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Know My Name is an exhibition in two parts at the National Gallery of Australia. It is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of work by women, presented in a thematic rather than chronological form. It reveals relationships between the present and the past, relationships between artists, and common concerns.

Exhibition showcasing highlights from the Cruthers Collection of Women’s Art (CCWA), which was gifted to the University of Western Australia in 2007. A companion publication titled 'Into the Light’ that documented the history and key works of the CCWA was released to coincide with the exhibition, which also featured a symposium – 'Are we there yet?’ – discussing women’s participation in art and art history and the future of feminism in the arts.

Opened by Deborah Mills and the Lord Mayor of Newcastle, 8 March 1995.

Speaking of Women, four guest lectures; by Nancy Underhill, Ann Thomson, Margo Neale, Joan Kerr; held over successive Fridays, 10-31 March 1995, by the Art Gallery Society.

Opened by the Hon. Dr Carmen Lawrence. Heritage book launched at the same time. The touring exhibition, Sydney by Design, formed one section of this exhibition.

See also the catalogue for Review

Tour managed by the Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency on behalf of the Australia Council. Work from the 45th Venice Biennale 1993. Watson works with a different range of materials including unstretched canvas, Belgian linen, taffeta, silk, rough hessian, velvet and even 'Liberty’ print cotton. Meanings and moods are suggested through the associations of the different fabrics used and words are an integral element to the work.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Blaze, CACSA, 1990-2002;
http://www.nla.gov.au/(20/12/04)

Exhibition Catalogue:
Jenny Watson: paintings with veils and false tails. Melbourne, Vic: Australian Exhibitions Touring Agency, c1993
ISBN 1875296085

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
State Library of QLD catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Jenny Watson: the woman, the bottle, the house, the horse. South Yarra, Vic: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art affiliated with Monash University, 1991
ISBN 0947220070

touring exhibition

Australia Council for the Arts, this exhibition represented Australia in the sixth Indian Triennale in 1986.

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

Exhibition Catalogue:
Marion Borgelt, Jenny Watson: Sixth Triennale, India 1986. [Sydney]: Visual Arts Board, Australia Council, 1985
ISBN 908024878

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Ian Potter University of Melbourne exhibition archive; UTAS catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Paintings & drawings, 1972-1985 . Melbourne: University Gallery, University of Melbourne, 1985.
ISBN 0868395706