Janina Green

'''Janina Green''' (born 1944 in Essen, Germany{{cn|date=May 2025}}) is an Australian photographer recognised for her experimental and feminist approach to the medium. She migrated to Australia with her family in 1949, settling in Yallourn North, Victoria. This rural-industrial upbringing significantly influenced her artistic perspective, leading her to explore themes such as domesticity, motherhood, and identity in her work.<ref name="National Gallery of Victoria">{{cite web |title=Janina Green |url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/melbourne-now/artists/janina-green |website=National Gallery of Victoria |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref>

In the 1980s, Green began her experimental photographic practice, producing series such as ''Reproduction'' (1986) and ''Vacuum'' (1993), which have been noted for their contributions to feminist discourse and photographic innovation.<ref name="AWARE Women Artists">{{cite web |title=Janina Green |url=https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/janina-green/ |website=AWARE Women Artists |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Green pursued studies in Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne and then photography at Victoria College, Prahran,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Museum of Australian Photography |title=The Basement: Photography from Prahran College (1968–1981) |publisher=Museum of Australian Photography |year=2025 |isbn=9781876764883 |location=Melbourne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Connor |first=Angela |date=March 2015 |title=Exhibition: The basement: photography from Prahran College (1968–1981), 1 March – 25 May 2025 |url=https://maph.org.au/exhibitions/308/ |access-date=18 March 2025 |website=MAPh Museum of Australian Photography}}</ref> which as historian, founder and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Photography and Director of the Australian Centre for Photography, Deborah Ely notes; "from the early 1970s onwards...produced some of the country's most acclaimed practitioners, including Bill Henson, Carol Jerrems, Steve Lojewski, Rozalind Drummond, Janina Green and Christopher Koller among others."<ref>Deborah Ely (1999) The Australian centre for photography, ''History of Photography'', 23:2, 118-122, DOI: 10.1080/03087298.1999.10443810</ref> Green went on to specialise in printmaking at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).<ref name="MAPh">{{cite web |title=Janina Green |url=https://maph.org.au/artists/123 |website=MAPh |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref> == Selected solo exhibitions == * 1987: ''Reproduction,'' The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.<ref name="AWARE Women Artists"/> * 1989: ''Figureworks'', Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.<ref name="AWARE Women Artists"/> * 1993: ''Vacuum'', Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.<ref name="AWARE Women Artists"/> * 1999, 13 October–13 November:‘ ''Plantation'', Janina Green. Stills Gallery 36 Gosbell Street, Paddington, New South Wales<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Spring 1999 |title=New South Wales |journal=Art and Australia |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=138}}</ref> * 2000, 10 February–11 March: ''Janina Green photographs.'' Gippsland Art Gallery<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Summer 2000 |title=Regional Highlights |journal=Art and Australia |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=304}}</ref> * 2009: ''Where the Heart Is'', Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell.<ref name="LRG">{{cite web |title=Janina Green |url=https://latroberegionalgallery.com/project/lrg-collection-home/ |website=Latrobe Regional Gallery Collection |access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref> * 2010: ''Vacuum'', Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne.<ref name="AWARE Women Artists"/> * 2012: ''Be Home Before Dark'', Colour Factory, Melbourne.<ref>{{cite news | last = Rule | first = Dan | title = IN THE GALLERIES Janina Green: Be Home Before Dark | newspaper = The Age | date = 21 July 2012 | page = }}</ref> * 2019: ''Studio Games,'' Bus Projects, Melbourne.<ref name="Sarah Scout Presents">{{cite web |title=Janina Green: Studio Games |url=https://www.sarahscoutpresents.com/exhibitions/49-janina-green-studio-games-salon-projects/ |website=Sarah Scout Presents |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref>

== Selected group exhibitions ==

* 1999, 2 April–2 May: ''Director’s Choice 1996-1998.'' La Trobe Regional Gallery<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1999 |title=Regional Highlights |journal=Art + Australia |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=411}}</ref>

== Collections == Green's work is held in several public and private collections, including:

* National Gallery of Australia, Canberra<ref name="nga">{{cite web |title=Janina Green |url=https://nga.gov.au/search/?query=JANINA%20GREEN&category=works-of-art |website=National Gallery of Australia |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref> * National Gallery of Victoria<ref name="melb now">{{cite web |title=Janina Green |url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/?s=janina+green |website=National Gallery of Victoria |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref> * Art Gallery of New South Wales<ref name="Art Gallery of New South Wales">{{cite web |title=Janina Green |url=https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/search/?q=JANINA+GREEN |website=Art Gallery of New South Wales |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref> * Horsham Art Gallery<ref name="vic collections">{{cite web |title=Janina Green |url=https://victoriancollections.net.au/collections?q=janina+green |website=Victorian Collections |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref> * Latrobe Regional Gallery<ref name="Latrobe Regional Gallery">{{cite web |title=Janina Green |url=https://latroberegionalgallery.com/janina-green/ |website=Latrobe Regional Gallery |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref> * Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine<ref name="castlemaineartmuseum">{{cite web |title=Janina Green: In Conversation with the Collection |url=https://www.castlemaineartmuseum.org.au/exhibitions/janina-green-in-conversation |website=Castlemaine Art Museum |access-date=12 February 2025}}</ref>

==Publications==

===Books by Green=== *''Reproduction,'' 2024.{{ISBN|978-0-6456947-4-1}} <ref name="M33">{{cite web |title=M.33 Books REPRODUCTION |url=https://m33.net.au/reproduction/ |website=M.33 |access-date=17 April 2025}}</ref> *''Life Drawing,'' 2022.<ref name="Life Drawing">{{cite web |title=Light of Day books LIFE DRAWING |url=https://worldfoodbooks.com/item/janina-green-life-drawing-2022 |website=World Food Books |access-date=8 May 2025}}</ref> *''A Country Practice,'' 2017.{{ISBN|978-0-9945170-3-6}} <ref name="M33_2">{{cite web |title=M.33 Books A COUNTRY PRACTICE |url=https://m33.net.au/a-country-practice/ |website=M.33 |access-date=17 April 2025}}</ref> *'' Blush: Photographs 1988 – 2010,'' 2011.{{ISBN|978-0-9579553-8-7}} <ref name="M33_3">{{cite web |title=M.33 Books BLUSH: PHOTOGRAPHS 1988 – 2010 |url=https://m33.net.au/blush// |website=M.33 |access-date=17 April 2025}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}}

Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:20th-century Australian photographers Category:21st-century Australian photographers Category:Photographers from Melbourne Category:German emigrants to Australia Category:University of Melbourne alumni Category:Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology alumni