Zarahn
Southon, BVA
Date of Birth 12 June 1975
Place of Birth New Zealand
Education
| 2007 |
Studio Escalier, Argenton,
France |
| 2006 |
John Angel Academy, Florence, Italy |
| 1994 -
1998 |
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Auckland University
Manukau Campus,
New Zealand, Major: Painting |
Awards
| 2007 |
Jouffrault scholarship,
Studio Escalier, Argenton, France |
| 2005 |
Martin Hughes Contemporary Pacific
Art Scholarship |
| 1995 |
Third Place, Student Category “Windsor & Newton
Painting Competition” |
1994
|
Senior Painting Prize, Howick College
Highly Commended, “Manukau Youth Art Awards" |
| 1993 |
Highly Commended, “Manukau Youth
Art Awards” |
| 1992 |
Highly Commended, “Manukau Youth
Art Awards” |
Solo Exhibitions
| 2005 |
Istoria |
Milford Galleries
Auckland, NZ |
| 2004 |
Untitled |
Mcpherson Gallery,
Auckland, NZ |
| 2003 |
Cimmerii |
Milford Galleries
Dunedin, South Island |
2002
|
Cameo Project
Corpus |
Te Tuhi – the
Mark, Auckland, NZ
Mcpherson Gallery, Auckland,
NZ |
| 2001 |
Humanals |
Mcpherson Gallery,
Auckland, NZ |
| 2000 |
Pintura |
Pakuranga Public
Gallery, Auckland, NZ |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2008 |
National
Portrait Competition |
Adams portrait Gallery,
NZ |
| 2007 |
Summer
Show |
SOCA, Auckland, NZ |
| 2006 |
Group
Show |
The
Angel Academy, Florence, Italy
Ngati Tuwharetoa Cultural Festival, Taupo, NZ |
| 2005 |
Milford
Galleries Stock Show
B.M.W Awards
National Portrait Competition |
Auckland,
NZ
Auckland NZ
Wellington,
NZ |
| 2004 |
Portrait
of Dorian Grey
Wallace Trust Art Awards
National Portrait Competition |
SOCA, Auckland, NZ
Auckland, NZ
Wellington, NZ |
| 2003 |
The
art of social Commentary
Overview Figurative Work |
Tuhi – the mark,
Auckland, NZ
Milford
Galleries Dunedin, NZ
|
| 2002 |
Wallace
Trust Art Awards |
Auckland, NZ |
| 1997 |
From
Here to There |
Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga
and Vanuatu |
| 1996 |
Six
Pack – Polynesian Artists |
Taupo
District Museum of Art and History, Whakatane
Museum and Art Gallery, Devenport Art Depot, NZ
|
Residencies
| 2004 |
Howick College
Art Department, Auckland, NZ |
| 1999 |
Pakuranga Community and
Cultural Centre, Auckland, NZ |
Publications & Reviews
New York Art Magazine Website, Tips & Pic’s
directory, 2006, USA
Art News, Spring Edition 2006, Auckland, NZ
Pacifica Magazine, Autumn Edition 2006, Auckland, NZ
Tu Mai Magazine,
October 5th 2005, Wellington, NZ
B-guide magazine, Spring Edition 2005, Auckland, NZ
State of the Arts, May Edition 2004, Australia
Dutch courage goes down a real treat, New Zealand Herald August,
2004
Master Strokes , Sunday Star Times, September 2003
Figures in chiaroscuro
inhabit Southon world, Otago daily times, 9 October,
2003
A History of the Life Model in New Zealand Art, by Sandra Chesterman,
Canterbury Press Publications 2002
Between rock and a soft place, New Zealand Herald, 16 June, 2002
Outbreak
backs figure argument, New Zealand Herald, 22 July, 2001
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