BORN:

EDUCATION:

D.A.(GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART) 1971. M.A.F.A.(NATAL) FIBRE SCULPTURE 1983.THESIS: " THE DEVELOPMENT OF FIBRE ART WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO SOUTH AFRICA AND AFRICAN INDIGENOUS FUNCTIONAL FIBRE ART ".

CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (EQUIVALENT TO H.D.E.) (WITH DISTINCTION) MORAY HOUSE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, EDINBURGH, 1972.

EXHIBITIONS:

GROUP EXHIBITIONS IN UNITED KINGDOM, SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA, POLAND, VENEZUELA, LITHUANIA, BRAZIL, AUSTRALIA AND AMERICA.

2. TWO WORKS AT COMPASS GALLERY, GLASGOW,1972.

3. ONE WORK AT FIRST GALLERY, LANARK, 1972.

4. TWO WORKS IN "FIBRE SCULPTURE", N.S.A.GALLERY, DURBAN,1976.

5. TWO WORKS IN "CONTEMPORARY QUILT", N.S.A. GALLERY, DURBAN, 1977.

6. TWO WORKS AT MARKET GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG,1977.

7. ONE WORK AT "THINGS PEOPLE MAKE", DURBAN ART GALLERY, 1981.

8. FIVE WORKS AT "FIBRE ART", N.S.A. GALLERY, DURBAN, OCTOBER 1983.

9. FIVE WORKS AT "FIBRE ART", TATHAM ART GALLERY, PIETERMARITZBURG, NOVEMBER 1983.

10. FIVE WORKS AT CAPE ASSOCIATION OF ARTS GALLERY, CAPE TOWN, JANUARY, 1984.

11. "INVITED ARTISTS", N.S.A. GALLERY, DURBAN,OCTOBER 1984.

12. ONE WORK "WOMAN'S EXHIBITION" N.S.A. GALLERY, DURBAN, JULY 1985.

13. TWO WORKS AT CARRIAGE HOUSE GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG, AUGUST 1985.

14. ONE WORK AT "100 ARTISTS FOR LIFE", ELIZABETH GORDON GALLERY, DURBAN, NOVEMBER 1988.

15. TWO WORKS AT "DURBAN REVISITED", N.S.A. GALLERY, DURBAN, JUNE 1992.

16. ONE WORK AT "CONTEMPORARY DURBAN ARTISTS", N.S.A. GALLERY, DURBAN, OCTOBER 1992.

17. ONE WORK AT "CHAIRS TRANSFORMED" N.S.A. GALLERY, DURBAN, JUNE 1993.

18. THREE WORKS AT "ARTISTS WITH CAMERA" N.S.A. GALLERY, DURBAN, JULY 1993.

19. ONE WORK AT "NO MAN'S LAND", DURBAN ART GALLERY, MARCH 1994.

20. TWO WORKS IN “VITA CRAFTS NOW 1997", AFRICAN WINDOW GALLERY , PRETORIA, APRIL - MAY
      1997.
21. ONE WORK IN “JABULISA”, DURBAN ART GALLERY, 2OO1, JOHANNESBURG ART GALLERY, 2002.

22. ONE WORK IN “BLACK AND WHITE COPIES” N.S.A. GALLERY , SEPTEMBER, 2001 .

23. TWO WORKS IN “FIBREWORKS 2" TATHAM ART GALLERY, PIETERMARITZBURG, FEBRUARY 2002.

24. ONE WORK IN “UNTOLD TALES OF MAGIC - ABELUMBI” DURBAN ART GALLERY, APRIL 2002.

25. ARTISTS IN ACTION AGAINST HIV/AIDS - DURBAN ART GALLERY, JULY - AUGUST 2003.

26. TWO WORKS IN WASTE ART - SANDTON CIVIC GALLERY - JOHANNESBURG, JUNE 2004.

27. ARTISTS IN ACTION AGAINST HIV/AIDS - TATHAM ART GALLERY, JUNE 2004.

28. ONE WORK IN 11TH INTERNATIONAL TRIENNIAL OF TAPESTRY, CENTRAL MUSEUM OF TEXTILES,       LODZ, POLAND, MAY - OCTOBER 2004.

29. ONE WORK IN 3RD INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL, WOMEN IN TEXTILE ART, QUINTA ISABELA MUSEUM       (PART OF THE ITURRIZA PALACE, VALENCIA, VENEZUELA, NOVEMBER 2004.

30. EXHIBITION (TRANSGRESSIONS) IMAGES - HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLOBALISATION CONFERENCE - PANCHGANI, INDIA.

31. 2004/2005 'SURVIVAL' INSTALLATION AND SURROUNDING EVENTS. VENUE: THE WORKSHOP SHOPPING COMPLEX, DURBAN.
EXHIBITED AS PART OF ' TANGENCYA

32. 'BREAK THE SILENCE BILLBOARD' (SURVIVAL) - SPONSORED BY ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY, NATIONAL LOTTERY, DURBAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY - MAYDON WHARF, DURBAN, JUNE / JULY 2005.

33. ONE WORK IN 5TH INTERNATIONAL KAUNAS ART BIENNIAL - TEXTILE 05, KAUNAS, LITHUANIA, OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2005.

34. ONE WORK, 'AFFECTION STOLEN OVER TIME', AT GOETHE INSTITUTE, BAHIA SALVADOR, BRAZIL. INTINERANT EXHIBITION DURING 2006 IN AFRICA, THE AMERICAS AND EUROPE .

35. ONE WORK, 'MAJOR MINORS II' AUSTRALASIAN QUILT CONVENTION, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, JANUARY 2006. INTERANT EXHIBITION DURING 2006 IN AUSTRALIA, GERMANY, AND SOUTH AFRICA.

36. 'THE WASHING LINE' INSTALLATION, TANGENCYA 2. VENUE: THE WORKSHOP SHOPPING CENTRE, DURBAN. APRIL 2006

37. XVI INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE, TORONTO, CANADA-----INSTALLATIONS----“SURVIVAL” AND “THE WASHING LINE”.

38. “THE WASHING LINE INSTALLATION 2” JABULISA, THE ART AND CRAFT OF KWA-ZULU NATAL, TATHAM ART GALLERY, PIETERMARITZBURG [TRAVELLING EXHIBITION IN SOUTH AFRICA]

39. Curated "SKIN - TO SKIN" , SOUTH AFRICAN COLLECTION, KAUNAS ART BIENNIAL-TEXTILE 07, LITHUANIA, 2007/8. THE WASHING LINE 3, KAUNAS ART BIENNIAL- TEXTILE 07, LITHUANIA, 2007/8

40. "SURVIVAL", MAKE ART/STOP AIDS, FOWLER MUSEUM, UCLA, LOS ANGELES , 2008

41. Curated " SKIN - TO SKIN"- CHALLENGING TEXTILE ART, STANDARD BANK GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG, 2008. THE WASHING LINE 3, STANDARD BANK GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG, 2008.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

1. ‘TREES AND ROOTS,’ JACK HEATH GALLERY, UNIVERSITY OF NATAL, PIETERMARITZBURG,
    OCTOBER 1981.

2. ‘TREES AND ROOTS,’ N.S.A. GALLERY DURBAN, NOVEMBER 1981.

3. ‘TREES AND ROOTS,’ RAND AFRIKAANS UNIVERSITY GALLERY, JOHANNESBURG, APRIL 1982.

4. ‘TALISMAN FOR AFRICA,’ GOODMAN GALLERY JOHANNESBURG, 1989.

5. ‘TALISMAN FOR AFRICA’GALLERY INTERNATIONAL, CAPE TOWN, 1991.

6. ‘RIVERS OF LIFE’ TECHNIKON NATAL ART GALLERY, DURBAN, 1994.

7. ‘TRANSGRESSIONS?,’ N.S.A GALLERY DURBAN, NOVEMBER, 1998.

8. ‘PANDEMIC PATIENT,’INSTALLATION, 13TH WORLD AIDS CONFERENCE, PART OF AMAZIKO
    CULTURAL PROGRAMME, DURBAN ART GALLERY, JULY 2000.

9. ‘COATS AND COVERINGS’ K.Z.N.S.A. GALLERY DURBAN, NOVEMBER 2001

10. ‘COATS AND COVERINGS’ NTSIKANA GALLERY , THE MONUMENT, GRAHAMSTOWN FESTIVAL,
      GRAHAMSTOWN. JULY 2002

11. 'COATS & COVERINGS', 'STANDARD BANK GALLERY' JOHANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA. APRIL / MAY 2003

MEDIA, THEMES & EXHIBITIONS:

FIBRE AND MIXED MEDIA, SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION----------SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND HIV/AIDS THEMES. 41 GROUP AND 12 SOLO EXHIBITIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND INTERNATIONALLY, INCLUDING SCOTLAND, INDIA, POLAND, VENEZUELA, BRAZIL, LITHUANIA, AUSTRAILIA, CANADA AND AMERICA.

AWARDS:

MERIT AWARD WINNER, ‘VITA CRAFT NOW 1997,’ NATIONAL EXHIBITION, AFRICAN WINDOW, PRETORIA, 1997.

MAJOR AWARD WINNER, 1ST PRIZE IN CATEGORY OF 'PLACE', 5TH KAUNAS ART BIENNAL - TEXTILE 05, KAUNAS, LITHUANIA, OCTOBER 2005.

VIDEO PRODUCTION:

CREATED AND PRODUCED “RIVERS OF LIFE” REPRESENTING 14 YEARS OF KIRKWOOD’S WORK 1980-94 (USED BY SCHOOLS, TECHNIKONS, MUNICIPAL GALLERIES AND LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT SOUTH AFRICA).

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

1. THREE WORKS -- DURBAN ART GALLERY

2. DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

3. ANGLO AMERICAN CORPORATION

4. DEPARTMENT OF NATIONAL EDUCATION.

5. TATHAM ART GALLERY, PIETERMARITZBURG.

6. CENTRAL MUSEUM OF TEXTILES, LODZ, POLAND.

7. MANY OTHER WORKS IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN SCOTLAND, THE UNITED STATES, POLAND, DENMARK, BRITAIN AND SOUTH AFRICA.

COMMISSIONS:

1. TAPESTRY COMMISSION FOR KILMARNOCK ARTS COUNCIL, SCOTLAND, 1974.

2. COMMISSION FOR NATAL PLAYHOUSE ON 3 LEVELS FROM DRAMA FOYER TO LOFT THEATRE,
    1985 -1986.

THEATRE:

PRODUCTION BY NAPAC DANCE COMPANY FOR " LOFT FESTIVAL 88 ", BASED ON MY TRIPTYCH " TALISMAN FOR AFRICA ". I DESIGNED SETS, COSTUMES AND CO -CHOREOGRAPHED WITH NAPAC DANCER GERARD SAMUEL.

CITATIONS AND ARTICLES IN BOOKS AND CATALOGUES:

1. GRANIA OGILVY THE DICTIONARY OF SOUTH AFRICAN PAINTERS AND SCULPTORS 1988.

2. CONTEMPORARY ART PUBLISHERS A DIRECTORY OF CONTEMPORARY SOUTH AFRICAN ART 1997,
    UPDATED 1999.

3. THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO ART
    AND ARTISTS IN SOUTH AFRICA 1998.

4. FIONA KIRKWOOD “THE FIBRE ART MOVEMENT AND FIBRE ART IN KWAZULU NATAL” CATALOGUE
    JABULISA: THE ART OF KWAZULU NATAL (2000) 13-19.

5. ZEBRA REGISTER OF SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS AND GALLERIES VOL 2 (2002) 45.

REFERENCES TO WORKS IN JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES:

1. DENE SMUTS “IN HER OWN IMAGE” LEADERSHIP MAGAZINE 1987 VOL 6 NO 5 119.

2. CAROL BROWN “ART FROM SCRAP”ART DESIGN ARCHITECTURE (ADA) 1990-1991 29.

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. SOUTH AFRICAN ART NEWS AUGUST 2001 FRONT AND BACK COVER AND 08.

6. ART DESIGN ARCHITECTURE (ADA) (DURBAN ISSUE)1994 24, 32 75.

7. ARTICLES IN MANY OTHER NEWSPAPERS MAGAZINES.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

1. 1975-6: PART-TIME LECTURER IN WEAVING,CRAFTS AND BASIC DESIGN, TECHNIKON NATAL FINE
    ARTS DEPARTMENT.

2. 1975-6: PART-TIME LECTURER IN WEAVING, M.L.SULTAN TECHNIKON.

3. 1977-83: JUNIOR LECTURER IN ART EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF DURBAN-WESTVILLE.

4. 1983-4: PART-TIME LECTURER IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL PERCEPTUAL STUDIES, TECHNIKON NATAL
    FINE ARTS DEPARTMENT.

5. 1985-6: PART-TIME LECTURER IN FIBRE ART AND WEAVING, TECHNIKON NATAL FINE ARTS
    DEPARTMENT.

6. 1983-96: PART-TIME LECTURER IN DRAWING AND PAINTING, ADVANCED DRAWING AND PAINTING,
    BASIC DESIGN, FIGURE DRAWING, COLOUR, WEAVING AND CREATIVE EMBROIDERY, UNIVERSITY
    OF NATAL UNIT FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION.

7. 1995-PRESENT: TEACHING DRAWING AND PAINTING AT THE FIONA KIRKWOOD ART STUDIO.

8. HAVE RUN VARIOUS WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT SOUTH AFRICA ON DRAWING AND PAINTING,
    DESIGN, AND LIFE DRAWING, INCLUDING AT VALLEY TRUST, BOTHAS HILL WITH ZULU BEAD
    WORKERS AND DOLL MAKERS.

9. 1990-2002: PART-TIME LECTURER IN FASHION DESIGN, TECHNIKON NATAL.

10. 2002-2005: PART TIME LECTURER IN DRAWING, DEPARTMENT OF FINE ART, DURBAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

11. 2004-2008 MODERATOR FOR DEPARTMENT OF FASHION AND TEXTILES, DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

THERAPEUTIC ART

1999-2001: THERAPEUTIC ART WORKSHOPS WITH JUNGIAN TRANSPERSONAL THERAPIST.