Janet Dawson b. 1935

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Graphic Designer),
  • Designer ,
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Painter, printmaker and designer active from the early 1950s until well into the second decade of the 21st century. One of only three women to be exhibited in The Field of 1968, she was awarded the 1973 Archibald Prize. With her husband, the writer Michael Boddy, she then relocated to Binalong, near Yass, where they grew food and studied the skies. The world of nature, great and small, became the source for her art.
Tags: Archibald Prize, furniture designer, printmaker, curator, painter
Name
Janet Dawson
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Graphic Designer)
  • Designer
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Other Occupation
  • Illustrator, Curator, Set Designer 1969 - 1971 The Australian Museum Sydney, NSW
  • Founder (ANZSIC code: 69) 1963 - 1965 Gallery A Print Workshop, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
  • Print Workshop Manager 1966 Gallery A, Sydney, NSW
  • Art teacher 1967 - Olsen’s Bakery School, Paddington NSW
  • Art teacher 1968 Mary Place, Sydney, NSW
  • Printmaker (proof printer) 1960 Atelier Patris, Paris, France
Tags:
Archibald Prize
furniture designer
printmaker
curator
painter
Birth date
1935
Birth place
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Active Period
  • c.1953 - c.2020-2029
Residence
  • 1974 - 2014 Binalong, NSW, Australia ( For most of this time she lived on a property near Binalong, called Scribble Rock)
  • 2014 - Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria
  • 1936 - 1941 Forbes, New South Wales
  • 1941 - 1957 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1957 - 1960 London, England
  • 1960 Paris, France
  • 1961 - 1966 Melbourne, Victoria
  • 1966 - 1974 Sydney, New South Wales
Training
  • c.1950 - c.1955 National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic.
  • Painting then printmaking, 1957 - 1959 Slade School of Art, London, England
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'