The Collaboration Gallery Group Exhibition - New Plymouth.
30th May 2019
"Jordan Quinnell an award-winning emerging artist is exhibiting in our Winter edition gallery. He is currently studying a Bachelor of Maori Visual Arts and we are honoured to have him back home to exhibit."
Opening 3rd - 30th June
Te Puni Kokiri To Taranakitanga Highly Commended Award 2020.
31st October 2020
2020 Te Puni Kokiri
To Taranakitanga Award - Highly Commended
Artist: Jordan Quinell (Ngā Ruahine, Ngāti Tūwharetoa), Palmerston North - Legacy
Judges Comments:
"These two works display a crisp elegance and a hint of Japanese painting and printmaking. Maybe that’s the effect of Mount Taranaki appearing in one of them, our own Mount Fuji doppelganger. That’s fitting given one of these works depicts a man digging a trench during WWII to project Opunake from Japanese invasion. These images are part of the artist’s work researching the Maori experience of World War II. That context wasn’t apparent when the judging was done.But that’s the strength of this artist’s image-making. The story can be told because their work opens the door to enquiry."
Podcast Interview with Suraya Siddhu Singh for the Sugar Loafing Arts Cast
21st November 2020
"Jordan Quinnell (Ngā Ruahine, Taranaki and Tūwharetoa) is known for his graphical digital prints, often depicting events important to his whanau and Taranaki history, such as the Parihaka invasion. Jordan grew up in Opunake and now lives in Palmerston North where he recently completed a Bachelor of Māori Visual Arts."
