Born in Melbourne, Jennifer Keeler-Milne lives and works in Sydney as a practicing artist and holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts from the Victorian College of the Arts and a Master of Art Administration. A former museum educator with the Art Gallery of New South Wales and lecturer at Sydney University, UTS and the National Art School, Jennifer also runs her own drawing school, Dare to Draw, teaching the principles and techniques of drawing.
Jennifer has had several solo exhibitions in Sydney, as well as group shows in Hong Kong and Paris, where she completed a residency at the Cite Internationale des Arts. Jennifer was a finalist several times in the Dobell Prize for Drawing, as well as the Kedumba Drawing Award, Fleurieu Peninsula Art Prize, Adelaide Perry Drawing Prize, and was also awarded the Fred Williams Family Prize in 1991.
Jennifer has exhibited in many public and regional institutions including the Art Gallery of NSW (Sydney), Hazelhurst Regional Gallery (NSW), The Museum of Economic Botany (Adelaide), The Glasshouse Regional Gallery (Port Macquarie), Grafton Regional Gallery (NSW), Orange Regional Art Gallery (NSW), Tweed River Art Gallery (NSW), Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery (NSW), New England Regional Art Gallery (NSW), Casula Powerhouse (NSW), as well as several universities such as the University of Sydney, University of Technology and University of Western Sydney (Sydney), Australian National University (Canberra) and the Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne).
In 2019, Newcastle Art Gallery acquired Keeler-Milne’s Desert Rocks – a suite of 18 charcoal drawings. Her work is also held in the collection of the Art Gallery of NSW, Artbank and the Victorian College of the Arts, as well as private collections in London, New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco, Paris, Hong Kong, Sydney and Melbourne.
PAST EXHIBITIONS
Above image: Vanity Fair UK July / August Cover 2022 and ‘The Drawing Board’ Feature Artist Jennifer Keeler-Milne has …
Above image: View of the gardens at Mount Wilson, photograph by Jennifer Keeler-Milne “The vibrant season Chroma of amber and rust …
Image at top: Jennifer Keeler Milne Jacaranda Mimosifolia 2021 oil on linen 92 x 198 cm Congratulations to …
Image above: Greg Johns Transfigure 2006 Corten steel edition 5 240 x 57 x 40 cm Sculptor, Greg Johns’ work, …
Image above: Raymond Arnold To see the bones and the tombstone at once / Huon pine 2022 oil on canvas …
Image above: Ayako Saito Artemis Bow 2021 steel, painted 29 x 51 x 37 cm Congratulations to Sue Anderson, Ron …
Image above: Martin King tree of life, unsuccessful species 2021 etching, dry point, chine colle and hand colouring edition 3 168 …
Image above: The two intaglio plates Graeme has been working on for the print commission Congratulations to Graeme Peebles who …
Image above: Mary Tonkin Hot Kiss, Kalorama 2021 oil on linen 183 x 214 cm Congratulations to Mary Tonkin who …
Above Image: Peter Wegner (right) pictured with subject Sylvia Drager (centre) at Benalla Art Gallery 2022 Peter Wegner continues …
Image above: Mechanic 2021 mohair tapestry in collaboration with Marguerite Stephens edition 1/6 261 x 281 cm We are delighted to …
Image above: Wayne Viney Little Horn, Cradle Mountain 2021 monotype unique 17.5 x 27.5 cm Wayne Viney Landscapes Tasmania 2- …
Terry Matassoni Neighbourhood 2022 oil on linen 122 x 168 cm Terry Matassoni’s recent exhibition Neighbourhood and Beyond Glenn Morgan’s exhibition …
