About the Artist

Bio

Jennifer Allnutt is an artist based in Brisbane, Australia. Art has been a pivotal part of her life since childhood nurtured by her grandfather but it was 2007 when she first discovered her love for oil painting and since then she hasn’t been able to put her paintbrush down. She graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Visual Arts (First Class Honours) in 2011.

Jennifer constructs images which straddle the line between realism and illusionism. In her surrealistic portraits she explores the uncanny, the unconscious mind, transformation and identity. Her works often grapple to find a way to visually express feelings and desires that we repress. Finding inspiration in dreams, mythology, personal experiences and conversations; Jennifer creates portraits that operate as carriers for her musings. There is unquestionably a drive in her work to tell a story or weave an ambiguous narrative. This is found by the subtle hints in symbolic objects, clothing, facial expressions or even a small gesture. She uses juxtaposition to consider divisions between the mind/body, man/nature and reality/representation. The works themselves are often bold figures or busts, seemingly suspended in time with small surrealistic interventions and a deep, penetrating gaze.

Awards

2024

Winner, Lethbridge Small-Scale Art Award

Solo Exhibitions

2024

The Flowers Of Evil, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2022

Semper Augustus, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2020

Spectre, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023

Small Works, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

Dark Art, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick 

Beyond Original: The Portrait Show 11, Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco USA

Folk Horror, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

Locals, Outre Gallery, Fitzroy

Art Collector Starter Kit IX, Corey Helford Gallery Los Angeles USA

Antipodes, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

2022

The Last Unicorn, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles USA

Halycyon Days, Modern Eden Gallery, San Fransisco USA

Small Works, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

The Portrait Show X, Modern Eden Gallery, Sanfransisco USA

Interconnected, NERAM, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale

Throwback, Bienart Gallery, Brunswick

2021

The Little Prince, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles USA

Dark Art, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick

The Portrait Show IX, Modern Eden Gallery, Sanfransisco USA

Lucid Dreaming, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica USA

15 Year Anniversary Show, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles USA

Antipodes, Beinart Gallery, Brunswick