Biography

Jenny Peterson lives and works from her studio in the small town of Boolarra, Gippsland, in south eastern Australia. She has been making and exhibiting prints for 30 years in solo and group shows; her works are held by many public collections in Australia; also in Malaysia and USA. She exhibited at Impact6, UWE Bristol UK in 2009 with Site, Surface: Transformation of the Commonplace. This 2013 exhibition entitled Souvenir continues her investigation of the intaglio print using found objects.
Both her employment as Printmaking Technician and current candidature in MFA with Monash University place at her disposal the physical and intellectual contexts for her journey with the objet trouvé.

Exhibition

Souvenir
This project relies on a practice of collecting broken road signs and re-presenting these objects as prints. I am interested in investigating the histories of the surfaces as a means of responding to my local regional surroundings where I collect the objects from. I am interested in mimicking the signage format, working with multiples and repetition. The material qualities of intaglio print processes lend an authenticity to these signs, fixing an image with pigment into the paper. These interventions also document and examine the human activity of finding and collecting. The printerly traces of text document my physical environment and my activity within it.