Jan Peacock Explained

Jan Peacock
Birth Place:	Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Known For:	Video artist

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

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.

Writing

Some of her published texts include:

• "Presence" in Point and Shoot: Performance et Photography,^[6]
• "Ready Access" in Public, No 25: Experimentalism (Toronto: Public Access, 2002),^[7]
• "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)^[8]
• "(in)Script" and "SiRENSONG" in By the Skin of Their Tongues: Artists’ Video Scripts, ed. Nelson Henricks and Steve Reinke (Toronto: YYZ Books, 1996)^[9]
• Corpus Loquendi (Body for Speaking): Body-Centred Video in Halifax 1972- 1982 (Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1994).^[10]

Collections

Peacock's work is found in international public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Canada,^[11] the Museum of Modern Art in New York,^[12] and Museum Ludwig in Cologne.^[13]

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.^[14] Peacock received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2012.^{[15] [16]}

Selected works

• Sirensong, 9 min. (1987)^[17]
• Nuits Blanches: Dark Days, Sleepless Nights, Voice and Nothing More (1990)^[18]
• White Wash (1991)^[19]
• Reader By The Window (1993)
• Book of Chairs (1997)^[20]
• The Road Rises To Meet You^[21]

External links

• Jan Peacock Website
• Vtape: Video Art in Canada
• Bell Canada Award

Notes and References

1. Book: Camera obscura. 2001.
2. Web site: Artist/Maker Name "Peacock, Jan". Canadian Heritage Information Network. Government of Canada. 15 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160806044538/http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_ind-artist_detail_ind.app;jsessionid=CC0087A1C4D36F2320D570A0B26B3CF8?rID=28696&fID=2&lang=en&qlang=en&pID=1&anm=Peacock,+Jan&sort=AM_ASC&ps=50&pID1=800&ps1=50&ansf=TAM&sort1=ascending. 6 August 2016. dead.
3. Book: Wells. Paul. Hardstaff . Johnny . Re-imagining animation : contemporary moving image cultures. 2008. AVA Academia. Lausanne. 9782940373697. Personal as political. https://books.google.com/books?id=dlc3DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT82. 7 April 2018.
4. Web site: Jan Peacock. March 8, 2015.
5. News: Koenig, Peacock exhibitions open. Halifax Mail Star. May 31, 1986.
6. Web site: Point & Shoot : Performance and Photography. Dazibao. 15 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160821121608/http://dazibao-photo.org/en/lesessais/point-shoot-performance-and-photography-en. 21 August 2016. dead.
7. Web site: 25: Experimentalism. Public Journal. 6 April 2018.
8. Web site: Lux. A Decade of Artists' Film and Video. Pleasure Dome. 6 April 2018.
9. Book: Henricks. Nelson. Reinke. Steve. By the skin of their tongues : artist video scripts. 1997. YYZ Books. Toronto . 9780920397206.
10. Book: Wark. Jayne. Radical gestures : feminism and performance art in North America. 2006. McGill-Queen's University Press. Montreal. 077352956X.
11. Web site: Jan Peacock 1955 -. National Gallery of Canada. 15 June 2016.
12. Web site: Jan Peacock. Museum of Modern Art. 15 June 2016.
13. Book: Choinière. France. Thériault. Michèle. Point & shoot : performance and photography. 2005. Dazibao. Montréal. 978-2922135268.
14. Web site: Jan Peacock About the artist. About The Artist. 24 March 2018.
15. Web site: NSCAD professor wins GG Award. February 28, 2012.
16. Web site: Jan Peacock. Canada Council for the Arts. 15 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160412192445/http://ggavma.canadacouncil.ca/archive/2012/winners/jan%20peacock. 2016-04-12. dead.
17. Book: Perrault. Marie. Bandes vidéo de Jan Peacock. 1994. Oboro. Montréal, Québec.
18. Book: Jan Peacock : Nuits blanches : dark days, sleepless nights, voice and nothing more.. registration. 1990. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. Guelph, Ont.. 0-920810-40-3.
19. Book: Rusted. Brian. Four visions of television. 1991. Banff Centre for the Arts. Banff [Alta.]. 0-920159-52-4.
20. Book: Jan Peacock: Dalhousie Art Gallery. 1998. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 0-7703-0671-3.
21. Book: Milthorp. curator, Donna McAlear ; contributing writer, Robert. Interior presence : projecting situations : Marcella Bienvenue, Geneviève Cadieux, Wyn Geleynse, Jan Peacock, Grant Poier, Tom Sherman. 1990. Nickle Arts Museum. Calgary. 0-88953-112-9.