Jennifer Jabu born in 1973 in Sibu, Sarawak on the remote island of Borneo. Moving abroad in 1988 to Melbourne, attended high school and completed tertiary education. She graduated in B. Architecture (Hons) , M. International Urban and Environmental Management and a doctoral candidate in planning at RMIT University, Melbourne. In her training, she has always regarded painting, sculpture and architecture as complimentary disciplines that influence and interact with each other. She has travelled through Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe, United States and the Middle East. Her frequent trips to Borneo are spent with family and visiting her ancestral village homes and village communities. She resides in Melbourne, Victoria.

Michelangelo Russo born 1962, Campobasso, Italy. Michelangelo started painting at the age of 12, he had his first solo exhibition in 1977. After studying architecture and graphic design in Pescara and Rome he relocated to Berlin in early 1990 where he lived for 4 years before moving to Melbourne Australia in 1994. During his career Michelangelo had several solo and group shows in Italy, Germany, Cuba and Australia. Michelangelo has had a lifelong interest not only in painting but also music.  Since 1979 he has played in several bands in Italy, Germany and Australia. He has toured Europe playing concerts and experimental music festivals, and has appeared on several seminal recordings. Since 1994 he collaborated widely with musician/songwriter/producer Hugo Race, and composers/musicians Wendy Morrison and Andrew Ogburn amongst others, appearing in many projects, recordings and performances.

The collaboration between Michelangelo Russo and Jennifer Jabu started in early 2019 during the preparation of Cartoni: containers contained exhibition at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne, August 2019.

Curriculum Vitae

 

Jennifer Jabu and Michelangelo Russo

2020               – Inaugural Group Show One Star Gallery, Melbourne;

2019               – Image_Object MONAFOMA 2020 at Poimena Gallery, Launceston.

 

Michelangelo Russo

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2019               – CARTONI containers contained in collaboration with Jennifer Jabu at fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne;

2016               – Bestie e D’Intorni at Bird’s Gallery, Melbourne;

2010               – Silence at Anita Traverso Gallery, Melbourne;

2007               – Petals and Thorns at Anita Traverso Gallery, Melbourne;

2005               – Wax at Silvershot presented by Artefact, Melbourne;                       

2002               – Iso at Goya Galleries, Melbourne;

2001               – Michelangelo Russo at Goya Galleries, Melbourne;

                       – Reticoli at Art House Gallery, Sydney;

2000               – Gold at Goya Galleries, Melbourne;

1997               – For the Love of Orange at A.R.T. Gallery Eden, Melbourne;

– Souvenirs Grids and Scars at Art House Gallery, Sydney;

1996               – Paintings by Michelangelo Russo at Foy & Gibson Gallery, Melbourne;

1993               – Malerei Fotografiche Emulsion und Acryl auf Linewand at Pillango Gallery, Berlin, Germany;

1991               – Askartaz at Babylonia, Berlin, Germany;

1988               – Africa Musica e Legna da Ardere at Grigio Notte, Roma, Italy;

1977               – Michelangelo Russo at Galleria il Punto, Campobasso, Italy;

Selected Group Exhibitions

2018               – Diaspora Co.As.It., Melbourne;

2017               – Chromatopia at Tacit Gallery, Melbourne;

– Ritratti Thirty One Italian Artists from Victoria at Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Mebourne;

2016               – Moth to the flame Salon Hang, Melbourne;

2009               – Cut + Collate = Construct at Anita Traverso Gallery, Melbourne;

2007               – The Only Constant at Anita Traverso Gallery, Melbourne

2004               – Arte di Ritorno at Sala dei Chierici, Biblioteca Berio, Genova, Italy;

2003               – Seta: Traditions and Visions at Exhibition Building, Melbourne;

2002               – Art Fair at Exhibition Building, Melbourne;

2001               –Smoulder at Art House Gallery,Sydney:

2000               –Quattro at Chiara Goya Gallery, Melbourne;

1999               –11th Incontro Annuale at Spazio Viola, Pavia Italy;

1998               –Christmas Show at Art House Gallery, Sydney;

1997               –Boys in Town at Art House Gallery, Sydney;

–10th Incontro Annuale at Spazio Viola, Pavia, Italy;

1996               –Christmas Show at Art House Gallery, Sydney;

–Inaugurazione Spazio Viola at Spazio Viola, Ciego de Avila, Cuba;

1995               –Red Ribbon at Palazzo Tursi, Genova, Italy;

–Darbo Gelsomino Negri Russo at George Paton Gallery, Melbourne;

–Songlines from Distant Lands at Cathedral Room ANZ Gothic Bank, Melbourne;

1989              –5 Artisti da Pescara at Galleria Cesare Manzo, Pescara, Italy;

–Animals at Universita’ Occupata, Pescara, Italy.