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Born 1955, Auckland, New Zealand
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EDUCATION

1988
Master of Fine Arts with 1st Class Honours, Elam School of Art, University of Auckland, New Zealand

1985
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Elam School of Art, University of Auckland, New Zealand


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Another Green World, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand

2009
La Planete Suavage, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand

2008
Supposition, Two Rooms, Auckland, New Zealand

2006
My Hi-Fi, My Sci-Fi, 20 Year Survey Exhibition, curated by Gregory O'Brien for City Art Gallery, Wellington, toured to Auckland, Rotorua, Hamilton, Dunedin, New Zealand

2004
Love Me Tender: Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
Aviatrix: Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

2003
My Hi Fi, My Sci Fi: Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

2003
Horoeka and Antequera, Observations on Home and Abroad: Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington

2002
Horoeka and Antequera: Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

1999/2000
Naenae Parterre, A Garden of Optics from the Intermillennium Series (1991-1996):
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington

Regular solo exhibitions since 1986.


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011
Laisee - 10 Years of Koru Contemporary Art in Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chroma, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Mystic Garden, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

2009
Elizabeth Thomson & Russell Moses, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand
2+2 - A Dialogue with Geoff Thornley, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

2004
Opening Exhibition: Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington
Landscape, 7 NZ Artists: Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Opening Exhibition: Centre of Contemporary Art, Cairns, North Queensland, Australia

2003
Opening Exhibition: Black Barn Gallery, Havelock North

2002/2003
Conversation Pieces, Collaborative Works: Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington

2002
Red, Black, White: Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Recent Contemporary Acquisitions: New Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi o Tamaki, Auckland
Botanica: Gus Fisher Gallery, The University of Auckland, Auckland

2001
Botanica: Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington, Artis Gallery, Auckland
The fourth Perspective, New Furniture from collaborations with other artists: Judith
Anderson, Gallery, Auckland

Group exhibitions since 1983.


SELECTED COMMISSIONS

2003
Wavy Gravy: The Matterhorn, Wellington

2002
Sonic panorama: The University of Auckland, Auckland

1999-2000
First Forest, Elusive Matter - from the Intermillenium Series: The Royal SunAlliance
Centre, Auckland

1999
Otari Rosetta: Metropolis, Auckland

1996
The Spiny Way: Holmes Consulting Group, Auckland

1995-1996
Batocera Longhorns & Goliath: Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North

1992-1993
The Photic Zone & Beyond: Kermadec Restaurant, Auckland

1991
Cannibal Flies: Milford Sound Launch Terminal

1989
The Fearless Five Hundred: KPMG Centre, Auckland


AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

1998
James Wallace Art Award, New Zealand
1989
Arts Council of New Zealand Award, New Zealand
1987
Arts Council of New Zealand Award, New Zealand
1985
Joe Raynes Scholarship, Elam Scholarship, University of Auckland, New Zealand


SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The High Court, Wellington, New Zealand
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
James Wallace Trust, New Zealand
Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
Logan College, Queensland, Australia
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
Department of Conservation, New Zealand
Ministry of Forestry, New Zealand
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
National Bank of New Zealand, New Zealand
Te Manawa Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Johnson Wax Collection, United States

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Virginia Were, "Into the Wild', pgs 54-57, Art News New Zealand, Winter 2003
Michael Dunn, New Zealand Sculpture: A History, Auckland University Press 2002
Shifting Truth-Artist Profile Art News, Summer 1998
Justin Paton, The New Zealand Listener, 1998
Warwick Brown, One Hundred New Zealand Artists, 1996
Anna Miles, Collected Works 1986-1996 Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, 1996
Anna Miles, Waking up Slowly: Catalogue, Artists Project Auckland Art Gallery, 1996
The Owl, the Ghost & the Moon: Distance Looks Our Way: 10 Artists from New Zealand Distance Looks Our Way Trust, Auckland, 1992
Bridget Sutherland, The Fearless Five Hundred, Art New Zealand 57, 1990
Jennifer Phipps & Linda Tyler, Heart + Land: Contemporary Works on Paper from Aotearoa New Zealand New Zealand Art Gallery Directors Council, Wellington, 1980
Ninth British International Print Biennale Bradford Art Galleries & Museums, Bradford, 1986 England
Jill McIntosh (editor), Contemporary New Zealand Printmakers, Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press, Wellington, 1989
Susan Foster, Elizabeth Thomson Art New Zealand 44, 1987