About
I am an artist based in Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand.
At the end of 2022, I destroyed all but a dozen of my artworks and moved to Dunedin for a fresh start. It’s been liberating. Since that day of destruction I’ve been working in sketchbooks, have created and published a zine called Saturday Delivery, made daily ink drawings for 100 days, and created a series of collages (available for purchase).
My practice is concerned with the experience of living, feeling, and making. It allows me to express things I can’t put into words. I aim to bridge the dark and the light through my work and, in some small way, disturb the Universe.
I’m currently developing a new body of work.
Solo exhibitions
2020
New Old Forms, Toi Pōneke, Wellington
2017/18
A Slow Take, Te Tuhi, Auckland
2015
The Colour of Courtenay Place, light box public art project, Courtenay Place Park, Wellington
2014
Reading Materials & Occasional Monochromes, Paul Nache Gallery, Gisborne
2013
Is this who you really want to be? 30 Upstairs, Wellington
SNO 90, Sydney Non-Objective Contemporary Art Projects,
Australia
2012
Engine Room Remix, The Engine Room, Wellington
2010
Say xyzzy, Studio 11, Toi Poneke, Wellington
Selected group shows & competitions
2021
INTERPLAY: a group exhibtion, twentysix, Wellington
2018
Parkin Drawing Prize, NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
2017
A Slow Burn, Meanwhile, Wellington.
2015
On Hold to Read, curated by Justin Jade Morgan, Wallace Gallery Morrinsville, Auckland.
2014
New Work: Victoria Munro, Gary Peters & Erica van Zon, Melanie Roger Gallery, Auckland
Parkin Drawing Award, NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington
Lying in Space, 30 Upstairs, Wellington
Tools of the Trade, Paul Nache Gallery, Gisborne
2013
Lying in Space, The Pah Homestead, Auckland and Paul Nache Gallery, Gisborne
2012
Groundwork, Toi Pōneke Gallery, Wellington
aaaGiLNrsty, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington
2010
Wallace Art Awards, Salon de Refusee, Auckland
COCA Anthony Harper Award for Contemporary Art, Christchurch
2009
Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award, Auckland
Trust Waikato National Contemporary Art Award, Hamilton
COCA Anthony Harper Award for Contemporary Art, Christchurch
2004
Another 48 Hours, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington
2003
ETA, Enjoy Gallery Public Art, Wellington
Curatorial
2014
Loaded, curated with Sarah Caylor, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington
Residencies and awards
2013
30 Upstairs, Wellington – Studio residency and exhibition
The Engine Room, Massey University, Wellington – Residency and exhibition.
2012
Sydney Non-Objective Contemporary Art Projects, Australia – Six month residency and exhibition, with support from the Todd Trust
Education
2012 MFA (with distinction), Massey University, Wellington
1993 BA (Hons) Fine Art, The University of Northumbria
at Newcastle
Other information
Works held in public and private collections.
Living in Dunedin since November 2022.