Jacqui Colley’s artistic practice resonates with themes of existence, transformation,
and the continuous flow of movement that defines our experience in the world. Her
paintings capture the immediacy of human experience, grounding time in the physical
act of painting - and the fleeting nature of personal temporality with the vast, timeless
rhythms of the geological world.
- Virginia Woods Jack, artist, curator
Born in Zambia, South African - New Zealander Jacqui Colley runs her practice from her studio in Wellington, New Zealand. Her work is exhibited throughout New Zealand and she is frequently involved with special projects and public gallery exhibitions. Colley is regularly invited to participant in Experimentelle, a biennale taking place in regional Southern Germany and neighbouring France and Austria.
In 2018 Colley was the recipient of the prestigious Parkin Prize, New Zealand’s
premier drawing award.
She studied graphic design at Cape Peninsula University of Technology before moving
to New Zealand in1996.