Jennifer Tyers ‘Tropical’

Jennifer Tyers

• Resides in Brisbane, Australia.

EDUCATION

2005

• Advanced Diploma of Multimedia, Swinburne, Victoria

1992

• Graduate Diploma of Art Craft and Design, Tasmania University, School of Art

1991

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration/Design, Printmaking, Tasmania University, School of Art

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016

• New Works, Koskela Gallery, Sydney

2014

• Tropical Garden, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2013

• Double Dipper, Art Park Gallery, Byron Bay

2011

• Sweet, Helen Gory Gallerie, Melbourne

2010

• Salt Lickers, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2009

• Fight, Helen Gory Gallerie, Melbourne

2008

• Silent Forest, Helen Gory Gallerie, Melbourne

2007

• Bear Hour, book launch and exhibition, Imp Above, Melbourne

2005

• One Gangster's Day, Alice Euphemia, Melbourne

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017

• On Paper, Of Clay, St Cloche Gallery, Sydney

2016

• Green, Boom Gallery, Geelong, Australia

2015

• One, Chiang Mai Chaiyo Gallery, Chiang Mai

• Bricolage, Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia

2013

• Christmas Show, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2014

• Sense of Surround, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2012

• Visible Horizons, Airy Gallery, Kofu, Japan
• Christmas Show, Helen Gory Gallerie, Melbourne

2009

• Small Works, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane

2006

• Under the White Tablecloth, online exhibition, www.artistrunningspace.com

AWARDS

2014

• Artist in Residence, Morning Glory Guesthouse, Kuching, Borneo

2013

• Finalist, Mackay Libris Awards
• Winner, Tasart Watercolour Prize

1999

• Finalist, MGDA awards for illustration

1996

• Australian Society of Authors grant to produce children's picture book, Cicada Daughter
• Shortlisted, Crichton award, When it is Night, When it is Day

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011

• Images selected for bus shelters in Perm, Russia. Public Arts Project

2006

• ‘Bear Hour’ artist book, published by Blabbermouth Books, Melbourne
• 3D Animation 'Dinner Break' screened at Fitzroy Shorts, Melbourne

2005

• Designs exhibited at Tokyo International Fashion Festival
• Animation 'Snow Drift' screened at Technokunst festival, Melbourne

2000

• Etchings commissioned for the Sebel Hotel, Melbourne

1999

• Book illustrations commissioned, 'Once Upon a Collins Street,' published by Hoyne Design, Melbourne

1995

• 'When it is Night, When it is Day' published by Penguin books, Australia
• 'When it is Night, When it is Day' published by Houghton Mifflin, USA
• 'When it is Night, When it is Day' published by Tuttle-Mori, Japan

RESIDENCIES

2015

• Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia

2014

• Kofu, AIRY, Japan

2014

• Morning Glory Guesthouse, Kuching, Borneo

2013

• ArtPark/Atlantic residency, Byron Bay, Australia

COLLECTIONS

• National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Prints and drawings
• Artbank, Australia Sebel Hotel, Melbourne
• Melbourne State Library, Rare Books Collection
• Mackay Regional Council Art Collection, Queensland Rimbun Dahan, Malaysia
• Private collections internationally