ABOUT
Born in 1971, Jennifer Riddle is an Australian visual artist based in Red Hill on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. With over twenty years of practice dedicated to painting and studying the emotional complexities of humanity's relationship with nature, Jennifer's landscapes foster a deep sense of connection, mediative strength, and harmony with the natural world. Through empirical observations of her bucolic Red Hill surroundings and the rugged, remote wilderness of Tasmania's Southwest, Riddle's textured paintings draw upon her formative experiences of grief and healing. Her emotional understandings of awe and nature immersion are palpable in her art, creating a bridge of empathy between the viewer and the natural world.
"...I've been returning to this region, studying the light, changing weather conditions and observing the unique geological and ecological presence that pulses throughout this time-weathered land for over eight years. Each return births a series of new paintings, deepening my love, appreciation, and emotional connection to this place. Through this ongoing relationship, I focus on the silent atmospheric beauty that hangs in the air - the same transcendental awe that has helped me through a time of loss, enriching my spiritual growth and informing my art practice for the past two decades. It is here, in these quiet moments, I've found myself deepening my senses to the volume of air before me - surging an awareness no longer of oneself but a consciousness that extends well beyond." Jennifer Riddle
Jennifer Riddle's artworks have been acknowledged in some of Australia's most esteemed landscape prizes. Her achievements include winning the highly coveted Glover Prize in 2022 and the People's Choice Award in the Glover Prize in 2023, 2019 & 2017. She has also been honoured with the Peoples Choice Awards in the Tattersall's Landscape Prize ( 2019 ), Hadley's Art Prize ( 2018 ), and the Bay of Fires Prize ( 2016). Riddle's paintings are held in private and public collections, including Parliament House, Australia.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1990-91 | Melbourne College of Decoration |
1988-89 | Moorabbin College of TAFE |
Solo Exhibitions
2023 | Depth of Place, Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS ( offsite ) Scott Livesey Galleries. |
2021 | Lost and Found - A Painted Landscape, Scott Livesey Galleries, VIC |
2020 | Embrace, Scott Livesey Galleries, Prahran, VIC |
2019 | Land Relics and Reflections, Gallery One, Gold Coast, QLD |
2018 | Reverence Pastures to the Wild, Scott Livesey Galleries, Armadale, VIC |
2017 | Hither Land, Gallery One, Gold Coast, QLD |
2017 | Illusory Light, Salt Contemporary Gallery, Queenscliff, VIC |
2016 | Stillness, Gallery One, Gold Coast, QLD |
2016 | Swoon, Salt Contemporary Art, Queenscliff, VIC |
2015 | Silent Song, Gallery One, Gold Coast, QLD |
2015 | Art Images Gallery, Adelaide, SA |
2014 | Exhale, Gallery One, Gold Coast, QLD |
2014 | Sundays, Manyung Gallery, Sorrento, VIC |
2013 | Southern Light, Gadfly Gallery, Dalkeith, WA |
2013 | Cloud Ballads, Manyung Gallery, Sorrento, VIC |
2012 | The White of the Cloud, Gadfly Gallery, Dalkeith, WA |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 | Twenty One, Scott Livesey Galleries, Prahran, VIC | ||
2018 | 'A Painted Landscape' Book Launch, Surrey Hills, NSW | ||
2017 | Scott Livesey Galleries, Armadale, VIC | ||
2016 | Salon des Refusés, E.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW | ||
2016 | Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Salon des Refuśes touring exhibition. VIC | ||
2016 | Length and Breadth: new acquisitions from Parliament House Art Collection, Parliament House, Canberra, ACT. | ||
2016 | Utopia du jour, Mannigham Gallery, Doncaster, VIC | ||
2016 | Salt Contemporary Art, Queenscliff, VIC | ||
2015 | Salt Contemporary Art, Queenscliff, VIC | ||
2014 | Art Red Hill, Red Hill, VIC | ||
2014 | Art Images Gallery, Adelaide, SA | ||
2013 | Gallery One, Gold Coast, QLD | ||
2013 | Art Red Hill, Red Hill, VIC | ||
2013 | Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, VIC | ||
2012 | Art Red Hill, Red Hill, VIC | ||
2012 | Canterbury Art Show, Cantrebury, VIC | ||
2012 | Gadfly Gallery, Dalkeith, WA | ||
2003-2012 | Manyung Gallery, Mt. Eliza, VIC |
Awards and Prizes
2024 | Glover Prize, Finalist, Evandale. TAS |
2023 | Glover Prize, Winner of the People's Choice Award and the Children's Choice Award, Evandale, TAS |
2022 | Glover Prize, Winner, Evandale, TAS |
2021 | Glover Prize, Finalist, Evandale, TAS |
2019 | Paddington Art Prize, Finalist, Sydney, NSW |
2019 | Tattersalls Art Prize, Winner of People's Choice Award, Brisbane, QLD |
2019 | Glover Prize, Winner of People's Choice Award, Evandale, TAS |
2018 | Tattersalls Art Prize, Brisbane, QLD |
2018 | Hadley's Art Prize, Winner of People's Choice Award, Hobart, TAS |
2017 | Paddington Art Prize, Finalist, Paddington, NSW |
2017 | Glover Art Prize, Winner of People's Choice Award and Children's Choice Award, Evandale, TAS |
2016 | Salon des Refusés, E.H Ervin Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
2016 | Bay of Fires Art Prize, Winner of People's Choice Award, TAS |
2015 | Glover Art Prize, Evandale, TAS |
2014 | Art Red Hill, Mornington Peninsula Acquisitive Art Prize Winner, VIC |
2013 | Art Red Hill Art Prize, Winner, Red Hill, VIC |
Collections
2016 | Parliament House of Australia, Art Collection, Canberra, ACT Totem Bathurst Harbour, 2016 |
2016 | Parliament House of Australia, Art Collection, Canberra, ACT Descend to Rise, 2016 |
2015 | Mornington Peninsula Shire, Mornington, VIC |
2015 | Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, VIC |