Fiona Connor
b. 1982, Auckland
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Fiona Connor
Closed Down Clubs, Club DC (detail), 2017
aluminium door, paint, acrylic, silkscreen print on aluminium, vinyl
914 x 2032 x 51 mm
Fiona Connor completed her BFA/BA at University of Auckland’s Elam School of Fine Arts in 2004. She has studied at University of California in San Diego and University of Barcelona, and completed her MFA at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in Los Angeles (2011). Fiona is represented by Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles, Fine Arts, Sydney, and Maureen Paley, London.
Fiona Connor
Drawing something under itself, 2023
installation view, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
photo: Cedric Mussano
Fiona Connor
I haven’t arrived yet (detail), 2023
photo: Cedric Mussano
Fiona Connor
Lively Visitor Book (2023)
photo: Cedric Mussano
Fiona Connor
Continuous Sidewalk 2021-2023
poured and formed concrete, cast resin and metal inserts, brick, asphalt, paint, silicon, wax, sand and dirt, silkscreen on aluminium, existing space
site: 621 Ruberta Ave, #3, Glendale, CA 91201, USA
Fiona Connor
Continuous Sidewalk, 2021-2023
poured and formed concrete, cast resin and metal inserts, brick, asphalt, paint, silicon, wax, sand and dirt, silkscreen on aluminium, existing space
site: 621 Ruberta Ave, #3, Glendale, CA 91201, USA
Fiona Connor
Continuous Sidewalk (detail), 2021-2023
poured and formed concrete, cast resin and metal inserts, brick, asphalt, paint, silicon, wax, sand and dirt, silkscreen on aluminium, existing space
site: 621 Ruberta Ave, #3, Glendale, CA 91201, USA
Fiona Connor
Walls #1–#6 and #8 (featuring Rob Gardiner), 2022
new and recycled construction materials, hardware, mirror, paint and surface coatings, electrical fittings, incorporating artwork by Rob Gardiner
dimensions variable.
Installation View: Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own, Auckland Art Gallery Toi Tāmaki 2022
Fiona Connor
Closed Down Clubs, Hop Louie, 2020
Commercial aluminum-frame door, polycarbonate, steel grill, hardware, silk screen on coated aluminum foil, vinyl, tape, cast aluminum, surface coatings
2135 x 1525 x 178 mm
Fiona Connor
Walls #1–#6 and #8 (featuring Rob Gardiner), 2022
new and recycled construction materials, hardware, mirror, paint and surface coatings, electrical fittings, incorporating artwork by Rob Gardiner
dimensions variable.
Installation View: Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own, Auckland Art Gallery Toi Tāmaki 2022
Fiona Connor
Walls #1–#6 and #8 (featuring Rob Gardiner), 2022
new and recycled construction materials, hardware, mirror, paint and surface coatings, electrical fittings, incorporating artwork by Rob Gardiner
dimensions variable.
Installation View: Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own, Auckland Art Gallery Toi Tāmaki 2022
Fiona Connor
My muse is my memory, an archive of Closed Down Clubs, 2022
installation view: Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles
Recent Solo Exhibitions
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Drawing something under itself, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf
(2023) - Continuous Sidewalk, 621 Ruberta Ave #3, Los Angeles (2023)
- Rooms I Have Keys For, Finley Gallery, Los Angeles (2022)
- Long Distance, Maureen Pauley, London (2022)
- My muse is my memory, an archive of Closed Down Clubs, Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles (2022)
- Work University, Fine Arts, Sydney (2020)
- #8, Closed for Installation, Sequence of Events, Vienna Secession, Vienna (2019)
- Closed for Installation, Sculpture Centre, New York (2019)
- Closed Down Clubs, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles (2018)
- Object Classrooms, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Ngāmotu New Plymouth (2018)
- Closed Down Clubs & Monochromes, Hopkinson Mossman, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington (2018)
Fiona Connor
Community Notice Board (Fernwood Market), 2022
custom cork board, silkscreen and UV print on aluminium, pins, tape, staples, vinyl
two elements: 48 x 48 x 1 in / 36 x 48 x 1 in
Fiona Connor
Closed for installation, 2019
installation view: SculptureCenter, New York
Fiona Connor
Closed for installation, 2019
installation view: SculptureCenter, New York
Readings
- Emma Kemp, Memory Arcade Dream Space or Continuous Sidewalk, X-TRA, December 2023
- Alec Racinos, Review: Fiona Connor at Chateau Shatto, Clara, September 2023
- Claudia Ross, Fiona Connor Brings the Street into the Gallery, Frieze, September 2023
- AX Mina, Does Nobody Walk in LA?, Hyperallergic, September 2023
- Marissa Gluck, Do look down — Fiona Connor is re-creating L.A.’s well-trodden sidewalks as art, Los Angeles Times, August 2023
- Michael Ned Holte on Fiona Connor, Artforum
- Kavior Moon, Fiona Connor and Others: An Unfolding Text, X-TRA, Vol.20, No. 1, 2017
- Travis Diehl on Fiona Connor, Artforum
- Michael Wilson on Fiona Connor, Artforum
- Claire de Dobay Ritelj, Ma at Chateau Shatto, CARLA, Iss. 7, 2017
- Andrew Bernardini, Tender Doublings and Found Minimalism: Fiona Connor, Mousse Magazine no. 37, 2013
Fiona Connor
Closed Down Clubs, 2018
installation view: MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
Fiona Connor
Untitled #7, 2017
cast resin, cream paint
685 x 2335 x 22mm
Fiona Connor
Untitled #7 (detail), 2017
cast resin, cream paint
685 x 2335 x 22mm
Fiona Connor
Notice Board (Pacific Clay) #5, 2016
foam pin board, silkscreen and UV print on aluminum plates, pins
915 x 1220mm
Fiona Connor
Brick, Cane and Paint, 2016
installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland
Fiona Connor
Untitled #33 (Hill Street Slipway) (2019)
Cast resin, cream paint
Two elements: 88 x 96 in / 223.52 x 243.84 cm (overall)
Recent Group Exhibitions
- F i o n a C o n n o r , K a t e M o s h e r H a l l , B e d r o s Y e r e t z i a n , C o a s t a l S i g n s , T ā m a k i M a k a u r a u A u c k l a n d ( 2 0 2 3 )
- D I R T B A G C o a s t a l S i g n s , T ā m a k i M a k a u r a u A u c k l a n d ( 2 0 2 3 )
- Oceans of Time Chateau Shatto, Los Angeles (2022)
- Walls to Live Beside, Rooms To Own, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2022.
- Haunt, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2019)
- Stories of Almost Everyone, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018)
- Routine Pleasures, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles (2016)
Fiona Connor
On What Remains (fountain), 2015
Concrete, EPS foam, antique brass hardware, plumbing supplies, steel, ply, paint and coatings, car battery, Jabsco pump, potable water
914 x 610 x 914 mm
Fiona Connor
Can Do Academy #3, 2014
sheet rock, plaster, ceramic sink, plumbing, timber, paint
2000 x 2400 x 30mm
Fiona Connor
Can Do Academy #3 (detail), 2014
sheet rock, plaster, ceramic sink, plumbing, timber, paint
2000 x 2400 x 30mm