Watson describes her work as ‘post-conceptual.’ Her pared-back expressionism is characterised by an urgency of execution that allows for direct communication unhindered by formal conventions. Her resulting figures evince a powerful emotional energy. Inhabiting large vistas of decorative fabric that amplify their interiority, they occupy a floating world.
Exhibition Dates: 27 September – 20 October 2007
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Part 1: oil and acrylic on rabbit skin glue primed Chinese organza over damask, 280 x 126 cm Part 2: acrylic on prepared oval stretcher, 36 x 28 cm

Part 1: acrylic on rabbit skin primed Chinese organza over Chinese cotton, 128 x 77 cm Part 2: acrylic on prepared square stretcher, 30 x 30 cm

Part 1: acrylic on rabbit skin primed Chinese organza over damask, 155 x 125 cm Part 2: acrylic on prepared oval stretcher, 30.5 x 22.5 cm

Part 1: oil and acrylic on Chinese cotton with Chinese organza overlay, 180 x 75 cm Part 2: acrylic on prepared oval stretcher, 20 x 15 cm

Part 1: acrylic on rabbit skin glue primed Chinese organza over nursery pattern cotton, 271x 95 cm Part 2: acrylic paint and hair knot on prepared oval stretcher, 51 × 41 cm

Part 1: acrylic on rabbit skin glue primed Chinese organza over Chinese cotton, 107 x 80 cm Part 2: acrylic on prepared square stretcher, 36 x 25 cm

Part 1: acrylic on rabbit skin glue primed Chinese organza over Chinese cotton, 185 x 80 cm Part 2: acrylic on prepared stretcher, 36 x 25 cm

Part 1: acrylic on rabbit skin glue primed Chinese organza over Chinese cotton, 220 x 115 cm Part 2: acrylic and velvet ribbon on prepared stretcher, 40 x 30 cm
Group Show, A Painting Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2020-21
Group Show, Workshop
University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 2019
Group Show, Fringe
Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium, 2019
Jenny Watson Peripheral Vision
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2018
Jenny Watson Jenny Watson: The Fabric of Fantasy
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, 2017
Group Show, Shut Up and Paint
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 2016-17
Jenny Watson Jenny Watson: Chronicles
Griffith University Art Museum, Brisbane, 2016
Jenny Watson Just a Girl
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2016
Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2015
Jenny Watson Birds
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2014
Jenny Watson The Daisy Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2010
Jenny Watson Star Material
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2007
Group Show, If these walls could talk
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2005
Jenny Watson Angels, Mrs Peel, Maybelline and a Long Night of the Soul
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2004
Group Show, Dirty Dozen
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
Group Show, The First 20 Years
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2002
Jenny Watson
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 2001
Jenny Watson Japan
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1999
Jenny Watson History / Hysterie
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1996
Group Show, Stockroom
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1995
Jenny Watson
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1995
Jenny Watson
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1994
Jenny Watson Paintings with Veils and False Tails
45th Venice Biennale, 1993
Jenny Watson
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1992
Group Show, Christmas show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1991
Jenny Watson
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1989
Group Show, 7th Biennale of Sydney
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1988
Jenny Watson The Bottled Memories
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1988-98
Group Show, 1968-1988 Selected works
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1988
Jenny Watson Some paintings after ''Alice on a bad day''
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1987
Group Show, Chaos
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1987
Group Show, The forbidden object
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1986
Jenny Watson Alice and the Aristocrat
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1985
Group Show
Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, 1984