Jenny McConnell
Driven by the need to understand and reflect on our connections with each other and our environment, my work is an investigation into both my past and present experiences. There is usually a narrative being explored as I create, sometimes based in historical fact and empathy for another, unpacking relationships, layered in meaning and metaphors. Giving voice to someone who may have been silenced or no longer present to tell their story. Sometimes an image can exist where words are difficult. The healing nature of my practice brings me back over and over.
I work in a multidisciplinary approach. My art process includes collection of nostalgic images and photographs of my immediate environment and an editing process of layering, reveal and conceal.
I live and work in the Northern Rivers of NSW on Bundjalung country and respectfully acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Owners and custodians of the land and pay respects to Elders past, present and emerging.
Jenny McConnell
2026 BS’A Visual Arts Practice
2025 BS’A - First year Foundation course Visual Arts
Fibre Arts Take Two - Perfectly Imperfect - Lorna Crane
Small Works curated group show - Field Trip Gallery - Paddington, Brisbane
Tenfold curated group show - Side Gallery - Red Hill, Brisbane
Micro 40 x 40 curated group show - Gallery 3 - Byron Bay - First National Encouragement Award
Nostalgia curated group show - Untether Gallery- Geelong
Incognito Art Show
Gathered - group exhibition - M/Arts - Murwillumbah
2024 BS’A - Short course - Portraiture with James Guppy
BS’A - Short Course - Oil Painting with Amber Wallis
Lisa Mann - cold wax short course
Murwillumbah Arts Trail Artist - Belle Riverhouse - Tumbulgum
Incognito Art Show
Sketchbook Murwillumbah
2023 Sketchbook Murwillumbah - Artist Award
2022 Murwillumbah Arts Trail Artist - Belle Riverhouse - Tumbulgum
2021 The Doyles Finalist Cloud Catchers - oil on canvas
2021 Murwillumbah Arts Trail open studio artist
2019 Makers and Finders - M-Arts
2017 RAW Gold Coast - jewellery and art collection
2003 GC Art Teachers exhibition- Griffith University Sailing – drawing
2002 GC Art Teachers exhibition- Bond University Heart Strings – assemblage sculpture
2001 Visions exhibition – Griffith University Melody – mixed media
1998 Visions exhibition – Royal Qld Art Soc. Broadbeach - Fragments of a Journey - drawing
1997 Energies Exhibition - GCCAG Afternoon Tea with Agnes – reworked
1996 Ms Conceptions – Grunt Youth Space Fortitude Valley My Ain Folk – oil on board, reed organ parts
Afternoon Tea with Agnes - assemblage
1993 Bachelor of Ed. - art major - Griffith Uni
Griffith University Student Exhibition Women of the North – oil on canvas
Shell Birth – drawing with mixed media frame
1992 Griffith University Student Exhibition Domestic Bliss – assemblage sculpture Totem – carved timber and ceramics
1982 Diploma of Education - Art - BCAE
BCAE Student Exhibition Silver Tree - jewellery