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Education
2006 Master of Fine Arts (Painting) University of Tasmania
1996 Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours (Painting) University of Tasmania
1970 Diploma in Textile Design, Nottingham College of Art & Design

Awards
2008 Artist in residence, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
2008 Artist in residence, Sibford School, Oxfordshire
2007 Arts Tasmania grant: export development loan
2006 Arts Tasmania grant
2004 National Association of Visual Artists grant
2004 Arts Tasmania grant
2002 Australian post-graduate research award

Selected solo exhibitions
2009 Voyages of desire, Handmark Gallery, Hobart
2007 Profane illuminations, Dickersons Gallery, Melbourne
2007 Lady Jane and the sleep of reason, ‘Ancanthe’ Jane Franklin Gallery, Hobart
2007 The Mapmaker’s dream, Fisher Galleries, Auckland
2006 Ocean, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2006 Saint Sebastian and the wounded forest, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2006 Saint Sebastian and the wounded forest, Fisher Galleries, Auckland (also toured to
Wellington and Christchurch)
2005 Telling tales of Lady Jane, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2004 Dreaming of The River, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2003 Silent spaces, Charles Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
2002 Traffic, Bett Gallery, Hobart

Selected reviews and commentary
2007 ABC TV Stateline, 10 minute story and interview on Lady Jane and the sleep of reason (Jun)
2007 Art in Australia, Review of Saint Sebastian and the wounded forest by M. Denholm (Aut 07)
2007 The Sunday Tasmanian, ‘Lady Jane’s Artist’, P.Thow (Apr 07)
2006 Tasmanian Visions: Landscapes in writing, art and photography, Overview of my work in
chapter 21, ‘Picturing wilderness: creating the image’ (pp 335-337); and two images plus back cover image, Dr R.Haynes, Polymath Press, Tasmania
2004 Sydney Morning Herald, Preview of Dreaming of The River (May 07)
2004 Art and Antiques in NSW, Article, L. Tonks (April/May)
2004 The Mercury, Review of The River, J. Kerr (29 Oct)
2002 The Australian, ‘New Paintings by John Lendis’, Peter Timms (25 Feb)
2002 Eyeline Magazine, ‘John Lendis: Traffic’, Helen Tyzack (Aut 04)