Janet Laurence is a Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 based Australia

Australia

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n artist who works in mixed media and installation. Her work has been included in major survey exhibitions, nationally and internationally and is regularly exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne and Japan.

Her work explores a relationship to the natural world, often from an architectural context. It extends from the gallery space into the urban fabric, and has been realized in many site specific projects, often involving collaborations with architects, landscape architects and environmental scientists.

She has received many grants and awards including a Rockefeller Residency in 1997.

Laurence was a Trustee of the Art Gallery of NSW from 1995 to 2005.

Laurence was the subject of John Beard

John Beard (artist)

John Beard is a Welsh artist and painter born in Aberdare, Wales, he is now based in Sydney, Lisbon and London. -Life and art:John Beard won the Welsh National Art Scholarship in 1962 at just 19 years of age...

's winning entry for the 2007 Archibald Prize

Archibald Prize

The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia. It was first awarded in 1921 after a bequest from J. F. Archibald, the editor of The Bulletin who died in 1919...

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