ARTIST BIO

Jenny Chang, Artist

Drawing and painting have been part of Jenny’s life from childhood.  A graduate of RMIT’s Bachelor of Arts in Textile Design, Jenny also studied with artists Nell Frysteen and Dianne Emery.  Jenny worked as a designer and illustrator over a number of years and recently rediscovered her love of figurative painting.  Her painting encompasses a wide range of subjects, including figurative, landscape and botanical, in both watercolour and acrylics.  Plays on light and shadow, colour and texture – areas which continue to fascinate many artists – weave their way into Jenny’s work.  Her experience in dance and theatre also influence the sense of drama in some of her art.  While having a strong realist base, Jenny is also exploring semi-abstract work.  Jenny believes that artists do not have to look far beyond their own front doors for inspiration – a quiet moment, a shaft of light, reflections on a pond or a rainy cityscape can all lend themselves to artistic exploration.

Exhibitions

2012-13 The Sketchbook Project World Tour, Brooklyn Art Library, New York, London, Melbourne

2012 Art Takes Times Square (Digital Billboard Group Show), New York

2002 Victorian Artists’ Society (Group Show), East Melbourne

2002 Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens (Group Show), Australian Guild of Realist Artists, Camberwell

1999 RMIT Textile Design Graduate Show, Melbourne