Previous Works/ Exhibitions

	and We Clung Together for Protection 2026 Pencil on paper, stainless steel silk, pins in hollow frame. 'and We Clung Together for Protection' is a study of collective resilience in these times of uncertainty. A reminder that vulnerability and protection often exist side by side. Each butterfly is individually hand drawn, cut and assembled coming together to spill beyond the boundary of the frame. A living mass held together by interdependence.
	Dissemble- Beinart Gallery Antipodes 2026 Pencil on paper, stainless steel silk, pins & vintage frame. ‘Dissemble’- there’s a lot of it going on these days. Hiding behind the bright facade, pretending all is okay while everything is coming apart at the seams. But we see you!
	Living on Mute- SOL gallery 2025 Pencil on paper & wire with vintage frame 34 x 114cm Living on Mute explores the strength found in self-acceptance. Hundreds of hand-drawn butterflies, rendered in delicate pencil on toned paper, cascade downward—spilling beyond the frame and into the viewer’s space creating a flow and momentum. Each butterfly represents a moment of transformation, a whisper of identity once suppressed, now released and joining force.
	Hard to Watch- Beinart Gallery Small Works 2025 Pencil and pastel, metal clip, wire, hessian and vintage frame 30 x 26cm The world watches - disturbed, aware, but immobilised.
	How Many will it Take- Off the Kerb Gallery 18th anniversary show 2025 Pencil on toned paper & vintage frame
	Despite Us- Beinart Gallery Antipodes 2025 Pencil & watercolour, barbed wire, metal flake & vintage frame We destroy, we tear down, build over, invade, take and take and take. But, despite us, nature finds a way. Dedicated to all of the birds and butterflies I see seemingly thriving in my local industrial area; despite us.
	At Grandad's House solo exhibition- Off the Kerb Gallery 2024 Pencil and toned paper, vintage frames and fabrics used Full catalogue here AT GRANDAD'S HOUSE is a nostalgic escape to simpler times past. Lovingly recreated in the gallery space, Grandad’s lounge room houses the artist’s hand drawn paper butterflies and insects. Combining pencil on toned paper and vintage materials- often reminiscent of fabrics, textures and colour palettes direct from her childhood. Jen Selmore invites you to take a comforting step back to childhood summer’s spent at Grandad’s house where the towering roses and daisies provided ample coverage for hide and seek while butterflies flitted about in the sun. And inside always a cosy place to sit and read one of the hundreds of books off the shelves.
	With God on our Side- Beinart Gallery Small Works 2024 Pencil and toned paper, vintage frame and mount used. 26x 30cm For all of history the teritorial have invaded, condemned and destroyed others in the name of ‘God’. This frenzied swarm of butterflies, some whole, some damaged, others dying or dead initially leads your eye but then quickly confuses it by deviating from the flow down down down into damage and chaos. I was originally going to create coloured butterflies attacking each other to represent different countries’ flags but aren’t we all really the same?
	No Winter Lasts Forever- Off the Kerb Gallery Winter Days 2024 Pencil on paper in vintage frame Let winter be winter, eventually the darkness ends and the dead leaves give way as new sprigs of hope push through.
	1. My Whole Life 2. Descaled 3. Falling to Pieces 4. Escape - Beinart Gallery Wunderkammer 2024 Pencil and toned paper, 11x11cm each
	In Grandad's Garden- Off the Kerb Gallery Buggin' Out 2023 1. Leaf Insect, 2. Arge Moth, 3. Pink Butterfly Pencil and toned paper, vintage frames used.