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Jennifer Joseph was born in Melbourne in 1949. She trained at Melbourne Teachers College, where she received a Diploma of Arts and Crafts in 1971, as well as the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, where she completed a degree in fine arts from 1977 to 1979. Joseph chose not to pursue graduate education, preferring to develop her painting through studio practice. In 2003, Joseph was awarded a residency by the Bundanon Trust. She currently lives and works in Melbourne.

Exhibitions
Joseph's exhibition history started in 1986 at Tolarno Gallery, Melbourne. She has gone on to exhibit extensively across Australia as well as overseas, holding 13 solo shows and participating in over 30 group exhibitions. She shows often at Niagara Galleries in Melbourne, her most recent show, The night always comes, taking place in December 2013. Joseph also participated in the Auckland Art Fair in 2009 and 2011, the Melbourne Art Fair in 2002 and 2006, and the Fifth and Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair in 1996 and 1998. Internationally, Joseph has been included in major exhibitions, such as Out of Australia: Prints and Drawings from Sydney Nolan to Rover Thomas at the British Museum in London, as well as Text Art Object: Australian Contemporary Art at Conny Dietzschold Gallery in Cologne, Germany. In Australia, career highlights have included Abstracting the Collection and On the Brink: Abstraction of the 90s, at Heide Museum of Modern Art in 2004 and 2000 respectively, and Phenomena: New Painting in Australia at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in 2001.

Collections
Joseph's work is included in major collections both in Australia and overseas. In Australia, she is featured in the collections of Heide Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Victoria and the Jewish Musuem of Australia, as well as numerous public, private and corporate collections. Internationally, Joseph's work is included in numerous private collections throughout USA, England and Japan, as well as in the British Museum, London.

Awards
Joseph has been the recipient of many awards, residencies and grants throughout her career, including the Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence in 2003, the Pat Corrigan Artist Grant in 1995, and the Visual Arts/Crafts Board of the Australian Council Artists' Development Project Grant in 1989.