Jack Trolove is a full time artist from Aotearoa New Zealand.
He is represented in Auckland by Whitespace Gallery, has shown with Greenaway Gallery / GAG PROJECTS in Australia, and is currently working on a public gallery show with Te Manawa Art Gallery.
He holds an MFA with distinction from Massey University, and has work held in private and public collections internationally.
Jack’s work explores relationships between embodiment and liminal spaces; the poetics of gender transition, intergenerational memory, and other states of in-between-ness.
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Solo exhibitions upcoming:
2020 Whitespace Gallery (June)
2021 Te Manawa Public Art Gallery (July- October)
Solo exhibitions past:
| 2019 | Tenderise Whitespace Gallery, Auckland NZ | |
| 2018 & 2019 | Auckland Art Fair – featured artist 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
| 2019 | Poutokomanawa: The Carmen Rupe Generation. NZ Portrait Gallery | |
| 2017 | Recent Acquisitions ASB Wallace Arts Trust, Pah Homestead. | |
| 2017 | 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 Pākehā artists perspectives on responsibilities to 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
| 2019, 2017, 2016 | Finalist, Wallace Art Awards 2016,17,19. Recipient of The People’s Choice Award 2016 & 2017 | |
| 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 |
