Jack has been a practicing artist for over twenty years, showing nationally and internationally in artist run spaces, dealer galleries, public art galleries and museums.

Alongside a full time painting practice, he’s undertaking a doctorate at Auckland University, theorising painting as trans or threshold-work, through the Celtic traditions of keening.

Jack’s been awarded an international artist residency by the Scottish Arts Council and has undertaken other residencies in France and Spain. He has been an award winner and finalist in the Wallace Art Awards on multiple occasions. Earlier in his career he produced a collaborative show which was exhibited at the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow. 

A recent exhibition ‘Tenderise’ was the subject of a feature review in the spring issue of Art New Zealand. Reviewer Michael Dunn wrote “Tenderise proves to be, on reflection, a show of considerable depth and relevance. In it Trolove has evolved as a painter of substance as well as a virtuoso manipulator of paint.”

Jack has taught in fine arts, gender studies and material culture at a number of tertiary institutions, as well as teaching creative practice in community and social justice contexts. He’s worked with GAG PROJECTS (Paul Greenaway Gallery) in Australia, and Whitespace Gallery in Auckland.