INFO@DARRENKNIGHTGALLERY.COM
1962
Born. Christchurch, New Zealand
Lives Melbourne, Australia
EDUCATION
1998-99
MFA with RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
1995
Computer Aided Design (part-time), Christchurch Polytechnic, New Zealand
1989-91
Photography, Photo Access, Christchurch, New Zealand
1984-85
Printmaking techniques with Jill McIntosh, Wellington Arts Centre, New Zealand
1980-82
Ilam School of Fine Arts, (majoring in film studies), Canterbury University, NewZealand
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Unnerved: The New Zealand Project, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
2009
Who goes there, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu, New Zealand
Fallenness, Ocular Lab Inc. Melbourne, Australia
2008
A Loss, Again, Te Papa Sculpture Terrace, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Hold That Thought, Hamish mcKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
R.U.R., Melbourne Art FAir, Melbourne, Australia
Bed/Sit, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
2006
Sleep Less, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney & silvershot, Melbourne, Australia
Jingle Bowels, Hamish mcKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2005
The Disappearance, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Now + Then = Nothing Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Ersatz, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2003-2005
I’ve Abandoned Me, touring exhibition, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, City Gallery, Wellington, Te Manawa, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
2003
Selected Photographs 1992-2002, Darren Knight Gallery Sydney, Australia
(with Jennifer Mills), Darren Knight Gallery in Melbourne, 167 Flinders Lane, Melbourne , Australia
No Exit Part 2, The Physics Room, Christchurch, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2002
The House of the Rising Sun, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
The Fall and the fall, Ramp Gallery Waikato Institute of Technology, Hamilton, New Zealand
2001
In the Road, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Only the Only, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Rear Window, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
1999
I Need a Doctor, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Am I Talking to Me?, International Studio Programme, New York, USA
Mephitis, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1998
Symptom City, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Island of Complaint, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
A Funny Thing Happened…, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
Survey, one of three solo exhibitions curated under the general title Necessary Protection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Nobody Knows, window installation, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T_maki, Auckland, New Zealand
I’m Not Here, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1997
The Nutty Professor, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Alien Pictures, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Invisible Man, installation of video and kit sets, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
Portraits, photographic set for Miranda Harcourt play, touring
Second to Last Laugh, installation of photocopies & kit set, Fiat Lux, Auckland, New Zealand
I’m Not Alone, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Disgusting Dioramas, High Street Project, Wellington, New Zealand
1996
Father, Son, Holy Ghost, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
I'm Not Well, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
You Stink, Window, Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
I'm OK, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Mephitis, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
1995
Skin Problems, Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand.
Mephitis, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
Mephitis, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
I Forget, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
New Photographs, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
1994
Room To Let - The Deathland Panels, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Detour: All Roads Lead To The Same Place, ELBA Art Foundation, Nijmegen, Holland
1993
Installation, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
When Art Hits the Headlands, Cubewell House, Wellington, New Zealand
Band Embroideries, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1992
Return Of The Living Dead, Gow Langsford Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1990
photography show, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1989
Multiplying Personality, Gregory Flint Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1988
Maginnity St/The Big Sleep, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1987
The Object: Believing is Seeing, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Believing is Seeing, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Paintings, Manawa Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1986
The True Cross, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1985
More For Less, City Limits Cafe, Wellington, New Zealand
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Fully Booked, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne
2009
Too much of me: 7 paths through the absurd, (with detour)*, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia
Light Years: Photography and Space, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2008
Primary Views, Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, Australia
Lost & Found: An Archaeology of the Present, TarraWarra Biennial, Victoria, Australia
2007-2008
The Visitors: The Australian Response to UFO's and Aliens, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest,
Sydney, Australia
Existence - life according to art, Waikato Museum , Hamilton, New Zealand
2007
Eye to I - the self in recent art, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Collect - New Acquisitions, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Postmodern New Zealand Te Toi Hu Amuri Ki Aotearoa, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand,
Wellington, New Zealand
A Room Inside, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Relentless Optimism, The carlton Hotel, Melbourne, Australia
2006
Resistance is Futile, VCA Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
Tomorrow, again, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
High Tide, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland & the Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
Masquerade. Representation and the Self in Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Reverie Switchback Gallery, Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
2005
Small world big town – Contemporary art from Te Papa City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
Group show of past and present residency artists, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Das Unfassbare, 2YK Gallerie, Berlin, Germany
2004
Black Box, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
Instinct, Faculty Gallery, Faculty of Art & Design, Monash University, Caulfield Campus, Melbourne
An Exhibition of Multiplies, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Prospect 2004, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
New work, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Planet B, Magazin4 Vorarlberger Kunstverein & Bregenzer Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria
The Walters Prize, jury selected finalists, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Coming home in the dark, Christchurch Art Gallery, New Zealand
2003-2004
Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, touring National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (touring exhibition)
A Modelled World, McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park, Victoria, Australia
2003
Still Life: The Inaugural Balnaves Foundation Sculpture Project, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Small Worlds, Porirua Group Show, Pataka Gallery, New Zealand
Video Spell 2: Personae, Performance Space, Sydney, Australia
Drama is Conflict, Linden, Melbourne, Australia
Indians + Cowboys, Gallery 4a, Sydney, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, ACT, Australia
Extended Play- Art Remixing Music, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Spaced Out, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
Supernaova: A Tribute to Giovanni Intra, Hamish McKay Gallery, New
2002-2003
It’s Hard to be Human, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Australia
2002
Analogue Technologies, Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra, Australia
Big Bang Theory, Recent Chartwell Acquisitions, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T_maki, Auckland, New Zealand
Possible Worlds, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
ELVIS HAS JUST LEFT THE BUILDING, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth Cultural Centre, Western Australia
Tomorrow People, Lord Mori Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2001
S11 Show, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne, Australia
Feature: Art, life & cinema, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Good work, The Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Lo-Tones, (with Mikala Dwyer), Hamish McKay, Wellington, New Zealand
Dark Plain, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tomorrow People, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
Bright Paradise, The 1st Auckland Triennial 2001, Auckland Art Gallery
Inheriting the Netherlands, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
The Multistylus Programme: Recent Chartwell Acquisitions, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T_maki, Auckland, New Zealand
Te Maunga Taranaki: Views of a Mountain, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
ART/MUSIC, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
2000-2002
Telling tales: the child in contemporary photography, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne and Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, Australia, The Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, WA
2000
Inheriting the Netherlands, Lopdell House, Auckland, New Zealand
Wonderlands: Views on Art and Life at the End of the Century, at the End of the World, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Spaghetti Dharma, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Drive: power/progress/desire, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
What’s New?: The Latest Art at Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
1999
Toi, Toi, Toi: Three Generations of Artists, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany and Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Word, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Who Do I Think I Am, curated by Jim and Mary Barr, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
Multiples Show, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Works on Paper, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1998
Leap of Faith, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Tainted Love/Necessary Protection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Dream Collectors, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand; Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T_maki, Auckland, New Zealand;
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Folklore: The New Zealanders, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
Hobby Core, Stripp Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
The Collected Works, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
1997-99
Pre-Millennial (with Mike Stevenson), Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide; Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney; City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch; Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland.
1997
The Karaokes, music & video, opens Dunedin Public Art Gallery; touring: The Physics Room, Christchurch; Suter Gallery, Nelson; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth; The Film Centre, Wellington; Waikato Museum of Art and History, Nelson, New Zealand
Crash and Burn, video, Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
Now showing: Artists go to the Movies, touring show of photography, opens Film Centre, Wellington, New Zealand; Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Group show, Lesley Kriesler Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand Disgusting Diorama's, with Francis Upritchard, High Street Project, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996
Darren Knight DKW at Doggett Street Studio, Brisbane, Australia
Road To-Love, curated by Mikala Dwyer, Sarah Cottier Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Seven New Zealand Artists, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, Australia
Nostalgic, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Failure, curated by Julian Holcroft, Linden Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Exactly, curated by Vivienne Shark LeWitt, 200 Gertrude Street, Melbourne, Australia
Flying Nun Anniversary Art Exhibition, 23a Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Open Hang, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
1995-96
Hangover, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, Govett- Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin and the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand.
1995
Easter Show, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
A Very Peculiar Practice, Aspects of Recent New Zealand Painting, Wellington City Art Gallery Te Whare Toi, New Zealand
Everyday Pathomimesis, Ilam School of Fine Arts Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Sculpitecture, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1994
Ronnie, Barnie, Shane, Jo & Mike, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
Rock'n'Roll Art Show, Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand.
Group Show, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Sad Sketches (with Kirsty Cameron), Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
Photography Show, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Elvis in Geyserland, Rotorua Art Gallery and Museum, Rotorua, New Zealand
Circle of Confusion, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
150 ways of Loving, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
1993
Paintings from the Future (with Isobel Thom), Teststrip Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
After, AfterMcCahon, Cubewell House, Wellington, New Zealand
Suffer, Teststrip, Auckland and Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
Visa Gold Art Award, Wellington Public Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Group Show, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
1992
Shadow of Style: Eight New Artists, City Gallery, Wellington, and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Four Southern Artists, Gow Langsford Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1989
Group Show, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1987
Six Painters, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1986
Eight Artists, curated by George Hubbard, Visual Diaries Gallery, New Zealand
Advanced Capitalist Realism, (with Colin Lee), Victoria University Library, Wellington
1984
Good Movies, organised and toured by the New Zealand Students Arts Council. Wellington, New Zealand
1983
Paintings, (with Martin Whitworth), CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1981
3D, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
PAGE ART
Adventure Art Month, Art Month Sydney Family Art Trail publication, Sydney 2010
Illusion 1991, pp 22-25
Mephitis , Ronnie van Hout in association with Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne 1995.
Midwest 1, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 1992, cover.
Film Fun (with Robin Neate), Midwest 6, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, 1994, pp 28-29.
South Island Art Project Newsletter, 16 August 1995, p25.
Sport 9, Spring 1992, cover.
Broadsheet, (cover), Volume 26 No 2 Winter 1997
Toi, Toi, Toi, exhibition catalogue, Museum Fridericianum Kassel/Auckland Art Gallery, 1999.
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2005
Laureate Artist, Arts Foundation of New Zealand
2004/2005
Artist in Residence, International Studio Programme, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin,
Germany
2004
Finalist, Walters Prize, New Zealand
2003/2004
Artist in Residence, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
1999
Residency, International Studio Program, PS1, New York
1995
Major Creative New Zealand Grant
Artist in Residence, Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth Polytech
1994
Residency, ELBA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
1992
Travel Grant, QE II Arts Council
1989
Professional Development Grant, QE II Arts Council
1986
New Artists Grant, QE II Arts Council
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Monash University Collection, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
The Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, New Zealand
Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Manuwatu Art Gallery, Palmeston North, New Zealand
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington New Zealand
Sargent Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
Victoria University, Wellington, New Zealand
Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
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