Nicola Jackson (artist)
New Zealand artist (born 1960)
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Nicola Jackson (born 1960) is a New Zealand artist, born in Dunedin.[1][2]
Nicola Jackson | |
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| Born | 1960 (age 65–66) Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Education | Ilam School of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
| Awards | Frances Hodgkins Fellowship |
Jackson is best known for her small, highly detailed and vividly coloured papier-mâché three dimensional paintings.[3] She frequently references domestic life and female identity in a very subtle way, occasionally reaching over into the expressively grotesque and medical anatomical taxonomy.[4]
Jackson studied at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury,[5] focusing on sculpture and printmaking.[4] She received a prestigious Goethe-Institut scholarship to study in Germany in 1992[4] and in 1994 she was awarded the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship from the University of Otago.[6]
Exhibitions by Jackson include:
- Nicola Jackson: Through the Eye of the Needle (solo show), Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1989[3]
- Fresh Art (group show), Robert McDougall and the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 1985[7]
- Gruesome! (group show), Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1999[8][9]
- Child's Play (group show), Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1995[10]
- The Bloggs (solo show), Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2017[11][5][12]
Works by Jackson are held in collections throughout New Zealand including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa[2] and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.[13]
