, ARTL!ES, Summer 2006 Paola Morsiani, "Perspectives 152: 4 Artists 4 Stories" catalogue Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, June 2006, illustrated. Benjamin Genocchio, “Keeping Tabs” The Roving Eye, Illustrated Catalogue, Gigantic ArtSpace, New York, May 2006 Christopher French, “Janaki Lennie: Breathing Space” Glasstire Texas visual art online, www.glasstire.com New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, volume 60, October 2005, illustrated. “From Perth Australia to Home in Houston” Arts Houston July 2004. Illustrated. Laura Meyers, “Retro Chic: more artists are taking road trips…” , Art Business News, Sept. 2003 Rebecca S. Cohen, “Janaki Lennie & Mona Marshall: Line of Sight”, ARTL!ES, Winter 2004, Illustrated. Kevin Costello, “Landscapes offer variety of views”, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, January 9, 2003 p.35 Charles Dee Mitchell, “Line of Sight” exhibition catalogue essay, Women & Their Work, Austin, 2003. Illustrated. Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin, “Technology, Tension and Some Twisted Humor” Austin American Statesman, Aug. 2003 New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, volume 48, October 2003, illustrated. Scope, exhibition catalog, 2003, illustrated. New American Talent, exhibition catalog, 2003, illustrated. Johnston, Patricia C. “Exhibition, paintings give a view of landscapes in broad genre stroke”, Houston Chronicle, June 11, 2002. New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, volume 36. Illustrated. Devine, J. “Artificial Light”, Houston Press, August 2-8 2001, p.60. Illustrated. Lauster, D. “Urban Realities”, Art Lies, Issue No. 29, Winter 2000/01. Illustrated. Anspon, C. “Introductions”, Public News, July 16, 1997. p.19. Anspon, C. “Recent Work by Janaki Lennie and Elizabeth Wood”, Public News, May 29, 1996. Illustrated. Snell, E. “Exhibitions Review”, The Australian, July 1, 1994. Bromfield, D. “Images Reflect the Fragments of Life”, The West Australian, July 2, 1994 |
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The Rooms, Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial Art Museum, 2008 Genzler Architects, 2003 Visiting artist, Curtin University of Technology, 2001 Looking at Art, McMurtrey Gallery, 2001 Slide Jam, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, 2000 |