Jen Saunders was born in Mittagong, New South Wales

Mittagong, New South Wales

Mittagong is a town located in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. At the 2006 census, Mittagong had a population of 7,460 people. The town can be seen as the gateway to the Southern Highlands when coming from Sydney. The town is close to Bowral, Berrima,...

 in 1962. She moved to Wagga Wagga in 1981 where she completed a Diploma in Applied Arts majoring in silversmithing. In 1984 she set up a jewellery-making workshop and exhibited at the Old Brewery Gallery in Wagga Wagga. Since 1987 Saunders has regularly exhibited paintings, drawings and collages in mixed shows in Sydney

Sydney

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, Melbourne

Melbourne

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, the Southern Highlands

Southern Highlands, New South Wales

The Southern Highlands, also locally referred to as the Highlands, is a geographical region and district in New South Wales, Australia and is 110 km south-west of Sydney. The entire region is under the local government area of the Wingecarribee Shire...

 and the Shoalhaven

Shoalhaven

The City of Shoalhaven is a Local Government Area in south-eastern New South Wales , Australia, two hours south of Sydney. It is more or less conterminous with an area referred to as The Shoalhaven. It is on the Pacific Ocean and the Princes Highway and is the terminus of the South Coast line...

 where she now lives. Since 1995 she has been holding successful solo shows once a year. She is also involved in curating art shows including LETS Show (Berry Community Centre, 1994) and Smalls on the Walls (Tea Club Cafe, Nowra, 2000).

In 1992 Saunders began performing her poetry at writer's nights in the Shoalhaven and Illawarra. She is a regular on the local circuit - most recently performing at the Shoalhaven Poetry Festival in Nowra and the Tabula Rasa Arts Festival in Milton.

In 1999 she published her first book of poetry Translations (Passionfruit Press, Broughton Creek, 1999) and in May 2002 launched In a Night House (PressPress, Berry, 2002).

Saunders is also a songwriter/musician performing in a variety of bands but most usually in "The Captive Good".

Works

Poetry
Translations (Passionfruit Press, Broughton Creek NSW 1999

1999 in poetry

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in a night house (PressPress, Berry NSW 2002

2002 in poetry

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