Jan Peacock

Jan Peacock
Born1955 (age 70–71)
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Known forVideo artist
Websitejanpeacock.net
External videos
video icon “Sirensong” (1987) by Jan Peacock, Images Festival

Jan Peacock (born November 6, 1955, in Barrie, Ontario) is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist, curator and writer.

Life

Peacock was born in Barrie, Ontario. She studied at the University of Western Ontario, receiving her BFA in 1978, and went on to the University of California, San Diego for her MFA in 1981. Peacock lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she teaches at NSCAD University.

Writing

Some of her published texts include:

Collections

Peacock's work is found in international public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and Museum Ludwig in Cologne.

Awards

She has won awards at the Atlantic Film & Video Festival (Best Experimental, 1990) the Chicago International Film & Video Festival (1992), and the Atlanta Film & Video Festival (1997). She is a recipient of the Bell Canada Award and the Canada Council Medal for her contribution to the field of video. Peacock received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2012.

Selected works

References

  1. ↑ Camera obscura. 2001.
  2. ↑ "Artist/Maker Name "Peacock, Jan"". Canadian Heritage Information Network. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. ↑ Wells, Paul; Hardstaff, Johnny (2008). "Personal as political". Re-imagining animation : contemporary moving image cultures. Lausanne: AVA Academia. ISBN 9782940373697. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Jan Peacock". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Koenig, Peacock exhibitions open". Halifax Mail Star. May 31, 1986.
  6. ↑ "Faculty Listing", NSCAD University
  7. ↑ "Point & Shoot : Performance and Photography". Dazibao. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  8. ↑ "25: Experimentalism". Public Journal. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Lux. A Decade of Artists' Film and Video". Pleasure Dome. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  10. ↑ Henricks, Nelson; Reinke, Steve (1997). By the skin of their tongues : artist video scripts. Toronto: YYZ Books. ISBN 9780920397206.
  11. ↑ Wark, Jayne (2006). Radical gestures : feminism and performance art in North America. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 077352956X.
  12. ↑ "Jan Peacock 1955 -". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  13. ↑ "Jan Peacock". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  14. ↑ Choinière, France; Thériault, Michèle (2005). Point & shoot : performance and photography. Montréal: Dazibao. ISBN 978-2922135268.
  15. ↑ "Jan Peacock About the artist". About The Artist. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "NSCAD professor wins GG Award". February 28, 2012. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Jan Peacock". Canada Council for the Arts. Archived from the original on 2016-04-12. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  18. ↑ Perrault, Marie (1994). Bandes vidéo de Jan Peacock. Montréal, Québec: Oboro.
  19. ↑ Jan Peacock : Nuits blanches : dark days, sleepless nights, voice and nothing more. Guelph, Ont.: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. 1990. ISBN 0-920810-40-3.
  20. ↑ Rusted, Brian (1991). Four visions of television. Banff [Alta.]: Banff Centre for the Arts. ISBN 0-920159-52-4.
  21. ↑ Jan Peacock: Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1998. ISBN 0-7703-0671-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  22. ↑ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)