BIOGRAPHY-CV
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Janenne Eaton - Biography
Janenne Eaton’s studies and fieldwork in archaeology have been influential in the direction her artwork has taken since the mid 1980’s. Her artistic explorations acknowledge how individuals and societies are shaped, through time, by historical events, economics, and experiences of diaspora, within today’s mesh of a globalized, digital ecology. Janenne’s works focus a lens on the visual static that permeates contemporary life. Through the use of historical markers, digital textual symbols and elements embedded in computer based imaging, her works explore how a new, virtual language of sign systems mediates our day-to-day experience of the world. Highlighting some of the key visual signifiers of our consumer-led, info-centric society, her works explore local and global political imperatives, their impact on people and the environment. Janenne Eaton's practice incorporates painting, photography, installation and video. Through solo and participation in group exhibitions her works have been exhibited extensively in ARI’s, museums and commercial galleries nationally and internationally. Janenne's work is represented in numerous public and private collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne,The National Portrait Gallery, Canberra. Recent exhibition highlights include: Yellow Brick Wall, Thomas Kong’s Back Room, Chicago, USA; Road to the hills – a text for everything and nothing, The 8th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery /Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (2015 - 2016); Black, works from the National Gallery of Australia Collection (2016); Fences B/orders Walls, TCB art inc. Melbourne (2016); PRINT @ CDU, Charles Darwin University, NT (2016); Black to Blacker, Geelong Art Gallery (2016); Pictures at an exhibition, West Space, Melbourne (2013), Reading the Space, Contemporary Australian Drawing #4, New York Studio School, USA (2013) Education Master of Arts, Fine Art, RMIT University Bachelor of Arts (Prehistory/Art History), The Australian National University, Canberra Diploma of Art & Design, Caulfield Institute of Technology, Melbourne Professional Experience - Head of Painting Programme, School of Art, Victorian College of the Arts and Conservatorium of Music, Faculty of Melbourne University, Melbourne 1999 – 2011. - Lecturer, Painting Programme, School of Art, Victorian College of the Arts and Conservatorium of Music, Faculty of Melbourne University, Melbourne 1992 – 1998. - Lecturer, Canberra School of Art, Australian National University, Canberra 1980 – 1991. Solo Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
Selected Bibliography
Criddle, G.,
Changing Sides. TCB Art Inc. Melbourne, Catalogue Essay 2016 Crawford: A., As Long As The Night Is Dark: Hysteria And Apocalypse, Ashley Crawford The Article - April 2017 Blair, U., 'Nothing lasts forever’, Catalogue, John Buckley Gallery, Melbourne 2008 Clark D., ‘Imitation of Life’, catalogue essay, for exhibition, Imitation of Life, Canberra Museum and Gallery, 2011 Eaton, J., ‘Equidistant’ in Brett Jones & Leung Chi Wo Eds. Materia prima (catalogue) West Space, Melb. & Para Site, Hong Kong, 1999 ‘Learning Chinese’ in Form and formation, West Space 1993 – 2003, Ed. Brett Jones, 3Deep publishers 2004 Eagle, M. Janenne Eaton - our speed Is our point of view, Mary Eagle, catalogue essay for exhibition, Recovering Lives, ANU Drill Hall Gallery 2008 Gellatly, K., Generous and Brave: A Decade of Contemporary Australian Art, catalogue essay for exhibition 101 Contemporary Australian Artists; Negotiating This World, National Gallery of Victoria, 2012 Gott, T., ‘Backlash – The Australian Drawing Revival 1976 – 1986 (catalogue), National Gallery of Victoria Green, C., ‘Peripheral Vision- Contemporary Art in Australia 1970-1994, World Books, Sydney 1995 Art Forum International, February 1991 ‘Cities of Light’, Terra Australis-Select Views, Catalogue ANU, 1996 Gregg, S., Artist & Mentor, catalogue essay for exhibition Artist & Mentor, The Gallery @ Bayside Arts & Cultural Centre 2012 Grishin, S., ‘The Print, the Press, the Artist and the Painter – Limited Editions and Artists Books from Art Presses of the ACT’, Australian National University, 1994 ‘The ANU Art Collection, Fiftieth Anniversary Touring Exhibition’ catalogue, ANU 1996 Hansen, D., 'Through a glass, but even more darkly', Exhibition Road to the hills - a text for everything and nothing, Catalogue Essay - NKN Gallery. Melbourne 2014 ‘Bedrock principles’, Exhibition - Angle of head. (Cat essay) 2006 Haynes, P., ‘Artists from Canberra and Districts in the Parliament House Collection’, Catalogue, parliament House, Canberra 1992 ‘Janenne Eaton, Recent Paintings, Catalogue, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, October 1987 Hethrington,P., National Library of Australia News, March 1997 Holt, R., ‘Equidistant-Anatomy of a Project’, Like Art Magazine, No 15 Winter 2001 Jones, B., ‘In and out of focus’, Materia Prima – Hong Kong – Melbourne art exchange (catalogue) 2000 Just, K, ‘From the Collection: National Anthem A New Order’ Catalogue essay, Buxton Contemporary/University of Melbourne, 2019 Melbourne Just, K., ‘Angle of Head’, Eyeline, Contemporary Visual Arts, No 61: Spring 2006 Kerr, J., ‘The Australian Drawing Biennale’, catalogue, Drill Hall Gallery, The Australian National University, Canberra, 1996 ‘Janenne Eaton Transcriptions’, The Australian Drawing Biennale (catalogue), 1998, The Australian National University , Canberra King, N., ‘The Retrieved Object’, Like Art Magazine,No 14, Autumn, 2001 Kleinert, S., Avenue of Honour: Post Modern Histories . Catalogue essay Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 1995 ‘Unreal City’, Volume 1, No 3, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra 1991 'Myths of the Future: The Art of Parliament House’, Transition: Discourse on Architecture No 30, Spring 1989 Knezic, S., 'From the Collection: National Anthem A New Order’ Catalogue essay, Buxton Contemporary/University of Melbourne, 2019 Melbourne Koop, S., ‘The Retrieved Object’ Linden Contemporary Art Centre, St Kilda, Curator, Elizabeth Gower 2001 Lindsay, R., ‘The Myer Baillieu Collection of the 80’s, Vol II, Collections in the Museum of Modern Art at Heidi, Melbourne, 1994 ‘The Seventies – Australian Art Paintings & Tapestries from the Collection of the National Australia Bank, Catalogue 1982 Magor-Blatch, L., ‘Janenne Eaton- Colonial Influences’, Imprint Vol 31, No 3, Spring 1996 McGregor, P., ‘Vietnam Voices, The Art of War’ in Australia Screen Education, Issue26/27, Winter 2001 McIntyre, A., ‘Australian Contemporary Drawing’, Boolarong Publications, Brisbane 1988 McKenzie, J., ‘New Drawing in Australia: The Work of Lynne Boyd, Marion Borghelt & Janenne Eaton’, Studio International Vol 199, No 1015, Dec 1986-Feb 1987 ‘Drawing in Australia’ Macmillan, Sydney 1986 Contemporary Australian Drawing #1, Macmillan Australia 2012 Mendelssohn, J., ‘Conflict and Tradition: Australian Art and the Vietnam War’ in Vietnam Voices – Australians and the Vietnam War, Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW 2002 Morrell, T., ‘Monumental Drawings’ Contemporary Art Space, Adelaide, Catalogue 1986 ‘Big Drawings’ Art and Australia Vol 23 No 3 Autumn 1986 Mulvaney, J., ‘Digging Up a Past’, UNSW Press Ltd 2011 Nelson, R., ‘Semiotic History of the Fold’ Agenda No 33, September 1993 ‘Marked by the Past’ The Age, 24 December 1994 ‘Correspondence in Art Monthly Australia No 101, July 1997 Perichic; S., All the things you see now will soon be gone and all the things we can’t see will last forever Issue Two (54.1): The Plague p52 – 85. Art + Australia. 2017. Prunster, U., ‘Transformations’, Australian Perspecta Catalogue, Art Gallery of NSW, 1985 Rudhyar, D., ‘Six Levels of Art Activity’ Transforming Art Vol 3 No 1, 1988 Semmens, S., ‘Fallout’, Eyeline Contemporary Visual Arts No 48, Autumn/Winter 2002 ‘ Filter’, Eyeline, Contemporary Visual Arts, No. 56 : Summer 2004 / 2005 Wallis, S., ‘Unpeeled Art’ Catalogue, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, 1994 Galleries, Art & Australia, 40th Anniversary Issue Vol 40 No 4 2003 Exhibition Commentary, Art & Australia, Vol.22, No 3, Autumn 1985 (Newspaper reviews not included)
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