Jen
Valender

Jen Valender is a visual artist who was born in Aotearoa New Zealand and is based in Naarm Australia. Her practice is focused on creating work site-specifically that builds an embodied affinity on and with the landscape. She has exhibited work locally and internationally including at Heide Museum of Modern Art; Ian Potter Museum of Art; Museum of Art and Culture & Multi-Arts Pavilion, Lake Macquarie; Collingwood Yards Art Precinct; Spier Light Art Festival, South Africa; WIRWIR Gallery, Berlin and Forum des images, Paris. Valender holds a Master of Fine Arts (Research) from the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from MADA, Monash University.