Jenny Watson was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1951. She majored in painting and later took an Education qualification. She always creates works which reflect what is on her mind, memories of childhood and her relation to the outside world. She paints on colorful and patterned fabric and linen as well as works on paper. More specifically she paints animals and situations she directly experiences as well as memories from her suburban Australian upbringing. Up to this point in her career she has had 60 solo exhibitions in Australia, as well as more than 50 solo exhibitions in Europe, Asia, India, New Zealand and the United States. She was the Australian representative in the 1993 Venice Biennale. In Japan, she had the exhibition entitled "Child's Play" at Art Gallery, Yokohama Museum of Art in 2003. This exhibition showcases hew recent paintings using material such as hessian, and acrylic and water color paintings.