Fiona Connor
Fiona Connor 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.Work
Connor often replicates everyday objects in her sculptural installations. Simulacra of public noticeboards, drinking fountains, outdoor furniture, doors and so on draw attention to these often overlooked forms of civic infrastructure. She also has an ongoing collaborative project with artist Michala Paludan, Newspaper Reading Club.Connor has exhibited throughout New Zealand and internationally. Notable exhibitions include:Notes on the half the page, Gambia Castle, Auckland, soloSomething Transparent , Michael Lett, Auckland, soloNEW10, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, groupOn Forgery: is one thing better than another?, LAXART, Los Angeles, groupProspect: New Zealand Art Now, City Gallery, Wellington, groupDe-Building, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, groupReading the map while driving, CalArts, Los Angeles, soloUntitled , Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, soloMurals and Print, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, soloMade in L.A., Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, group
- Bare Use, 1301PE, Los Angeles, solo
- SCAPE Public Art Biennial, Christchurch, group
- Wallworks, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, solo
- Inside Outside Upside Down: Five Contemporary New Zealand Artists, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, group
- Stories of Almost Everyone, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, group
- Fiona Connor: Closed Down Clubs MAK Center, Los Angeles soloClosed for Installation, Sequence of Events, Secession, Vienna soloClosed for installation Fiona Connor, Sculpture Center, #4, Sculpture Center, New York soloCelebration of Our Enemies: Selections from the Hammer Contemporary Collection Hammer Museum, Los Angeles groupHaunt Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane groupBerman Board Armory Center for the Arts, Los Angeles groupOut of Place Drill Hall Gallery, Australian National University, Canberra groupLong Distance Maureen Paley, London soloContinuous Sidewalk Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles solo
Connor was a finalist in the 2010 Walters Prize with her work Something Transparent .
In 2011, she received the Arts Foundation of New Zealand Award for Patronage donation from Chartwell Trust. She also received a New Work Grant in 2008 from Creative New Zealand.
Work by Connor are held in several public collections including Auckland Art Gallery and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. She is represented by Coastal Signs in Auckland, New Zealand and Maureen Paley in London.