{{Short description|New Zealand artist (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox artist | name = Fiona Connor | image = Fiona Connor.jpg | caption = Fiona Connor in her Los Angeles studio, August 2013 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1981}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = | movement = | spouse = | awards = | patrons = | known_for = Sculpture | training = Elam School of Fine Arts, University of California, San Diego, University of Barcelona, California Institute of the Arts. | notable_works = }}
'''Fiona Connor''' (born 1981) is a visual artist from New Zealand, currently based in Los Angeles.
==Education== Fiona Connor was born in 1981 in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2004 she graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts with a BFA/BA. She has also studied at the University of California, San Diego and University of Barcelona and has an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. She is currently based in Los Angeles.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://ocula.com/artists/fiona-conner/|title=Fiona Connor|work=Ocula|access-date=27 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://www.thearts.co.nz/artists/fiona-connor|title=Fiona Connor|date=26 September 2015|work=The Arts Foundation|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>
==Work== Connor often replicates everyday objects in her sculptural installations.<ref name=":1" /> Simulacra of public noticeboards, drinking fountains, outdoor furniture, doors and so on draw attention to these often overlooked forms of civic infrastructure.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://frieze.com/article/fiona-connor|title=Fiona Connor|journal=Frieze|date=22 April 2015 |issue=171 |language=en|access-date=2018-10-13 |last1=Griffin |first1=Jonathan }}</ref> She also has an ongoing collaborative project with artist Michala Paludan, Newspaper Reading Club.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.michalapaludan.com/newspaper-reading-club/#newspaper-reading-club-0|title=Michala Paludan|website=www.michalapaludan.com|access-date=2018-10-13}}</ref>
Connor has exhibited throughout New Zealand and internationally. Notable exhibitions include:<ref name=":0" /> * ''Notes on the half the page'', Gambia Castle, Auckland (2008), solo * ''Something Transparent (please go round the back)'', Michael Lett, Auckland (2009), solo * ''NEW10'', Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne (2010), group * ''On Forgery: is one thing better than another?'', LAXART, Los Angeles (2011), group * ''Prospect: New Zealand Art Now'', City Gallery, Wellington (2011), group * ''De-Building'', Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch (2011), group * ''Reading the map while driving'', CalArts, Los Angeles (2011), solo * ''Untitled (Mural Design)'', Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin (2012), solo * ''Murals and Print'', Various Small Fires, Los Angeles (2012), solo * ''Made in L.A., Hammer Museum'', Los Angeles (2012), group *''Bare Use'', 1301PE, Los Angeles (2013), solo *SCAPE Public Art Biennial, Christchurch (2013), group *''Wallworks'', Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne (2014), solo *''Inside Outside Upside Down: Five Contemporary New Zealand Artists'', Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki (2015), group *''Stories of Almost Everyone'', Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018), group *''Fiona Connor: Closed Down Clubs'' MAK Center, Los Angeles (2018) solo<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiona Connor: Closed Down Clubs |date=11 May 2018 |url=https://www.makcenter.org/exhibitions/fiona-connor-closed-down-clubs |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
* ''Closed for Installation'', Sequence of Events, Secession, Vienna (2019) solo<ref>{{Cite web |title=Events |url=https://artandaustralia.com/online/online/discursions/8-closed-installation-sequence-events.html |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> * ''Closed for installation'' Fiona Connor, Sculpture Center, #4, Sculpture Center, New York (2019) solo<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiona Connor: Closed for installation, New York, N.Y. | website=YouTube | date=31 January 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rxw_6WpS8o |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiona Connor: Closed for Installation |url=https://www.sculpture-center.org/exhibitions/11576/closed-for-installation-fiona-connor-sculpturecenter-4 |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> * ''Celebration of Our Enemies: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection'' Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2019) group<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebration of our Enemies: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection |date=9 June 2019 |url=https://hammer.ucla.edu/exhibitions/2019/celebration-of-our-enemies-selections-from-the-hammer-contemporary-collection |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> * ''Haunt'' Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2019) group<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haunt |url=https://www.ima.org.au/exhibitions/haunt/ |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> * ''Berman Board'' Armory Center for the Arts, Los Angeles (2019) group<ref>{{Cite web |title=Exhibitions 2019 Berman Board |url=https://www.armoryarts.org/exhibitions/2019/bermanboard/ |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
* ''Out of Place'' Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra (2021) group<ref>{{Cite web |title=Out of Place |url=https://dhg.anu.edu.au/event_post/out-of-place/ |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> * ''Long Distance'' Maureen Paley, London (2022) solo<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiona Connor: Long Distance |url=https://www.galleriesnow.net/shows/fiona-connor-long-distance/ |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref> * ''Continuous Sidewalk'' Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles (2023) solo<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiona Connor: Recreating los Angeles Sidewalks |website=Los Angeles Times |date=19 August 2023 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-08-19/artist-fiona-connor-recreating-los-angeles-sidewalks-new-art-show |access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref>
Connor was a founding member of two art spaces in Auckland; Special, and Gambia Castle.<ref name=":0" /> She also established the project space Laurel Doody.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://laureldoody.com/|title=Laurel Doody|access-date=2018-10-13|language=en-US}}</ref>
Connor was a finalist in the 2010 Walters Prize with her work ''Something Transparent (please go round the back)'' (first shown in 2009 at Michael Lett, Auckland).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10679094|title=Auckland artist wins $50,000 Walters prize|last=Herrick|first=Linda|date=8 October 2010|work=New Zealand Herald|access-date=27 November 2017|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/whats-on/exhibition/the-walters-prize-2010|title=The Walters Prize 2010|work=Auckland Art Gallery|access-date=27 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>
In 2011, she received the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Award for Patronage donation from Chartwell Trust.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thearts.co.nz/awards/award-for-patronage|title=Award for Patronage|date=26 September 2015|work=The Arts Foundation|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref> She also received a New Work Grant in 2008 from Creative New Zealand.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://hopkinsonmossman.com/artist/?artist=Fiona+Connor&bio|title=Fiona Connor|website=Hopkinson Mossman|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>
Work by Connor are held in several public collections including Auckland Art Gallery<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/7643/fiona-connor|title=Fiona Connor|work=Auckland Art Gallery|access-date=27 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Can Do Academy #3 |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1457989 |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> She is represented by Coastal Signs in Auckland, New Zealand<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiona Connor |url=https://coastal-signs.net/artists/fiona-connor |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref> and Maureen Paley in London.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fiona Connor |url=https://www.maureenpaley.com/artists/fiona-connor |access-date=28 August 2023}}</ref>
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==External links== * [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cMnQoDH1hsU&feature=youtu.be ''Artist Profile: Fiona Connor''], Auckland Art Gallery
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