Curriculum vitae
Date of Birth: June 1975
Place of Birth: New Zealand
Education
2017 Tikanga Marae, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
2008 Ted Seth Jacobs, Intensive Portrait Painting Program, B.A.C.A.A, Belmont CA, USA
2007 Studio Escalier, Argenton Chateau, France
2006 Sabbatical, Florence, Italy
1998 Bachelor of Visual Arts, Manukau School of Visual Arts, New Zealand
Awards
2012 Art Renewal Center, Salon Finalist, Figurative Category
2007 Waterway Fellowship, Studio Escalier
2005 Martin Hughes Contemporary Pacific Art Scholarship
1995 3rd Place, Student Category "Windsor & Newton Painting Competition"
1994 Senior Painting Prize, Howick College
1994 Highly Commended, "Manukau Youth Art Awards"
1993 Highly Commended, "Manukau Youth Art Awards"
1992 Highly Commended, "Manukau Youth Art Awards"
Residencies
2009 "Artists in Schools" Howick College Art Department, Auckland
2004 "Artists in Schools" Howick College Art Department, Auckland
1999 Pakuranga Community and Cultural Centre, Auckland
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Interiors, Jonathan Grant Galleries, Auckland
2014 Tempus, Jonathan Grant Galleries, Auckland
2008 Studio Works, S.O.C.A Gallery, Auckland
2005 Istoria, Milford Galleries, Auckland
2004 Untitled, Mcpherson Gallery, Auckland
2003 Cimmerii, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
2002 Cameo Project, Te Tuhi - the Mark, Auckland
2002 Corpus, Mcpherson Gallery, Auckland
2001 Humanals, Mcpherson Gallery, Auckland
2000 Pintura, Pakuranga Public Gallery, Auckland
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Our People - Our Land, ARTIS Gallery, Auckland
2017 Our People - Our Land, Jonathan Grant Galleries, Auckland
2015 Winter Group Show, Jonathan Grant Galleries, Auckland
2014 Summer Group Show, Jonathan Grant Galleries, Auckland
2011 About Face Aspects of Portraiture, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland
2011 19th & 20th Century Paintings, Jonathan Grant Galleries, Auckland
2010 National Portrait Competition, Adams Portrait Gallery, Wellington
2010 Wallace Trust Collection, The Pah Homestead, Auckland
2009 Wallace Trust Art Awards, Auckland
2008 National Portrait Competition, Adams Portrait Gallery, Wellington
2007 Summer Show, S.O.C.A Gallery, Auckland
2006 Group Show, The Angel Academy, Florence, Italy
2006 National Portrait Competition, Adams portrait Gallery, Wellington
2005 Ngāti Tūwharetoa Festival, Taupo Community & Cultural Center, Taupo
2005 Milford Galleries Stock Show, Milford Galleries, Auckland
2005 B.M.W Awards, B.M.W Show-grounds, Auckland
2004 Portrait of Dorian Grey, S.O.C.A Gallery, Auckland
2004 Wallace Trust Art Awards, Auckland
2004 National Portrait Competition, Adams Portrait Gallery, Wellington
2003 The Art of Social Commentary, Te Tuhi - the mark, Auckland
2003 Overview Figurative Work, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
2002 Wallace Trust Art Awards, Auckland
1997 From Here to There, Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu
1996 Six Pack - Polynesian Artists, Taupo Museum of Art and History, Taupo
Teaching History
2019-present Portrait Painting, Browne School of Art, Auckland
2019 ArtSpark Artist Talk, Green Bay Community House, Auckland
2019 Multimedia Workshops, Kelston Deaf Education Centre, Auckland
2017-present Portrait Drawing, Titirangi Community Centre
2017 Portrait Drawing, Te Uru, Titirangi
2015 Life Painting Workshop, Te Uru, Titirangi
2014 One Month Intensive Painting Workshop, Realist Workshops, Auckland
2013 One Month Intensive Painting Workshop, Realist Workshops, Auckland
2010-present Private Tuition, Painting & Drawing, Auckland
2005 – 2012 Life Drawing Tutor, School of Art And Design, Auckland University of Technology
2000 - 2010 Life Drawing Tutor, Art Station, Ponsonby
Selected Publications & Reviews
Zarahn Southon, 'Grand Battles and Untrammeled Racism' E-Tangata online magazine, 14 June, 2020
Carly Tawhiao, 'Realist painter gets real about learning tikanga' 24 May, 2016
TJ McNamara, 'At Home with the Dutch Masters' Weekend Herald, November 26, 2016
'Māori artists auction flag designs for charity' Te Ao Māori News, April 7, 2015
Edward Hanfling, 'About Face: Aspects of Portraiture' Art New Zealand, Winter 2011, p13
Iulia Leilua, Native Affairs Māori T.V Monday 21 October, 2013
T.J. McNamara, 'Ingenious Ideas Get the Green Light' NZ Herald, 20 Sep, 2009
'Peninsula Hearts' San Francisco Examiner, February 18th 2009, USA
T.J. McNamara, 'Neo Glare from the Deep South' NZ Herald, October 5th 2008
Richard Wolfe, New Zealand Portraits, Penguin NZ 2008, p216-217 (plate 80)
Sandra Gilliam, 'Following the Masters' Art New Zealand, Spring 2008, p34-37
'Tips & Pic's directory', New York Art Magazine Website, USA, 2006
Zarahn Southon, 'Florentines and Angles' Art News, Spring Edition 2006, p70-71
Zarahn Southon off to Florence Lifestyle magazine NZ Herald, 6 Dec, 2005
T.J. McNamara, 'Giant Shocks Loaded with Emotion' NZ Herald, October 2005
'Crouching Taniwha, Hidden Heritage' Tu Mai Magazine, October 5th 2005, p12-13
Alex Lovell, 'A Kiwi Master' B-guide magazine' Spring Edition 2005, p38-41
T.J. McNamara, 'The Galleries: Realism meets Abstract' NZ Herald, December 15th 2004
Charles Tongue, 'Young Guns', State of the Arts, May Edition 2004
T.J. McNamara, 'Dutch Courage Goes Down A Real Treat', NZ Herald, August 2004
T.J. McNamara, "Place to Dissect the Past", NZ Herald, June 19th 2003
Helen Watson Wright 'Master Strokes' Sunday Star Times, September 2003
Richard Dingwall, 'Figures in Chiaroscuro' Otago Daily Times, October 9th 2003
Sandra Chesterman, A History of the Life Model in New Zealand Art, Canterbury Press Publications 2002, p121-123
T.J. McNamara, 'Between Rock and a Soft Place' NZ Herald, June 16th 2002
John Daly-Peoples, National Bussiness Review, August 3rd 2001
T.J. McNamara, 'Outbreak Backs Figure Argument',NZ Herald, July 22nd 2001