Marie Shannon

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Marie Shannon
Born1960
Nelson, New Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Occupationartist
Known forphotography, drawing, video

Marie Shannon (born 1960) is a New Zealand artist and educator who makes photography, video and drawing.

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Background and education

Shannon was born in Nelson in 1960. She went to the University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts and graduated in 1982 with a major in photography. [1]

Shannon is based in Auckland, New Zealand. [2]

Career

Shannon's art is often centred around her domestic interiors and the creative process between her and other artists. [3] [4] Shannon represented New Zealand at Australia's Asia-Pacific Triennale in 1996, and was exhibited in the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney. Then in 1998 her work was at New Plymouth's Govett-Brewster and Melbourne's ACCA. [5]

Shannon's partner was artist Julian Dashper who died in 2009. She has made cataloguing his art works into art which are text-based videos. [1] [6] [7] [8] An example is The Aachen Faxes, Christchurch remix at the Christchurch Art Gallery. [9] In a review of a retrospective of Shannon's work the comment is made that she was overshadowed by her partner Dashper. [10]

As an educator she works at Unitec, Auckland. [1] [11]

Selected exhibitions

Collections

Shannon's work is held in the following permanent collections:

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  4. ↑ "Marie Shannon: Rooms found only in the home - Te Uru". Te Uru. Retrieved 19 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  7. ↑ Tappenden, Alice (20 September 2016). "The Rooms in the House: Marie Shannon". Circuit Artist Moving Image. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  8. ↑ McFetridge, Christine (2019). "The roundness of life: Domestic spaces and photography in Aotearoa New Zealand". Photo Forum. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  9. ↑ "Marie Shannon: The Aachen Faxes, Christchurch remix". Christchurch Art Gallery. Retrieved 19 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. 1 2 Duffy, Mary Jane (May 2018). "Marie Shannon reviewed". PhotoForum. Retrieved 19 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ↑ "Marie Shannon | Unitec". www.unitec.ac.nz. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Headlands: Thinking Through New Zealand Art - Exhibitions". MCA Australia. 1992. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  13. ↑ McNamara, TJ (27 February 2009). "From the domestic to the truly touching". NZ Herald. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  14. ↑ "Marie Shannon: Love Notes". City Gallery Wellington. Retrieved 19 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ↑ "What I am Looking At". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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  18. ↑ "Marie Shannon - The Aachen Faxes". Hamish McKay Gallery. 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  19. ↑ "Marie Shannon - The Aachen Faxes". Circuit Artist Moving Image. 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  20. ↑ "Galerie Jérôme Pauchant - Jan van der PLOEG - Full Performance" (PDF). Daily Art Fair. 2018. p. 6. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  21. ↑ "The things we talked about" (PDF). St Paul Street Gallery. 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  22. ↑ "St Paul Street Gallery". Arts Diary. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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  25. ↑ "The XX Factor". Trish Clark Gallery. 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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  28. ↑ "Marie Shannon - Rooms found only in the home". Dunedin Public Art Gallery. 2017. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  29. ↑ "Marie Shannon: Rooms found only in the home / Elizabeth Price: A RESTORATION". Adam Art Gallery. 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  30. ↑ "Marie Shannon: Rooms found only in the home". Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū. 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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  32. ↑ "Marie Shannon - Short Stories". Trish Clark Gallery. 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
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