Date of Birth: 12 June 1975
Place of Birth:
New Zealand
Education
2008- 09
Ted Seth Jacobs, Intensive Portrait Painting Program, BACAA, Belmont CA, USA
2007
Studio Escalier, Argenton, France
2006
Atelier, Florence, Italy
1998
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Auckland University Manukau Campus,
New Zealand, Major: Painting
Awards
2009
Merit Drawing Scholarship, American Artist magazine
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
2008
Studio Works
S.O.C.A Gallery, Auckland
2005
Istoria
Milford Galleries Auckland
2004
Untitled
Mcpherson Gallery, Auckland
2003
Cimmerii
Milford Galleries, Dunedin, South Island
2002
Cameo Project
Corpus Te Tuhi – the Mark, Auckland
Untitled
Mcpherson Gallery, Auckland
2001
Humanals
Mcpherson Gallery, Auckland
2000
Pintura
Pakuranga Public Gallery, Auckland
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
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
National Portrait Competition
Adams Portrait Gallery, Wellington
2007
Summer Show
S.O.C.A, Auckland
2006
Group Show.
The Angel Academy, Florence, Italy
Ngati Tuwharetoa Cultural Festival
Taupo, NZ
2005
Milford Galleries Stock Show.
Milford Galleries, Auckland
B.M.W Awards
B.M.W Show-grounds, Auckland
National Portrait Competition
Adams portrait Gallery,Wellington
2004
Portrait of Dorian Grey
S.O.C.A, Auckland
Wallace Trust Art Awards
Auckland
National Portrait Competition
Adams portrait Gallery, Wellington
2003
The art of social Commentary
Te Tuhi – the mark, Auckland
Overview Figurative Work
Milford Galleries, Dunedin
2002
Wallace Trust Art Awards
Auckland
1997
From Here to There
Hawaii, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu
1996
Six Pack – Polynesian Artists
Taupo District Museum of Art and History
Teaching History
2005 - 2009
Life Drawing Tutor, School of Art And Design, Auckland University of Technology
2000 - 2009
Life Drawing Tutor, Art Station, Ponsonby
Publications & Reviews
Peninsula Hearts, San Francisco Examiner, February 18th, 2009, USA
Neo Glare from the Deep South, New Zealand Herald, October 5th, 2008
New Zealand Portraits, Richard Wolfe, Penguin NZ, 2008
Following the Masters, Art New Zealand, Spring, 2008
New York Art Magazine Website, Tips & Pic’s directory, 2006, USA
Art News, Spring Edition 2006, Auckland
Pacifica Magazine, Autumn Edition 2006, Auckland
Giant Shocks Loaded with Emotion, N.Z Herald, October, 2005
Tu Mai Magazine, October 5th 2005, Wellington
B-guide magazine, Spring Edition 2005, Auckland
The Galleries: Realism meets Abstract, New Zealand herald, December 15, 2004
State of the Arts, May Edition 2004, Australia
Dutch Courage Goes Down A Real Treat, New Zealand Herald August, 2004
Place to Dissect the Past, New Zealand Herald, June 19, 2003
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, 2002