Megan Jenkinson

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Megan Lillian Jenkinson
Born1958 (age 63–64)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Known for Photography

Megan Lillian Jenkinson (born 1958) is a New Zealand photographer.

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Background

Jenkinson was born in 1958 in Hamilton, New Zealand. [1]

Career

Jenkinson works primarily as a photographer and is an associate professor at the Elam School of Fine Arts. [2]

In December 2005 Jenkinson traveled to the Antarctica as part of the Artists to Antarctica fellowship programme. [3] Her photographs taken during this time we exhibited during the 2008 Photography Festival at Two Rooms Gallery [4] and in 2007 at the Jonathan Smart Gallery in Christchurch. [5]

In 2007 Jenkinson won the Jury Award at the Wallace Art Awards with her work Atmospheric Optics V. [6] She has received the 1989 Montana Lindauer Art Award and the Graphics Prize at the 1999 Sharjah International Art Biennal. [7]

Work by Jenkinson is held in the public collections of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa; the Sarjeant Gallery, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, [8] Aigantighe Art Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Centre Georges Pompidou, Museum of Fine Arts (Houston), Art Gallery of New South Wales, and National Gallery of Australia. [4] She is represented in Auckland by Two Rooms [9] and Chistchurch by Jonathan Smart Gallery. [10]

Exhibitions

Jenkinson has exhibited for over thirty years, both in New Zealand and internationally. [4] Exhibitions include:

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References

  1. ↑ "Megan Jenkinson". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Associate Professor Megan Jenkinson". The University of Auckland. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Alumni of the community engagement programme". Antarctica New Zealand. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 "Megan Jenkinson". Ocula. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Dark Continent". Jonathan Smart Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Awards 2007". Wallace Arts Trust. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Associate Professor Megan Jenkinson". The University of Auckland. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Megan Jenkinson". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Megan Jenkinson". Two Rooms. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "Artists". Jonathan Smart Gallery. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "The Virtues: Megan Jenkinson". Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Retrieved 13 December 2017.

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