My background in directing for theatre informs my curation style. I am interested in the narrative created by artworks interacting within a gallery space. I’m excited to share here a selection of my favourite curation projects.
IMPRINT – Contemporary NZ Printmakers Showcase
Square Edge Community Arts, Palmerston North, 30 April to 24 May 2025
Following our successful show at Academy Galleries in 2024 Imprint: Contemporary Printmakers Showcase I’m super excited the show is on again this year, this time at Square Edge Gallery in Palmerston North.
Printmakers must be residents of Aotearoa New Zealand to apply and link to all information, including entry form and T&Cs can be found here.
Applications close: 11.59pm Friday 14 March 2025.
Notification of participation: Sunday 6 April 2025
Delivery of artworks: by Thursday 24 April 2025
Opening event: Saturday 10 May 2025
IMPRINT – Contemporary NZ Printmakers Showcase
NZ Academy of Fine Arts, 20-31 March, 2024
Imprint – Contemporary NZ Printmakers Showcase brings together a group of accomplished New Zealand printmakers exploring the many forms of this age-old medium. From traditional
techniques such as etching, linocut and Gyotaku through to contemporary processes including
screen-printing, gel plate printing and collagraph, these 11 artisans display work created at the
forefront of contemporary printmaking in NZ currently.
“This show celebrates the fine art of printmaking. We are excited to bring together these artists in
a celebration of their skill and love for this art form.”
Jen Wiggle & Hamish Macaulay, Imprint curators.
Sharing 20 meters of white wall in LightSpace Gallery, this group of artists imbue their skill and
passion for printmaking in an exhibition that showcases to the public the breadth and variety of
printmaking styles and techniques.
Opening Function on 21 March, 5 to 7pm. Meet a number of the artists and speak to them about
their art practices and inspirations.
Artists: Anna Layzell, Carrie Carey, Hamish Macaulay, Josef Kieninger, Kirsty White, Lynne
McMenamin, Marci Tackett, Rosemary Mortimer, Sheryl Gibbs, Sally-Ann Davies, Tim Li.
Curators: Jen Wiggle & Hamish Macaulay
A huge thank you to North End Breweries, Gordon Harris and Aotearoa Art Supplies for their
generous support for this exhibition.
Amplify, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington 2023
Earlier this year I lifted my creative side from its slumber and joined with the wonderful Kate Enters, Director of ArtCan to co-curate ‘AMPLIFY’, the first exhibition for ArtCan in New Zealand, and their first in the southern hemisphere! The exhibition showcased a striking video installation collating multiple contributions from ArtCan members globally, enabling them to cross multiple time zones and bring the ArtCan community together. The video artworks were combined as a series of short films and projected in the Annex Gallery in the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington, NZ.
Set in Stone 2020
Plans for 2020 involve curating Set in Stone, my first show for the brilliant artist-led organisation ArtCan. The show was originally scheduled to take place during the summer at the lovely 44AD gallery in Bath. The gallery show has been postponed until February 2021 with a virtual pre-exhibition taking place in October. The PV and Curators talk is on 14th October. RSVP for the PV zoom link at info@artcan.org.uk
Identity, 44AD Artspace, Bath, July 2020
While galleries slowly emerge from lockdown and some still remain closed the lovely 44AD in Bath have been keeping their artistic spirits up through a series of online A to Z exhibitions. I participated in their G for Gesture exhibition with The Cover Up (below), and was delighted to be invited to curate their letter ‘I’.
I chose Identity as the theme for this show, reflecting on recent global events and the ongoing struggle of every individual seeking to understand their own identity within society at large. Is it the same in all situations? When do we alter ourselves for external perceptions? What do others see? What do we see and understand in ourselves?
The I for Identity exhibition can be viewed here. The show includes my piece ‘Through Your Eyes’.
Way of Seeing, Deptford Does Art, London 2019
In August 2019 I co-curated an independent group show with my partner Hamish Macaulay. The show sought to represent a varied selection of the artists’ work. This group of artists from different backgrounds, experiences and styles were brought together around a shared ethos of collaboration, respect and sharing. They all see the world around them in different ways, and this exhibition illustrates their way of seeing.
Jen Wiggle 