Curriculum Vitae

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

• WTA World Textile Art, Miami, USA
• Durban Art Gallery, South Africa
• Durban University of Technology, South Africa
• Anglo American Corporation Johannesburg, South Africa
• Department of National Education, Johannesburg, South Africa
• Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
• Central Museum of Textiles, Lodz, Poland
• Playhouse Theatre, Durban, South Africa.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

• Scotland, United States, Denmark and South Africa.

CITATIONS AND ARTICLES IN BOOKS AND CATALOGUES

1. ANNA MARIA ORBAN AMPRENTE CULTURAL IN ARTA FIBRELOR (FIBER ART)(2013) EDITURA MUZEULUI NATIONAL AL LITERATURII ROMANE(ROMANIA)
2. IDA SUSSER "AIDS SEX AND CULTURE" (2009) WILEY-BLACKWELL
3. FIONA KIRKWOOD “SKIN TO SKIN” KAUNAS ART BIENNIAL TEXTILE 05 CATALOGUE (2007) 126-1799
4. FIONA KIRKWOOD “CHALLENGING HIV/AIDS IN SOUTH AFRICA THROUGH ART” VOL 35 NUMBERS 3 & 4 FALL/ WINTER (2007) WSQ ACTIVISMS , NEW YORK
5. K Z N S A “A COMMUNITY OF ARTISTS” (2005)
6. ZEBRA REGISTER OF SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS AND GALLERIES VOL 2 (2002) 45
7. FIONA KIRKWOOD “THE FIBRE ART MOVEMENT AND FIBRE ART IN KWAZULU NATAL” CATALOGUE JABULISA: THE ART OF KWAZULU-NATAL( 2000) 13-19
8. THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO ART AND ARTISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA (1998)
9. CONTEMPORARY ART PUBLISHERS A DIRECTORY OF CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN ART (1997) UPDATED (1999)
10. VAL ADAMSON AGFA’S TEXTURED LIVES” (1994)
11. GRANIA OGILVY THE DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS (1988)

REFERENCES TO WORKS IN JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES

1. JULIETA MORTATI PARA TI 4525(2009) “ARTE SECURO” 28-29
2. SOUTH AFRICAN ART NEWS (AUGUST 2001) FRONT AND BACK COVER AND 08
3. UMA PRAKASH “CHANGING ENVIRONMENTS” WORLD SCULPTURE NEWS WINTER (1999) VOL 5 NO 1 24-27
4. MAMBA MARGINAL CULTURE WITH A LETHAL BITE (DEBUT ISSUE) (1998) 13-19
5. DE KAT (MARCH 1995) ‘N TROPIESE HAVE” 90
6. ART DESIGN ARCHITECTURE (ADA) (DURBAN ISSUE) (1994) 24, 32 75
7. CAROL BROWN “ART FROM SCRAP”ART DESIGN ARCHITECTURE (ADA) (1990-1991) 29
8. DENE SMUTS “IN HER OWN IMAGE” LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE (1987) VOL 6 NO 5 119
9. ARTICLES IN OTHER BOOKS AND MANY LEADING LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES.

Articles in other books and many leading newspapers and magazines internationally

VIDEO PRODUCTION

Created and produced “Rivers of Life” representing 14 years of Fiona Kirkwood’s work 1980-94 (used by schools, technikons, municipal galleries and libraries throughout South Africa).

COMMISSIONS

1985-1986: Commission for The Natal Playhouse Theatre, on 3 levels from the Drama Foyer to the Loft Theatre, Durban, South Africa,

1974: Tapestry Commission for Kilmarnock Arts Council, Kilmarnock Scotland.

THEATRE

1988: "Loft Festival 88" Natal Playhouse Theatre, Durban, South Africa. The dance production by NAPAC Dance Company was based on Fiona Kirkwood’s triptych "TALISMAN FOR AFRICA”. Fiona Kirkwood designed sets, costumes and co-choreographed with NAPAC dancer Gerard Samuel.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2004-2015: Moderator for Department of Fashion and Textiles, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.

2002-2005: Part Time Lecturer In Drawing (3rd Year Dip FA) Department of Fine Art, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa.

1995-2008: Teaching Drawing and Painting at The Fiona Kirkwood Art Studio, Durban, South Africa

1990-2002: Part-Time Lecturer in Fashion Design, Technikon Natal, (Now Durban University of Technology) Durban, South Africa.

1983-96: Part-Time Lecturer in Drawing and Painting and Advanced Drawing and Painting, Basic Design, Figure Drawing, Colour, Weaving and Creative Embroidery, University of Natal (Now University of KwaZulu-Natal) Unit for Continuing Education, Durban, South Africa.

1985-6: Part-Time Lecturer in Fibre Art and Weaving, Department of Fine Art, Technikon Natal, (Now Durban University of Technology) Durban, South Africa.

1983-4: Part-Time Lecturer in Three-Dimensional Perceptual Studies, Department of Fine Art, Technikon Natal, (Now Durban University of Technology), Durban, South Africa.

1977-83: Junior Lecturer in Art Education, University of Durban-Westville, (Now University of KwaZulu-Natal) Durban, South Africa.

1975-6: Part-Time Lecturer in Weaving, M.L.Sultan Technikon, (Now Durban University of Technology), Durban, South Africa.

1975-6: Part-Time Lecturer in Weaving, Crafts and Basic Design, Department of Fine Art, Technikon Natal (Now Durban University of Technology) Durban, South Africa.

Fiona Kirkwood has run various workshops throughout South Africa, in drawing and painting, design, and life drawing, including at Valley Trust, Bothas Hill with Zulu bead workers and doll makers and at University of Cape Town Michaelis Art School’s, Summer School, Cape Town, South Africa.

THERAPEUTIC ART

1999-2001: Therapeutic Art Workshops with Transpersonal Therapist, Victoria Camplin, in Durban, South Africa.

CURATOR

2008: Curated “Skin-To-Skin - Challenging Textile Art” for The Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2007: Curated “Skin-To-Skin” for The South African Exhibition, Textile 07, Kaunas Art Biennial, Kaunas, Lithuania

2016- 2017 South African Representative for World Textile Art.