Jane Vial
Nelson-Marlborough
MA (distinction), Dip Arts, BA
Director Art & Heritage Services – art historian, curator, lecturer and writer.
PUBLICATION
Elizabeth Lissaman: New Zealand’s Pioneer Studio Potter,
Rim Books (2019). Commissioned by Marlborough Museum.
CONTRIBUTOR TO PUBLICATIONS INCLUDES
‘George Miller (1872-1949): Acclaimed Stonemason and Sculptor’, Nelson Historical Society Journal, vol 9, no 6 (2026)
‘Frankel, Lady Elaine Margaret (Margaret) (1902–1997)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University (2025)
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/frankel-lady-elaine-margaret-margaret-34400/text43177, published online 2025
‘In Plain Sight: Margaret Frankel, the overlooked foundation artist of The Group’, Christchurch Art Gallery, Bulletin, no 205 (2021) https://christchurchartgallery.org.nz/bulletin/205/in-plain-sight
New Zealand Art at Te Papa (2018), Te Papa Press
New Zealand Art: from Cook to Contemporary (2008 & 2010), Te Papa Press
Paul Dibble, David Bateman (2001 & 2006)
RECENT LECTURES INCLUDE
‘Henry Redwood: Art Patron of the New Zealand Turf ‘, Nelson Historical Society (2025)
‘George Miller: Stonemason Sculptor’, The Suter TUKU24, Nelson (2024)
Lecturer 2015 and 2016 for DFASNZ & ADFAS – New Zealand and Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Societies.
EXHIBITIONS AND CATALOGUES INCLUDE
Elizabeth Lissaman: The Art of Pottery, Objectspace, Auckland (2019)
Movers & Shakers: Early New Zealand Portraits by William Beetham, New Zealand Portrait Gallery (2013)
Bohemians of the Brush: Pumpkin Cottage Impressionists, Expressions, Upper Hutt (2011) – winner of the 2011 Museums Aotearoa award for Exhibition Excellence in a Small Museum.
From Fretful Sleeper to Art World Giant: the Gallery of Helen Hitchings, Museum of Wellington (2008)
