Marie Shannon
{{Short description|New Zealand artist, art photographer and teacher}}
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| birth_date = 1960
| birth_place = Nelson, New Zealand
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| nationality = New Zealander
| occupation = artist
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| known_for = photography, drawing, video
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Marie Shannon (born 1960) is a New Zealand artist and educator who makes photography, video and drawing. Her artwork is in the collections of Te Papa, New Zealand's national museum, and Dunedin, Christchurch and Auckland city galleries.
Background and education
Shannon was born in Nelson in 1960. She went to the University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts and graduated in 1982 with a major in photography.{{Cite web|date=2013-03-13|title=Marie Shannon|url=https://www.circuit.org.nz/artist/marie-shannon|access-date=2021-06-19|website=CIRCUIT Artist Film and Video Aotearoa New Zealand|language=en-NZ}}
Shannon is based in Auckland, New Zealand.{{Cite web |title=Marie Shannon |url=http://hamishmckay.co.nz/artists/Marie_Shannon |access-date=2021-06-19 |website=Hamish McKay Gallery}}
Career
Shannon's art is often centred around her domestic interiors and the creative process between her and other artists.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-19 |title=Marie Shannon Biography |url=https://ocula.com/artists/marie-shannon/ |access-date=2021-06-19 |website=Ocula |language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Marie Shannon: Rooms found only in the home - Te Uru|url=https://www.teuru.org.nz/index.cfm/whats-on/calendar/marie-shannon-rooms-found-only-in-the-home/|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Te Uru}} Shannon represented New Zealand at Australia's Asia-Pacific Triennale in 1996, and was exhibited in the Australian Centre for Photography in Sydney. Then in 1998, her work was at New Plymouth's Govett-Brewster and Melbourne's ACCA.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Marie Shannon |url=https://trishclark.co.nz/artists/shannon-marie/ |access-date=2021-06-19 |website=Trish Clark Gallery |language=en-US}}
Shannon's partner was artist Julian Dashper who died in 2009. She has made cataloguing his artworks into art, which are text-based videos.{{Cite web|last=Fox|first=Rebecca|date=2017-07-27|title=Emphasising normality|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/arts/emphasising-normality|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Otago Daily Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Tappenden |first=Alice |date=20 September 2016 |title=The Rooms in the House: Marie Shannon |url=https://www.circuit.org.nz/writing-and-podcast/the-rooms-in-the-house |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Circuit Artist Moving Image |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=McFetridge |first=Christine |date=2019 |title=The roundness of life: Domestic spaces and photography in Aotearoa New Zealand |url=https://www.photoforum-nz.org/blog/2019/10/2/the-roundness-of-life-domestic-spaces-and-photography-in-aotearoa-new-zealand-essay |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Photo Forum |language=en-NZ}} An example is The Aachen Faxes, Christchurch remix at the Christchurch Art Gallery.{{Cite web|title=Marie Shannon: The Aachen Faxes, Christchurch remix|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/marie-shannon-the-aachen-faxes-christchurch-remix|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Christchurch Art Gallery}} In a review of a retrospective of Shannon's work, the comment is made that she was overshadowed by her partner Dashper.{{Cite web |last=Duffy |first=Mary Jane |date=May 2018 |title=Marie Shannon reviewed |url=https://www.photoforum-nz.org/blog/2018/5/14/h00fcfrkggivjwqqboawxw82tkyjhz |access-date=2021-06-19 |website=PhotoForum |language=en-NZ}}
As an educator she works at Unitec, Auckland.{{Cite web|title=Marie Shannon {{!}} Unitec|url=https://www.unitec.ac.nz/about-us/contact-us/staff-directory/marie-shannon|access-date=2021-06-19|website=www.unitec.ac.nz}}
Selected exhibitions
- 1992 - Headlands: Thinking Through New Zealand Art, MCA, Sydney, Australia{{Cite web |date=1992 |title=Headlands: Thinking Through New Zealand Art - Exhibitions |url=https://www.mca.com.au/artists-works/exhibitions/headlands-thinking-through-new-zealand-art/ |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=MCA Australia |language=en}}
- 2000 - Fissure, Five Shows, Five Curators, ACProjects, New York, USA
- 2009 - Large Still Life, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland{{Cite web |last=McNamara |first=TJ |date=27 February 2009 |title=From the domestic to the truly touching |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/from-the-domestic-to-the-truly-touching/G2LM3BYFB242GVDAYIQ26YNV5Q/ |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}}
- 2009 - Love Notes (solo), Courtenay Place light boxes, Off-site project of City Gallery, Wellington{{Cite web |title=Marie Shannon: Love Notes |url=https://citygallery.org.nz/exhibitions/marie-shannon-love-notes-courtenay-place-light-boxes/ |access-date=2021-06-19 |website=City Gallery Wellington |language=en}}
- 2009 - Marie Shannon, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
- 2011 - What I Am Looking At, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland{{Cite web |title=What I am Looking At |url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/22018/what-i-am-looking-at |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Auckland Art Gallery |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=Winter 2016 |title=When Artists Die |url=https://robertleonard.org/when-artists-die/ |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=robertleonard.org}}{{Cite web |date=2011 |title=Marie Shannon - What I Am Looking At |url=https://www.circuit.org.nz/work/what-i-am-looking-at |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Circuit Artist Moving Image |language=en}}
- 2012 - The Aachen Faxes, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=Marie Shannon - The Aachen Faxes |url=https://hamishmckay.co.nz/artists/Marie_Shannon/1 |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Hamish McKay Gallery}}{{Cite web |date=2012 |title=Marie Shannon - The Aachen Faxes |url=https://www.circuit.org.nz/work/the-aachen-faxes |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=Circuit Artist Moving Image |language=en}}
- 2015 - Julian Dashper and Friends, City Gallery Wellington{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Galerie Jérôme Pauchant - Jan van der PLOEG - Full Performance |url=https://dailyartfair.com/events/download_press_release/8309 |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Daily Art Fair |page=6 |format=PDF}}
- 2015 - The things we talked about, ST PAUL St Gallery, Auckland University of Technology{{Cite web |date=2015 |title=The things we talked about |url=https://stpaulst.aut.ac.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/10890/The-things-.pdf |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=St Paul Street Gallery }}{{Cite web |title=St Paul Street Gallery |url=https://artsdiary.co.nz/g3/stpaul.html |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Arts Diary}}
- 2015 - TRUTH + FICTION, Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2015 |title=TRUTH + FICTION |url=https://trishclark.co.nz/exhibitions/truth-fiction-salon/ |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Trish Clark Gallery |language=en-US}}
- 2016 - Notes and Letters (solo), PS Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands{{Cite web |date=2016 |title=Marie Shannon - Notes and Letters |url=https://www.psprojectspace.nl/ex2016_shannon.html |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=PS Project Space}}
- 2016 - THE XX FACTOR, Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016 |title=The XX Factor |url=https://trishclark.co.nz/exhibitions/the-xx-factor/ |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Trish Clark Gallery |language=en-US}}
- 2016 - this is the cup of your heart, The Dowse, Lower Hutt{{Cite journal |last=Tappenden |first=Alice |date=March 2016 |title=This is the cup of your heart |url=https://dowse.org.nz/media/uploads/2016_04/FriendsNewsletter_MAR_2016_WEB.pdf |journal=Friends of the Dowse |issue=51 |pages=5}}
- 2017 - An Architecture of Things, Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017 |title=An Architecture of Things |url=https://trishclark.co.nz/exhibitions/an-architecture-of-things/ |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Trish Clark Gallery |language=en-US}}
- 2017 - Rooms found only in the home, Dunedin Public Art Gallery{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=Marie Shannon - Rooms found only in the home |url=https://dunedin.art.museum/exhibitions/past/marie-shannon/ |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Dunedin Public Art Gallery |language=en-US}}
- 2018 - Rooms found only in the home (solo), Adam Art Gallery, Wellington{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Marie Shannon: Rooms found only in the home / Elizabeth Price: A RESTORATION |url=https://www.adamartgallery.org.nz/past-exhibitions/marie-shannon_elizabeth-price/ |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Adam Art Gallery |language=en-US}}
- 2018 - Rooms found only in the home (solo), Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū{{Cite web |date=2018 |title=Marie Shannon: Rooms found only in the home |url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/exhibitions/marie-shannon-rooms-found-only-in-the-home |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū}}{{Cite web |last=Byrt |first=Anthony |date=February 2019 |title=Marie Shannon |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/201902/marie-shannon-78486 |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Art Forum |language=en-US}}
- 2018 - Short Stories (solo), Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018 |title=Marie Shannon - Short Stories |url=https://trishclark.co.nz/exhibitions/marie-shannon-short-stories/ |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Trish Clark Gallery |language=en-US}}
- 2019 - Here we are, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia{{Cite web |last= |date=27 September 2019 |title=Here We Are - Art Gallery of New South Wales |url=https://artbaazar.com/blogs/exhibition-news/here-we-are-art-gallery-of-new-south-wales |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Art Baazar |language=en}}
- 2019 - Rooms found only in the home (solo), Te Uru, Auckland{{Cite web |date=2019 |title=Marie Shannon: Rooms found only in the home |url=https://www.teuru.org.nz/index.cfm/whats-on/calendar/marie-shannon-rooms-found-only-in-the-home/ |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Te Uru}}
- 2020 - Rooms found only in the home (solo), Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia{{Cite web |date=18 October 2020 |title=Marie Shannon - Rooms found only in the home |url=https://photography-now.com/exhibition/145027 |access-date=24 April 2022 |website=Photography-Now}} (cancelled due to COVID-19)
Selected works
- Sunday Afternoon 1985 [https://collection.sarjeant.org.nz/objects/44695/sunday-afternoon view]
- Born to be Tame No. 1 1987 [https://collection.sarjeant.org.nz/objects/45204/born-to-be-tame-no-1 view]
- Untitled (American Gothic) 1989 [https://collection.temanawa.co.nz/objects/33750/shannon-marie view]
- Dust Rat 1990 [https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/7702/dust-rat view]
- The House at Night 1990 [https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/7701/house-at-night view]
- Portrait of Julian Dashper 1991 [https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/7703/portrait-of-julian-dashper view]
- The House of Parmesan 1992 [https://collection.temanawa.co.nz/objects/33750/shannon-marie view]
- Travel 1993 [https://collection.temanawa.co.nz/objects/33750/shannon-marie view]
- I Love You Too 2005 [https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/15683/i-love-you-2 view]
- Bedroom Window Still Life 2021 [https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/36433/bedroom-window-still-life view]
Collections
Shannon's work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Te Papa Tongarewa{{Cite web |title=Marie Shannon |url=https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/search/%22marie%20shannon%22/results?pager=0 |access-date=13 June 2023}}
- Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū{{Cite web|title=The Pursuit of Cosiness|url=https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/collection/88-199/marie-shannon/the-pursuit-of-cosiness|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Christchurch Art Gallery}}
- Dunedin Public Art Gallery{{Cite web |title=Marie Shannon |url=https://collection.dunedin.art.museum/objects?query=%22marie+shannon%22 |access-date=13 June 2023}}
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmiki{{Cite web|title=Marie Shannon|url=https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artist/609/marie-shannon|access-date=2021-06-19|website=Auckland Art Gallery|language=en}}
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Category:Artists from Nelson, New Zealand