Jan Peacock
| Jan Peacock | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1955 (age 60–61) Barrie, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Video art |
| Website |
janpeacock |
Jan Peacock (born November 6, 1955) is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist, curator[1] and writer.[2]
Life
Peacock was born in Barrie, Ontario.[3] She studied at the University of Western Ontario, receiving her BFA in 1978, and went on to the University of California in San Diego for her MFA in 1981.[4] Peacock lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she teaches at NSCAD University.[5]
Writing
Her published texts include:
- “presence” in Point and Shoot: Performance et Photography,[6]
- “Ready Access” in Public, No 25: Experimentalism (Toronto: Public Access, 2002),
- “Move This” and “4/14/99” (with Paula Levine) in LUX: A Decade of Artists’ Film and Video, ed. Steve Reinke and Tom Taylor (Toronto: YYZ Books, 1998),
- “(in)Script” and “SiRENSONG” in By the Skin of Their Tongues: Artists’ Video Scripts, ed. Nelson Henricks and Steve Reinke (Toronto: YYZ Books, 1996), and
- Corpus Loquendi (Body for Speaking): Body-Centred Video in Halifax 1972- 1982 (Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1994).
Collections
Peacock's work is found in international public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Canada,[7] the Museum of Modern Art in New York,[8] and the Ludwig Museum in Cologne.
Awards
She has won awards at the Atlantic Film & Video Festival, the Chicago International Film & Video Festival, and the Atlanta Film & Video Festival. She is a recipient of the Bell Canada Award and the Canada Council Medal for her contribution to the field of video.[9] Peacock received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2012.[10][11]
Selected Works
- Sirensong, 9 min. (1987)[12]
- Nuits Blanches: Dark Days, Sleepless Nights, Voice and Nothing More (1990)[13]
- White Wash (1991)[14]
- Reader By The Window (1993)
- Book of Chairs (1997)[15]
- The Road Rises To Meet You[16]
External links
References
- ↑ Camera obscura. 2001.
- ↑ "Artist/Maker Name "Peacock, Jan"". Canadian Heritage Information Network. Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ "Jan Peacock". Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ↑ "Koenig, Peacock exhibitions open". Halifax Mail Star. May 31, 1986.
- ↑ "Faculty Listing". NSCAD University.
- ↑ "Point & Shoot : Performance and Photography". Dazibao. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ "Jan Peacock 1955 -". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ "Jan Peacock". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ "Jan Peacock About the artist". V-tape. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ "NSCAD professor wins GG Award". February 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Jan Peacock". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ Perrault, Marie (1994). Bandes vidéo de Jan Peacock. Montréal, Québec: Oboro.
- ↑ Jan Peacock : Nuits blanches : dark days, sleepless nights, voice and nothing more. Guelph, Ont.: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. 1990. ISBN 0-920810-40-3.
- ↑ Rusted, Brian (1991). Four visions of television. Banff [Alta.]: Banff Centre for the Arts. ISBN 0-920159-52-4.
- ↑ Jan Peacock: Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1998. ISBN 0-7703-0671-3.
- ↑ Milthorp, curator, Donna McAlear ; contributing writer, Robert (1990). Interior presence : projecting situations : Marcella Bienvenue, Geneviève Cadieux, Wyn Geleynse, Jan Peacock, Grant Poier, Tom Sherman. Calgary: Nickle Arts Museum. ISBN 0-88953-112-9.