Jacqui Stockdale
Bio
Jacqui Stockdale (b. 1968) lives and works in Naarm, Melbourne, Australia. Having grown up in the rural town of Benalla, Victoria, Stockdale has established herself as an artist of international significance. Her multilayered art practice explores her fascination with the representation of the body, ritual, Australian history and constructed identity. Her work was celebrated through the 2016 exhibition Familija, surveying 15 years of her drawing, painting, collage and photography. Her survey show 'The Offering' was presented by the Tweed Regional Gallery in 2023. Jacqui has exhibited extensively throughout Australia and internationally and has been included in exhibitions such as Beating About the Bush, Art Gallery of Ballarat; 20/20, the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra; Magic Object, Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, AGSA; Theatre of the World, MONA; Alles Masquerade, Museum Rot, Germany; Todays/Tomorrow, Cape Town, South Africa, Living Rooms, curated by Robert Wilson, Louvre Museum, Paris; Outlands, Volta, Switzerland; and Wonderworks, Hong Kong.