Jenny Gillam - Curriculum Vitae

Qualifications

• MFA, RMIT, Melbourne, 1999. • Graduate Diploma in Higher Education, Unitec, Auckland, 1997. • Advanced Certificate in Professional Photography, Carrington Polytechnic, Auckland, 1993.

Professional Background

• Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer, School of Fine Arts, , since 2003.

• External Assessor for Otago Polytechnic School of Art’s Photography department 2008 - 2009.

• External Assessor for Otago Polytechnic School of Electronic Arts department 2009.

• ITPQ Monitor for Bachelor of Applied Visual Imaging, Ucol, Palmerston North 2006 – 2010.

• NZVCC representative for ITPQ Evaluation panel for UCOL's proposed Bachelor of Applied Visual Imaging 2005.

• Photography Technician, Unitec, Auckland 2000 – 2002

Research related Professional positions

• The Film Archive Co-curator At Large (with Eugene Hansen) 2012.

• Litmus Research Initiative Academic Project Manager, One Day Sculpture 2007-2009.

• Enjoy Public Art Gallery Trust Member 2006-2008.

• Co- Director/Curator, SHOW - An artist project space 2004 – 2006.

Exhibitions

• The Thrum of the Tide (2021), Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery. Co-authored installation with Eugene Hansen

• Outer Nebula Drifter (2019), in Māori Moving Image: An Open Archive, The Dowse, 23 May 2019 ; Christchurch Art Gallery 23 June 2019. Co-authored video performance with Eugene Hansen as vjRex (Maniapoto) & Adrian McCleland (Waikato)

• Transposition of a river (2018) Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin. Co-authored multimedia artwork & collaborative performance, Jenny Gillam & Eugene Hansen with Motoko Kikkawa and Murdabike.

• The same as it never was (2018) Hastings City Art Gallery, Hawkes Bay, NZ. 2 channel 4K projection

• Hometown (2016) Dunedin Public Art Gallery Rear Window Project. Co-authored multimedia artwork, Jenny Gillam & Eugene Hansen.

• At a distance of forty-two days (2015) Commissioned by Te Tuhi, Auckland. Co-authored multimedia artwork, Jenny Gillam & Eugene Hansen.

• FIXED for good (2015) A Tidelines project, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland. Co-authored site-specific public artwork, Jenny Gillam & Dieneke Jansen

• The perfect Moment (2015) Artwork for The Popular Culture Association of Australia and New Zealand symposium, Massey University Wellington.

• Tresco Abbey Garden (2014) Artwork for group exhibition, In_docere, The Engine Room, Wellington.

• Future Calls the Dawn Chorus (2013), If a system fails in a forest presented by ISEA2013, 107 Projects and the College of Fine Arts, University of NSW. Co-authored multimedia artwork, Jenny Gillam and vjRex (Eugene Hansen), Dr Kron (John Malcolmson).

• Future Calls the Dawn, Contagion (2012), SOUND FULL, Sound in contemporary Australian and New Zealand art. Dunedin Public Art Gallery July - 11 November 2012. City Gallery Wellington 19 October 2013–9 February 2014. Co-authored multimedia artwork, Jenny Gillam and vjRex (Eugene Hansen), Dr Kron (John Malcolmson).

• Future Calls the Dawn, Contagion (2012) SOUND FULL, Sound in contemporary Australian and New Zealand art, Co-authored multimedia artwork, Jenny Gillam and vjRex (Eugene Hansen), Dr Kron (John Malcolmson).

• Ever Green (2012) Courtenay Place Park, Wellington City Public Art Panel. Co-authored public lightbox works with Dieneke Jansen.

• Frank with speaker & Frank with toy duck (2012) Presented in the short film programme for The Arts & Sciences of Human–Animal Interaction conference Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge, UK curated by Antennae: the Journal of Nature in Visual Culture.

• Future Calls the Dawn & Frank Rocks (2011) Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland. Co-authored artworks, Jenny Gillam and vjRex (Eugene Hansen) components of Hansen's exhibition rootmeansquare

• Frank, Blue Oyster Art Project Space (2011) Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin.

• Frank, RMIT Gallery superimposed (2011), RMIT Project Space, Melbourne Artwork for group exhibition, Diagram.

• Sinatra vs Bublé – The Summer Wind (2011), The Engine Room, Wellington. Artwork for group exhibition, Place Makers.

• In Search of Self-Perception (2010), Wellington City Art Gallery. Artwork for curated group exhibition, Community Garden.

• Frank, The Engine Room, Tracks 1 & 2 (2010), The Engine Room, Wellington. Artwork for curated group exhibition, Diagram.

• Another Lovely Daze (2008), The Physics Room, Christchurch. Co-authored multimedia exhibition by Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen.

• It’s a Lovely Daze (2007), Ocular Lab Gallery, Melbourne. Co-authored multimedia exhibition by Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen.

• Lament for Glen and Bobbie (2007), Haitaitai garden, Wellington Collaborative audio installation with Eugene Hansen as Rex and Sorry, for group show, Gang Green. Curated by Clubfoot.

• Transposition of a mountain (2006), The Physics Room, Christchurch. Collaborative performance with James McCarthy.

• Video Suburb (2006). Canary Gallery, Auckland. Co-authored multimedia installation with Eugene Hansen.

• Greenbelt Video Suburb (2006). Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington. Co-authored multimedia installation with Eugene Hansen.

• Video Garden (2006). Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin. Co-authored multimedia installation with Eugene Hansen.

• Sky Saw (iii) (2006), Pataka Museum, . Installation for a large survey exhibition, BIRD – The art of New Zealand Birdlife.

• Untitled Performance (2006) As vjRex with DJ Sorry and DJ Prepay For the opening of Scape 2006 Don’t Misbehave Christchurch City Art Gallery, Curators, Natasha Conland & Susanne Jaschko

• Outer Nebula Drifter Video Patch II (2005), Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Australia. Curator, Stuart Bailey. Collaborative live VJ narrative set with Kaleb Bennett and vjRex as part of Eugene Hansen's work for World Famous in New Zealand, a group exhibition of contemporary NZ artists.

• August Moon (2005), Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin Solo photographic and video exhibition.

• Another Green World (ii) (2005), Phatspace, Sydney. Featured video work.

• Sky Saw (2005), Final Product, drawing as the final product, Expressions Gallery, City. Digital prints for curated group exhibition.

• Outer Nebular Drifter – Video Patch 2 (2005), Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra Australia Performance with vjRex for group exhibition World Famous in New Zealand, a survey of contemporary New Zealand Art

• In Dark Trees (2004), SHOW gallery, Wellington. Solo exhibition.

• Another Green World (2004), City Gallery Wellington. Solo exhibition.

• Outer Nebula Drifter, (2004), Telecom Prospect 2004. City Gallery Wellington & National Film Archive. A video component for Hansen's multimedia installation with Emil McAvoy and Simon Morris. An audio visual performance with with vjRex, Emil McAvoy & Kaleb Bennett

• Giving Up The Ghost (ii) (2003), Set Up, City Gallery Wellington.

Publications/Chapters

• Gillam, J., Hansen, E., Te Ana Ru, Auckland: Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, 2021.

• Gillam, J. (editor), Hansen, E. (Co-Editor) Te manu huna a Tāne Auckland: Massey University Press, 2020.

• Gillam, J. (2020) The Nature of Appearances, Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture 'Art and Natural History' p205-213. Aloi, G. (Ed.), School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Sotheby’s Institute of Art.

• Gillam, J., Hansen, E. Future Calls the Dawn. (2016). In Bacharach, S., Fjaerestad, S.B., Booth, J.N. (Eds.), Collaborative Art in the Twenty-First Century. Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies (pp132 – 140), Routledge, UK.

• Gillam, J., Jansen, D. (Co-Editors) An Urban Quest for Chlorophyll (2013), Auckland: Rim Books.

• Gillam, J. (editor), Hansen, E. (Co-Editor) SHOW (2009), Auckland: Enzyme.

Interviews & Oral Presentations

• Radio interview with Tom Tuke from 95bFM Art Bank show 14 February 2021 re. The Thrum of the Tide exhibition at Te Uru.

• Radio interview with Lynn Freeman, Radio New Zealand, Standing Room only show 21 March 2021 re. The Thrum of the Tide exhibition at Te Uru.

• Public talk Verb Festival Wellington Saturday, 7 November 2020, National Library of New Zealand Māni Dunlop (RNZ) joined by editors, Jenny Gillam and Eugene Hansen, and contributors, Cassandra Barnett and Matariki Williams

• Radio New Zealand. Nine to Noon, interview with Kathryn Ryan, 24 June 2020 re. Te manu huna a Tāne book.

• Radio Waatea interview with Dale Husband Mon 15 June 2020 re. Te manu huna a Tāne book.

• Panel discussion with Curator, Bruce E. Phillips and a selection of EAST 2018 exhibiting artists, Joyce Campbell, George Nuku and Kauri Hawkins, Hastings Art Gallery, Saturday 11 August 2018.

• Gillam, J. L., Reihana, L., & Lawler-Dormer, D. (2015, August 13). Creative Confluences: Merging art practices and inter-disciplinary collaborations, Waikato University.

• Gallery Floor Talk with Eugene Hansen and curator, Scott Brown, for 'If a system fails in a forest' group exhibition, ISEA2013, Sydney, Australia, Sunday 16 June 2013.

• Floor Talks as Co-Curator at Large, New Zealand Film Archive for exhibitions ‘Still’ with Eugene Hansen & artists John Lake and Melissa Irving, Friday, 18 May 2012 & ‘Remixed’ with Eugene Hansen & artists Daniel Shaw and Shannon Reid, Friday 5 October 2012.

• Floor talk alongside exhibition, Frank, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, 4 October 2011

• Radio interview Newstalk ZM with Sue Burgin re. In Search of Self-Perception, 08 May 2010.

• Radio interview Radio Active with Mark Amery re. In Search of Self-Perception, 15 May 2010.

• Community Garden - a public talk, City Gallery Wellington re. 'In Search of Self-Perception' artwork in group exhibition 'Community Garden'.14 May 2010

• ‘Pop Drifters – A case study of collaborative multimedia art’, The Wellington Collaboratorium Public Seminar presented with Eugene Hansen. Convened by Enjoy Public Art Gallery and Dr. Sondra Bacharach (chair), Senior Lecturer, School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University, Wellington Jon Bywater (Lecturer, Elam School of Fine Arts), Mercedes Vicente (Curator, Govett Brewster Art Gallery) Liz Allen (NZ artist) Eugene Hansen (Senior Lecturer, Massey University), Fiona Jack (Lecturer, Elam School of Fine Arts, Gregory Sholette (artist, writer and Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Queens College, New York). 25 June 2010.

• J.Gillam, D Cross. Days Like These: Temporality, Place and Social Engagement. (Sept 2009) Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools 2009, Queensland College of Art Griffith University, Brisbane. Co-authored refereed conference paper.

• Presentation about collaborative art practice to RMIT post graduate candidates with Eugene Hansen, RMIT, Melbourne, 2007

• INTERACTIONS Seminar Series, Enjoy Public Art Gallery. March 28 - April 7 2006. Seminar presentation concerning art documentation with Tina Barton (Victoria University), Maddie Leach (Massey University), and Courtney Lucas (photographer).

• Gallery floor talk with Eugene Hansen. Enjoy Public Art Gallery to coincide with 'Green Belt Video Suburb' exhibition, 01 June 2006.

• Spark 2005, Creative Industries Research Centre, School of Media Arts, Wintec, Hamilton, New Zealand, 2005. A presentation discussing two areas of research - my art practice and a joint presentation with Eugene Hansen about SHOW gallery.

• 5th biennial New Zealand documentary conference, Expanding Documentary, 2004. Partnership hosting by Massey University School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland Department of Film, Television & Media Studies, The New Zealand Film Archive, Screen Director's Guild of New Zealand. My presentation, Working with the Archive examined the use of existing historical images in my research in the context of documentary practices.

• Gallery floor talk, Another Green Fantasy, City Gallery Wellington. 2004 to coincide with solo exhibition, Another Green World. In conversation with Aaron Kreisler.

• Gallery floor talk to coincide with the group exhibition, Set Up, Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery Wellington, 2003. With artists, Wayne Barrar, Mary Macpherson, Ben Cauchi and gallery curator, Rebecca Wilson.

Reviews/Articles/Citations

• Hurrell, J. ‘‘Reconstructed’ Dance Floor’, 25 May, 2021, EyeContact Magazine, review of The Thrum of the Tide exhibition & Te Ana Ru publication, Te Uru, Auckland.

• Woulfe, C., Twenty books that were a tonic in 2020, The Spinoff, 15 December 2020, re. Te manu huna a Tāne.

• The Hui, THREE NOW, Sun, 21 Jun 2020. 9 mins coverage of Te manu huna a Tāne book.

• Tamu, L., Radio New Zealand, 02 July 2020. Book review: Te manu huna a Tāne.

• Williams, M., ‘These are my feathers: An extract from Te Manu Huna A Tāne’, The Spinoff, 11 June 2020.

• Ranapiri, E.M., ‘What the kiwi can teach us: A review of the brutal, radiant Te Manu Huna A Tāne’, The Spinoff, 08 June 2020.

• Te Rito Maihi, T., ‘Te Kaitiaki O Ngā Tikanga Toi Raranga’. An extract from Te Manu Huna A Tāne, The Pantograph Punch, 20 June 2020.

• Martin, R. ‘Not Standing Still’, Blue Oyster Gallery catalogue, 2018

• Aoake, H. ‘Experiencing Art, Experiencing Others: On Community, Autonomy and Artist-run Initiatives’, The Pantograph Punch 29 Oct 2018. Critical reflection of SHOW gallery.

• Patrick, M. ‘Across the Art/Life Divide: Performance, Subjectivity, and Social Practice in Contemporary Art’ 2017. Intellect, UK pp 166-168. Critical reflection of the Artist/Curator in relation SHOW gallery.

• Hurrell, J. ‘Art and Entomology’, 24 September 2015, EyeContact Magazine, review of At a Distance of Forty-Two Days, Te Tuhi, Auckland.

• Oettli, M., ‘Ice Cream Dreams’, Landfall Review Online. New Zealand books in review, Nov 1, 2015’ A review of An Urban Quest for Chlorophyll, co-edited book.

• Phasmid Study Group’s December 2015 Newsletter 135 p13. An article about exhibition ‘At a distance of forty-two days’.

• Mabey, C. ‘Sound’s Relationship with Image’, 10 December 2013 review of Sound Full: Sound in Contemporary Australian and New Zealand Art, City Gallery Wellington.

• Hurrell, J. ‘Three Male Maori Videomakers’ EyeContact Magazine, 7 March 2013 review of Te Hiko Hou at the New Zealand Film Archive, Auckland co-curated with Eugene Hansen. 7 March 2013

• Amery, M., ‘Artistic Hothouse’, The Dominion Post, 10 May 2012. Review of 'Ever Green', Courtenay Place Lightbox project.

• Hurrell, J., 'Hansen and friends in Pakuranga', EyeContact Magazine, 31 December 2011. Review of Hansen's collaborative exhibition rootmeansquare.

• Novero, C., 'Facing Animals in Recent Art: An Addendum to Jenny Gillam's Dog Frank,' public lecture, Blue Oyster Art Project Space, 5 November 2011.

• Otago Daily Times, Art Seen, short review of Frank Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Thursday, 13 October 2011

• James, D., ‘Another Lovely Daze’, The Physics Room 2008 Annual Review, 2010.

• Amery, M., ‘Gardens of Earthly Delights’, The Dominion Post, 27 May 2010 review of In Search of Self-Perception in Community Garden.

• Wood, S., ‘The secret Life of stick insects. Study lifts the lid on a small world’. The Dominion Post 06 May 2010.

• Amery, M., ‘Mark Amery on two new art spaces in Wellington’ Eyecontact Art Forum, 19 March 2010.

• 'Green Belt Video Suburb'. Lino Magazine (Issue 15 2006), pp118-121. A feature article about Green Belt Video Suburb exhibition, Enjoy Public Art Gallery.

• Clifford, A., ‘Video Niceties’. Urbis Magazine (Issue 33 2006) p160. A review of exhibition, Green Belt Video Suburb, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington.

• Amery, M., ‘Trying to be difficult’, The Dominion Post, 2006, 11 Aug. Review of SHOW gallery.

• Amery, M., Resisting (almost) the urge to name names’, The Dominion Post pB8, 23 Dec 2005. Review of SHOW gallery.

• New Zealand, Art Asia Pacific Almanac 2005/2006, p126 Review of SHOW gallery.

Grants, Awards, Residencies

2020

• Contestable research funding, Massey University Research Fund towards development of an exhibition, The Thrum of the Tide

2019

• Auckland Regional Council Artists in Residence 2019. With Eugene Hansen.

• $8000 Creative New Zealand Suffrage 125 funding, 2019 for Te manu huna a Tāne publication

• Contestable research funding, Massey University Research Fund towards development of an exhibition, Open Season (in development).

• Massey University Contestable Strategic Investment Fund in Research, 2019 for collaborative curatorial project The Chronicle with Eugene Hansen (in development)

2014

• Massey University Research Leave to travel to Scilly Isles, Cornwall, Plymouth and London to engage in primary research regarding New Zealand Clitarchus Hookeri stick insects that have naturalised in the UK.

• Contestable research funding, Massey University Research Fund towards development of an exhibition, At a distance of forty-two days.

2013

• $5000 Creative New Zealand Arts Board Quick Response funding to present work at ISEA, Sydney in 2013. Joint application with Eugene Hansen.

2012

• $12650 Wellington City Public Art Panel funding for a Courtney Place Park Lightbox project.

2011

• Contestable research funding, CoCA Central Research Funding towards a series of exhibition outputs at RMIT University Project Space, Melbourne, Blue Oyster Project Space, Dunedin and Te Tuhi Gallery, Auckland.

2010

• Massey University Team Award for the most defining research of the decade within the College of Creative Arts – Litmus Research Initiative for One Day Sculpture project.

• Contestable research funding, Massey University Research Fund towards development of a collaborative research project with Dr Steve Trewick, a researcher at the Institute of Natural Resource, Massey University, Palmerston North.

• Contestable School of Fine Arts Strategic Research funding towards a collaborative artwork with ecologist, Dr Steve Trewick currently showing at Wellington City Gallery.

2009

• Massey University Ten Year Anniversary College of Creative Arts Team Research Award for Litmus Research Initiative.

2008

• Contestable School of Fine Arts Strategic Research funding towards SHOW gallery publication.

2007

• $20 000 Creative New Zealand Visual Arts Panel funding towards the production of the publication of a retrospective catalogue documenting exhibitions held at SHOW gallery.

• Massey University College of Creative Arts Team Research Award Litmus Research Initiative.

• Contestable research funding, Massey University Research Fund towards an exhibition and two performances at art gallery, Ocular Lab, Melbourne. I was also able to achieve a third associated exhibition and performance at The Physics Room, Christchurch.

• Long Leave in New Zealand granted for Semester One to produce the SHOW gallery catalogue. Note, due to secondment to Litmus as Academic Project Manager for One Day Sculpture, this leave was not able to be taken.

2006

• Contestable College of Creative Arts Strategic Research funding as seeding funds for the publication of a catalogue documenting exhibitions held at SHOW gallery.

2005

• Overseas duty award, Massey University, June 2005 to produce and perform a collaborative audio/video work at Canberra Contemporary Art Space with Eugene Hansen and Kaleb Bennett. The award also supported a research visit to Sydney in order to extend the curatorial program of SHOW gallery. 2003

• Contestable research funding, Massey University Research Fund, to further my research of visual constructs, the mechanics of re-presentation and photographic strategies to discuss the complexity of a set of current social & political issues.

2002

• Contestable research funding Massey University, Partnership Research Funding, to further explore the mechanics of re-presentation, the experience of memory through the re-use of photographic media and the impact of contemporary materials, technologies and contexts on ideas of authorship (co-authorship) in relation to photographic re-presentation and appropriation.