# Janina Green

Janina Green (born 1944 in Essen, Germany) 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.
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.

## Early life and education

Green pursued studies in Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne and Victoria College, Prahran, before specialising in printmaking at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

## Selected solo exhibitions

* 1986: "Rephotography - Anxiety & Reproduction," Artists Space, Melbourne.
* 1987: "Reproduction," The Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
* 1988: "Still Life Photographs," Artists Space, Melbourne.
* 1989: "Figureworks," Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.
* 1989: "New Work," Artists Space, Melbourne.
* 1991: "Manual Labour," Artists Space, Melbourne.
* 1993: "Vacuum," Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne.
* 1994: "Understudy," Lynx Gallery, Adelaide Fringe.
* 1994: "The Bridge and the Willow," Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne.
* 1996: "Plantation," Switchback Gallery, Monash University, Gippsland.
* 1997: "Plantation," Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne.
* 2000: "Scooping Up the Moon at Plum Creek," Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne.
* 2001: "Plantation," Stills Gallery, Sydney.
* 2002: "Gratitude," Horsham Art Gallery, Horsham.
* 2002: "Gratitude," Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale.
* 2003: "The Bridge and the Willow," Smyrnios Gallery, Melbourne.
* 2006: "The Bridge and Willow," Communale Bracciano, Italy.
* 2009: "Janina Green New Work," Artists Space, Melbourne.
* 2009: Installation, Spacement Gallery, Melbourne.
* 2009: "Maid in Hong Kong," Monash Gallery of Art, Waverley.
* 2009: "Maid in Hong Kong," Cowwarr Art Space, Gippsland.
* 2009: "Where the Heart Is," Latrobe Regional Gallery, Morwell.
* 2010: "Vacuum," Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne.
* 2012: "Be Home Before Dark," Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale.
* 2012: "Be Home Before Dark," Colour Factory, Melbourne.
* 2012: "Be Home Before Dark," Queensland Centre for Photography, Brisbane.
* 2012: "Ikea," Edmund Pearce Gallery, Melbourne.
* 2013: "Perfect Stranger," Rae & Bennett Gallery.
* 2019: "Studio Games," Bus Projects, Melbourne.

## Collections

Green's work is held in several public and private collections, including:
* National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
* National Gallery of Victoria
* Art Gallery of South Australia
* Art Gallery of New South Wales
* State Library of Victoria
* City of Waverley Gallery
* City of Sunshine
* Griffith University
* Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
* Albury Regional Gallery
* Horsham Art Gallery
* Latrobe Regional Gallery
* Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale
* The Pat Corrigan Collection
* Austin and Repatriation Hospital, Melbourne
* Prahran Library Archives
* Rotterdam Art Foundation, Netherlands
* Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine