Artist
Jenny Gunning
Artist
Part of events on ArtRabbit in: Ironbridge, Shropshire
Printmaker Jenny Gunning started selling her prints and drawings in 2001 when she was at Cheltenham University to help her get through her printmaking degree. Her work has not stopped selling ever since. Jenny has had over 40 one woman and joint exhibitions, exhibiting in some fantastic Gallery’s, her work is on permanent display at her own Gallery in Ironbridge which has been running for over 15 years. Jenny has won many competitions and commissions, had her work accepted into many private and public shows and collections as well as having many pieces of her work used in many books. Part of Jennys job as a printmaker is not only to produce and make new pieces of work to exhibit and sell, but also to provide workshops and to give print demonstration’s to people who would like to purchase the printing presses that her father Dave Gunning designed over 40 years ago. Because of the massive variety of printmaking, Jenny has to make sure she knows all of the printmaking methods of both printing and plate making, so she can help and guide printmakers the the right etching printing press for them. Jenny was taught fine art Drawing and Printmaking by her Father from a very young age, making her first etching when she was 7 years old. She obtained her GCSE, A-Level Art and then her Foundation year in Art which lead her to Cheltenham University where she obtained a BA Honours degree in Specialist Printmaking. From University Jennys dream was to have her own Specialist Printmaking Gallery where she could exhibit and sell her own work as well as her fathers artwork and printing presses, run workshops and have regular shows of both their own work and other artists work. Jenny wanted to be able to freely make her art and have everything that she would need under one roof. From making the work in the printmaking studio using the presses Dave Gunning (Jennys father) designed and made, to scanning, and framing the work to the highest standard, to putting it on the gallery website and selling the work from the website and her gallery. The Ironbridge Gallery and printmaking studios has everything Jenny wanted under one roof, and it not only serves her and her family of artists, it also serves other artists, the general public and private businesses. For the last 15 years Jenny has worked from their own gallery and printmaking studios and continues to make and push her printmaking and drawing skills. Jenny and her sister Sarah Morris run Ironbridge Fine Arts making it an excellent business and creative printmaking space.
