Nicola Jackson (born 1960) is a New Zealand artist, born in
Dunedin.
Jackson is best known for her small, highly detailed and vividly coloured papier-mâché three dimensional paintings.
She frequently references domestic life and female identity in a very subtle way, occasionally reaching over into the expressively grotesque and medical anatomical taxonomy.
Jackson studied at the
Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury,
focusing on sculpture and printmaking.
She received a prestigious
Goethe-Institut
The Goethe-Institut (, GI, en, Goethe Institute) is a non-profit German cultural association operational worldwide with 159 institutes, promoting the study of the German language abroad and encouraging international cultural exchange and ...
scholarship to study in Germany in 1992
and in 1994 she was awarded the
Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, established in 1962, is one of New Zealand's premier arts residencies. The list of past fellows includes many of New Zealand's most notable artists.
The position is based at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New ...
from the
University of Otago.
Exhibitions by Jackson include:
* ''Nicola Jackson: Through the Eye of the Needle'' (solo show),
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1989
* ''Fresh Art'' (group show), Robert McDougall and the
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
The Govett-Brewster Art Gallery is a contemporary art museum at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand. The gallery receives core funding from the New Plymouth District Council. Govett-Brewster is recognised internationally for contemporary art.
H ...
, 1985
* ''Gruesome!'' (group show), Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1999
* ''Child's Play'' (group show), Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1995
* ''The Bloggs'' (solo show),
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2017
Works by Jackson are held in collections throughout New Zealand including the
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is New Zealand's national museum and is located in Wellington. ''Te Papa Tongarewa'' translates literally to "container of treasures" or in full "container of treasured things and people that spring fr ...
and
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.
References
Further reading
Artist files for Nicola Jackson are held at:
Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna LibraryE. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o TāmakiRobert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o WaiwhetuHocken Collections Uare Taoka o HākenaTe Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa TongarewaMacmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury
Living people
New Zealand women painters
New Zealand painters
People associated with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Ilam School of Fine Arts alumni
1960 births
Artists from Dunedin
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