Jenny
Rütsch
Jenny Rütsch is a visual artist based in Naarm/ Melbourne. She has a Bachelor of Fine Art and a Certificate in Creative Arts and Health which reflect a focus on art as a process of meaning-making and its impact on wellbeing. Her handmade paper artworks emphasise an ongoing meaningful connection to the natural world and integrate embroidery and textile techniques, merging textile art and story-telling with her paper-making process.
Education
2024
Certificate in Creative Arts and Health, University of Tasmania
2000
Higher Education Diploma, University of Pretoria
1994
Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts), University of Pretoria
Exhibitions
Solo
2021
Looking Back/Looking Forward, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Group
2026
Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Art Gallery, Melbourne
Rewilding, Valda Quick Biennial Memorial Exhibition, Box Hill Community Art Centre, Melbourne
2025
Tapestry of Culture, Immigration Museum, Melbourne Fashion Festival Independent Program
Nature is a Home, Louis Joel Gallery, Melbourne
2024
Art is Food for the Soul, Altona Civic Centre, Melbourne Fringe Festival
Artist as Curator, The Annex, Werribee
Primo Red 3, The Annex, Werribee
Small, fortyfive downstairs gallery, Melbourne
2023
Olfactory Art- Extended Program, The Annex, Melbourne
2022
HOMEwest, Louis Joel Gallery, Melbourne
Salon des Wunder Gym, Wyndham City Council Winter Street Party, Werribee
5x7 Art Prize, Louis Joel Gallery, Melbourne
Small, fortyfive downstairs gallery, Melbourne
2021
Biblio Art Prize, Blarney Books and Art, Port Fairy
Make Some Noise, Station Lane, Weribee
Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, Melbourne
2020
Wunder Gym Group Shows: Schoolhouse Gallery, Melbourne and Online:
Motif Repeat,
Use Your Words
Provocative Cakes
Mask for Mask
Olfactory Art
The Expanded Self
Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, Melbourne
2019
Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, Melbourne
2013
2009
Small Works, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Works on Paper, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Drawing 09, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
Art Sydney 09
2008
Botanica, Pigment Gallery, Melbourne
Group Show, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria
Members' Exhibition, Association of Arts, Pretoria
2007
There is Something about Beauty, Tina Skukan Gallery, Pretoria
Awards and Grants
2026
2026
2025
Skills Development Grant, Wyndham City Council
Shortlisted for Wyndham Art Prize, Wyndham Art Gallery
Special recommendation for "Common Threads", Nature is a Home, Louis Joel Gallery
Artist Residencies
2026
Create [Space] Wyndham Harbour, Werribee South
Artist Talks, Workshops and Teaching
2026
2006
2001-
2005
Artist Walk and Talk, Wyndham Harbour, Werribee South
Art and Art History, Pro Arte Alphen Park, Pretoria
Art and Art History, Pretoria High School for Girls
Memberships
Papermakers of Victoria