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 from Massey University, and is currently working on a doctorate at Elam school of Fine Arts, Auckland University.
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
| 2021 | (upcoming solo) Te Manawa Public Art Gallery |
| 2020 | Mangrove Whitespace Gallery, Auckland NZ |
| 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 |
| Art Gallery of South Australia |
| Australian Museum in Canberra |
Awards and Residencies
| 2020 | Awarded full doctoral scholarship in Fine Art, Auckland University |
| 2020 | Awarded Arts Grant, Creative New Zealand |
| 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 |
| 2020 | Doctoral student, Fine Arts, Auckland University |
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