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Jan Peacock
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Jan Peacock (born November 6, 1955, in Barrie, Ontario) is a Canadian interdisciplinary artist, curator[1] and writer.[2][3]
Life
Peacock was born in Barrie, Ontario.[4] 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.[5] Peacock lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she teaches at NSCAD University.[6]
Writing
Some of her published texts include:
- "Presence" in Point and Shoot: Performance et Photography,[7]
- "Ready Access" in Public, No 25: Experimentalism (Toronto: Public Access, 2002),[8]
- "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)[9]
- "(in)Script" and "SiRENSONG" in By the Skin of Their Tongues: Artists’ Video Scripts, ed. Nelson Henricks and Steve Reinke (Toronto: YYZ Books, 1996)[10]
- Corpus Loquendi (Body for Speaking): Body-Centred Video in Halifax 1972- 1982 (Halifax: Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1994).[11]
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Collections
Peacock's work is found in international public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Canada,[12] the Museum of Modern Art in New York,[13] and Museum Ludwig in Cologne.[14]
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.[15] Peacock received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in 2012.[16][17]
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