BIO

 

Jeanie MacNamara was born in Halifax, England in 1960. Jeanie is a passionate arts educator, who, up until her recent move to Gladstone, provided art-making experiences for refugee and asylum seeker students. Her artworks include portraiture, landscape and Christian meme/ journaling. Jeanie completed a BFA at QCA in in 2000. Her artworks have been shown in Brisbane and Logan Art Galleries and she is represented in private collections in Brisbane, Gold Coast, Logan and Gladstone. She lives and works in Gladstone, Queensland.

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Education

 

• Bachelor of Arts, Fine Art. Griffith University, 2000, Academic excellence award

• Bachelor of Education,  Graduate entry, 2002, Academic excellence award

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Selected Group & Solo Exhibitions

 

• Verge, Logan Art Gallery, November, 2011

• Rush, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 1999

• Proof, Campbell Mahony Exhibiting Space, Brisbane, November, 1998

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Collections

 

Works held in private collections in Brisbane, Logan, The Gold Coast and Gladstone

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Teaching

 

• Arts educator for Education Queensland since 2002. Currently working with refugee and asylum seeker students at Woodridge State High School.

• Workshop leader, Logan Art Gallery, Verge Exhibition 2011

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Consultancy & Community work

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• School coordinator, Vanghoua Anthony Vue, Pa Kor Day, 2016

• School coordinator, Station Road banners, 2013 and Logan Gardens mosaics, 2014

• Member, Logan Central Public Art Advisory Panel, 2013

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Awards​

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• Courier Mail, Art Show, Encouragement Award, 2000

• Redlands Art Awards, Student Award, 2000

• Brisbane International Motor Show Art Prize, People’s Choice Award, 1999