Jenny Johnstone is an artist who makes jewellery and objects and is interested in the Australian landscape and all it has to offer - its ever-changing palette, the plants that inhabit it, its stories and interrelationship with humans over time. Her work is focused on arid landscapes and develops from observations made in these zones.

Jenny has a background in architecture and trained in jewellery design and manufacture at Design Centre Enmore, Sydney, before moving to Adelaide to undertake the Associateship at JamFactory.

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Currently based in Adelaide SA, Australia

2023-2024 Associate, Jewellery and Metal, JamFactory, Adelaide

Education

2022 Certificate III in Jewellery Manufacture, TAFE NSW Design Centre Enmore, Sydney

2021 Certificate III in Design Fundamentals (Jewellery), TAFE NSW Design Centre Enmore, Sydney

2020 Certificate II in Engineering (Jewellery), TAFE NSW Design Centre Enmore, Sydney

2018 Master of Architecture (Distinction), University of Newcastle NSW

Public Art Works

2023 727 Hunter Street, 'Mangrove Kowan', Newcastle NSW. Sculptural works and wall panel. Collaborative works with Alice Whish. Commissioned by Core Project Group

Exhibitions

2024 Brunswick Street Gallery, 'Associate', Melbourne (Group exhibition). Radiant Pavilion Contemporary Jewellery and Object Biennale

2024 Broken Hill City Art Gallery, 'Lines of Lode', NSW (Group exhibition)

2022 Australian Design Centre / Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, JMGA-NSW 'Profile' Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Sydney (Finalist)

Awards

2022 TAFE NSW Future Talent Award sponsored by Australian Jewellers Supplies