Megan Jenkinson
Megan Lillian Jenkinson | |
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| Born | 1958 (age 67–68) |
| Known for | Photography |
Megan Lillian Jenkinson (born 1958) is a New Zealand photographer.
Background
[edit]Career
[edit]Jenkinson works primarily as a photographer and is an associate professor at the Elam School of Fine Arts.[2]
In December 2005, Jenkinson traveled to the Antarctica as part of the Artists to Antarctica fellowship programme.[3] Her photographs taken during this time we exhibited during the 2008 Photography Festival at Two Rooms Gallery[4] and in 2007 at the Jonathan Smart Gallery in Christchurch.[5]
In 2007, Jenkinson won the Jury Award at the Wallace Art Awards with her work Atmospheric Optics V.[6] She has received the 1989 Montana Lindauer Art Award and the Graphics Prize at the 1999 Sharjah International Art Biennal.[7]
Work by Jenkinson is held in the public collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; the Sarjeant Gallery, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki,[8] Aigantighe Art Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Centre Georges Pompidou, Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), Art Gallery of New South Wales, and National Gallery of Australia.[4] She is represented in Auckland by Two Rooms[9] and Christchurch by Jonathan Smart Gallery.[10]
Exhibitions
[edit]Jenkinson has exhibited for over thirty years, both in New Zealand and internationally.[4] Exhibitions include:
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- 2016, The Coincident Present, Two Rooms, Auckland
- 2016, Other Space, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
- 2014, Double Vision, Bartley + Company Art, Wellington (with Mary-Louise Browne)
- 2014, So Last Century, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch (group show)
- 2014, phyto-plasts, Two Rooms, Auckland
- 2011, Drift, Two Rooms, Auckland
- 2009, Second Silence, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
- 2007, The Dark Continent, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
- 2004, Afterword: The Colours, Colour Codes, and Cloud of Unknowning, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
- 1999, Sharjah Biennale (group show)
- 1996, The Virtues (touring show)[11]
- 1990, The Readymade Boomerang: Certain Relations in 20th Century Art (Sydney Biennale, group show)
- 1989, Esslingen Photo Triennale (group show)
- 1989, Photography Now, Victoria and Albert Museum (group show)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Megan Jenkinson". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ "Associate Professor Megan Jenkinson". The University of Auckland. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ "Alumni of the community engagement programme". Antarctica New Zealand. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Megan Jenkinson". Ocula. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ "The Dark Continent". Jonathan Smart Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ "Awards 2007". Wallace Arts Trust. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- ↑ "Associate Professor Megan Jenkinson". The University of Auckland. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ "Megan Jenkinson". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ "Megan Jenkinson". Two Rooms. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ "Artists". Jonathan Smart Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
- ↑ "The Virtues: Megan Jenkinson". Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
Further reading
[edit]Artist files for Megan Jenkinson are held at:
- Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library
- E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
- Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
- Fine Arts Library, University of Auckland
- Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena
- Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury
