Nicola Jackson (artist) explained

Nicola Jackson
Birth Place:	Dunedin, New Zealand
Nationality:	New Zealander
Awards:	Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
Field:	Painting
Training:	Ilam School of Fine Arts

Nicola Jackson (born 1960) is a New Zealand artist, born in Dunedin.^{[1] [2]}

Jackson is best known for her small, highly detailed and vividly coloured papier-mâché three dimensional paintings.^[3] She frequently references domestic life and female identity in a very subtle way, occasionally reaching over into the expressively grotesque and medical anatomical taxonomy.^[4]

Jackson studied at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury,^[5] focusing on sculpture and printmaking. She received a prestigious Goethe-Institut scholarship to study in Germany in 1992 and in 1994 she was awarded the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship from the University of Otago.^[6]

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, 1985^[7]
• Gruesome! (group show), Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1999^{[8] [9]}
• Child's Play (group show), Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1995^[10]
• The Bloggs (solo show), Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 2017^{[11] [12]}

Works by Jackson are held in collections throughout New Zealand including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu.^[13]

Further reading

Artist files for Nicola Jackson are held at:

• Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library
• E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
• Robert and Barbara Stewart Library and Archives, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
• Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena
• Te Aka Matua Research Library, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
• Macmillan Brown Library, University of Canterbury

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jackson, Nicola. findnzartists.org.nz. en. 27 October 2017.
2. Web site: Nicola Jackson - Collections Online. collections.tepapa.govt.nz. en. 27 October 2017.
3. Web site: Nicola Jackson: Through the Eye of the Needle. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. 27 October 2017.
4. News: Nicola Jackson. Watermark Printworkshop. 27 October 2017. en-NZ.
5. News: The anatomy of art. Fox. Rebecca. 16 March 2017. Otago Daily Times Online News. 27 October 2017. en.
6. Web site: The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship. University of Otago. en-nz. 27 October 2017.
7. Web site: Fresh Art. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. 27 October 2017.
8. Web site: Gruesome!. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. 27 October 2017.
9. Web site: Gruesome Programme. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. 27 October 2017.
10. Web site: Child's Play. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. 27 October 2017.
11. Web site: The Bloggs. Dunedin Public Art Gallery. 27 October 2017.
12. News: The Bloggs —Nicola Jackson. Critic - Te Arohi. 27 October 2017.
13. Web site: Nicola Jackson. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. 27 October 2017.