Fiona Clark (photographer)

Fiona Clark (born 1954) is a New Zealand social documentary photographer, one of the first photographers to document New Zealand's LGBT scene. In the 1970s and 1980s she photographed Karangahape Road, and the clubs Mojo's and Las Vegas Club.

Fiona Clark
Born1954 (age 65–66)
Inglewood, New Zealand
EducationElam School of Fine Arts
Known forPhotography

Background

Clark was born in Inglewood, New Zealand in 1954 and attended Inglewood High School.[1] She moved to Auckland at the age of 16 to attend the Elam School of Fine Arts.[2][3]

Career

Clark's work is predominantly social documentary photography. She was one of the first photographers to cover New Zealand's LGBT scene, notably documenting the queer community in the 1970s and 1980s, K Road, and the clubs Mojo's and Las Vegas Club. In 1975 her work faced censorship and public outcry, with two of her photographs being removed from The Active Eye exhibition.[4][3]

In 2002, in reflection of the exhibition The Active Eye, Clark published the book Go Girl and exhibited a collection of photographs at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery.[5][6]

Exhibitions
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  • 1975, The Active Eye, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North[7][8]
  • 1982, Body Building, Robert McDougall Art Gallery[9]
  • 2002, Go Girl, Govett-Brewster Gallery[6]
  • 2009, Amy Bock, South Otago Museum, Otago[10]
  • 2016, Niccole Duval, Michael Lett[11]
  • 2016, For Fantastic Carmen, Artspace NZ, Auckland[8]
  • 2016, For Pink Pussycat Club, Artspace NZ, Auckland[8]
  • 2016, SIART Biennale, Museo National de Arte La Paz, Bolivia[12]
  • 2016–7, All Lines Converge, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (with L. Budd, and et al.)[13]
  • 2017, Te iwi o te wahi kore, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt[2]

Awards

Clark received a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council grant in 1980 to photograph the "Mr Olympia" body building contest in Sydney.[9]

References
  1. "Fiona Clark". findnzartists.org.nz. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. "Fiona Clark Dowse Art Museum". Michael Lett. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. "Remembering the gay and drag scene of 1970s Auckland". The Spinoff. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  4. Syfret, Wendy (17 July 2015). "Fiona Clark's Photos of New Zealand's LGBT Culture Were Unseen for 30 Years". I-d. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  5. Clark, Fiona (2002). Go Girl. Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. ISBN 0-908848-45-5.
  6. "Go Girl at New Plymouth's Govett-Brewster Gallery". Scoop. 25 September 2002. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  7. Lacy, Judith (2 May 2012). "Images show artist behind camera". Stuff. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  8. "Fiona Clark at Artspace". EyeContact. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  9. "Body Building: Photographs by Fiona Clark". Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  10. "South Otago celebrates con woman". Otago Daily Times. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  11. "Fiona Clark". Michael Lett. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  12. "Fiona Clark SIART Biennale - Michael Lett". Michael Lett. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  13. "All Lines Converge - Michael Lett". Michael Lett. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

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