Kadira Jennings

Kadira Jennings is a contemporary artist born in Tauranga, New Zealand in 1952. Her artistic journey began at the age of 15 during a summer holiday with her older brother, where she created her first painting of a pine tree.

Jennings pursued a formal art education at the Elam School of Fine Art in Auckland, New Zealand, where she studied under renowned New Zealand artist Colin McCahon[1]. After a hiatus to raise her family, she relocated to Australia in 1981 and later resumed her artistic pursuits. In Australia, she continued her artistic development under the guidance of several prominent Australian artists, including Judith White, David Andrews, John Morris, Bela Ivanyi and Kristine Ballard.

Currently based in Springfield on the Central Coast of Australia, 80 kilometres north of Sydney, Jennings maintains an active studio practice. Her work primarily falls into three categories: Floralscapes, Landscapes, and more recently, an exploration of the combination of realism and abstraction - the genre known as Abstract Realism.

In her artistic practice, Jennings strives to create a dialogue between the tangible and intangible, inviting viewers to reflect on the profound beauty often overlooked in our fast-paced lives.

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Attended Elam school of fine arts – Auckland New Zealand
Year Three Painting and drawing at Seaforth Tech – Sydney
Studied under the following artists – ( NZ) Pat Hanley, Garth Tapper, Colin McMahon
(Australia) David Andrews (Archibald finalist), Judith White, Bela Ivanyi, John Morris

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 New Horizons – Ruby Samadhi Gallery Kincumber
2004 Tidal platforms Café La Vida Copacabana
2003 -04 Open Studios Art Vision Studios Gosford
2002 Time waits for no Man Gosford Regional Gallery Gosford
2000 Captured Moments Brisbane Water Galleries Gosford
1999 A Fractured Vision Charles Hewitt Galleries Sydney
1996-98 Various Brisbane Water Galleries Gosford
1991 Glimpses Whole on the Wall Gallery Sydney


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Finalist - Hornsby Art Prize
2019 Finalist - 5th Annual Leaves & Petals Exhibition - Fusion
Art - juried Exhibition.
2018 -19 Showing at Casa Del Sol Gallery - Koolewong
2017 The Studio Gallery – Art Co-op North Gosford
2016 Gosford Art Prize – Overflow Exhibition
2013 Grandma Moses – Gosford
2013 Gosford Art Prize – Overflow Exhibition
2004 Affordable Art Show Indigo Art Sydney
1998 A Taste of Sydney Nissart Gallery Launceston
1998 Group Show Charles Hewitt Galleries Sydney
1995 Sister City Edogawa City Gallery Japan
1988-1995 Sydney Royal Exhibition Sydney