Irene Ferguson
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Irene Ferguson (born 1970) is a New Zealand artist best known for her portrait paintings. Ferguson was awarded the New Zealand Portraiture Award in 2008.
Training and experience
Ferguson was born in Hokitika. She gained a Diploma of Fine Arts with Honours from {{Clarify|date=June 2025|reason=which university is this part of? |text=Otago School of Fine Art}} in Dunedin in 1993 and a Master of Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art in 2005. From 2005 to 2006 Ferguson lived and worked in New York City. In 2010 she travelled to Italy to complete training in portraiture at the Charles H. Cecil Studios in Florence, Italy.[http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=35967 Wellington Artist embraces 'grey power']
Fellowships and residencies
In 2002 Ferguson was awarded the William Hodges Fellowship residency by the Southland Art Foundation.{{Cite web |url=http://southlandmuseum.com/Southland%20Art%20Foundation.html |title=2002 Southland Art Foundation Artists in Residence |access-date=17 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165509/http://www.southlandmuseum.com/Southland%20Art%20Foundation.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} In 2008 Ferguson was the Artist in Residence at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Wellington.[https://marsden.ultranet.school.nz/WebSpace/4819/ Samuel Marsden Collegiate School previous Artists in Residence]
Awards
- In 2008 Ferguson won the New Zealand Portrait Gallery Adam Portraiture Award with The Blue Girl, Johanna Sanders in her Back Yard.[http://www.nzportraitgallery.org.nz/portraits-online/portraits/the-blue-girl-johanna-sanders-in-her-back-yard The New Zealand Portrait Gallery 2008 Adam Portraiture Award]{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/278829/Every-atom-of-paint-right|title=Every atom of paint right|date=31 January 2009|website=Stuff|language=en|access-date=2018-10-12}}
- In 2006 she was a finalist in the BP Portrait Award at the National Portrait Gallery, London.http://www.npg.org.uk/index.php?id=4403 BP Portrait Award 2006 – Exhibitor 12, 'No Title'
by Irene Ferguson, oil on canvas, 1320 x 715mm (52 x 28 1/8").
Artist residencies
- 1996 The Southland Art Foundation 'Artist in Residence' programme{{cn|date=January 2016}}
- 2002 William Hodges Fellowship{{Cite web |url=http://southlandmuseum.com/Southland%20Art%20Foundation.html |title=2002 Southland Art Foundation Artists in Residence |access-date=17 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165509/http://www.southlandmuseum.com/Southland%20Art%20Foundation.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
- 2008 Artist in Residence at Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Wellington.[https://marsden.ultranet.school.nz/WebSpace/4819/ Samuel Marsden Collegiate School previous Artists in Residence]
Exhibitions
= Solo =
- 2012 Colossal, {Suite} Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand[http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=43109#more-43109 Suite Gallery: Irene Ferguson. Retrieved 16 January 2016]
- 2011 Torrid Grey, Aratoi – Wairarapa Museum of Art & History, Masterton, New Zealand[http://www.aratoi.org.nz/exhibition/2011/07/torrid-grey-irene-ferguson Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History : 'Torrid Grey' by Irene Ferguson]
- 2010 Pine, {Suite} Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
- 2008 Wayward, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
- 2003 sample; flesh and blood, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand[http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issue108/exhibitions108wn.htm Art New Zealand : Exhibitions Wellington : Aaron Lister]
- 2003 sample; flesh and blood, Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill, New Zealand{{Cite web |url=http://southlandmuseum.com/Southland%20Art%20Foundation.html |title=Southland Museum and Art Gallery Artist in Residence programme |access-date=17 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165509/http://www.southlandmuseum.com/Southland%20Art%20Foundation.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
= Group =
- 2013–14 The Parkin Drawing Prize[http://parkinprize.org.nz/2014%20Finalists%20Announced Judges announce short-list for 2014 Parkin Drawing Award. Retrieved 16 January 2016]
- 2013 Runner up, The 7th International Drawing Biennale, The Polish Art Foundation, Melbourne, Australia[http://www.polishartfoundation.org.au/paf-art-collection Irene Ferguson, Lisa, Pencil on paper, 2nd Place, 2013 Biennale. Retrieved 16 January 2016]
- 2008 Strive Towards Your Destiny, group show, Hirschfeld Gallery, Wellington[http://citygallery.org.nz/exhibitions/strive-towards-your-destiny Review by Jessica Scott, City Gallery Wellington, retrieved 16 January 2016]
- 2006 BP Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London.[http://www.npg.org.uk/index.php?id=4403 BP Portrait Award 2006 – Exhibitor 12. Retrieved 16 January 2016]
Work in collections
Ferguson's work is predominately held within New Zealand collections.
- James Wallace Art Trust, Auckland, New Zealand[http://collection.wallaceartstrust.org.nz/collection/search.do?id=17498&db=object&view=detail The James Wallace Arts Trust : 'Dawn 5' by Irene Ferguson][http://collection.wallaceartstrust.org.nz/collection/search.do?id=17239&db=object&view=detail The James Wallace Arts Trust : 'Factory' by Irene Ferguson]
- The New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand[http://www.nzportraitgallery.org.nz/portraits-online/portraits/the-blue-girl-johanna-sanders-in-her-back-yard The New Zealand National Portrait Gallery : The Blue Girl (Johanna Sanders in her back yard) by Irene Ferguson]
- Southland Art Foundation, Invercargill, New Zealand
- Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill, New Zealand
Reviews / writing
- 2010 Mark Amery reviews portraiture from the Adam Portrait Award show.[https://www.thebigidea.nz/news/columns/mark-amery-visual-arts/2010/apr/67936-portrait-or-figure The Big Idea, 2 Apr 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2016]
- 2008 Strive Towards Your Destiny, group show, Hirschfeld Gallery, Wellington. Review by Jessica Scott, City Gallery Wellington.[http://citygallery.org.nz/exhibitions/strive-towards-your-destiny Reviewed by Jessica Scott, City Gallery Wellington, retrieved 16 January 2016]
- 2003 "sample; flesh and blood", Jane Land Gallery, Wellington. Reviewed in Art New Zealand, 2003.[http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issue108/exhibitions108wn.htm Art New Zealand Issue 108. Originally published in Art New Zealand 108 Spring 2003. Retrieved 19 Jan 2016]
- 2003 Music and Braille, Peter Rae Gallery, Dunedin. Reviewed by Penny Hunt, Art New Zealand, Issue 109, 2003[http://www.art-newzealand.com/Issue109/exhibitions109dn.htm Reviewed by Penny Hunt, Art New Zealand, Issue 109, 2003. Retrieved 16 January 2016]
References
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External links
- [http://www.listener.co.nz/culture/art/face-value/ Adam Award Article by Abby Cunnane published in the New Zealand Listener Magazine]
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