curriculum vitae
EDUCATION
1995 MFA ( hons.) Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ
1993 BFA: Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014 Lovely Lord White as Jasmine: 20 Year Survey Show, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2006 PAINTINGS: McPhersons Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2005 Bindu: McPhersons Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2004 Bindu: Corbans Estate, Auckland, NZ
2001 BLOOM: Pataka, Porirua, NZ
2000 TEST SITES with Julie Evans: Artis, Auckland, NZ
1999 THE DELHI SUITE and NEW PAINTINGS: Yanna Land Gallery, Wellington, NZ
1998 7 PAINTINGS from NEW DELHI: Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland, NZ
7 PAINTINGS: Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, India
1997 NEW PAINTINGS: Gregory Flint Galleries, Auckland, NZ
1996 TAT VA MASI: Drawings Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1995 WORKING with TANTRA: ASA Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1994 YANTR A MANTRA: Warwick Brown Gallery, Auckland, NZ
DHAWANI: Warwick Brown Gallery, Auckland, NZ
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 INVISIBLE NARRATIVES: New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata, Wellington, NZ
2022 A PLACE TO STAND: Tamaki Paenga Hira, Auckland Museum, Auckland, NZ
2019 Rubicon: North Art, Auckland, NZ
2017 A Turn of the Wheel: Malcolm Smith Gallery, Uxbridge, Howick, Auckland, NZ
2016 Over the Horizon: Malcolm Smith Gallery, Uxbridge, Howick, Auckland, NZ
2015 The Cedar Show: Pah Homestead, Mt Roskill, Auckland, NZ
2010 CALLING: New Zealand Steel Gallery, Franklin Arts Culture and Learning Trust, Pukekohe, NZ
2006 DOMINION: WCAG, Waiheke, Auckland, NZ
2005 WORKS on PAPER: Corban’s Art Estate, Auckland, NZ
2004 DIWALI: Art Station, Auckland, NZ
2003 UNDER the INFLUENCE: Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2002 JAMES WALLACE ART AWARD: Auckland, NZ
2001 DRILL: Art Station, Auckland, NZ
2000 JAMES WALLACE ART AWARD: Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
DELIGHT: Art Station, Auckland, NZ
1999 100x100x100 SHOW: McPherson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
ON BOARD: Art Station, Auckland, NZ
SELECTIONS: Jeffery Coploff Fine Art, New York, USA
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE: Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, NZ
VISA GOLD WALLACE AWARD: Wallace Galleries, Auckland, NZ
IN THE ABSTRACT: Yanna Land Gallery, Wellington, NZ
1998 LITTLE: Jeffery Coploff Fine Art, New York, USA
100x100x100 SHOW: Drawings Gallery, Auckland, NZ
STATION MASTERS: Art Station, Auckland, NZ
JAMES WALLACE ART AWARD: Auckland, NZ
AWARDS
2018 Finalist, James Wallace Art Award, Auckland
2000 Finalist, James Wallace Art Award, Auckland
1999 Finalist, Visa Gold Wallace Award, Auckland
1998 Finalist, Visa Gold Wallace Award, Auckland
Sanskriti Kendra-Visual Artists Residency Fellowship, New Delhi, India
1995 Merit Award: Norsewear Art Award, Central Hawkes Bay
University of Auckland Masters & Honours Scholarship
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Two paintings on permanent display in the University of Canterbury Library, Christchurch, NZ
Two paintings on permanent display in the University of Auckland Library, Auckland, NZ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
T J McNamara, Bindu, NZ Herald, November 17 2004
John Daly, "Peoples", The National Business Review, August 2000
Peter Shand, "Issues of Identity", Art New Zealand, Summer 1999
Rebecca Lal, Catalogue: I Think I Know Who You Are, 1999
Katherine Webster, Art News, Spring 1999
Auckland City Scene, November 1998
Keith Stewart, "7 Paintings from New Delhi", Sunday Star, April 12, 1998
T J McNamara, "7 Paintings from New Delhi", NZ Herald, April 11, 1998
Charles Green, Two Lives, January 1998
T J McNamara, "New Paintings", NZ Herald, October 1997
T J McNamara, "Tat Va Masi", NZ Herald, August 14, 1996
T J McNamara, "Working with Tantra", NZ Herald, November 8, 1995
Justin Paton, "Post Show", Christchurch Star, September 1995
Catalogue, International Exhibition of Art Colleges, Hiroshima, Japan
Peter Shand, "Spirituality and Hybridity", Art New Zealand, Spring 1995
Asia Dynamic, Feature Artist on Art Programme, TVNZ - TV1, January 8, 1995
Bernadette Rae, "Rich Sound on Canvas", NZ Herald, March 24, 1995
TEACHING
1998 –2014 Community Education Art Tutor
Painting Workshop, Art Station, Ponsonby Rd, Auckland
Painting Workshop, Hungry Creek Art School, Puhoi
Personal Symbolism Workshop, Outreach, Ponsonby Rd, Auckland
University of Auckland Summer School
WORKSHOPS
1988 PAPER AS A SCULPTURAL MEDIUM, Wanganui Polytech
1987 BRONZE WORKSHOP: Hawkes Bay Polytechnic
1986 DRAWING WORKSHOP with Bill Sutton
1982 PARUA BAY PAINTING SUMMER SCHOOL