[b. 1986, Auckland, New Zealand - living and working in Frankfurt am Main, Germany]
EDUCATION
Guest of Simon Starling, Städelschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt am Main, 2012 - ongoing
Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) - University of Auckland
Bachelor of Fine Arts (First-class Honors) - Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
International guest studies:
University of Toronto - Philosophy / Visual Arts
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montréal - Cinematography / Film Theory
French Language Level 6, Commission Scolaire de Montréal
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011
2010
Harinama-Sankirtana / Sainte-Catherine, Auberge Alter, Montréal, Oct
L’Espace Quotidien, site-specific public screening program, Dalhousie - Les Journées de la Culture /
Urban Occupations Urbaines, Montréal, 24-26 Sep
Nature Morte, collaboration with designer Marie-Julie Dessaivre (By Dessaivre), Les Journées de la Culture, Montréal, 24-26 Sep
2009
2008
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Videobrasil, 18th Festival Internacional de Arte Contemporânea, São Paulo, Brazil - November [forthcoming]
Mille Feuillets, ENSAPC YGREC, Paris, France - March/April
Rundgang 13, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany - February
2012
Triple Index, Confluence Gallery, Dawson City, Yukon, Canada - June/July
Ängelholm Invernational Video Art Festival, Ängelholm, Sweden - April
2010
Correspondences - Bezalel,
Yaffo 23 / Jerusalem, Oct 26 —Dec 17
L’Éspace Quotidien,
The Darling Foundry - 'Manège à la Darling', Montréal, 14 Oct
It's Three In The Afternoon, in MMX Berlin Show VI, Aug 27-Oct 10 - Art Fair Chaos Berlin, Oct 6-10
Behind the Scenes, Viewpoint Gallery, Halifax, Canada - exhibition in partnership with the Atlantic Film Festival - Aug 31- Oct 3
Indirect Simulation, Entopic Group (
online), June
One Hour Photo, American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center, Washington DC - May 8 - June 6
Gestures, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio. February 9 – March 3 and;
Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery, Ohio - March 29 - April 29
2009
Union Fish, Group Exhibition in participation with
Britomart Precinct, Union Fish Co. Heritage Building, Auckland CBD, 12 - 17 June
Drawings, Invitational group show – North Art, Auckland, 25 May – 14 June.
Color and Shape, Entopic Group (
online), April
Aotea Square Hoardings Artwork Project, by invitation of Auckland City Council,
Artstation Toi Tu, 15-21 April
2008
Temporary Cinema, 212 Symonds St, Screening of ‘One And Other’, Auckland, 18 Oct
Nameless (2) Group Show, Depot Artspace, Devonport, Oct
Digital Fringe, (A part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival), inclusion of video work Drift Vessel into programme, (see
here) 24 September - 12 October
Henrietta and Lola Ann Tunbridge Watercolour Award, Finalist, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, August
2007
EyeBall Group Show, One Spadina, Toronto, Dec
National Drawing Award,
Artspace, Jan
2006
Nameless, Depot Artspace, Auckland, Nov
University of Auckland, Elam School of Fine Arts, Nov
FILM FESTIVALS / SCREENINGS
Black Hole
Surprise Stefani
Standing WaveAtalier Frankfurt, Lichter Filmfest Frankfurt International, November 2012
I Will Get Up and Go Now
It's Three in the Afternoon
Des Deux Côtes
L'Espace Quotidien
Sink In The WaterGiguk VideoArt Festival 2010, Geißen - Germany
Music Video For Lucretius Deep Leap - Microcinema, Portland, Oregon
Artists’ Television Access, San Francisco California, Dec 15 2009 / Jan 17
COMMISSIONS
2012Screentest project for POP Montréal / DUMMY Magazine
I Will Get Up and Go Now - Hand-processed 8mm film for FEAST and The Sensory Trust, Cornwall, UK
2011Environmental & stage installation,
POP Montréal &
Société des Arts Technologiques [SAT], Montréal
Bigfoot EP, Interactive online video piece, audiovisual collaboration with musician Nick Smith
Morning Sun, Video with Boutique Lustre and The Ruby Suns [Sub Pop Records]
2010It’s Three in the Morning, HD Video, 1min 20s. Collaboration with musician PJB
Sink in the Water, HD video, 6min 18s, with Jason Ajemian of Who Cares How Long You Sink
2009
IMPLICATIONS
Residency at the Bruno Arts Bank, Bruno, Saskatchewan, Canada, August 2012.
Residency at Can Xalant, Mataró, Barcelona, Spain - Jan-March 2012.
Residency,
Something in the Water; A Search for the Turn of the Backwash with Adam Chodzko, Simon Starling & Martin Clark -
The Banff Center, Alberta, Canada. Nov / Dec 2011.
Founder, multi-disciplinary creative production studio,
Newfoundland Tack, Montréal, depuis 2010
Co-founder, Port Vanderlay music publishing organisation, 2012
Founder/Editor, P O N D print magazine and P O O L anthology
Studio/production residency, Auberge Alter, Montréal, Sep/Oct 2010
Member, Mainfilm artist-run production centre, Montréal, 2009 - current
Display Artist, Urban Outfitters - Montréal, 2009 - 2010 -
view portfolio
Writer/Photographer,
The Whaling Ship, 2009-2010
Affiliate artist,
Entopic Group
rectangleBox window gallery, Auckland City, 2006-2008. (Manager/Curator)
Roulé Boulé, Independent bread delivery service by bicycle -
Boulangerie Guillaume, Montréal, 2011 - ongoing.
Crewmember/Cook, Sailing Yacht Ferdinand, Fiji Islands 2009
PUBLICATIONS/PRESS/AWARDS/COLLECTIONS
Städelschule Rundgang13, PRE Real Estate Germany Prize, Award for outstanding achievement in the field of film / video, 2013
The Divisibility of Parts - Printed text with debossed ink cover. 10 pp. hand-bound [print only] edition of 20 - 2011
Direct Sunlight published at The 22 Magazine.
The Lines Between Things, drawn series, 60 pp. hand-bound edition of 10, 2011
Nip It In The Bud published by
Valeveil
Correspondences in
Artforum, December 2010
Laurence Vecten Paris photography blog, June 2010
Snap! Magazine, issue 10, March 2010
Artwork purchased for the collection of
Wallace Arts Trust, Feb 2009
Senior Prize in Philosophy, University of Auckland, 2008.
AUT University - Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship, 2005
DIRECTORIAL
2012
Concept/Direction/Production, Marazul, Southern Shores [Cascine Records]
Concept/Direction/Production, Reality and A Clue, Music Video for Cool Rainbows [L’il Chief Records]
Sound & Montage,
Michèle Lamy for What's Contemporary
Concept/Direction/Production, Silver, Music Video for RxGibbs [Cascine]
2011
Concept/Direction/Production, Night In The Ocean, Music Video for Young Magic [Carpark Records]
Concept/Direction/Production, Southern Summer Sun, Music Video for Cool Rainbows [L’il Chief Records]
Concept/Direction/Production, Yer Not A Sunrise, Music Video for Kieran Blake [Port Vanderlay]
Concept/Direction/Production, Offers, Music Video for Memory Tapes [Carpark Records]
Concept/Direction/Production, My Heart, Music Video for Loney Dear [Polyvinyl Records]
Concept/Direction/Production, Rio, Music Video for Adventure [Carpark Records]
Concept/Direction/Production, Surprise Stefani, Video for Dan Deacon [Carpark Records]
Concept/Direction/Production, Comin' Through, Music video for The War On Drugs [Secretly Canadian Records]