INFO@DARRENKNIGHTGALLERY.COM
1962
Born Halifax, England
1965
Arrived in New Zealand
1984
BFA, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, New Zealand
1993–1995
Resides in Melbourne, Australia
1995-1999
Resides, Christchurch, New Zealand
1999-2000
MFA at College of Fine Arts, Sydney
1999
Resides Sydney, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Sealegs, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2007
Animalia, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Animalia, La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo, Australia
2005
Relative Moments, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Wonderland, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
2004
Little Wonder, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2003
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Wild Things, Milford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2002
Paintings 2002, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
2001
Menagerie Series, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Hover, Milford House Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2000
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1999
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Phenomena, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
1998
Vicarious Relations, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1997
Ways of Being, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1996
Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1995
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1994
Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
1993
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1992
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1991
Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1990
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1989
Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1988
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1986
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1984
CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Darren Knight Gallery at Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand
2008
Wish you were here, Tweed River Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
The Year of the bird, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
Who let the dogs out - the dog in contemporary Australian art, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, New South Wales, Australia
2007
Devils in Paradise, Bett Galley, Hobart
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2006
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Postcards from the Desert – Six artists on the Larapinta Trail, Damian Minton Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2005
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2004
The Menagerie: Animals in Art, Northart Community Arts Centre, Northcote, Auckland
2003-2004
Spiders & Flies, newcontempories, Sydney, Australia
2003
Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, touring National Gallery of Australia,
Norsewear Art Awards, Guest Artist, Hastings, New Zealand
2001
Leaping Boundaries, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
PCL Exhibitionists, Sydney, Australia
2000
Canterbury Painting in the 1990’s, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Paintings, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Paintings, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
1999
Selected Works, Milford Galleries, New Zealand
1998
Group Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Bulge, Brian Queenin Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Visa Gold Art Award, touring exhibition, New Zealand
1997
The Subject of Object, Milford House, Dunedin, New Zealand
Christmas Show, Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
Christmas Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996
Group Exhibition, Milford House, Dunedin, New Zealand
1994
Artists Eye IV, curated by Noel McKenna, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, New Zealand
Ronnie, Barney, Shane, Jo and Mike, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
Small Works, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1993
White Camelias, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1992
Triplicate, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Prospect Canterbury, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Bermondsey Artist Summer Exhibition, London, England
Vanities, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1991
Festival Exhibition, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1989
Brooke Gifford Gallery, New Zealand
1988
Here and Now – twelve Young Canterbury Artists, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
The Painted Zoo, Shed 11, Wellington, New Zealand
Thirty Canterbury Artists, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1987
Architecture Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, New Zealand
1986
Women’s Exhibition, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1985
Christmas Show, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Christmas Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
AWARDS
2001 - Roche Prize, PCL Exhibitions, Sydney Australia
1999 - Art Excellence Award, Christchurch Community Trust, New Zealand
1998 - Merit, Visa Art Award, New Zealand
1997 - Merit, Visa Art Award, New Zealand
1991 - Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award, New Zealand
1990 - Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation Art Award, New Zealand
1987 - Major Project Grant, QE II Arts Council, New Zealand
1985 - New Artists Promotion Grant, QE II Arts Council, New Zealand
1983 - Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1983 - Sawtell Turner Painting Prize, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
COLLECTIONS
Aignantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, New Zealand
Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Fletcher Challenge Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
College House Collection, Christchurch, New Zealand
James Wallace Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Agnew, Margaret, Brush with Oz, The Press, May 29, 2002
Amery, Mark, Disturbing calendar images, The Evening Post, 4 September 1997
Award puts gloss on artist’s career, Christchurch Star, 20 October 1989
Awards on show, The Press, 28 August 1998
Banbury, Grant, Joanna Braithwaite: interview with Grant Banbury, Takahe 33, Christchurch, August 1998
Barr, G, Intelligent offerings at art gallery, Christchurch Star, 27 July 2005
Barry, Clare, The Press, 31 October 1990
Beaven, Lisa, Taking Flight: The Airborne and Hybrid Images of Joanna Braithwaite, Art New Zealand, Issue Number 102, Spring 2002
Blundell, S. Arts Section front page, The Press, 20 July 2005.
Brown, Warwick, 100 New Zealand Paintings, Godwit Publishing Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand, 1995
Burgess, Malcolm, Running Wild Across Gene Pools, New Zealand Herald, 12 November 2003
Dunbar, Anna, Art that soars, The Press, 8 December 1999
Frazer, Neil, An Uncomfortable Empathy, Takahe 33, Christchurch, New Zealand, August 1998
Fortescue, E. Joanna Braithwaite, Artist Profile, Issue 9. 2009
Hart, Deborah Home Sweet Home: an artist-collector’s passion, Home Sweet Home: Works from thePeter Fay collection, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Hawley, J. Welcome to my world, Sydney Morning Herald Good Weekend p. 30
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Hurrell, John Braithwaite paintings, The Press, 12 March 1996
Jackson, Penelope and Strongman, Lara, White Camellias: a century of Womens Art Making, Robert McDougall
Art Gallery, Christchurch, 1993
Levine, Brett, (Re)Visioning the Real, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland 1998
Lonie, B. The island of Dr Braithwaite, New Zealand Listener, 23-29 April, 2005
Lorimer, Wayne Beyond Realism, The Press, 29 July 1998
Low, Lenny Ann, Wonderworld, Sydney Morning Herald, 10-11 May 2003
Critic's Picks, Sydney Morning Herald, 9-15 May, 2003
Lowe, Robert, What Kiwi Artists Saw in Australia, The Daily News, 18 June 2001
Milburn, F. and Pepperle, S. Wonderland – The beastly world of Joanna Braithwaite, Bulletin, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Runa O Waiwhetu, Winter June-August 2005
McDonald, J. Daydreams who bite back, The Sydney Morning Herald, 3-4 December 2005
McDonald, J. Reflections of us, The Sydney Morning Herald, October 22-23, 2005
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Curious Imagery Creates Odd Puzzles, The Press, 12 November 2003
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Paton, Justin, Joanna Braithwaite, The Press, 18 November 1992
Paton, Justin, Magic realism at sea, The Press, 7 June 1995
Pauli, Dorothee, Bizarre whimsies, The Press, 12 September 2001
Rewi, Adrienne ‘Painter’s Ways of Being’, The Press, 9 July 1997
Simpson, Peter, Pleasure seeking and surrealism, Sunday Star-Times, 26 August 2001
Slade, Colin, Art for more than just art’s sake, The Press, 5 May 1997
3rd Major Survey: Modern Art in New Zealand, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, 1997
Taylor, Rob, Smith’s Half-painting in Fresco Style, The Dominion, 5 December 1990
Timms, P. Artnotes, Art Monthly Australia, September 2007 #203 p.50
Ussher, Robyn, Free and flighty, The Press, 8 December 1999
Commanding Impasto Links Humans, Animals, The Press, 9 July 1997
Unger, Pat, Paintings, Drawings, The Press, 26 October 1988
Group Show, The Press
Exhibitions: Christchurch, Art New Zealand 59, Winter 1991
Exhibitions: Christchurch, Art New Zealand 65, Summer 1992
Were, Virginia, A Second Noah’s Ark, Art New New Zealand, Summer 2004
Weston, Tom, Passion and Responsibility: The Paintings of Joanna Braithwaite, Art New Zealand 56, 1989
The Ambiguous Companion, Hazard Press, 1996 (with illustrations by Joanna Braithwaite)
Naming the Mind Like Trees, (paintings by Joanna Braithwaite), Steele Roberts Ltd. Wellington, New Zealand 2004
Wood, Andrew Paul, Unnatural history, New Zealand Listener, 16-22 October 2004, pp.42-3