Sandra Jenkins

Sandra Jenkins was born in Devonport, Tasmania in 1969. She spent a year living in outback Queensland with her family in 1980. Upon arriving back in Tasmania, the family moved to a large hobby farm where she spent many hours drawing and painting, inspired by the freedom to wander the bush, river, a huge old quarry and nearby arboretum. A Bachelor of Visual Arts majoring in Sculpture was completed in 1992.

Sandra also trained as an art teacher, specialising in Secondary Education. Family, in particular being a single parent to two girls while working full-time, put a halt on serious art production until 2017. Artworks, mainly paintings, were done in the intervening years.

Career highlights include being a finalist in the Bay of Fires Art Prize 2024, the Henry Jones Art Prize in 2019 and 2023, the People’s Choice Award winner at the Peppermint Bay Sculpture competition in 2005 and winner of The Sandstone Challenge Award in Launceston in 2003.

Sandra now lives and works in North West Tasmania and teaches at the local high school. She is inspired by colour and shape and paints landscapes and still lives in oil.

Exhibitions

2024      Bay of Fires Art Prize, St Helens, Tas

2024      Grand Finale Exhibition, Scottsdale Art Gallery Cafe, Tas

2024      All in, Community Art Exhibition, Devonport Regional Gallery Tas

2024      TATA Members Exhibition, Devonport Regional Gallery, Tas

2023      Henry Jones Art prize, Hobart, Tas

2023                    45^th TasArt Exhibition, Burnie, Tas

2023                    Miribilla Exhibition, Scottsdale Art Gallery Café, Tas

2023                    NWAC Annual Exhibition, Devonport Regional Art Gallery Tas

2023                    Still life Exhibition, Bluethumb Art Gallery, Richmond Vic

2022                    Artex, Ulverstone, Tas

2022                    Artist in Residence Trail, Art as Mania, Deloraine, Tas

2022                    Spring into Spring Exhibition, Scottsdale Art Gallery Café, Tas

2022                    Percival Portrait Painting Prize, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville, QLD

2022                    Miribilla Exhibition, Scottsdale Art Gallery Café, Tas

2022                    Small Works Art Prize 2022, Brunswick Street Art Gallery, Victoria

2021                    Salon des Refuses, Gallerie Seventy One, Hobart

2021                    Gestalt Exhibition, Scottsdale Art Gallery Cafe, Scottsdale

2021                    Launceston Art Society Summer Art Exhibition

2020                    Scottsdale Art Gallery Café, Reflections of Light Exhibition

2019                    Henry Jones Art Prize, Hobart Tas

2019                    Tasart Exhibition, Burnie Regional Art Gallery

2018                    Tasart Exhibition, Burnie Coastal Art Group

Awards

2021                    Highly Commended, Launceston Art Society Summer Art Exhibition          

2019                    Finalist, Henry Jones Art Prize, Henry Jones Art Hotel

2019                    Commendation, Tasart Exhibition, Burnie Regional Art Gallery

2005                    People’s Choice Award, Peppermint Bay Sculpture competition

2003                    The Sandstone Challenge Award, Launceston