Jacki McInnes (b. 1966) is a South African artist, arts writer, and curator. She earned her BA(FA) with distinction from UNISA in 2001 where she also received the UNISA Fine Art Faculty Medal. She completed an MFA at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT in 2004 and is currently a PhD candidate (Creative Research) at the Wits School of the Arts, University of Witwatersrand. McInnes resides in Cape Town and works between Cape Town and Johannesburg.
McInnes has received numerous accolades, including the Mixed Media category prize at the M-Web New Signatures Competition in 2000, a National Arts Council scholarship in 2003, and the Pro Helvetia Arts Council of Switzerland Artist’s Residency program in 2004. She won the Sacatar-Spier Contemporary Fellowship Award in 2010. In 2011, McInnes, in collaboration with filmmaker Peter Goldsmid, was a finalist in the inaugural Johannesburg GoodPitch² Documentary Film-making Competition. She also received the Kunstraum Sylt Artist’s Residency award in 2012. Her work is featured in various public and private collections, both in South Africa and internationally.
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Jacki McInnes (b. 1966) is a South African artist, arts writer, and curator. She earned her BA(FA) with distinction from UNISA in 2001 where she also received the UNISA Fine Art Faculty Medal. She completed an MFA at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT in 2004 and is currently a PhD candidate (Creative Research) at the Wits School of the Arts, University of Witwatersrand. McInnes resides in Cape Town and works between Cape Town and Johannesburg.
McInnes has received numerous accolades, including the Mixed Media category prize at the M-Web New Signatures Competition in 2000, a National Arts Council scholarship in 2003, and the Pro Helvetia Arts Council of Switzerland Artist’s Residency program in 2004. She won the Sacatar-Spier Contemporary Fellowship Award in 2010. In 2011, McInnes, in collaboration with filmmaker Peter Goldsmid, was a finalist in the inaugural Johannesburg GoodPitch² Documentary Film-making Competition. She also received the Kunstraum Sylt Artist’s Residency award in 2012. Her work is featured in various public and private collections, both in South Africa and internationally.
