Jennifer Dunne b. 1962

Also known as Jenny Dunne
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Painter)
Gunditjmara/Kirrae Wurrung painter whose works draw on and are inspired by the Possum skin cloak tradition of Indigenous people of Victoria.

Jennifer Dunne, painter and mixed media artist, was born in Melbourne in 1962. A descendent of the Kirrae Wurrung and Gunditjmara peoples, Dunne’s acrylic and ochre works often depict the designs that were traditionally incised on the interior surface of possum-skin cloaks owned by members of Victorian Aboriginal tribes. The 19th century cloak that is housed in the Melbourne Museum has been a source of inspiration for Dunne: the cloak was discovered at Lake Condah, which is in Gunditjmara country (her Great-Grandmother’s country) in southwestern Victoria. Dunne was short-listed for the 2005 and 2008 Victorian Indigenous Art Awards.

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Writers:
Fisher, Laura
Date written:
2011
Last updated:
2011