Bena Jackson in an artist based in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, New Zealand

benazjackson@gmail.com
@benazan

Solo exhibitions
Raking leaves from gravel, PROJECT ROOMS, Melbourne Art Fair, 2026 (presented by play_station)
Urban Legend Te Tuhi, Auckland, 2024
Here we all are, The Engine Room, Wellington 2023
Castle Mall, May 2023, RM, Auckland, 2023
Camera phone, play_station, Wellington 2021

Selected group/duo exhibitions
2026
Civic Weeds, PEG Gallery, Wellington

2024
Blue Nylon, with Max Fleury, Homestead Galleries, Corban Estate Arts Centre, Auckland

2022
Ambient Television 1, screening, Audio Foundation, Auckland
Anaerobic video, CIRCUIT at the Arts Centre, Christchurch

2021
Bound in secret knots, with Teresa Collins, Enjoy Contemporary Art Space, Wellington
The Stories of Five to Ten People, The Engine Room, Wellington
Root Route, play_station at Sutton House for TENT, Christchurch

2020
Same thing every day, with Max Fleury, Window, Auckland
Golden light in the dairy, with Rob Cherry, {Suite} Gallery, Wellington
Home Depot, play_station, online
One Who Goes Quickly, with Max Fleury, commissioned by CIRCUIT and Wellington City Council for Masons Screen

2019
Bells and Whistles, play_station, Wellington
Storm water solutions, with Teresa Collins, Toi Pōneke, Wellington
Cupa Dupa Art Park, Toi Pōneke, Wellington

2018
Exposure, Massey University
The Shining, Brooklyn Scout Hall

Media
Public fountains and pools: A thing of our modern past?, Maggie Tweedie, RNZ, 2024
Te Hīkoi Toi: Artists' creativity stitch aspects of lives together, Arihia Latham, Stuff, 2021
History, the sky, and the street: three new commissions for Masons Screen, Tomasin Sleigh, Circuit, 2020

Awards
Iris Fisher Scholarship, 2023
Massey University Masters Research Scholarship, 2023
Finalist, National Contemporary Art Award, Waikato Museum,  2023
Collin Post Memorial Scholarship in Sculpture, 2022

Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Massey University, 2018
Master of Fine Arts, Massey University, 2023

Other Projects
charm bracelet, email-based project, 2025-ongoing
Gallery facilitator, play_station, 2020—2022
Curator and organiser, Root Route, play_station for TENT 2021
Curator and organiser, Art at home: Spring October 2020
Sculptor/intern Helpers Changing Homes, Yuka Oyama, summer 2017–18