Carol Jerrems b. 14 March 1949

  • Artist (Photographer)
Carol Jerrems was the first contemporary Australian woman photographer to have work acquired by a number of museums including the National Gallery of Australia.
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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
Carol Jerrems, Photographic Artist
Date
25 August 2012 - 28 January 2013
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

Solo show: works 1968-1978

Website
http://nga.gov.au/Jerrems/Default.cfm
exhibited at
Up Close
Date
31 July 2010 - 31 October 2010
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Tags
Portraiture, Larry Clark, Nan Goldin
Website
http://www.heide.com.au/exhibitions/past/decade/2001-2010/#/exhibitions/past/decade/2001-2010/exhibition/up-close/edate/2010-07-31/eid/184
exhibited at
Mirror with a memory: Photographic portraiture in Australia
Date
2000
Place
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Colonial Pastime to Contemporary Profession: 150 years of Australian Women's Art
Date
8 March 1995 - July 1995
Place
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tas.
Type
Exhibition
Tags
National Women's Art Exhibition
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
Living in the 70s: photographs by Carol Jerrems
Date
1990
Place
Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
Description

Australian National Gallery, touring exhibition and Plimsoll Gallery Committee, Tasmanian School of Art. Funding; Australia Council; Tasmania Arts Advisory Board. This is the first exhibition to survey Carol Jerrems short but extremely productive photographic career. It has been mounted on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the artist’s death.

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

Exhibition Catalogue:
Living in the 70s: Photographs by Carol Jerrems. Hobart, Tasmania: Arts Exhibition Committee, University of Tasmania, 1990
28p. : ill. , bio

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Photography
exhibited at
Woman 1975
Date
1975
Place
Young Women's Christian Association of Australia, Victoria
Description

touring exhibition

Type
Exhibition
Tags
International Women's Year
exhibited at
Carol Jerrems: Robert Ashton: From the books: 'A book about Australian women': 'Into the hollow mountains'
Date
December 1974
Place
Brummels Gallery of Photography, South Yarra, Victoria
Type
Exhibition
Tags
International Women's Year, Brummels Gallery of Photography

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