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.