Jennifer Tarry-Smith
Born: 1997
Hometown: Melbourne
Based in: Australia
Jennifer Tarry-Smith is a Melbourne based artist working in the medium of printmaking and drawing. She produces abstract works that are meditative explorations of line and negative space. Whether she is carving into linoleum, or drawing onto ball-grain lithography plates, for Jennifer the process of printing is methodical and contemplative, resulting in a printed matrix, the finished form of which is dictated by the medium.
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Jennifer Tarry-Smith In The Studio
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Describe your creative process.
Each line deviates a little from the line that came before it, gradually morphing into a larger, contorted shape or occasionally interrupted by a void. The act of laying down lines and leaving spaces is an ongoing, intuitive process that leads me to being so immersed in my work I lose track of time and space.
Who are some artists that have influenced your work?
Richard Diebenkorn, James Sienna, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Pierre Bonnard
What is the most important tool when creating your work?
A tiny paint brush and a V linocutting tool
Where do you go for inspiration?
The Print Workshop. I finds satisfaction in the process-based technique of printmaking and has a considerable appreciation for the charm of the hand-made and the mark-making of the artist. The challenge of it being impossible to make the ‘perfect print’ is what keeps me returning to the press.
Credentials
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Victorian College of the Arts
Australia, 2016
Awards
Finalist in the Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award
2021
Finalist in the Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize
2020
Finalist in the Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award
2019
Residency at Scoula Internazionale di Grafica, Italy
2019
Residency at Presbyterian Ladies College, Australia
2019
John Vickery Scholarship for excellence
2018
Short-listed for Australian Print Triennial Print Prize
2018
Exhibitions
Ripple, Group Exhibition at Boom Gallery
Australia, 2021
Resist Relief, Group Exhibition at No Vacancy Gallery
Australia, 2021
Chromatic Retreat, Group Exhibition at Modern Times
Australia, 2021
Quintessence, Jennifer Tarry-Smith and Belinda Reid at Firestation Print Studio
Australia, 2021
Lethbridge 20000 Small Scale Art Award, Lethbridge Gallery
Australia, 2021
Talismans, Rafts, Mementos, Group Exhibition at Modern Times
Australia, 2020
Ravenswood Australian Women's Art Prize
Australia, 2020
Editions 2020, Tacit Gallery
Australia, 2020
Long Way Round, Black Cat Gallery
Australia, 2020
Lloyd Rees Memorial Youth Art Award, Lane Cove Gallery
Australia, 2020
Intangible, Jennifer Tarry-Smith and Belinda Reid at Printmaker Gallery
Australia, 2019
After Class; our pick of the graduates, Red Gallery
Australia, 2019
Graduation Show, Victorian College of the Arts
Australia, 2018
Majilis Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, Margaret Laurence Gallery
Australia, 2018
The Australian Triennial Print Prize, The Art Vault
Australia, 2018
Plate Tone, Australian Print Council, Collins Place Gallery
Australia, 2018
Cross Currents
Japan, 2018
Zureta, travelling exhibition
Japan, 2017
