Introduction
Jan Peacock (born November 6, 1955) is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist, curator and writer.
Life
Peacock was born in Barrie, Ontario. 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. Peacock lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she teaches at NSCAD University.
Writing
Her published texts include:
- “presence” in Point and Shoot: Performance et Photography,
- “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).
- "Point & Shoot : Performance and Photography". Dazibao. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
Collections
Peacock's work is found in international public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Ludwig Museum in Cologne.
Awards
She has won awards at the Atlantic Film & Video Festival, the Chicago International Film & Video Festival, and the Atlanta Film & Video Festival. She is a recipient of the Bell Canada Award and the Canada Council Medal for her contribution to the field of video. Peacock received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2012.
Selected Works
- Sirensong, 9 min. (1987)
- Nuits Blanches: Dark Days, Sleepless Nights, Voice and Nothing More (1990)
- White Wash (1991)
- Reader By The Window (1993)
- Book of Chairs (1997)
- The Road Rises To Meet You
- Perrault, Marie (1994). Bandes vidéo de Jan Peacock. Montréal, Québec: Oboro.
- Jan Peacock : Nuits blanches : dark days, sleepless nights, voice and nothing more. Guelph, Ont.: Macdonald Stewart Art Centre. 1990. ISBN 0-920810-40-3.
- Rusted, Brian (1991). Four visions of television. Banff [Alta.]: Banff Centre for the Arts. ISBN 0-920159-52-4.
- Jan Peacock: Dalhousie Art Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia. 1998. ISBN 0-7703-0671-3.
- 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.