{{short description|New Zealand artist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox artist | name = Janet Lilo | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=100%}} | image = Janet Lilo MNZM (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Lilo in 2026 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1982}} | birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | movement = | spouse = | awards = Contemporary Pacific Art Award | patrons = | field = | training = Auckland University of Technology | works = }} '''Janet Crystal-Lee Lilo''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM|size=85%}} (born 1982) is a New Zealand visual artist.
==Biography== Lilo was born in 1982 in the Auckland region of New Zealand and is of Tainui, Ngāpuhi, Samoan, and Niuean descent. She received a Master of Arts degree in art and design from the Auckland University of Technology in 2007.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/8472/janet-lilo|title=Janet Lilo|work=Auckland Art Gallery|access-date=27 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thebigidea.nz/show/videos/63965-janet-lilo-sapporo-artist-in-residence-vlog1|title=Janet Lilo Sapporo Artist in Residence|date=17 December 2009|work=The Big Idea|access-date=27 November 2017|language=en}}</ref> The title of her master's thesis was ''Editing identity: Lost and found in translation''.<ref>{{cite thesis |last=Lilo |first=Janet |year=2006 |type=Masters thesis |title=Editing identity: Lost and found in translation |publisher=Tuwhera Open Access, Auckland University of Technology |hdl=10292/11264 |url=https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/items/1a745a4e-36d3-4e61-b0a6-22fd8d62dffb}}</ref>
A social commentator, Lilo uses digital photography, video, and multimedia installations to explore issues of popular culture. She utilises monitors and projections, displaying her work in gallery spaces, buildings, shop windows, and online.<ref name=":0" />
Lilo has exhibited in solo shows in New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Japan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://janetliloart.com/about/|title=About|date=17 April 2012|work=Janet Lilo visual artist|access-date=23 March 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=5 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200205171025/https://janetliloart.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has exhibited internationally in group shows in Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, France, Germany, and the United States of America.<ref name=":0" /> Lilo's video installation 'ParkLife' was part of the City Gallery Wellington's exhibition ''Telecom Prospect 2007: New Art New Zealand''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://old.citygallery.org.nz/news/artists-announced-telecom-prospect-2007|title=Artists Announced for the Telecom Prospect 2007|work=City Gallery Wellington|access-date=27 November 2017|language=en|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201031050/http://old.citygallery.org.nz/news/artists-announced-telecom-prospect-2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
In 2009, Lilo received the JENESYS (Japan East Asia Network of Exchange of Students and Youths) residency in Sapporo.<ref name=":1" />
In 2011, she received the Contemporary Pacific Art Award in the Creative New Zealand Arts Pasifika Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.creativenz.govt.nz/results-of-our-work/award-winners/arts-pasifika-awards|title=Arts Pasifika Awards|website=Creative New Zealand|language=en|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>
In 2013, her installation ''Right of Way'' was presented at Artspace Aotearoa as part of the fifth Auckland Triennial, curated by Hou Hanru.<ref>{{cite web |title=5th Auckland Triennial: Janet Lilo @ Artspace |url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/page/5th-auckland-triennial-janet-lilo-artspace?q=%2Fpage%2F5th-auckland-triennial-janet-lilo-artspace |website=Auckland Art Gallery |publisher=Auckland Art Gallery |access-date=1 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
In 2016, she had a significant solo exhibition titled ''Janet Lilo: Status Update'' at Te Uru Waitākere Contemporary Gallery in Auckland. It was a survey of the last 10 years of her work, which included a collage of 10,000 photographs and a book.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/80359076/janet-lilo-documents-the-everyday-through-largescale-work|title=Janet Lilo documents the everyday through large-scale work|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lopesi |first1=Lana |title=Church and State: 'Janet Lilo: Status Update' the Publication |url=https://pantograph-punch.com/posts/janet-lilo-status-update |website=Pantograph Punch |access-date=21 March 2022}}</ref>
Lilo's public artworks include a series of large-scale 'banana lightboxes' on Auckland's Karangahape Road, which are collectively titled ''Don't Dream it's Over.''
Lilo received the 2017 annual commission from the Auckland Festival of Photography.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.photographyfestival.org.nz/programme/detail.cfm?exhibition_id=2177&exhibition_date=2017-06-1|title=Annual Commission by Baker+Douglas|website=Auckland Festival of Photography|language=en|access-date=27 November 2017}}</ref>
In the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours, Lilo was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the arts.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/562810/king-s-birthday-honours-dai-henwood-tim-southee-and-jude-dobson-among-those-recognised |title=King's Birthday Honours: Dai Henwood, Tim Southee and Jude Dobson among those recognised |date=2 June 2025 |work=RNZ News |access-date=2 June 2025}}</ref>
Lilo's works are held in important public collections, including the Auckland Art Gallery and Te Papa Tongarewa.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/agent/53435 |website=collections.tepapa.govt.nz |publisher=Te Papa |access-date=1 April 2022}}</ref>
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== Further reading == Artist files for Nicola Farquhar are held at: * Angela Morton Collection, Takapuna Library [https://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/11/] * E. H. McCormick Research Library, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki [https://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/1/] * Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena [https://findnzartists.org.nz/artists/artist-file/3/]
== External links == * [https://janetlilo.com Official website]
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