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'''Jan Peacock''' (born November 6, 1955) is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist, curator<ref>{{cite book|title=Camera obscura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6VRAQAAIAAJ|year=2001}}</ref> and writer.<ref name="Chin-listing">{{cite web|title=Artist/Maker Name "Peacock, Jan"|url=http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_ind-artist_detail_ind.app;jsessionid=CC0087A1C4D36F2320D570A0B26B3CF8?rID=28696&fID=2&lang=en&qlang=en&pID=1&anm=Peacock%2C+Jan&sort=AM_ASC&ps=50&pID1=800&ps1=50&ansf=TAM&sort1=ascending|website=Canadian Heritage Information Network|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref>
'''Jan Peacock''' (born November 6, 1955) is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist, curator<ref>{{cite book|title=Camera obscura|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V6VRAQAAIAAJ|year=2001}}</ref> and writer.<ref name="Chin-listing">{{cite web|title=Artist/Maker Name "Peacock, Jan"|url=http://www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/artiste_detailler_ind-artist_detail_ind.app;jsessionid=CC0087A1C4D36F2320D570A0B26B3CF8?rID=28696&fID=2&lang=en&qlang=en&pID=1&anm=Peacock%2C+Jan&sort=AM_ASC&ps=50&pID1=800&ps1=50&ansf=TAM&sort1=ascending|website=Canadian Heritage Information Network|publisher=Government of Canada|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref>


==Life==
==Life==
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==Awards==
==Awards==
She has won awards at the Atlantic Film & Video Festival,{{Citation needed|date=June 2016}} the Chicago International Film & Video Festival,{{Citation needed|date=June 2016}} and the Atlanta Film & Video Festival.{{Citation needed|date=June 2016}} She is a recipient of the Bell Canada Award and the Canada Council Medal for her contribution to the field of video.<ref name="V-tape-bio">{{cite web|title=Jan Peacock About the artist|url=http://www.videoartincanada.ca/artist.php%253Fid=7.htm|website=V-tape|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref> Peacock received a [[Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nscad.ca/en/home/abouttheuniversity/news/peacock-280212.aspx|title=NSCAD professor wins GG Award|date=February 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="CC-GovGenAward">{{cite web|title=Jan Peacock|url=http://ggavma.canadacouncil.ca/archive/2012/winners/jan%20peacock|website=Canada Council for the Arts|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref>
She has won awards at the Atlantic Film & Video Festival(Best Experimental,1990) the Chicago International Film & Video Festival(1992), and the Atlanta Film & Video Festival(1997). She is a recipient of the Bell Canada Award and the Canada Council Medal for her contribution to the field of video.<ref name="V-tape-bio">{{cite web|title=Jan Peacock About the artist|url=http://www.videoartincanada.ca/artist.php%253Fid=7.htm|website=V-tape|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref> Peacock received a [[Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nscad.ca/en/home/abouttheuniversity/news/peacock-280212.aspx|title=NSCAD professor wins GG Award|date=February 28, 2012}}</ref><ref name="CC-GovGenAward">{{cite web|title=Jan Peacock|url=http://ggavma.canadacouncil.ca/archive/2012/winners/jan%20peacock|website=Canada Council for the Arts|accessdate=15 June 2016}}</ref>


==Selected works==
==Selected works==

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Jan Peacock
Born1955 (age 68–69)
Barrie, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Known forVideo art
Websitejanpeacock.net

Jan Peacock (born November 6, 1955) is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist, curator[1] and writer.[2]

Life

Peacock was born in Barrie, Ontario.[3] She studied at the University of Western Ontario, receiving her BFA in 1978, and went on to the University of California in San Diego for her MFA in 1981.[4] Peacock lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she teaches at NSCAD University.[5]

Writing

Her published texts include:

  • “presence” in Point and Shoot: Performance et Photography,[6]
  • “Ready Access” in Public, No 25: Experimentalism (Toronto: Public Access, 2002),
  • “Move This” and “4/14/99” (with Paula Levine) in LUX: A Decade of Artists’ Film and Video, ed. Steve Reinke and Tom Taylor (Toronto: YYZ Books, 1998),
  • “(in)Script” and “SiRENSONG” in By the Skin of Their Tongues: Artists’ Video Scripts, ed. Nelson Henricks and Steve Reinke (Toronto: YYZ Books, 1996), and
  • Corpus Loquendi (Body for Speaking): Body-Centred Video in Halifax 1972- 1982 (Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1994).

Collections

Peacock's work is found in international public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Canada,[7] the Museum of Modern Art in New York,[8] and the Ludwig Museum in Cologne.

Awards

She has won awards at the Atlantic Film & Video Festival(Best Experimental,1990) the Chicago International Film & Video Festival(1992), and the Atlanta Film & Video Festival(1997). She is a recipient of the Bell Canada Award and the Canada Council Medal for her contribution to the field of video.[9] Peacock received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2012.[10][11]

Selected works

  • Sirensong, 9 min. (1987)[12]
  • Nuits Blanches: Dark Days, Sleepless Nights, Voice and Nothing More (1990)[13]
  • White Wash (1991)[14]
  • Reader By The Window (1993)
  • Book of Chairs (1997)[15]
  • The Road Rises To Meet You[16]

References

  1. ^ Camera obscura. 2001.
  2. ^ "Artist/Maker Name "Peacock, Jan"". Canadian Heritage Information Network. Government of Canada. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Jan Peacock". Retrieved March 8, 2015.
  4. ^ "Koenig, Peacock exhibitions open". Halifax Mail Star. May 31, 1986.
  5. ^ "Faculty Listing". NSCAD University. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  6. ^ "Point & Shoot : Performance and Photography". Dazibao. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Jan Peacock 1955 -". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  8. ^ "Jan Peacock". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Jan Peacock About the artist". V-tape. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  10. ^ "NSCAD professor wins GG Award". February 28, 2012.
  11. ^ "Jan Peacock". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  12. ^ Perrault, Marie (1994). Bandes vidéo de Jan Peacock. Montréal, Québec: Oboro.
  13. ^ Jan Peacock : Nuits blanches : dark days, sleepless nights, voice and nothing more. Guelph, Ont.: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. 1990. ISBN 0-920810-40-3.
  14. ^ Rusted, Brian (1991). Four visions of television. Banff [Alta.]: Banff Centre for the Arts. ISBN 0-920159-52-4.
  15. ^ Jan Peacock: Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1998. ISBN 0-7703-0671-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  16. ^ Milthorp, curator, Donna McAlear ; contributing writer, Robert (1990). Interior presence : projecting situations : Marcella Bienvenue, Geneviève Cadieux, Wyn Geleynse, Jan Peacock, Grant Poier, Tom Sherman. Calgary: Nickle Arts Museum. ISBN 0-88953-112-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)


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