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| Born 1972 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Lives in New Zealand, US and Europe. | |
EDUCATION |
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| 1998 – 1999
1997 1991 - 1996 |
Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand, MFA Art History Department, Maori Studies Department, University of Auckland, NZ Academy of Fine Arts, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, BFA |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2008 | Piercing the Clouds , Tinsheds Gallery, Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia |
| Reflective Lullaby , Michael Reid Gallery, Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2007 | In Flux, Michael Reid Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| 2006 | Ridiculous Sublime, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ |
| Shelter, McColl Centre for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, USA | |
| Pygg/Piggy Bank Project, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2005 | Pygg/Piggy Bank Project, Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton, Australia |
| I disappear, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ | |
| Between ridiculous and sublime, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland | |
| 2004 | I appear and disappear, Dunedin Public Art gallery, Dunedin, Te Tuhi Gallery, Auckland,NZ |
| Steel Life in the Window, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, NZ | |
| 2003 | Mathew 12/12 Live, Sculpture On The Gulf, Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ |
| Steel Life, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ Steel Life, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland, NZ |
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| Mathew 12/12, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, NZ | |
| 2000 | Roke 2, Auckland city Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ |
| White Kangaroo , collaboration with Scott Eady, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, NZ | |
| 1996 | Bule, Cirkulane, Slovenia |
| 1995 | Constructions and forms, National Arboretum, Slovenia |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2007 | Red Badge of Courage, The National Newark Building, Newark, NJ, USA |
| Art Omi 2007, Omi, New York, NY, USA | |
| Sculpture Court, Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, NZ | |
| Prospect 2007, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, NZ | |
| The Tylee Show, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ | |
| Existence: Life according to art, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ | |
| Pakeha Now, Sutter Art Gallery, Nelson, NZ | |
| 2006 | A&P Show, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ |
| Woollahra Sculpture Prize Finalists Exhibition, Woollahra City Council Gallery, Sydney, Australia | |
| Animal Show, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, NZ | |
| Artists in Residence Show, McColl Centre for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, USA | |
| 2005 | Spirit of Sculpture, St Mathews in the City, Auckland, NZ |
| Backgrounds of Landscapes, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, NZ | |
| Sculpture on the Gulf, Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ | |
| 2004 | Political Landscapes, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, NZ |
| Left in the members Lounge, Object Space, Auckland, NZ | |
| Waikato Contemporary Art Award, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ | |
| NorseweART Award, Hawke’s Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings, NZ | |
| Shapeshifter, Frederic Wallis House, Lower Hutt, NZ | |
| Henry Sarjeant’s Department Store, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ | |
| 2003 | Portraiture-The Art of Social Commentary, Te Tuhi-The Mark, Auckland, NZ |
| 2002 | Birds Departures Arrivals, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ |
| Bron, Equrna Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia, AA Gallery, Venice, Italy | |
| 2001 | Tutors Show, Art Station, Auckland, NZ |
| 2000 | James Wallace Art Award Touring Show, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, COCA, Christchurch. Premier House, Wellington, NZ |
| Group Exhibition, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, NZ | |
| Artists on Broadway, Mercedes Building, Auckland, NZ | |
| Let Them Eat Cake, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, NZ | |
| Crystal Chain Gang, Auckland city Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ | |
| 1999 | Exhibition of Drawing, Rhode Island, New York, USA |
| Wallace Art Award Touring Show, James Wallace Art gallery, Auckland. City Art Gallery, Wellington, COCA, Christchurch, NZ | |
| Sculpture Exhibition, Sunday School Theater, Auckland, NZ | |
| Group Exhibition, Nathan Homestead, Auckland, NZ | |
| Slide show, Karangahape road, Auckland, NZ | |
| James Wallace Art Award, Auckland, NZ | |
| Pacific show, Southern Markets gallery, Auckland, NZ | |
| 1993 | Group Exhibition, Mestna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| PUBLIC COMMISIONS | |
| 2008 | Vanish, Connells Bay Sculpture park, Waiheke Island, NZ |
| 2007 | Brick Bay Polyhedron, Brick Bay Sculpture Park, Matakana, NZ |
| 2003 | Steel Life Planet, Charlene and Paul Scotty Collection, Auckland, NZ |
| 2002 | OKO 3, Price Waterhouse Coopers Tower, Auckland, NZ |
| 2001 | -archie, Changing Spaces, Wellington Arts Festival, Wellington, NZ |
| OKO 3, Sculpture terrace, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, NZ | |
| 1996 | Kriz, Lecse, Slovenia |
| 1992 | Figure, National Arboretum, Slovenia |
| AWARDS | |
| 2007 | Art Residency, Art Omni, New York, USA |
| 2006 | Art Residency, McColl Art Centre, Charlotte, USA |
| 2005 | Monash University/Shepparton Art Gallery, South Project Residency, Melbourne, Australia |
| 2004 | Merit Award, NorseART Award, Hastings |
| 2003 | Art Residency, Otago polytechnic, Dunedin, New Zealand |
| 2002 | Tylee Cottage Residency, Sarjent Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand |
| 2000 | Paramount Winner, James Wallace Art Award |
| Auckland City Council Grant | |
| 1992-1996 | France Mund scholarship |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| Kelly Andrew, ‘Sheep in coats of many colours’, The Dominion Post Weekend, March 31st, 2007 Heather Galbraith, John Hurrell, Harold Grieves & Kate Montgomery, ‘Prospect 2007’, exhibition catalogue, Wellington City Art Gallery, Wellington, 2007 Anna-Marie White, Paul Spoonley, Damian Skiner, ‘Pakeha Now’, exhibition catalogue, The Suter Art Museum, Nelson, 2007 Sue Gardiner, Artnotes, Art Monthly Australia, May 2006 Mark Amery, ‘Now I Am More, Now I Am Less’, The Dominion Post, Nov 11th, 2005 Rosalind La Bas Walker, ‘Disappearing Act’, Sunday Star Times, Oct 24th, 2004 Portraiture-The Art of Social Commentary, Exhibition Catalogue, Te-Tuhi The Mark Peter Simpson, ‘Sculpture on the Waterfront’, Art New Zealand, Number 105, Summer 2002-3 Ursa Dolinsek, ‘Car zdruzevanja nasprotij’, Dnevnik, Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 17, 2001 Gregor Kregar, ‘Political Poetics’, Exhibition Catalogue, 1999 Cvetka Cvet, ‘Kip, prostor in podstavek’, Republika, Ljubljana, Slovenia. 16 July 1996 |
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All images © Gregor Kregar |
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