Jeannie Baker b. 1950

  • Artist
exhibited at
Hidden forest: work by Jeannie Baker
Date
2001
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Description

The giant kelp forest (Macrocystis pyrifera) in Fortescue Bay, south east Tasmania, is the inspiration and setting for this exhibition by well known collage artist and book illustrator Jeannie Baker. The exhibition is made up of collage constructions which portray the textures and play of light in the complex environment of the kelp forest. A picture book, produced from these original images, accompanies the exhibition.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery annual report 2000-20001

Exhibition Catalogue:
Baker, Jeannie, The hidden forest. London : Walker, 2000.
ISBN 0744561639

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Mixed media, Book-making
exhibited at
The hidden forest of Jeannie Baker
Date
2000
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS
Description

The exhibition is made up of collage constructions which portray the wonderful textures and play of light in the complex environment of the kelp forest. Jeannie Baker’s picture book, produced from these original images, accompanies the exhibition.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
TMAG archive printout; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Baker, Jeannie, The hidden forest. London : Walker, 2000.
ISBN 0744561639

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Mixed media
exhibited at
Desert river: the story of Rosy Dock
Date
1996
Place
Wollongong City Gallery, Wollongong, NSW
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Wollongong City Gallery annual report; State Library of NSW catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Baker, Jeannie, The story of Rosy Dock, Milsons point, NSW : Random House Australia, 1995
ISBN 0091828112

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Mixed media, Book-making
exhibited at
Jeannie Baker Hyde Park
Date
1981
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Children’s book illustrator

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Newcastle Gallery exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Mixed media, Book-making