Jenny Reddin is a Melbourne-based artist and sculptor known for her innovative exploration of the intersection between natural and human-made forms. Her works often focus on structure and architecture, using materials like metal sheets and bars to evoke organic and human forms that engage with their environment. A key theme in her art is the tension between balance and instability, as seen in her use of gravity-defying cube elements that appear to float or tumble.
Jenny’s sculptures also include plasma-cut life-sized figures, capturing snapshots of real people, often depicting family groups or individuals interacting with pets. Her ability to imbue her pieces with a sense of personality, mood, and purpose makes her work highly relatable while prompting viewers to reflect on broader societal and environmental themes.
Jenny Reddin defines herself as a contemporary poured paint artist, producing abstract works that rely heavily on chance, accident and the surrender of control. Whilst her work is the result of experimentation with materials, methods and process, she has perfected the chemistry involved in achieving an outcome that satisfies her search for “a beautiful surface”.
Reddin’s works allow the viewer to draw their own interpretation, to create their own relationship with the work. She achieves a delicate transience in the work that suggests fragility of life. They are often reminiscent of aerial landscapes and of nature magnified to reveal structure and life force that glows as if lit from within. They bear witness to the dance that she performs to deliver the pigment to the support as they shift across the carefully prepared surface to stain it or to settle in mirror perfect pools of colour.
Her work is exhibited internationally, with pieces held in collections across Asia, America, and Australia. One of her recent pieces, High Jinks, is a finalist in the Interior Small Sculpture Exhibition at YAVA Gallery in Healesville, and she plans to expand this work into a full-sized sculpture for outdoor spaces. Reddin has been celebrated with an artist residency at Holiday Inn and Suites Geelong, championed by visionary developer Paul Franze.
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