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Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Group Participation

19

70

Two man show with Michael Reed
Canterbury Society of Arts (CSA), Christchurch

72

Two man show with Mark Adams
Canterbury Society of Arts (CSA), Christchurch

79

100 International Drawings
Seo de Urgel, Spain

International Drawing
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

International La Lletra
Seo de Urgel, Spain

80

Art of Man Gallery, Sydney

Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

Sydney Print Survey

International Drawing
Fundació Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona

81

Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

82

Public Art Gallery, Dunedin

Works on Paper
Gingko Gallery, Christchurch

Bishop Suter Public Art Gallery, Nelson

New Zealand Drawing
Touring exhibition

2nd Anniversary Exhibition
Gingko Gallery, Christchurch

83

Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington

Red Metro Gallery, Dunedin

International Drawing
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

84

QEII Arts Council Visual Arts Grant

Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington

Louise Beale Artists in Nelson
The Bishop Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

85

Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

Six Christchurch Artists
Hamilton Centre Gallery, Hamilton

86

Gingko Gallery, Christchurch

The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington

A Piece of Art for Peace
Robert McDougall Galler, Christchurch

Goodman Suter Biennale
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

87

Invited Artists Project
Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

Parameters (Invited Artists Project) Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

Recent Work
The Press Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Dunedin

Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington

Art in Architecture
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

Art for Hospitals
CSA Gallery, Christchurch

Five Printmakers (Bennett, Cleavin, Copland, Hanly, Watkins)
Portfolio Gallery, Auckland

88

Artist in Residence
Nelson Polytechnic

The Printmakers
Charlotte H Galleries, Auckland

Goodman/Suter Biennale, Guest Artist
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

30 Canterbury Artists
Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

89

Exhibition of 1988 Artist in Residence work
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Annex Gallery, Robert McDougall Public Art Gallery, Christchurch

Four Artists (Pauline Rhodes, Julia Morison, Graham Bennett, Simon Morrison)
Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

90

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #1
Boulder Bank, Nelson waterfront

Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Arts Council Visual Arts Grant

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #1
Boulder Bank, Nelson waterfront

Prints from Further Afield
Portfolio Gallery, Auckland

Goodman/Suter Biennale
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Situation and Style – vestiges of regionalism
Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

Canterbury Perspective
Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

Contemporary NZ Prints
Ferner Gallery, Auckland

Artists from the Deep South
Art Line, Auckland

91

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Boulder Bank, Nelson waterfront

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Boulder Bank, Nelson waterfront

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
The Suter Art Gallery, Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Archery Lawn, Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

Group Show
Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

New Zealand Contemporary Medals Exhibition
Memphis, USA

Contemporary NZ Printmakers Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington

92

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Archery Lawn, Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Grey River flood wall, Westland

Gallery Miyabi
Fukuoka, Japan

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Grey River flood wall, Westland

Left Bank Gallery, Greymouth

Aeroclub Gallery, Port Chalmers, Dunedin

Canterbury Prospect Exhibition – Recent works by Canterbury Artists
Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

93

Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan

Dilana Rugs Artists
Artex, Auckland

Christchurch Polytechnic School of Art & Design Tutors
CSA Gallery, Christchurch

Dilana Rugs’ Artists
Kobe, Japan

94

Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland

Little Jewels
Arts Marketing Board Aotearoa, Wellington

The Crane and the Kotuku, NZ Artists’ links with Japan
Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North

Nelson Polytechnic Collection
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Fax About Art
CSA Gallery, Christchurch

Contemporary Canterbury Sculpture Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

Recent Works
Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

95

Sea/Sky/Kaipara
The Farm, Kaipara

Fellowship in Visual Arts
Arts Council of NZ, Toi Aotearoa

Academic Research Grant Christchurch Polytechnic

Asia 2000 Foundation Grant, also in 1996

Mie Prefecture Contemporary Art Museum, Japan

Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan

New Zealand Embassy
Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Miyabi, Fukuoka, Japan

Gallery Arte Ferrana, Hamamatsu, Japan

New Zealand Print Survey
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

Vanita-Vanitas
CSA Gallery, Christchurch

Dilana Rugs Artists
Brisbane, Australia

Comcare Print Collection
Dobson Bashford Gallery, Christchurch

Print Studio Inaurgural Exhibition Whanganui Polytechnic, Whanganui

NZ Craft of the 90’s – Guest Exhibitor NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington

96

Installation Demarcation 300 cast iron frames
Boulder Bank Nelson

Trustbank Community Trust Arts Excellence Award

1+1=3, Joint exhibition with Gavin Hitchings
Potters Gallery, Wellington

1+1=3, Joint exhibition with Gavin Hitchings
Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

Installation Demarcation 300 cast iron frames
Boulder Bank Nelson

Canal City (Gallery Miyabi)
Fukuoka, Japan

Transformable Sculpture
Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan

Drawing Extended
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch

Medialia, New York

The Land
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch

97

Nihon International Contemporary Arts Festival (NICAF)
Tokyo, Japan

Representing Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan

Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland

Part of the Furniture Art Annex
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch

Ishidatami
Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan

Ngā Taonga a Hine-te-iwa-iwa, A Treasury of NZ Craft
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington

Pacific Artists
Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

Rug Designs by NZ Artists
Fisher Gallery, Auckland

98

Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

Nature Through the Frames of Culture (Graham Bennett, Gerda Leenards, Stanley Palmer, Grahame Sydney, Alan Pearson, M.T. Woollaston)
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch

Contemporary NZ Sculpture
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

NZ Outdoor Sculpture
Lake Pupuke, Auckland

99

NICAF Tokyo representing Galerie Paris, Japan

20

00

Tribute to Firefighters
Using WTC steel gifted by New York Christchurch

Asia 2000 Foundation Grant

Sculpture in the Garden
Governors Bay, Christchurch

NZ Outdoor Sculpture
Lake Pupuke, Auckland

01

Reach
Lake Wanaka Foreshore

Kaputone Creek Pedestrian Bridge Northwood, Christchurch

Insight
St Margaret’s College, Christchurch

How Near, How Far?
Koru Gallery, Hong Kong

Latitude
Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan

Installation in ZAIM Contemporary Art Space, Yokohama, Japan

Converse
The Arthouse, Christchurch

A Shriek from an Invisible Box – 100 International Artists
Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Sculpture in the Garden
Governors Bay, Christchurch

Christchurch Sculptors
The Arthouse, Christchurch

02

From a Different Distance
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

Sculptural Diversities
The Arthouse, Christchurch

NZ Outdoor Sculpture
Lake Pupuke, Auckland

Green Gallery
Waiheke Island, Auckland

Sculpture on the Gulf
Waiheke Island, Auckland

03

Reasons for Voyaging
Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Lines Extending
Kurashiki City, Japan

Residency Kurashiki
Japan University of Science and Arts (KUSA)

Behind Reasons for Voyaging Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Defining Markers
The Arthouse, Christchurch

04

Fixing Positions
Rocky Bay, Waiheke Island

Trajectories
The Diversion Gallery, Marlborough

Spheres of Influence
The Arthouse, Christchurch

NZ Sculpture Onshore
Takapuna, Auckland

Shapeshifter
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington Arts Festival

Dowse Foundation Auction for the Galvan McNamara/James Mack Tribute
Wellington

Transit of Venus
Milford Galleries, Auckland

After Woollaston
Catchment Gallery, Nelson

Seven
The Arthouse, Christchurch

05

Reasons to Return
Connells Bay Sculpture Park, Waiheke Island

Five Spaces
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Crowded House
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Sculpture in Central Otago Bannockburn, Otago

Trilogy
The Diversion Gallery, Marlborough

Shriek Revisited, 100 International Artists
Medialia Gallery, New York

Primary Connection, collaborative tapestries, artists with Marilyn Rea-Menzies
CoCA, Christchurch

06

Engage
Christchurch South Library, Christchurch

Ukabu with Wataru Hamasaka
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Squaring the Circle
Milford Galleries, Dunedin and Auckland

Sculpture by the Sea
Bondi, Sydney, Australia

Shapeshifter
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington Arts Festival

Gowshed Opening Exhibition Connells Bay Sculpture Park, Waiheke Island

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail
Warkworth, Auckland

Sculpture in Central Otago Bannockburn, Otago

07

Also 2008 NZ Japan Exchange Programme (NZJEP) Grants

Affinity with Wataru Hamasaka
Shiori Gallery, Kurashiki, Japan,

Seek
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Sculpture in the Park
Waitakaruru, Waikato Sculpture Trust

NZ Artists
Taipei Art Fair, Taiwan

Koru Gallery, Hong Kong

ID Dunedin, collaboration with Mild-Red

Collaborative Tapestries
Marilyn Rea-Menzies

Ng Gallery, Christchurch

Sculpture on the Peninsula, Guest exhibitor
Christchurch

Manifest, Guest exhibitor
Nelson Arts Festival

Art in Central Otago
Bannockburn, Otago

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail
Warkworth, Auckland

Second Side
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Group Exhibition
North Art, Auckland

Masterworks
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

08

Reach
Lake Wanaka Foreshore

Kaputone Creek Pedestrian Bridge Northwood, Christchurch

Insight
St Margaret’s College, Christchurch

How Near, How Far?
Koru Gallery, Hong Kong

Latitude
Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan

Installation in ZAIM Contemporary Art Space
Yokohama, Japan

Converse
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Conversations Across Time Canterbury Museum, Christchurch

Save our Water
Ng Gallery, Christchurch

3Bs
Milford Galleries, Auckland

ID Dunedin, collaboration with Mild-Red

Shapeshifter
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington Arts Festival

09

The Diversion Gallery
Grove Mill Winery, Marlborough

Latitude
The Arthouse, Christchurch

A Part
Cable Bay Vineyard, Waiheke Island

Masterworks
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

10

Reflect
Sumner, Christchurch

Traverse
Holiday Inn reception, Christchurch

Auger Augur
Whitespace, Auckland

Pivot
The Arthouse, Christchurch

My City
Whitespace, Auckland

Shapeshifter
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington Arts Festival

PromoArte
Tokyo, Japan

11

Weighting and Waiting
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

Laisee
Koru Gallery, Hong Kong

Orie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Auckland Art Fair, representing Whitespace, Auckland

Sculpture in the Garden
Auckland Botanic Gardens, Auckland

Here I Stand
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Moving On Canterbury Artists
Art in Oxford Gallery, Canterbury

NZ Art
Whitespace, Auckland

Sculpture on the Peninsula
Banks Peninsula, Canterbury

Sculpture in Central Otago
Wanaka

Chambers 241 Opening Exhibition Christchurch

The Review
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

12

Phase
Ōhinetahi, Governors Bay

Tipping Point
Songchu Art Valley, Korea

International Sculpture Festa 2012 (ISF) Residency
Seoul, Korea

Hard to Swallow
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

ISF 2012
Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

The Earl Street Journal
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

13

Oversee
Lincoln University, Canterbury

Position Fixing
The Esplanade Art Walk, Abbeville Auckland Airport

Residency Lincoln University Canterbury

Heavy Shadows
Whitespace, Auckland

Graham Bennett survey exhibition
Aigantighe, Timaru

Headland Sculpture on the Gulf Waiheke Island

Sculpture in the Garden
Auckland Botanic Gardens

Sculpture on the Peninsula
Canterbury

The Earl Street Journal
Milford Galleries, Queenstown

Spring Catalogue, Summer Show Milford Galleries, Dunedin

14

How Near, How Far? Survey exhibition
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Shadows
The Diversion Gallery
Picton

At Risk
Whitespace, Auckland

Sculpture on the Point
Diamond Harbour

Oil on Canvas
Clean Energy Action Commission, Marlborough

Significant Works
Milford Galleries, Queenstown

15

Extant
Knox Plaza, Christchurch

None So Blind
Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden Canterbury

Defining Horizons
Lake Taupo Foreshore

Christchurch Civic Trust,
Excellence in Precinct Design with sculpture Extant contributing to urban revitalisation

Signal
Milford Galleries, Queenstown

Pop-up in vacant space
148 Victoria Street, Christchurch

Bennett and Trusttum
Whitespace, Auckland

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden Canterbury

Sculpture in the Garden
Auckland Botanic Gardens, Auckland

Milford Galleries, Queenstown

Spring Catalogue
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

16

Reflect
Excavated following earthquake and relocated to Canterbury Museum Christchurch

Heed
Chambers Gallery, Christchurch

Pop-up in vacant space
251 Durham Street, Christchurch

Opening Exhibition, refurbished
Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

Fine Lines
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Pacific Dialogues
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Art at Carrick
(Milford Galleries at Carrick)

17

WADE Project
Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF)
Christchurch Arts Centre

Sculpture in the Garden
Auckland Botanic Gardens

Water, Water Everywhere
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

MANZ at Artis Gallery
Auckland

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden Canterbury

Inform
Whitespace, Auckland

Navigator
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

18

Facing Change
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Meretoto/ Ship Cove: The First Contact Diversion Gallery, Picton

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

19

From a Different Distance
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

Sculpture on the Peninsula
Banks Peninsula

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden Canterbury

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail
Warkworth, Auckland

About Face
MANZ at Artis Gallery, Auckland

20

Seeking a Balance
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden Canterbury

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail
Warkworth, Auckland

About Face
MANZ at Artis Gallery, Auckland

21

Seeking a Balance (contd)
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Axis & Axes
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch

A Place to Stand
MANZ at Artis Gallery Auckland & Tokyo Japan

On Watch
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

22

Connect
BrainTree Wellness Centre, Christchurch

Graham Bennett
Milford Gallery, Dunedin

Sculpture on the Peninsula
Banks Peninsula, Canterbury

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden Canterbury

Auckland Art Fair
Auckland

Kawarau
Milford Gallery, Queenstown

Disrupt
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

23

Cradle
Private commission, Dunedin

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden Canterbury

Print for 20th Celebration
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetū

24

Residency in Nagao/Kurashiki Japan

Fracture
Installation in Yakage Hongin, Japan

Fracture
Installation in Caju Studio at Hattori Tamashima, Yataka Yama, Japan

Denial - Who Wields the Axe?
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden Canterbury

Behold
Webbs, Wellington

1970

Group Participation

Two man show with Michael Reed
Canterbury Society of Arts (CSA), Christchurch

1972

Group Participation

Two man show with Mark Adams
Canterbury Society of Arts (CSA), Christchurch

1979

Group Participation

100 International Drawings
Seo de Urgel, Spain

International Drawing
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

International La Lletra
Seo de Urgel, Spain

1980

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Art of Man Gallery, Sydney

Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

Group Participation

Sydney Print Survey

International Drawing
Fundació Joan Miró Foundation, Barcelona

1981

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

1982

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Public Art Gallery, Dunedin

Works on Paper
Gingko Gallery, Christchurch

Bishop Suter Public Art Gallery, Nelson

Group Participation

New Zealand Drawing
Touring exhibition

2nd Anniversary Exhibition
Gingko Gallery, Christchurch

1983

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington

Red Metro Gallery, Dunedin

Group Participation

International Drawing
Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

1984

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

QEII Arts Council Visual Arts Grant

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington

Group Participation

Louise Beale Artists in Nelson
The Bishop Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

1985

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

Group Participation

Six Christchurch Artists
Hamilton Centre Gallery, Hamilton

1986

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Gingko Gallery, Christchurch

The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington

Group Participation

A Piece of Art for Peace
Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

Goodman Suter Biennale
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

1987

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Invited Artists Project
Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Parameters (Invited Artists Project)
Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

Recent Work
The Press Gallery, Carnegie Centre, Dunedin

Louise Beale Gallery, Wellington

Group Participation

Art in Architecture
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

Art for Hospitals
CSA Gallery, Christchurch

Five Printmakers (Bennett, Cleavin, Copland, Hanly, Watkins)
Portfolio Gallery, Auckland

1988

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Artist in Residence
Nelson Polytechnic

Group Participation

The Printmakers
Charlotte H Galleries, Auckland

Goodman/Suter Biennale, Guest Artist
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

30 Canterbury Artists
Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

1989

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Exhibition of 1988 Artist in Residence work
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Annex Gallery, Robert McDougall

Public Art Gallery, Christchurch

Group Participation

Four Artists (Pauline Rhodes, Julia Morison, Graham Bennett, Simon Morrison)
Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

1990

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #1
Boulder Bank, Nelson waterfront

Queen Elizabeth II (QEII) Arts Council Visual Arts Grant

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #1
Boulder Bank, Nelson waterfront

Group Participation

Prints from Further Afield
Portfolio Gallery, Auckland

Goodman/Suter Biennale
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Situation and Style – vestiges of regionalism
Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

Canterbury Perspective
Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

Contemporary NZ Prints
Ferner Gallery, Auckland

Artists from the Deep South
Art Line, Auckland

1991

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Boulder Bank, Nelson waterfront

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Boulder Bank, Nelson waterfront

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
The Suter Art Gallery, Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Archery Lawn, Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

Group Participation

Group Show
Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

New Zealand Contemporary Medals Exhibition
Memphis, USA

Contemporary NZ Printmakers
Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington

1992

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Archery Lawn, Christchurch Botanic Gardens

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Grey River flood wall, Westland

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Gallery Miyabi
Fukuoka, Japan

Installation Sea/Sky/Stone #2
Grey River flood wall, Westland

Left Bank Gallery, Greymouth

Aeroclub Gallery, Port Chalmers, Dunedin

1993

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan

Group Participation

Dilana Rugs Artists
Artex, Auckland

Christchurch Polytechnic School of Art & Design Tutors
CSA Gallery, Christchurch

Dilana Rugs’ Artists
Kobe, Japan

1994

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland

Group Participation

Little Jewels
Arts Marketing Board Aotearoa, Wellington

The Crane and the Kotuku, NZ Artists’ links with Japan
Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North

Nelson Polytechnic Collection
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Fax About Art
CSA Gallery, Christchurch

Contemporary Canterbury Sculpture
Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch

Recent Works
Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

1995

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Sea/Sky/Kaipara
The Farm, Kaipara

Fellowship in Visual Arts
Arts Council of NZ, Toi Aotearoa

Academic Research Grant Christchurch Polytechnic

Asia 2000 Foundation Grant, also in 1996

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Mie Prefecture Contemporary Art Museum, Japan
Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan

New Zealand Embassy
Tokyo, Japan

Gallery Miyabi, Fukuoka, Japan

Gallery Arte Ferrana, Hamamatsu, Japan

Group Participation

New Zealand Print Survey
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

Vanita-Vanitas
CSA Gallery, Christchurch

Dilana Rugs Artists
Brisbane, Australia

Comcare Print Collection
Dobson Bashford Gallery, Christchurch

Print Studio Inaurgural Exhibition
Whanganui Polytechnic, Whanganui

NZ Craft of the 90’s – Guest Exhibitor
NZ Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington

1996

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Installation Demarcation 300 cast iron frames
Boulder Bank Nelson

Trustbank Community Trust Arts Excellence Award

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

1+1=3, Joint exhibition with Gavin Hitchings
Potters Gallery, Wellington

1+1=3, Joint exhibition with Gavin Hitchings
Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

Installation Demarcation 300 cast iron frames
Boulder Bank Nelson

Canal City (Gallery Miyabi)
Fukuoka, Japan

Group Participation

Transformable Sculpture
Gallery Miyazaki, Osaka, Japan

Drawing Extended
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch

Medialia, New York

The Land
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch

1997

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Nihon International Contemporary Arts Festival (NICAF)
Tokyo, Japan

Representing Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan

Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland

Group Participation

Part of the Furniture Art Annex
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch

Ishidatami
Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan

Ngā Taonga a Hine-te-iwa-iwa, A Treasury of NZ Craft
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington

Pacific Artists
Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

Rug Designs by NZ Artists
Fisher Gallery, Auckland

1998

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Salamander Gallery, Christchurch

Group Participation

Nature Through the Frames of Culture (Graham Bennett, Gerda Leenards, Stanley Palmer, Grahame Sydney, Alan Pearson, M.T. Woollaston)
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch

Contemporary NZ Sculpture
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

NZ Outdoor Sculpture
Lake Pupuke, Auckland

1999

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

NICAF Tokyo representing Galerie Paris, Japan

2000

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Tribute to Firefighters
Using WTC steel gifted by New York, Christchurch

Asia 2000 Foundation Grant

Group Participation

Sculpture in the Garden
Governors Bay, Christchurch

NZ Outdoor Sculpture
Lake Pupuke, Auckland

2001

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Reach
Lake Wanaka Foreshore

Kaputone Creek Pedestrian Bridge Northwood,
Christchurch

Insight
St Margaret’s College, Christchurch

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

How Near, How Far?
Koru Gallery, Hong Kong

Latitude
Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan

Installation in ZAIM Contemporary Art Space, Yokohama, Japan

Converse
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Group Participation

A Shriek from an Invisible Box – 100 International Artists
Meguro Museum, Tokyo, Japan

Sculpture in the Garden
Governors Bay, Christchurch

Christchurch Sculptors
The Arthouse, Christchurch

2002

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

From a Different Distance
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

Group Participation

Sculptural Diversities
The Arthouse, Christchurch

NZ Outdoor Sculpture
Lake Pupuke, Auckland

Green Gallery
Waiheke Island, Auckland

Sculpture on the Gulf
Waiheke Island, Auckland

2003

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Reasons for Voyaging
Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Lines Extending
Kurashiki City, Japan

Residency Kurashiki
Japan University of Science and Arts (KUSA)

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Behind Reasons for Voyaging
Christchurch Art Gallery, Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Defining Markers
The Arthouse, Christchurch

2004

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Fixing Positions
Rocky Bay, Waiheke Island

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Trajectories
The Diversion Gallery, Marlborough

Spheres of Influence
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Group Participation

NZ Sculpture Onshore
Takapuna, Auckland

Shapeshifter
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington Arts Festival

Dowse Foundation Auction for the Galvan McNamara/James Mack Tribute
Wellington

Transit of Venus
Milford Galleries, Auckland

After Woollaston
Catchment Gallery, Nelson

Seven
The Arthouse, Christchurch

2005

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Reasons to Return
Connells Bay Sculpture Park, Waiheke Island

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Five Spaces
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Group Participation

Crowded House
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Sculpture in Central Otago
Bannockburn, Otago

Trilogy
The Diversion Gallery, Marlborough

Shriek Revisited, 100 International Artists
Medialia Gallery, New York

Primary Connection, collaborative tapestries, artists with Marilyn Rea-Menzies
CoCA, Christchurch

2006

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Engage
Christchurch South Library, Christchurch

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Ukabu with Wataru Hamasaka
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Squaring the Circle
Milford Galleries, Dunedin and Auckland

Group Participation

Sculpture by the Sea
Bondi, Sydney, Australia

Shapeshifter
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington Arts Festival

Gowshed Opening Exhibition
Connells Bay Sculpture Park, Waiheke Island

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail
Warkworth, Auckland

Sculpture in Central Otago
Bannockburn, Otago

2007

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Also 2008 NZ Japan Exchange Programme (NZJEP) Grants

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Affinity with Wataru Hamasaka
Shiori Gallery, Kurashiki, Japan

Seek
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Group Participation

Sculpture in the Park
Waitakaruru, Waikato Sculpture Trust

NZ Artists
Taipei Art Fair, Taiwan

Koru Gallery, Hong Kong

ID Dunedin, collaboration with Mild-Red

Collaborative Tapestries
Marilyn Rea-Menzies

Ng Gallery, Christchurch

Sculpture on the Peninsula, Guest exhibitor
Christchurch

Manifest, Guest exhibitor
Nelson Arts Festival

Art in Central Otago
Bannockburn, Otago

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail
Warkworth, Auckland

Second Side
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Group Exhibition
North Art, Auckland

Masterworks
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

2008

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Reach
Lake Wanaka Foreshore

Kaputone Creek Pedestrian Bridge Northwood,
Christchurch

Insight
St Margaret’s College, Christchurch

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

How Near, How Far?
Koru Gallery, Hong Kong

Latitude
Galerie Paris, Yokohama, Japan

Installation in ZAIM Contemporary Art Space
Yokohama, Japan

Converse
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Group Participation

Conversations Across Time
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch

Save our Water
Ng Gallery, Christchurch

3Bs
Milford Galleries, Auckland

ID Dunedin, collaboration with Mild-Red

Shapeshifter
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington Arts Festival

2009

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

The Diversion Gallery
Grove Mill Winery, Marlborough

Latitude
The Arthouse, Christchurch

A Part
Cable Bay Vineyard, Waiheke Island

Group Participation

Masterworks
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

2010

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Reflect
Sumner, Christchurch

Traverse
Holiday Inn reception, Christchurch

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Auger Augur
Whitespace, Auckland

Pivot
The Arthouse, Christchurch

Group Participation

My City
Whitespace, Auckland

Shapeshifter
Dowse Art Museum, Wellington Arts Festival

Promo Arte
Tokyo, Japan

2011

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Weighting and Waiting
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

Group Participation

Laisee
Koru Gallery, Hong Kong

Orie Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Auckland Art Fair, representing Whitespace, Auckland

Sculpture in the Garden
Auckland Botanic Gardens, Auckland

Here I Stand
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Moving On Canterbury Artists
Art in Oxford Gallery, Canterbury

NZ Art
Whitespace, Auckland

Sculpture on the Peninsula
Banks Peninsula, Canterbury

Sculpture in Central Otago
Wanaka

Chambers 241 Opening Exhibition
Christchurch

The Review
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

2012

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Phase
Ōhinetahi, Governors Bay

Tipping Point
Songchu Art Valley, Korea

International Sculpture Festa 2012 (ISF) Residency
Seoul, Korea

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Hard to Swallow
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Group Participation

ISF 2012
Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea

The Earl Street Journal
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

2013

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Oversee
Lincoln University, Canterbury

Position Fixing
The Esplanade Art Walk, Abbeville Auckland Airport

Residency Lincoln University Canterbury

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Heavy Shadows
Whitespace, Auckland

Graham Bennett survey exhibition
Aigantighe, Timaru

Group Participation

Headland Sculpture on the Gulf
Waiheke Island

Sculpture in the Garden
Auckland Botanic Gardens

Sculpture on the Peninsula
Canterbury

The Earl Street Journal
Milford Galleries, Queenstown

Spring Catalogue, Summer Show
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

2014

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

How Near, How Far? Survey exhibition
The Suter Art Gallery, Nelson

Shadows
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Group Participation

At Risk
Whitespace, Auckland

Sculpture on the Point
Diamond Harbour

Oil on Canvas
Clean Energy Action Commission, Marlborough

Significant Works
Milford Galleries, Queenstown

2015

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Extant
Knox Plaza, Christchurch

None So Blind
Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden Canterbury

Defining Horizons
Lake Taupo Foreshore

Christchurch Civic Trust,
Excellence in Precinct Design with sculpture Extant contributing to urban revitalisation

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Signal
Milford Galleries, Queenstown

Pop-up in vacant space
148 Victoria Street, Christchurch

Bennett and Trusttum
Whitespace, Auckland

Group Participation

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

Sculpture in the Garden
Auckland Botanic Gardens, Auckland

Milford Galleries, Queenstown

Spring Catalogue
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

2016

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Reflect
Excavated following earthquake and relocated to Canterbury Museum Christchurch

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Heed
Chambers Gallery, Christchurch

Pop-up in vacant space
251 Durham Street, Christchurch

Group Participation

Opening Exhibition, refurbished
Suter Art Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū, Nelson

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

Fine Lines
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Pacific Dialogues

The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Art at Carrick
(Milford Galleries at Carrick)

2017

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

WADE Project
Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF)
Christchurch Arts Centre

Group Participation

Sculpture in the Garden
Auckland Botanic Gardens

Water, Water Everywhere
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

MANZ at Artis Gallery
Auckland

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

Inform
Whitespace, Auckland

Navigator
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

2018

Group Participation

Facing Change
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Meretoto/ Ship Cove: The First Contact
Diversion Gallery, Picton

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

2019

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

From a Different Distance
Milford Galleries, Dunedin

Group Participation

Sculpture on the Peninsula
Banks Peninsula

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail
Warkworth, Auckland

About Face
MANZ at Artis Gallery, Auckland

2020

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Seeking a Balance
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Group Participation

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

Brick Bay Sculpture Trail
Warkworth, Auckland

About Face
MANZ at Artis Gallery, Auckland

2021

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Seeking a Balance (contd)
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

Axis & Axes
Canterbury Museum, Christchurch

Group Participation

A Place to Stand
MANZ at Artis Gallery Auckland & Tokyo Japan

On Watch
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

2022

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Connect
BrainTree Wellness Centre, Christchurch

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Graham Bennett
Milford Gallery, Dunedin

Group Participation

Sculpture on the Peninsula
Banks Peninsula, Canterbury

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

Auckland Art Fair
Auckland

Kawarau
Milford Gallery, Queenstown

Disrupt
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

2023

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Cradle
Private commission, Dunedin

Group Participation

Sculpture on the Peninsula
Banks Peninsula, Canterbury

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

Print for 20th Celebration
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetū

2024

Awards, Commissions and Public Art

Residency in Nagao/Kurashiki Japan

Solo Exhibitions and Installations

Fracture
Installation in Yakage Hongin, Japan

Fracture
Installation in Caju Studio at Hattori Tamashima, Yataka Yama, Japan

Denial - Who Wields the Axe?
The Diversion Gallery, Picton

Group Participation

Tai Tapu Sculpture Garden
Canterbury

Behold
Webbs, Wellington

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