Exhibitions and Events

2018


  • Blind Carbon Copy: An Open Love Letter | Curated by Ioana Gordon-Smith, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland (solo)

  • 
I’m thinking of an exploded essay. | RM Gallery and Project Space, Auckland (solo)

  • Two Hundred and Thirty Words For Dishonesty | HAMSTER Issues Two and Three, a Physics Room publication 2017-2018 (artist pages)

2017

  • Two Hundred and Thirty Words For Dishonesty | HAMSTER Issue One, a Physics Room publication 2017-2018 (artist pages)

  • Passed ,           Repeating last : | Five Walls, Melbourne (group)

2016

  • An Open Love Letter | Residency, Late-Winter Intensive, The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada

  • Suburban Dreams | Curated by Sian Van Dyk, The Dowse Art Museum, Wellington (group)

  • Oscar: With a sinister hoist, the semaphore flag | North Projects, Christchurch (solo)

  • Break Me/Harder | Curated by Noelia Portela (as part of Yours To Tell, curated by Catherine Hunt), RM, Auckland (group)

  • Slow and mournfully; slow and sad; slow and solemnly | Mason's Screen, Wellington (solo)

  • Landscapes Reconstructed | The Whyte Museum, Banff, Alberta, Canada (group)

  • Empty Orchestra / Rock Garden | Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland (two-person with Yolunda Hickman)

  • Assay / Essay: Artist-Run in Aotearoa New Zealand | Contributing Editor on publication with Enjoy Public Art Gallery, edition of 100.  With support from Chartwell Trust and Enjoy Public Art Gallery.

2015   

  • “Even a long human life only adds up to about 650,000 hours” | Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin (solo)

  • Parkin Drawing Prize | New Zealand Fine Arts Academy Gallery, Wellington (winner)

  • Something Felt, Something Shared | Curated by Emma Ng, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington (group)

2014

  • If you do start making cheese, I recommend a Farmhouse Cheddar | Collaborative project: PILOT and Ramp Gallery, Hamilton (group)

  • Spring Issue | Curated by Karl Bayly and Priscilla McIntosh, The Free Parking Space, Hamilton (group)

2013   

  • Keeping Secrets and Stealing Things | Mezzanine, Artspace, Auckland (solo)

  • An Unkindness of Ravens | Traveled to Pelorus Trust Mediagallery, Wellington (solo)

  • National Contemporary Art Award | Waikato Museum, Hamilton (finalist)

  • Put Up Your Dukes! Part Two | Publication Launch and Exhibition, Pearce Gallery, Auckland (two-person)

  • Duas Cidades | Co-curator with Fernanda Barreto, RM, Auckland and Veredas-SP, São Paulo (group)

  • Put Up Your Dukes!  | With Jill Sorensen, Blue Oyster Project Space, Dunedin (two-person)

2012   

  • [TOAD] | (In conjunction with An Unkindness of Ravens) Viewfinder, Auckland (solo)

  • An Unkindness of Ravens | Film Archive Exhibition Space, Auckland (solo)

  • Spurious Facts and Apocryphal Tales | Collaborative publication with Christina Read

2011   

  • Little Boy Blue | Viewfinder, Auckland (solo)

  • Core | Whitecliffe College Faculty Exhibition, Pearce Gallery, Auckland (group)

2010   

  • PODOCARPACEAE / Dacrycarpus – ASTERACEAE / Pachystegia | Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington (solo)

  • Drawing (For the Given Value of Drawing) | Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin (group)

  • Drawer in A Chronological Manor | RM, Auckland (group)

2009   

  • TNIRP | Whitecliffe College Faculty Show Pearce Gallery, Auckland (group)

  • LOOP’09 | Barcelona Video Art Festival, Barcelona (group)

  • Asahi Art Machine | Co-curator with Jill Sorensen, Splore Living Lounge, Auckland (group)

2007   

  • Tender Validation | MFA Graduating Exhibition, Randolph Street, Auckland (solo)

  • Young Blood Salon | City Art Rooms, Auckland (finalist)

  • A Day Late and A Dollar Short | With Aidan Law as part of the Creative New Zealand Professional Development Program in their Auckland offices (two-person)   


Bibliography

2018

  • Gabrielle Amodeo | Two Hundred and Thirty Words For Dishonesty | HAMSTER Issues One to Three, a Physics Room publication 2017-2018 (artist pages)

2016

  • Gabrielle Amodeo | Assay / Essay: Artist-Run in Aotearoa New Zealand | Contributing Editor on publication with Enjoy Public Art Gallery, edition of 100.  With support from Chartwell Trust and Enjoy Public Art Gallery.

  • Gabrielle Amodeo | Playing in Gorse Essay for The Third Enjoy Five Year Retrospective Catalogue

  • Lucy Swinnen | Drawing prize led to Canada The Wellingtonian 28.07.2016, p. 13

  • Alice Tappenden | Knowing when to stop Catalogue essay for Oscar: With a sinister hoist, the semaphore flag

  • Gabrielle Amodeo | Eighteen Years, Six Rooms: Nick Spratt & RM Art New Zealand, Number 157 / Autumn 2016, pp. 44-51

2015   

  • Caitlin Salter | Life-changing prize capital for artist The Wellingtonian 10.10.2015, p.8

  • Tom Hunt | Artist wipes floor with $20,000 win Dominion Post, 8.10.2015, A1

  • John Daly-People | Drawing a Winner National Business Review, 4.10.2015

  • Simon Gennard | Lovesong for Carmen Hermosillo Catalogue essay for Something Felt, Something Shared

  • Gabrielle Amodeo | Neighbouring Concerns (Concoction and the Beehive) Catalogue essay for Concoction, curated by Elbowroom, the Moving Gallery

  • Hana Aoake | Remebered Space and Psychic Residues Review, EyeContact 24.5.2015

  • Sonia Sly | Something Felt, Something Shared Interview and article for Standing Room Only: Radio New Zealand 10.5.2015

2014   

  • Edward Hanfling | But How Does it Mean? Cover Feature, Art New Zealand, Number 152 / Summer 2014-15, pp. 70-75

  • Peter Dornauf | Embracing Process, Discarding Nothing Review, EyeContact 19.8.2014

  • Khye Hitchcock | A Guilty Conscience, Coming Clean Catalogue essay and publication for Keeping Secrets and Stealing Things

2013   

  • Edward Hanfling | Duas Cidades Review, Art New Zealand, Number 148 / Summer 2013-14, pp. 38-39

  • Peter Dornauf | Hamilton’s National Contemporary Art Awards Review, EyeContact 23.8.2013

  • James Dignan | Put Up Your Dukes! Review, Otago Daily Times, 4.7.2013

  • Franky Strachan | Dragons and Teacups: A Collision of Kinds Catalogue essay for Put Up Your Dukes!

2011   

  • Gabrielle Amodeo | Portraits of Humaness Catalogue essay for Akiko Diegel for the occasion of her 6 month residency at ISCP in New York, as the Paramount Winner of the 20th Annual Wallace Art Awards

2010   

  • Gavin Bertram | Drawing Room D-Scene, Dunedin, 29 September 2010, p. 23

  • Sian Torrington | PODOCARPACEAE / Dacrycarpus – ASTERACEAE / Pachystegia | Catalogue essay for exhibition of same name

2008   

  • Gabrielle Amodeo | Wires, Sticks and Suspended Belief Catalogue essay for Joanna Langford on the occasion of her exhibition Brave Days Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington

2007   

  • Justin Henehan | I used to be a Structuralist, but now I’m not Saussure Catalogue essay for Tender Validation


Awards, Conferences

  • 2018 Dear Reader: The intimate space of reading in art | Presentation for the Creative (Art) Writing Assembly, convened by Gretchen Coombs & Naomi Stead, AAANZ

  • 2015    Parkin Drawing Prize | Winner

  • 2014    Spark International Festival | Exhibition and Panel Participant

  • 2013    National Contemporary Art Awards | Finalist

  • 2009    LOOP’09 | Barcelona Video Art Festival, International Universities Program

  • 2007    Young Blood Salon | Finalist

  • 2007    Top Master of Fine Arts Student, Whitecliffe College

  • 2005    Awarded full scholarship for Masters of Fine Arts, Whitecliffe College

  • 2003    Top Bachelor of Fine Arts Student, Whitecliffe College