JANET LUXTON Represented by www.australiangalleries.com.au
Born Auckland, New Zealand
1972 Diploma of Graphic Design, Auckland Technical Institute, Auckland, New Zealand 1972-81 Senior architectural draftsperson and graphic designer, KRTA, Auckland, New Zealand
1981-84 Redesign and construction of 17.5m yacht as joint principal. Sailed to San Francisco, U.S.A
1985 Studied painting techniques with photorealist Richard McLean, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, U.S.A
1988 Studied etching and printmaking with Director Arik Kilemnik, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
1989-99 Designed, built and operated Undercliff Winery , etching studio and gallery . Principal artist, label design and joint winemaker, Wollombi, NSW.
2000-06 Principal artist, JL Etching Gallery, Sydney
2006-11 Designed, built and operated, JL Winery & Gallery. Principal artist, label design and joint winemaker, Adelaide Hills, SA
2011-12 Lived and painted in Paris, France.
2023 Elected Signature Member of Artists for Conservation.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021 ‘ A Closer Look’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2020 ‘Paintings & Works on Paper’ (online exhibition), Australian Galleries, 2018 ‘The Questioning Eye’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2016 ‘Every One Unique’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
2014 ‘Studio Exhibition’, JL Studio Gallery, Sydney
2005 Impressions on Paper Gallery, Canberra
1990-2013 Ongoing exhibition of works, JL Studio Gallery Wollombi & Sydney; JL Winery & Gallery, Adelaide Hills, SA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize finalist.
2022 Peoples Choice Award, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize.
2021 King’ s School Art Prize finalist, The King’ s School, North Parramatta, NSW
2020 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize finalist, Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney. Wildlife Artist of the Year finalist, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Shalford, United Kingdom. 2019 ‘Papermade’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2015 ‘An exhibition of paintings, sculpture & works on paper’, Australian Galleries, Roylston Street, Sydney 2008 ‘Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition’, Chambers Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
2007 Outback Art Prize, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW
2005 Dobell Prize for Drawing, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

AWARDS & COMMISSIONS

2023 Painting “Survivor” voted by jury Best in Show of the Artists for Conservation 2023 International Exhibit of Nature in Art.
2021 Kings School Art Prize (finalist), The King’s School, North Parramatta,
2021 Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize finalist, Ravenswood School for Girls, Sydney

Wildlife Artist of the Year, highly commended finalist, David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation, Shalford, United Kingdom
2007 Outback Art Prize, finalist, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, Broken Hill, 1997 NSW Dobell Prize for Drawing, finalist, Art Gallery of New South Wales.
1990 Sydney Gold Award, winner, National Packaging Council of Australia, Melbourne 1990 Six Ross Dependency stamp designs, New Zealand Post

PUBLICATIONS

2021 JANET LUXTON, ISBN 978-0-64-681548-0, author Janet Luxton.
2022 FEATHER & BRUSH 2nd ed ISBN 473-1-4863-1417-1 author Penny Olsen.