BORN
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, 1964
Moved to New Zealand 2003, New Zealand Citizenship 2008
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
1997 -1998 Teacher Training/Btec, Fine Art Professional Development, Kensington and Chelsea, College, London
1994 -1995 M.A. Printmaking, Camberwell College of Arts, London
1985 -1988 B.A (Hons) Fine Art, Leeds Polytechnic, UK
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Kent Print Collection, Kent University
Tolpuddle Museum, Dorset
Camberwell College of Arts, London
NZ
Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei
Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton
James Wallace Trust – Pah Homestead, Auckland
AUSTRALIA
Print Council of Australia – Print Archive Collection, Melbourne
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery – Townsville, Queensland
State Library of Victoria
John Curtin Gallery – Curtin University Art Collection, Perth
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland
The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania
Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania
Federation University Art Collection – Ballarat, Victoria
CHINA
Jinling Museum of Art, Nanjing
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou
Literature and Arts Department, Heilongjiang provincial government, Harbin
Ritz Carlton Hotel, Nanjing (Commission)
USA
Cary Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York
EUROPE
Associació Techne Barcelona, Spain
Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Douro Museum of Printmaking, Douro, Portugal
Painting and Sculpture Museums Association, Istanbul Turkey
Collection of the International Print Biennale Yerevan, Armenia
MEXICO
CONARTE – Non-Toxic Printmaking Museum Collection, Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
ASIA
Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Penang State Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
National Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan
SOUTH AFRICA
Durban University – Arts for Humanity Collection
Work held in private collections in UK, New Zealand, Australia, USA, Japan, China and Europe.
AWARDS/MEMBERSHIPS/COMMISSIONS etc.
2022
Merit in Printmaking Award – NZ Painting & Printmaking Awards
2021
RE – Elected as Full Fellow of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London
Honorary Life Member PCANZ – Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
Print Council of Australia – 2021 print commission
Committee Member Prism Print International
2020
Ritz Carlton Hotel Nanjing, China – 7 large format prints commissioned
2019
ARE – Elected Associate Fellow – The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
2018
Invited to join Prism Print International, UK
Art in Print Award – The Print Center – 92nd Annual International Competition Philadelphia, USA
Semi-Finalist – The Print Center – 92nd Annual International Competition – Philadelphia, USA
Shortlisted – London International Creative Competition – London, UK
2017
Finalist – On Paper – Chicago Printmaking Collaborative, Chicago, USA
2016
Joined Editorial Board – Drawing, Research, Theory, Practice – journal Ulster University, Northern Ireland
Honorary Mention in Experimental Printmaking – IV International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria
2013
Honourable Mention, Pacific Rim International Printmaking, Christchurch, NZ
2010
First Prize, 9th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006
Birgit Skiold Memorial Trust – UK Printmaking Grant
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Imagined & Remembered Places – Anderson Rhodes Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
2018
In Series – Whangarei Art Museum, NZ
Imagined & Remembered Places – Arts Post, Hamilton, NZ
2016
Correspondences – Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian College of the Arts, Hobart, Australia
2015
Umbra Sumus – Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Undertow – Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri, NZ
2014
Umbra Sumus – Art at Wharepuke, NZ
Umbra Sumus – Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, Australia
Umbra Sumus – James Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville, NZ
2013
Indiscernible Writing – Port Jackson Press, Melbourne
Forty-Four Sounds – Art at Wharepuke, NZ
Constable Country – Art at Wharepuke, NZ
2012
The Harbin Series – Papergraphica, Christchurch, NZ
Shadowplay – Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2011
Promenade – Post Office Gallery – Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Prints – Lessedra Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria
2010
Etchings – Village Arts, Kohukohu, NZ
2009
New Works – Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
New Prints – Yvonne Rust Gallery, Whangarei, NZ
2007
New Works – Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Prints and Paintings – Arts Promotion Trust Gallery, Whangarei NZ
2006
New Paintings – Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2005
Paintings and Prints – Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ
2004
New Paintings – Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2003
Artist in Residence -Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Paintings – Bridlesmith Gate Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2002
Paintings – Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK
2001
Paintings and Prints – Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ
2000
Paintings – New Zealand House, London, UK
1998
Paintings and Prints – Zella Art, London, UK
1996
Paintings – Northbank Gallery, London, UK
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Prism Down – Down Arts Centre – Northern Ireland
3rd International Triennial of Graphic Arts – Livno, Bosnia & Herzegovina
RE Original Prints 2023 – Bankside Gallery, London, UK
WSA NZ Painting & Print Awards Finalist – Hamilton, NZ
Cleveland At Award – Dunedin, NZ
PCANZ Celebration –Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, NZ
2022
IOPE – International Open Print Exhibition – Bankside Gallery, London
PRISM – 10 Years of International Printmaking Exchanges – Clifford Chance Gallery, London
RE Original Prints 2022 – Bankside Gallery, London, UK
WSA NZ Painting & Print Awards Finalist – Hamilton, NZ
2021
IOPE – International Open Print Exhibition – Bankside Gallery, London
imPRESSions 2021 – Galway, Ireland (online)
11e Triennale Mondiale de l’Estampe – Chamalieres, France
RE Printmakers – Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School, Somerset, UK
Out of The Shadows – City Gallery Hasting, NZ
Prism Krakow – Conspectus – Krakow Print Triennial, Poland
Ink Masters – Tanks Arts Centre – Cairns, Australia
Whenua – Village Arts, Kohukohu, NZ
RE Original Prints – online
Distant Kinship/ Verre Verwanten – Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ
International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak – Bulgaria
2020
WSA NZ Painting & Print Awards Finalist – Hamilton, NZ
Distant Kinship/ Verre Verwanten – Whangarei Art Museum, NZ
PRISM 12 – Nordens Ljus Gallery & the Moriska Rummetat the Grafiska Sällskapet – Stockholm, Sweden.
2019
PRISM 11 – INOAC Namikidori Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Verre Verwanten/Distant Kinship – Schless Art & Kunstenaars Centrum, Bergen, Netherlands
Walker & Hall Art Award Finalist – Waiheke Island, NZ
Awagami Miniature Print Exhibition, Japan
International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak – Bulgaria
5th Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Award, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand
2018
Gesture – Anderson Rhodes Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
Light and Shadow – Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Third International Graphic Biennial of Cacak, Serbia
Rivers of Gold – Impact IX, Santander, Spain
BIMPE X – Vancouver, Canada
Ink Masters – Tanks Arts Centre – Cairns, Australia
Neo:Proof Print – Neo:Gallery, Bolton, UK
92nd Annual International Competition – (Online) The Print Center – Philadelphia, USA
Boundless: Printmaking (further) Beyond the Frame – Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ
International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak – Bulgaria
London International Creative Competition – London, UK
The Audrey Mac Project – Rosny School House Gallery, Tasmania, Australia
Mini Print International – JVS Project Space, New York, USA
2017
11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition – Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich CT, USA
On Paper – Finalist – Chicago Printmaking Collaborative, Chicago, USA
11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition – Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, USA
The Forest – PG Printmakers, Melbourne, Australia
International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak – Bulgaria
Yereven Print Biennale – Armenia
Boundless – Printmaking Beyond the Frame – Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua City, NZ/Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, NZ/Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ
37th Mini Print International of Cadaques – Spain
3rd Global Print Show – Douro, Portugal
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition – Japan
2016
International Printmedia Festival – Seoul, Korea
Passage – The Jincheon Print Museum, Jincheon, Korea
International Exhibition of Contemporary Printmaking – Isla Centre for the Arts, Guam
Transition – Oforta Gilde, Latvia
Walker & Hall Art Award, Waiheke, NZ
Substrate – The Shutter Room, Whangarei, NZ
V. International Print Making Competition – Kadikoy Caddebostan Cultural Centre Art Gallery,Istanbul
36th Mini Print International of Cadaques – Spain
International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak – Bulgaria
International Mini Print – Seacourt Print Workshop, Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Bangor, Northern Ireland
15th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
8th International Printmaking Biennale, Douro, Portugal
Small Print International – Attenborough Arts Leicester, UK & tour:
The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gallerytop Derbyshire, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield, London Print Studio, London, Alfred East Gallery, Kettering
2015
Parallel Prints NZ/Australia – Art at Wharepuke, NZ and Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia
Flux – Keith Howard and His Legacy, Bevier Gallery, RIT, New York, USA and tour
5th Guanlan International Print Biennial – Shenzen, China
This is Change – Onca Gallery, Brighton, UK
Finalist Walker and Hall Art Award, Waiheke Island, NZ
RE:Print/Re:Present – Ruskin Gallery, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK
4th Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Award, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand
It Might Look Alright on the Pictures – Anzac commemoration – Art at Wharepuke, NZ
Beyond Words – Artists and Translation – Artspace Mackay, QLD, Australia
Wansolwara: Print Here and Now – Franklin Arts Centre, Pukekohe, NZ
Wellington Underground Film Festival – Wellington. NZ
RSM Law Plunket Art Show – Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, NZ
Made By Hand – Solander Gallery, Wellington
2014
Combinations – (Curated and exhibited) Seacourt Print Workshop, Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Bangor, Northern Ireland
Wansolwara: Print Here and Now – Nathan Homestead, Auckland, NZ
International Printmaking Biennale, Taiwan, ROC
Two Cities – Jinling Museum of Art, Nanjing, China
Angel-Sachsen Treffen Sachsen – Galerie Malva, Saxony, Germany
Global – Seacourt Print Workshop, Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Bangor, Northern Ireland
Beyond Words – Artists and Translation – Art at Wharepuke, NZ
7th International Printmaking Biennale, Douro, Portugal
2013
Pacific Rim – International Printmaking, Christchurch, NZ
Parallel Prints – Galerie Apart, Le Bourg, Marcilhac -sur- Cele, France
Parallel Prints Portfolio Presentation – Impact 8 international printmaking conference, Dundee, UK
Parallel Prints – Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri, NZ Ian Rastrick Fine Art, St. Albans, UK
12th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
Chain Reaction – Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangarei, NZ
Celebrazione Morandiane – Bologna, Italy
Wellington Underground Film Festival – Wellington, NZ
WSA NZ Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, NZ
3rd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Award, Thailand
Sanamchandra Art Gallery, Silpakorn University, Sanamchandra Palace Campus, Nakhon Pathom province, Jan 10th – Feb 20th, Chiang Mai University Art Center, Chiang Mai Province, June 2013.
2012
Utopia into Dystopia – Waitakaruru Sculpture Park, Waikato, NZ
Pushing Print Festival, Margate, UK
2nd Yunnan International Print Exhibition, Yunnan, China
32nd Mini Print International of Cadaques, Girona, Spain
Touring to – Fundacio Tharrats d’Art Grafic – Barcelona; Galerie L’Etang d’ Art, Bages, France, Wingfield Barns, Suffolk, UK.
BIMPE VII, Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada
International Print Exhibition – Lorg Printmakers, Galway, Ireland
A4 Printmakers – Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
6th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal
Black on White – Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, Australia
3rd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Award,
Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Thailand
A4 Printmakers, Guanlan Print Base, China
2011
Pacific Rim Meets Istanbul – FASS Gallery, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
A4 Printmakers – Cornwall, UK; Zea Mays Studio, Massachusetts, USA
That Bewildering Expression – British Abstract Art from 1919 to the Present
Ian Rastrick Fine Art, St. Albans, UK
IV International Printmaking Exhibition, Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, Turkey
3rd Qijiang International Print Festival – China
Iosif Iser – International Contemporary Engraving Biennial, Romania
PRINT! – Exchange Gallery, Penzance, UK
Small Print: Big Impression – UK Tour – New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester,
78, Derngate, Northampton; Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire; Gallery Top,
Matlock, Derbyshire; Midlands Art Centre Birmingham
Out of the Box – NZ Printmakers from Solander, Tweed River Art Gallery, Australia
2010
2nd Penang International Print Biennale, Malaysia
14th International Printmaking Biennale, Taiwan, ROC.
BIMPE VI, Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada
Pacific Rim – International print exhibition, Christchurch, NZ
Print Arts Northwest USA/NZ Print Exchange, Washington County
Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA
5th International Printmaking Biennale, Douro, Portugal
Visions of Utopia – Christchurch Cathedral, Centre of Contemporary Art,
Christchurch, NZ
A4 Open Print Competition, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK
9th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
Dialogue among Civilisations – Art for Humanity Exhibition, Durban, South Africa and
world tour
We Are the World – international mini print, Bologna, Italy
Half a World Away – Sustainable Printmaking from New Zealand and New
England – Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts and APE, Gallery
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
2009
Editions – Local Printmakers and Collectors, Whangarei Art Museum, NZ
Notoxico – International Non-Toxic Printmaking – Monterrey, Mexico
III.International Printmaking Exhibition Mimar Sinan Fine Art
Facultu,Osman Hamdi Bey Art Gallery, İstanbul.
7th British International Mini Print – London Print Studio and 2-year UK tour
Boundless, CPCANZ, show Taylor Jensen Fine Arts, Palmerston North, NZ
2008
7th Lessedra World Art Mini Print Annual – Sofia, Bulgaria
Papergraphica, Christchurch, NZ
Deck the Walls – Solander Works on Paper, Wellington NZ
Walker and Hall Art Award – Waiheke Island, Auckland NZ
National Drawing Award – NZ tour
Home Grown – Solander Works on Paper, Wellington, NZ
Impressed! CPCANZ, Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, NZ
2007
Under Pressure Empire Gallery, Cambridge, NZ
New Works Group Show Oedipus Rex Gallery Auckland NZ
Parklane Art Awards, Auckland, NZ
2006
National Drawing Award, Artspace Auckland, Physics Room, Christchurch, NZ
Iowa Biennial of Contemporary Miniature Prints – Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Arrivals – Solander Works on Paper, Wellington, NZ
II International Print Exhibition Competition Tohane-I Amire art gallery Istanbul, Turkey
Unreasonable Passion – CPCANZ Print Show, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ – Two-person show
Opening Show, Solander Works on Paper, Wellington, NZ
2005
Oedipus Rex curated by Jennifer Buckley – Koru Club Lounge, Auckland International Airport, NZ
Finalist, Waikato National Art Award, Hamilton, NZ
Northland Printmakers – Waiheke Island and Yvonne Rust Gallery,
Whangarei, NZ
2004
Finalist, James Wallace Art Awards, Auckland, NZ
Indigo Gallery, inaugural show, Kerikeri, NZ
Finalist, Goldwater Art Award, Waiheke, NZ
2002
Derby Open, Museum & Art Gallery, Derby, UK
Leicester Open, City Gallery, Leicester, UK
Nottingham Open, Castle Museum & Art Gallery, UK
Harborne Gallery Prize, Harborne, Birmingham, UK
Circa, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Imperfect Future, Turtle Arts, Nottingham, UK
2001
Flagstaff Gallery, Devonport, New Zealand.
Lewisham Art House, London.
1998
Zella Art, London, 2-person show.
1997
Surfaced, 3-person show, Northbank Gallery, London.
The Large Edition; A Survey of British Printmaking, Middlesex University/
Malvern, UK.
Let’s Go Down the King’s Road, Kensington and Chelsea
College, London
1996
Artist in Residence Intaglio Printmaker, London.
Art Bound, Artists Books, Bridewell Theatre, London.
National Print Show, Mall Gallery, London.
RESIDENCIES
2016
International Artist in Residence (AiR) – Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
2011
Honorary Artist in Residence Printmaking – Ballarat (Federation) University, Victoria, Australia
Artist in Residence/workshop – PRINT! Exchange Gallery, Penzance, UK
2002 – 2003
Artist in Residence, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
1996 – 1997
Artist in Residence, Kensington and Chelsea College, London
1995 – 1996
Artist in Residence, Intaglio Printmaker, London
CURATED SHOWS/PROJECTS
2015
Parallel Prints NZ/Australia – Art at Wharepuke and Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia
RE:Print/Re:present – Co-curatorexhibition and symposium Anglia Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge, UK
2014
Combinations – Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Bangor, Northern Ireland
2013
Parallel Prints Portfolio Presentation – Impact 8 international printmaking conference, Dundee, UK
Parallel Prints NZ/UK – Art at Wharepuke and Ian Rastrick Fine Art, St. Albans, UK
NON-TOXIC PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS DELIVERED:
2019
Creative Matakana – Matakana, NZ
2013
Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, UK
2011
Chisholm Institute, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
University of Ballarat (Federation Uni), Victoria, Australia
Exchange Gallery – Penzance, UK
West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield, UK
John Howard Print Studio, Cornwall, UK
2009
Seacourt Print Workshop – Bangor Northern Ireland
EXHIBITION JUDGING/SELECTION PANELS
2022
Waverley Woollahra Art School Printmaking Prize – Australia, digital print category judge
2018
Print Matters – CPCANZ Members(solo selector) – Arts Post, Hamilton, NZ
2015
Member of Selection Panel – First Impressions II, National Printmaking Exhibition, NZ
2013
Member of Selection Panel – First Impressions I, National Printmaking Exhibition, NZ
2011
Jury Member – Lessedra World Art Print – Sofia, Bulgaria
2010
Member of Evaluation Committee, International Children’s Print Show,
Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
ARTIST TALKS
2018
Print Matters – ArtsPost Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
2016
Orogeny Print Symposium – key note speaker– Tasmanian College of the Arts, Hobart
Art Forum presentation – Tasmanian College of the Arts, Hobart
2015
Artist Talk – Frome Printmakers – Frome, Somerset, UK
2013
Artist Talk – Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, UK
2011
Public Lecture – Ballarat (Federation)University, Victoria, Australia
PUBLICATIONS:
Author – Non-Toxic Printmaking – (London, A&C Black, 2011) Printmaking Handbook
ISBN – 1408113252
The Harbin Series – (Wharepuke Print Studio, 2011) ISBN – 978-0-473-18818-4
Mark Graver – Paintings and Prints – (Wharepuke Print Studio, 2008)
ISBN 9780473124854
ARTICLES AUTHORED:
2020
Imagined & Remembered Places – Drawing on the Past – Drawing, Research, Theory, Practice (Intellect Journal) Vol 5 Number 1
2015
Parallel Prints – One Exhibition, Two Venues, Twelve Artists – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly Vol 50, No.4 –
2013
Irresistible Quest – Printmaking Today (UK) – Vol 22 No.3
The Search for a Worldwide Acrylic Hard Resist’ (with Gerald Ferstman) – Grabado y Edicion (Spain) No. 38
2012
The Search for a Worldwide Acrylic Hard Resist (with Gerald Ferstman) – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly Vol. 47, No.4
2011
Making New Friends in Sofia, Lessedra Printmaking Show, Art News NZ
2010
Harbin Highlights, Chinese Printmaking – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly
2006
Artists Prints and Reproductions – a Need for Definition – Art All NZ # 76, 2006
ARTICLES ABOUT/FEATURED:
2019
Bumper Crop – RE Election interview – Printmaking Today Vol 28, Issue 110
2015
Prints in Parallel – Association – Magazine of the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia.
2013
Art in Print – New Editions – Vol. 2 No.5 Jan-Feb 2013
2009
Art at Wharepuke Gallery – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly
Printmaking Flourishing – Art News New Zealand
2008
Wharepuke Print Studio – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly,
Wharepuke Print Studio – Art All #89,
2004
The English Painter – Art News New Zealand, winter