Jack Trolove is a visual artist from Aotearoa / New Zealand.
He holds an MFA with distinction from Massey University, and has work held in private and public collections across New Zealand, Australia and Europe.
He is represented by Whitespace Gallery in Auckland.
Jack’s work explores relationships between embodiment and liminal spaces; the poetics of gender transition, intergenerational memory, and other states of in-between-ness.
He approaches figurative work as a kind of re-membering.
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Solo Exhibitions
Upcoming 2018: Auckland Art Fair and Melbourne Art Fair with Whitespace Gallery.
| 2017 | Quantum Songs at Whitespace Gallery, Auckland, NZ |
| 2016 | Medicinal Skins. Whitespace Gallery, Auckland, NZ |
| 2015 | The body remembers. Whitespace Gallery, Auckland, NZ |
| 2014 | Still Breathing. Greenaway Gallery, Adelaide, Australia |
| 2010 | Ghost Paper: Thoughts from an unsettled settler. Toi Poneke Gallery |
| 2008 | My Nana’s Kilt. Massey Lab Space, Wellington, NZ |
| 2007 | coal(d) ruin. Rothesay Castle, Isle of Bute, Scotland. |
| 2006 | Spectacular Testimony. Massey Lab Space, Wellington, NZ |
| 2005 | It’s just a domestic. Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 2005 | Cherise Savage. Free Space Project, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland |
| 2004 | Todos. Galeria de l’Arc del Teatre, Barcelona, Spain |
Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects
| 2017
2017 |
Recent Acquisitions ASB Wallace Arts Trust, Pah Homestead.
Pataka Gallery, Wallace Art Awards finalists travelling show |
| 2016 | Auckland Art Fair, Whitespace Booth, NZ |
| 2016 | Certainly Very Merry, pride festival. Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland |
| 2015 & 2014 | Molly Morepeth Canaday Awards and Exhibition, Te Koputu, Whakatane Exhibition Centre, NZ (award winner) |
| 2015 & 2013 | Parkin Drawing Prize Exhibition. NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington |
| 2010 | Out of Sight: selected works from the NMIT collection. Suter Gallery, Nelson NZ |
| 2010 | Whiteness/Whitemess, Creative Disorders and Hope: A critical gathering. Berhampore Space, Wellington NZ |
| 2005 | Atelier de la Dequeker. Artist in Residence, La Creuse, France. |
| 2004 | Matriz. Galeria de Tim Ca, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2004 | Juntos. Galeria de Tim Ca, Barcelona, Spain |
| 2003 | Structural Damage. TGP Artist Run Gallery, Cuba Street, Wellington NZ |
| 2002 | Gorse Heart Beats TGP collective. Civic Square (International Sculpture Festival) Wellington NZ |
| 2002 | Kicking Over The Melting Pot: Five Pakeha artists perspectives on colonisation in Aotearoa. TGP Artist Run Gallery, Cuba St, Wellington |
| 2000 | ‘X’ Suter Gallery, Nelson NZ |
Selected public collections
| Wallace Arts Trust NZ | |
| Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology permanent collection NZ | |
| Victoria University Collection NZ | |
| Parkin Collection NZ |
Awards and Residencies
| 2017 & 2016 | Finalist, Wallace Art Award – travelling show. 2016 Recipient of The People’s Choice Award |
| 2015 | Shortlisted for the BP Portrait Award exhibition. National Portrait Gallery, London, UK |
| 2015 | Creative New Zealand Grant recipient |
| 2014 & 2015 | Molly Morepeth Canaday merit award |
| 2013 & 2014 | Selected for The Parkin Drawing Prize exhibition |
| 2007 | Scottish Arts Council residency |
| 2005 | Painting Residency, France |
Bio
| 1979 | Born Aotearoa, New Zealand |
| 2000 | Degree in Visual Arts from NMIT, Nelson |
| 2001 | Co-founder of TGP Arts Collective |
| 2006 | Post Graduate Diploma in Fine Arts, Massey University |
| 2007 | Scottish Arts Council, International Artist in Residence on the Isle of Bute |
| 2008 | MFA with Distinction, Massey University, Wellington |
