The Dream

The Dream is a transformation of the Arthouse stairwell.  I have created a mythical plastic grass forest inspired by the Surrealist jungle paintings of French artist Henri Rousseau.  Huge trees loom skyward, while tiny details of wildlife and human figures lurk in the undergrowth.  I use the forest and the stairwell to explore aspects of the intimate and the immense, the inner and the outer, dream and reality.

S E L E C T E D  S O L O  E X H I B I T I O N S / P R O J E C T S
2011               South
                       Solo exhibition, Whitespace, Auckland
2010               Jewel in the Crown
                       William Hodges Fellowship – Artist in Residence, Southland Museum and Art Gallery
2009               Acclimatising
                       Whitespace, Auckland
2008               Transformations
                       Whitespace, Auckland
2008               Incarnations
                       Catchment Gallery, Nelson
2007               If This Land Could Speak
                       The Suter Gallery, Nelson
2007               Out of the Ashes
                       Temporary Installation Project, Connells Bay, Waiheke Island
2006               Verge:Brink – a month-long photographic residency
                       The Suter Gallery and Queens Gardens, Nelson
1997 - 2006    Nine solo exhibitions (annually)
                       The Lane Gallery, Auckland
2004               Light Pools
                      Installation of interactive light works, Trafalgar St, Nelson Arts Festival
                      (Funded by Creative NZ and Nelson City Council).
2004              Art Practices Revealed
                      Installation, Artist in residence program, Suter Gallery, Nelson
2002              An Enchanted Place
                      Installation, MFA Graduate Exhibition (RMIT University)
1996              New Zealand Women Artists
                      Group show and auction, The Suter Gallery, Nelson

S E L E C T E D  G R O U P  E X H I B I T I O N S / P R O J E C T S
2011             Curent – Contemporary Oceanic Art
                      22 June – 30 July
                     Curated by Deborah White
                     October Gallery, London
2010             Putiputi
                     The Flower in Contemporary New Zealand Art
                     Hastings City Art Gallery
2009             Headland Sculpture on the Gulf
                     “Monument” installation
                     Waiheke Island, Auckland
2009             Chorus
                     Whitespace, Auckland
2008             NZ Sculpture OnShore
                    “Regeneration” installation
                     Devonport, Auckland
2008             Amazing Lace
                     Pataka, Porirua
2008             Manifest Sculpture Project
                    “Settlement” Installation
                     Nelson Arts Festival and Manifest Lecture Series
2008             Political World
                     Group sculpture exhibition. Whitespace, Auckland
2007             Looks So Fine
                    Group sculpture exhibition. Whitespace, Auckland
2004-5         The New Alchemists
                    National Art Award - Finalist’s Touring Exhibition
                    Artworks in Reclaimed Materials
                    Exhibited at various New Zealand and Australian galleries
2002            RMIT University Postgraduate Exhibition
                    Installation - Re-enchanting the Shadow
                    Faculty Gallery, RMIT University, Melbourne

Photographer John-Paul Pochin