Jenny Kyng • visual artist

Welcome

Jenny Kyng is a visual artist who paints, draws, etches, lives and works in the Inner West area of Sydney, Australia. Jenny works in a wide range of mediums and genres. Her themes are diverse and not limited by Australian or Sydney horizons. She values spontaneity based on art-making traditions. This site lets Jenny's art speak for itself.

Recent News

Self-portrait: finalist in 2008 Portia Geach Memorial Award

Portia Geach 2008 opening: Jenny with fellow finalist Kerry Blake (middle) and Kerry's sitter Lillian (left).

Self-portrait (above, oil on panel), has been hung in this year's Portia Geach Memorial Award, the 'most prestigious portrait prize for female artists' in Australia. The exhibition runs from 3 October to 9 November 2008 at the S.H. Ervin Gallery, Watson Road (enter from Argyle Street), Observatory Hill, The Rocks, Sydney. The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The winner, announced on 2 October, was Jude Rae's Self-portrait 2008 (The year my husband left).

Marrickville Open Studio Trail (MOST), Saturday, 26 July 2008

About 30 people visited Jenny's studio on 26 July as part of the Marrickville Open Studio Trail. Two works were bought. The day was organised by Marrickville Council and included more than 100 artists operating out of more than 30 local studios. MOST was a parallel exhibition to the 2008 Biennale of Sydney. More information.

• MOST invitation (424kb pdf)

June 2008 solo show: New paintings, drawings, prints

Sorrow

Some 50 people joined Jenny for the 3 June 2008 opening of her latest solo exhibition at the Buzzzbar Cafe, Newtown. Five works were purchased at the opening, including 1 oil painting, 1 watercolour and 3 etchings. Five more works were also sold before the show closed on 22 June.

• Click here to view the pdf invitation.

'Highly Commended' award (November 2007)

Portrait of a writer, the oil on canvas work shown above, won a 'Highly Commended' citation at the Royal Art Society's 2007 Art School Exhibition. Jenny also exhibited two life drawings, including Alice (pastel).

Critical future: A wildlife and conservation art exhibition (August 2007)

Jenny exhibited Proboscis monkey 1/4 (linocut). These quirky but gorgeous monkeys are critically endangered. Forty-three works were shown from 31 July to 17 August in this special group show at TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst. The show was held in conjunction with the simultaneous world premiere in 50 countries of a documentary film that describes the difficult and dangerous work carried out by Park Rangers around the world: The Thin Green Line.

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