Name

Therese Kenyon

Other names

MACKIE, Theresa K.

MACKIE, Therese Kenyon

Culture

Australian

Gender

Female

Birth date

5 July 1948

Birth place

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Movements

United States 1973-74 United States, Canada 1983-84

Occupations

Art curator | Artist (painter) | Painter | Printmaker

Summary

Worked: Australia (NSW). Screenprints

NGA IRN

24241

Context

Australia

Biography

Therese Kenyon is an artist, independent curator, visual arts writer and educator. She has a long history with regional galleries, public run galleries and membership of artist’s collectives. She was a senior lecturer and Director of the Tin Sheds Art Workshops and Gallery at the University of Sydney in the 1990s. She later became Director of the Manly Art Gallery & Museum from 1999-2011 where she curated exhibitions with a national and regional focus and from the permanent collection. She is currently a NSW representative on the Print Council of Australia, a member of the Ultimo Project Inc. Art Collective in Marrickville (since 2000) and a Board member and co-curator at Eramboo Artist Environment, Terrey Hills. She completed her PhD in 2016 at the School of Art, ANU, on cross-cultural influences between Asian and Western art practices. [Courtesy of Therese Kenyon 2019].