Gina Jones, Artist
Biography

As founder and principal of Accent Architects, Gina is one of New Zealand’s foremost woman architects, and a senior figure in the national construction industry. Since completing her Master of Fine Arts at Melbourne’s RMIT in 2005, Gina has become an emerging art talent with work that involves the exploration of light and the perception of time within a strong architectural context.

Born:

Christchurch, NZ, 1963

Qualifications:

2005

Master of Fine Arts (Painting)
(RMIT)

1987

Bachelor of Architecture,
First Class Honours
(VUW)

1984

Bachelor of Building Science
(VUW)

Upcoming Exhibitions:

2010

June:

  • Solo exhibition
    Sanderson Contemporary Art Gallery, Auckland

October:

  • Solo Exhibition
    The Cat Street Gallery, Hong Kong
  • Home
    Tim Rex Group Show, Artspost, Hamilton

Previous Exhibitions:

2010

  • Bouncy, Group Show, Sanderson Contemporary Art Gallery, Auckland
  • Finalist, NZ Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton

2009

  • Solo exhibition, Aratoi - Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton (view)
  • Seen this Century, Judith Anderson Gallery (group show)
  • Light, Group Show, Milford Galleries
  • Auckland Art Fair (group exhibition with Sanderson Contemporary Art Gallery)
  • Scale, group exhibition with Sanderson Contemporary Art Gallery, Auckland
  • Furniture, group exhibition with Judith Anderson Gallery, Napier

2008

  • Wallace Award Finalists, Aotea Centre and The New Dowse
  • Finalist (travelling show) Wallace Art awards
  • Gina Jones, Page Blackie Gallery (view)
  • Melbourne Art Fair (group exhibition with Page Blackie Gallery)

2007

  • Gina Jones, Tinakori Gallery
  • Clean Machine, Group Exhibition, Gus Fisher Gallery (view)
  • Sculpture, Tinakori Gallery

2006

  • Tinakori Gallery, opening group exhibition
  • Melbourne Art Fair (group exhibition with Tinakori Gallery)
  • Finalist Waikato Contemporary Art Award
  • Finalist Norsewear Art Award

2005

  • Light Perceptions, Wellington Art Centre Gallery (view)
  • Group Exhibition (MFA Candidates), RMIT University, Melbourne
  • Dark Room – Light Travels, Group Exhibition (Vivien Atkinson, Helen Jones, Gina Jones), Faculty Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne

2004

  • Inverlochy 2004 Group End of Year Exhibition
  • Accent Architects Artists – World Architecture Day

2003

  • Creative Photography Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Inverlochy Art School
  • Visions and Views, Group Exhibition, Inverlochy Art School

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