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1961 - Michael Charlton Harrison was born on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. He continues to work in Auckland
1979 - English, German, History and Politics at University of Auckland
1980-81 - Bursary Art, Life Drawing at Auckland Technical Institute
1982-85 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Art History, Film Studies and Painting), Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
1987/96 - Master of Fine Arts with First Class Honours (Painting), Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008
Daytime of the Night , Darren Knight Galelry, Sydney, Australia
2007
Left Below, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
A Moment in the Glass, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2006
Supposed to Know, Hamish Mackay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Nothing Happened, Darren Knight Galelry, Sydney, Australia
Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2005
Strangers as Messengers, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2004
Revolutionary Charm, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Dogleg Road, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
2003
Wrong Intelligence, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2002-2003
Love in the Shadows, Artspace, Auckland, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2002
Almost Never, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Half Dark Beyond the Trees, (with Anne Wallace), Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
In the Clouds, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
2001
I’ve Got This Friend, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
You Can’t Go Back, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2000
Beyond Us Now, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Unimagined, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1999
Misguided, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1998
Coming West, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Already Here, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, New Zealand
Just as Real, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1997
Love of Necessity, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
I Wish, Hamish McKay, Wellington, New Zealand
Eternal Return, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, New Zealand
1996
Second Self, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
Invisible, Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
Pool Party, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1995
Unauthorised, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, New Zealand
Dreams of an Asp, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Lost, Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
1994
One God or Several, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, New Zealand
1993
Yes or No, Myfanwy Rees Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1992
Habits of Nature, Myfanwy Rees Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1991
I Remember, The Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1990
Everywhere I Look, The Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1988
I Can See, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009
Cascade effect, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, Australia
2008
Who let the dogs out – the dog in contemporary Australian art Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, New South Wales
2007
Crater of Phlox, (with Yvonne Todd), Ivan Anthony, Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2005
Small world big town – Contemporary art from Te Papa, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
New Eyes (with Brendan Wilkinson), Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Makeover, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
2004
On Reason and Emotion, The 14th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Frieze Art Fair, Hamish McKay stand, London, UK
2003
Paper Works, Kate Macgarry, London, England
2001
Prospect 2001: New Art New Zealand, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Black/White & Grey, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
High Anxiety, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2000
Heart on Your Sleeve, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart, Australia
1998-2000
Close Quarters: Contemporary Art from Australia & New Zealand, Monash University Gallery & ACCA, Melbourne, IMA, Brisbane, Canberra School of Art, Canberra, Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin and Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
1999
Go Figure, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1998
Stayin’ Alive, Fiat Lux, Auckland, New Zealand
Hosting, (With Joyce Campbell), Ist Floor, Melbourne, Australia
Four Artists, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Saturday Night/Sunday Morning, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
1997
Signs of the Times: Sampling New Directions in New Zealand Art, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Hosting, (With Joyce Campbell), Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996
Seven New Zealand Artists, Mornington Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Six New Zealand Artists, Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane, Australia
1995
Ethnological Forgery Series, Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
Works on Paper, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1994
Seven Artists, Vavasour Godkin Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Striptease, Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
Loan Stars, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Taking Stock of the 90’s, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
(With Seraphine Pick), Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1993
Room Temperature, Myfanwy Rees Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Suffer, Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
(with Tony de Lautour & Jason Greig), Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
after After McCahon, Cubewell House, Wellington, New Zealand
1992
Light Sensitive, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
Opening Show, Myfanwy Rees Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Round 4, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1991-92
Recline, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1991
Two by Two, The Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Contemporary New Zealand Art, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hastings, New Zealand
1990-91
Confection, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1990
Bouillabaisse, The Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Elam Graduates of the 1980’s, Charlotte H. Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand
Portrait, Star Art, Auckland, New Zealand
(…) exuberant, floating, dancing, mocking, childish and blissful art, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1989
Works on Paper, The Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Bestia Fabrica, The Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1987
Young Contemporaries, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
PUBLICATIONS & PAGE WORK
2004
Slave Bless Cover, Slave Publications, Melbourne, 2004, p.24
2002
All thing fall, Log Illustrated #15, Summer, p.7 (page work)
2001
It’s over, right?, Log Illustrated #14, Spring, p.22 (page work)
The slow one now will later be fast, Log Illustrated #13, Winter, p.17 (page work)
She saw me clearly, Log Illustrated #12, Autumn, p.23 (page work)
1996
Museum without a Budget, monica, August/September
Senseless Attraction, Teststrip Micrograph, Testrip, Auckland, New Zealand
1992
The Coming of Kitty, (with Pearl Harrison); visual essay for The Anthology of the Crushed Honey Press, (editors G.Intra & S.Hillery)
1990
The Way Animals Behave: Some Appropriations, visual essay for Antic #7, (editors C.Barton, S.Davis, P.Pitts), p.p. 16-19
AWARDS
2001 - Creative New Zealand Arts Board New Work Grant
1991 - Q.E.II Arts Council Creative Projects Grant
COLLECTIONS
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Bywater, J, Here, puss, puss, puss, Listener, N.Z., January 2003
Bywater, J, Auckland Exhibitions, Art New Zealand, Spring 2001
Carman, D, Round 4, STAMP Magazine 35, September 1992
Corner, K, Throwing switches, City Voice, 18 September 1997
Creagh, S. Open Gallery, Sydney Morning Herald Spectrum 6-7 May 2006
Dale, R, Everywhere I Look, New Zealand Herald, 19th April 1990
Dunn, M, Cat art, Pavement, April – May 2001
French, B, A Cool Breeze at Dawn, web essay, Globe E, Issue 11, 2000
Horrocks, A. & Harrison, M., Michael Harrison, Inner light: A conversation with the artist, catalogue essay, On Reason and Emotion, Biennale of Sydney, 2004
Johnson, K, Heart on Your Sleeve, catalogue essay, University of Tasmania, 2000
McNamara, T.J. Visual cries and whispers, New Zealand Herald, November 2002
McKenzie, S, The Double Life of Michael Harrison, MIDWEST, #8, 1995
McQualter, A Hung and Drawn, review, Log Illustrated 6, 1999
Mendelssohn, J, Michael Harrison, Australian Art Collector, Issue 22, Oct – Dec 2002
Paton, J. How to look at a painting, Awa Press, New Zealand, 2005
Sanderson, A, Dreams of an Asp, Art +Text #52 1995
Strongman, L, Signs of the Times: Sampling New Directions in New Zealand Art, catalogue essay, City Gallery Wellington, 1997
Williamson, C, Speaking of Strange Bedfellows, catalogue essay, Close Quarters: Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand, 1998
Zepke, S, The Art of Reproduction, STAMP Magazine 30, 1992