Jill Orr

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Jill Orr
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Melbourne, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma mater RMIT University
Monash University
Known forPerformance
Photography
Video
Installation

Jill Orr (born 1952) is a contemporary artist based in Melbourne, Australia, whose works have been exhibited around the world.

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Early life and education

Jill Orr was born in 1952. [1]

She completed a Higher Diploma of Secondary Art and Craft Teaching, at Melbourne College of Advanced Education in 1975. In 1994 Orr received a Masters of Arts in Fine Art at Royal Melbourne University of Technology, and in 2006, Orr commenced a PhD in Art and Design, at Monash University.[ citation needed ]

Art practice

Orr is best known for her works in performance, photography, video and installation works that often explore the body, and its positioning within social, political and environmental contexts. While Orr's works are predominantly site-specific, the recording of her works are regarded as equally significant aspects of her working practice. [2]

Career

Orr was supported as an artist-in-residence in Adelaide by the Women's Art Movement there in the 1970s or 1980s. [3]

Collections and exhibitions

Since the late 1970s Orr's works have been presented in Paris, Beijing, Hong Kong, Amsterdam, Antwerp, New York, Toronto, Quebec City, Graz, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane. [4]

Orr's works are included in a number of major public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Redgate Gallery Beijing, the National Gallery of Victoria, The Graeme Gibson collection, the Monash Gallery of Art and Griffith Artworks. Many of her works are also held in private collections in Australia, the Netherlands, England, France, the United States, China and Belgium. [5]

Major works

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References

  1. ↑ "Jill Orr :: biography". Design and Art Australia Online.
  2. ↑ "Jill Orr, The Promised Land and the Performance artist, Part 2 | Art World Women". artworldwomen.com. 16 October 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Archival records, Women's Art Movement, ed. (1974). Women's Art Movement: SUMMARY RECORD . Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Artist Biography". This Is No Fantasy. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Jill Orr / BIOGRAPHY". jillorr.com.au. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  6. ↑ Orr, Jill. "Artist Statement". Video Art Archive. Monash University. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  7. ↑ Marsh, Professor Anne. "Ritual in Performance Art – An Australian Context". Anne Marsh. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  8. ↑ Rann, Kirsten (2009). "Jill Orr: Faith in a Faithless Land and The Southern Cross – to bear and behold". Photophile. 87.
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