Qualifications
BFA (Printmaking and Painting) - University of Colorado 1994 BA (Humanities) - University of Colorado 1994
Diploma of Art and Creativity (Advanced) - The Learning Connexion 2014
Selected Exhibitions
2023
REND/ition, solo exhibition, Te Atamira Gallery, Queenstown
RIP/ple, solo exhibition, The Learning Connexion Gallery, Lower Hutt, Wellington
NZ Painting & Printmaking Award Exhibition, Hamilton
2022
Imaginings, with Carole Shepheard, Jacqueline Aust, Kathy Boyle & Terrie Reddish, Manyung Gallery, Melbourne
2020
Framed Up, group exhibition, Solander Gallery, Wellington
NZ Painting & Printmaking Award Exhibition, Hamilton
Energy & Matter, solo exhibition, Solander Gallery, Wellington
Essential Work, group exhibition, Solander Gallery, Wellington
2019
NZ Painting & Printmaking Award Exhibition, Hamilton
2018
Boxing On, group exhibition, Solander Gallery, Wellington
Expand, Sydney Contemporary Art Fair, Sydney
2017
All Aboard: Christmas Show 2017, group exhibition, Solander Gallery, Wellington
Inside/Outside, with Danielle Creenaune and Jacqueline Aust, Solander Gallery, Wellington
2015
Made by Hand, group exhibition, Solander Gallery, Wellington
Works on Paper, with Danielle Creenaune and Kyla Cresswell, Solander Gallery, Wellington
2014
Summer Salon, group exhibition, Solander Gallery, Wellington
Antipodes, group exhibition, Pine Street Creative Arts Gallery, Sydney Northart, Auckland
RIP, solo show, Toi Pōneki Gallery, Wellington
2013
Parkin Drawing Prize Exhibition, finalist exhibition, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Wellington
2012
Boundless, group exhibition, Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand, Traveling Exhibition
2011
Thank Your Lucky Stars, with Jodie Cunningham and Sharon Hall, Blackmore Jean Gallery, Wellington
2010
Substantive, solo show, Super, Island Bay, Wellington
2009
Squall, solo show, Snapshot Gallery, Island Bay, Wellington
2007
Call and Response, with Caroline McQuarrie, Frankie Rouse, Mica Still and Deidra Sullivan, Toi Pōneke Gallery, Wellington
2004
Ice Cave Series, solo show, Barra Windows Installation, Berkeley, California
2003
Water World, with Jan Wilson Kaufman, Susan Magnus, Lara O’Dell, Unai San Martin, Katherine Westerhout and John Wilson, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
2002
Art in the Redwoods, group exhibition Gualala Art Center, Gualala, California
Bay Area Printmakers, group exhibition, SFMOMA Artist Gallery, San Francisco, California
2001
Continental Drift, with Ursula Neubauer and Hee Jae Suh, Fellowship Awards Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
Residencies
2018
Vermont Studio Center, Vermont, Four week residency, VSC Merit Grant Recipient
2011
Blackmore Jean Gallery, Wellington, Six week residency with single wall exhibition following
2009
Lochmara Lodge, Marlborough Sounds, One week residency
2001
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California, Six month residency with exhibition following
Awards
2023
Finalist, NZ Painting & Printmaking Award, Hamilton
Finalist, Australian Print Commission, Sydney
2020
Finalist, NZ Painting & Printmaking Award, Hamilton
2019
Finalist, NZ Painting & Printmaking Award, Hamilton
2018
Merit Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Vermont
2016
Hutt City Arts Mentorship Programme Award Recipient, Lower Hutt
2013
Finalist, Parkin Drawing Prize, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts Gallery, Wellington
2002
First Place - Photography, Honorable Mention - Painting, Honorable Mention - Photography, 42nd Annual Art in the Redwoods Festival Exhibition, Gualala Arts Center, Gualala, California
2001
Artist Fellowship Recipient, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, California
Biography
Marci Tackett has lived and worked in New Zealand since 2006, developing and expanding her interdisciplinary art practice and teaching at The Learning Connexion in Lower Hutt. She was born in Denver, Colorado in 1968.
In 1994 she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking and her Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from the University of Colorado. In 2014 she received the Diploma of Art and Creativity (Advanced) from The Learning Connexion in Lower Hutt.
In 2001 Tackett received the Annual Fellowship Award from Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California and has been awarded artist residencies in both New Zealand and the USA.
In 2013 she was shortlisted for the Parkin Drawing Prize.
2014 exhibitions included a solo show entitled RIP, at Toi Pōneke Gallery and a selection of her works were included in the Summer Salon at Solander Gallery in Wellington.
In 2018 Tackett was a Merit Grant Recipient for a residency at the Vermont Studio Center and she was represented by Solander Gallery at the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair.
In 2019, she collaborated with fellow printmaker Toni Mosley to create a collaborative, interactive exhibition entitled Selective Memory which was shown at Railway Street Studios in Auckland.
2020 exhibitions included a solo show entitled Energy and Matter, at Solander Gallery in Wellington. In 2024 Tackett held two solo exhibitions; one in Wellington and one in Queenstown. She also was the Marsden College Artist in Residence.
She has been a finalist for the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award in 2019, ‘20, ‘23.