Jan Peacock (born November 6, 1955, in Barrie, Ontario) is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist, curator[1] and writer.[2][3]

Jan Peacock
Born1955 (age 69–70)
Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Known forVideo artist
Websitejanpeacock.net
External videos
video icon “Sirensong” (1987) by Jan Peacock, Images Festival

Life

Peacock was born in Barrie, Ontario.[4] 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.[5] Peacock lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she teaches at NSCAD University.[6]

Writing

Some of her published texts include:

  • "Presence" in Point and Shoot: Performance et Photography,[7]
  • "Ready Access" in Public, No 25: Experimentalism (Toronto: Public Access, 2002),[8]
  • "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)[9]
  • "(in)Script" and "SiRENSONG" in By the Skin of Their Tongues: Artists’ Video Scripts, ed. Nelson Henricks and Steve Reinke (Toronto: YYZ Books, 1996)[10]
  • Corpus Loquendi (Body for Speaking): Body-Centred Video in Halifax 1972- 1982 (Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1994).[11]

Collections

Peacock's work is found in international public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Canada,[12] the Museum of Modern Art in New York,[13] and Museum Ludwig in Cologne.[14]

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.[15] Peacock received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2012.[16][17]

Selected works

  • Sirensong, 9 min. (1987)[18]
  • Nuits Blanches: Dark Days, Sleepless Nights, Voice and Nothing More (1990)[19]
  • White Wash (1991)[20]
  • Reader By The Window (1993)
  • Book of Chairs (1997)[21]
  • The Road Rises To Meet You[22]

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". 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. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  16. ^ "NSCAD professor wins GG Award". February 28, 2012.
  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)

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