Janet Lilo
Janet Lilo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1982 (age 41–42) Auckland,New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Education | Auckland University of Technology |
| Awards | Contemporary Pacific Art Award |
Janet Lilo(born 1982) is a visual artist from New Zealand.
Lilo was born in 1982 in theAuckland regionof New Zealand and is ofTainui,Ngāpuhi,Samoan,andNiuedescent. She received an MA in Art and Design from theAuckland University of Technologyin 2007.[1][2]The title of her masters thesis wasEditing identity: Lost and found in translation.[3]
A social commentator, Lilo's work uses digital photography, video, and multimedia installations to explore issues of popular culture. She utilises monitors and projections, displaying her work in gallery spaces, buildings, shop windows, and online.[1]
Lilo has exhibited in solo shows in New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Japan.[4]She has exhibited internationally in group shows in Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, France, Germany, and the United States of America.[1]Lilo's video installation 'ParkLife' was part of theCity Gallery Wellington'sexhibitionTelecom Prospect 2007: New Art New Zealand.[5][1]
In 2009, Lilo received the JENESYS (Japan East Asia Network of Exchange of Students and Youths) residency inSapporo.[2]
In 2011 she received the Contemporary Pacific Art Award in theCreative New ZealandArts Pasifika Awards.[6]
In 2013, her installationRight of Waywas presented atArtspace Aotearoaas part of the fifth Auckland Triennial, curated byHou Hanru.[7]
In 2016, she had a significant solo exhibition titledJanet Lilo: Status Update,atTe Uru Waitākere Contemporary Galleryin Auckland. It was a survey of the last 10 years of her work which included a collage of 10,000 photographs and a book.[8][9]
Lilo's public artworks include a series of large-scale 'banana lightboxes' on Auckland'sKarangahape Road,which are collectively titledDon't Dream it's Over.
Lilo received the 2017 annual commission from theAuckland Festival of Photography.[10]
Lilo's works are held in important public collections, includingAuckland Art GalleryandTe Papa Tongarewa.[1][11]
References
[edit]- ^abcde"Janet Lilo".Auckland Art Gallery.Retrieved27 November2017.
- ^ab"Janet Lilo Sapporo Artist in Residence".The Big Idea.17 December 2009.Retrieved27 November2017.
- ^Lilo, Janet (2006).Editing identity: Lost and found in translation(Masters thesis). Tuwhera Open Access, Auckland University of Technology.hdl:10292/11264.
- ^"About".Janet Lilo visual artist.17 April 2012.Retrieved23 March2018.
- ^"Artists Announced for the Telecom Prospect 2007".City Gallery Wellington.Retrieved27 November2017.
- ^"Arts Pasifika Awards".Creative New Zealand.Retrieved27 November2017.
- ^"5th Auckland Triennial: Janet Lilo @ Artspace".Auckland Art Gallery.Auckland Art Gallery.Retrieved1 April2022.
- ^"Janet Lilo documents the everyday through large-scale work".Stuff.Retrieved10 August2019.
- ^Lopesi, Lana."Church and State: 'Janet Lilo: Status Update' the Publication".Pantograph Punch.Retrieved21 March2022.
- ^"Annual Commission by Baker+Douglas".Auckland Festival of Photography.Retrieved27 November2017.
- ^"Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa".collections.tepapa.govt.nz.Te Papa.Retrieved1 April2022.
Further reading
[edit]Artist files for Nicola Farquhar are held at:
- Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library[1]
- E. H. McCormick Research Library,Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki[2]
- Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena[3]
