Jill Orr b. 1952

  • Artist (Performance Artist)
exhibited at
Know My Name: Australian Women Artists 1900 to now Part 1
Date
14 November 2020 - 4 July 2021
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

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.

Tags
Women artists, Feminism, Modernism, Indigenous, Painting, Video art, Multimedia, Photo-based art-work, Sculpture, Embroidery
Website
https://knowmyname.nga.gov.au/events/australian-women-artists-1900-now/
exhibited at
PP/VT (Performance Presence / Video Time)
Date
1 April 2015 - 16 October 2015
Place
Australian Experimental Art Foundation, Lion Arts Centre, North Tce [West End] Adelaide South Australia, Australia
Description

What is experimental today when 'performance art’ is undergoing a renaissance around the world? What we are seeing today is a new investigation into ephemeral art that is challenging the assumptions of an older generation.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Performance Art
Website
http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-gallery/exhibitions/ppvt/
exhibited at
The sleep of reason produces monsters - Goya: Jill Orr
Date
2002
Place
Artspace, Sydney, NSW
Description

Funded by the Australia Council and the NSW Ministry for the Arts. Supported by the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Governments.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Artspace exhibition archive: http://www.artspace.org.au/index.html

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Performance
exhibited at
Sound, silence and light
Date
1996
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Performance/installation for the Brisbane Festival for the Arts.

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

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Installation, Performance
exhibited at
Women hold up half the sky
Date
March 1995 - April 1995
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

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.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Women Artists from the Maitland City Gallery Collection
Date
1 March 1995 - 31 March 1995
Place
Maitland City Art Gallery, Maitland, NSW
Description

Opened 8 March 1995.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
exhibited at
Jill Orr: raising the spirits
Date
1994
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

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

Exhibition Catalogue:
Marsh, Anne, Jill Orr: raising the spirits. Bulleenm Vic: Museum of Modern Art at Heide, 1994
ISBN 0947104291

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Installation, Performance
exhibited at
Gaia versus the system
Date
1990
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Performance using slides, sound, spoken word, movement and luminous props.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
EAf annual report 1990

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Performance
performed at
Performance Festival
Date
March 1980
Place
Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide, SA
Description

Presented by Experimental Art Foundation.
19 days of performance as part of Adelaide Festival held at Carclew and other sites, including parklands, Glenelg Beach.
Local and interstate artists.
Organised by Noel Sheridan, with the assistance from Lindsay Parkhill and Dale Franks.

Type
Festival
Tags
Performance, Festival
Website
http://aeaf.org.au/
performed at
Changing programme (Biennale of Sydney satellite program)
Date
11 April 1979 - 28 May 1979
Place
Sydney Sculpture Centre, Sydney, New South Wales
Description

A changing program of installations, performances, video and sound pieces, films, discussions and lectures.

Type
Festival
exhibited at
Pain melts
Date
1979
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Performance
exhibited at
7th Mildura Sculpture Triennial
Date
25 March 1978 - 28 May 1978
Place
Mildura, Vic.
Type
Exhibition