Artspace NZ 16 November 2018 – 2 March 2019 artspace.org.nz In February 2018 Fiona Jack opened the exhibition Our Red Aunt at the Glasgow Women’s Libraryin “RIVERBED”
OUR RED AUNT
Glasgow Women’s Library Friday 2nd February to Saturday 17th March A collection of new works responding to the work and life of Fiona’s Great Grand “OUR RED AUNT”
USING OUR HANDS TO ORGANISE
The Showroom, London, July 2017
COMMUNITY BANNERS
ESRA 2017 Whau the People, Satin applique, fringe and embroidery on silk. Typeface by Janet Lilo, embroidery references Vaimaile Urale’s Tatau mural and design for “COMMUNITY BANNERS”
THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS LAW
AND PER SE AND, Galería Perdida & Fiona Jack & Aram Saroyan, Three projects organized by Michael Ned Holte, April 23—May 28, 2016, Commonwealth & “THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS LAW”
OTAKARO PLANT PARADE
Fiona Jack, collaborators, contributors and participants. Public event as part of SCAPE 8, 2015, Christchurch. Curated by Rob Garret. Photo Bridget Anderson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulBC7qhYHH4&feature=youtu.be Video “OTAKARO PLANT PARADE”
THE HERALDRY OF PRESENCE
An exhibition by Fiona Jack with contributors, collaborators and lenders Fresh Gallery, Otara, Auckland, New Zealand 10 October – 8 November 2014 Download a “THE HERALDRY OF PRESENCE”
SURVIVOR’S ROLL OF HONOUR
Survivors’ Roll of Honour, 2014, screenprint, from one screen on paper, (20 screens used across edition), edition of 20, 76 x 56 cm, Commissioned by “SURVIVOR’S ROLL OF HONOUR”
THE TREES
Fiona Jack and Salome Tanuvasa, March 2013, Rosebank Artwalk, Auckland, curated by Marcus Williams. This photograph depicts two historic trees in Avondale on the “THE TREES”
IN TIME I WILL SEE THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY
Pakuranga Fiona Jack, Billboard installation and booklet, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, 2012 Text by Shannon Te Ao: In this installment of the Te “IN TIME I WILL SEE THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY”
PORT WORKERS
Fiona Jack, March 2012, posters throughout Auckland city. In 2012, following a breakdown in negotiations with their employer and in defence of key aspects “PORT WORKERS”
A LIGHT BULB CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT BY ITS MERE PRESENCE
Fiona Jack, August 2011, contribution to the s/f newspaper Freedom of Speech . The three text groups trace the ownership and parent companies of New “A LIGHT BULB CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT BY ITS MERE PRESENCE”
LIVING HALLS
Fiona Jack and contributors, 2010, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth. The paintings, drawings, honour boards, documents, databases, books, photos, stories and audio recordings “LIVING HALLS”
KOHIMARAMARA
Fiona Jack and Ngarimu Blair (Ngati Whatua o Orakei). Artspace billboard, Karangahape Road, Auckland, 2008/9 This billboard is a montage of two photos. One “KOHIMARAMARA”
MY FELLOW CITIZENS
Fiona Jack, Posters, edition 50, woodblock print and silkscreen on cardboard. Printed and designed by Colby Poster, Los Angeles, s/f split/fountain, Auckland, New Zealand, 2009 “MY FELLOW CITIZENS”
TAXI
Fiona Jack, Installation – various media, Projectspace and Spare room, Melbourne, Australia. International Artist in Residence partnership between RMIT School of Art and The South “TAXI”
PALISADE
A collaboration between Ngarimu Blair and Ngati Whatua O Orakei, Fiona Jack, New Artland and community volunteers. Manuka, rope, steel. 100 metres long. Okahu Bay, “PALISADE”
FUTURE REMINDERS OF AN IMPERFECT PAST
Fiona Jack, drawings and found book pages, Mary Newton Gallery, Wellington, 2007.
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE INLAND EMPIRE
Fiona Jack, drawings, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland, 2007 This series of drawings is based on the promotional drawings for tract housing developments in the “THE RISE AND FALL OF THE INLAND EMPIRE”
PLEASE TAKE ONE
Billboard installation, Nomad, London, 2005 Text courtesy of Nomad: PLEASE TAKE ONE is a body of work dealing with, to put it simply, countries, borders “PLEASE TAKE ONE”
Missing Peoples, A supplement to Merriam-Websters’ Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition
Self published, laser print, perfect bound, edition of 188, 2004. From the introduction to the book: PDF of book can be viewed here Inlcuded “Missing Peoples, A supplement to Merriam-Websters’ Collegiate Dictionary, Eleventh Edition”
Missing Peoples’ Things
Silkscreen on wallpaper, 2004 The objects listed/pictured are present as text entries in Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (Eleventh Edition) and are all objects originating from “Missing Peoples’ Things”
Proposal for El Toro Landscape Paintings
Contribution to The Great Park Project for the Orange County Bienniale, with FutureFarmers/Amy Francescini, 2004 Project description from the website: The Great Park Project “Proposal for El Toro Landscape Paintings”
Nothing
33 billboards, Auckland City, 1997
About
Fiona Jack has an MFA from CalArts (2005) and lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand.