P E T E R G I B S O N S M I T H
C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
1961 Born Auckland, New Zealand
1980-83 BFA Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2008 The New World Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
2007 The History of Future Painting The O’Connell Room in association with Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
2006 Fabrications Bath Street Gallery Auckland
Speaking of Tongues Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
2001 Recommended Reading Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
2000 Backwater Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1999 Black Gesso Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Other Gardens Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1998 Simile Janne Land Gallery, Wellington
1997 360 degree Vision Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
1996 Bathers Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Freaks of Nature James Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland
Bathers and Walkers Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
1995 Deadringer Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Amazon on a Dying Horse Fisher Gallery, Auckland
1994 Transfiguration Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Transfiguration - History of the Analytical Machine Dunedin Public Art Gallery
1993 Spanish Riding School Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Transfigurations Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin
1992 The Height of Mercury Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
1991 Particles of Faith George Fraser Gallery (Artspace), Auckland
Virtual Religion Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
1990 The Garden of Virtual Reality (Auckland) Star Art Gallery, Auckland
The Garden of Virtual Reality (Wellington) Last Decade Gallery, Wellington
1989 Duplex (Auckland) Star Art Gallery, Auckland
Duplex (Wellington) Timurid Gallery, Wellington
1988 Origin of a Species Star Art Gallery, Auckland
1987 Newtons Pharmacy Star Art Gallery, Auckland
1986 Working Parts (Bristol House) Bristol House, Auckland
1985 New Paintings Bristol House, Auckland
1984 75 Paintings Kingston Street, Auckland
G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S
2005 Drawings, Te Tuhi (The Mark) Gallery, Auckland
2000 Colour Queen Street Galleries, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1997 Artist Screens Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
with Bill Hammond and Billy Apple
1996 Visa Gold Art Award New Gallery, Auckland
City Gallery, Wellington
1995 The Artistic Process Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Visa Gold Art Award City Gallery, Wellington
1992 Fresh Starts Bath House, Rotorua
SITE-Architecture & Perspective Lopdell Gallery, Auckland
1991 Young Contemporaries Hawkes Bay Cultural Centre, Napier
1990 Elam Graduates Charlotte H. Gallery, Auckland
Paper Works curator: J. Bailey, Fox Gallery, Auckland
[...] Exuberant, Floating, Dancing, Mocking, Childish & Blissful Art
curator: S. Zepke, George Fraser Gallery (Artspace), Auckland
1989 Outcrop Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
Gate, Door, Lintel Fisher Gallery, Auckland
1988 X Mass Star Art Gallery, Auckland
Star Art Group Timurid Gallery, Wellington
North of the Bombay Hills Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
1987 Star Art Contemporaries Timurid Gallery, Wellington
X Mass Star Art Gallery, Auckland
1985 Red Metro Christmas Show Red Metro Gallery, Auckland
Hot Red Metro Gallery, Auckland
1983 In Focus Auckland University Centenary Exhibition, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland
1982 Elam Painting Students/Staff Group Show Counselling Service Gallery
Auckland University
AWARDS
2001 Wallace Art Award
1996 Creative N.Z. Project Grant
1993 Frances Hodgkins Fellowship
1991 QEII Arts Council Grant, Creative Project
1989 QEII Arts Council Grant, Creative Project
1987 QEII Arts Council Grant, New Artist Promotion Scheme
P U B L I C C O L L E C T I O N S
Auckland University, Auckland
Frances Hodgkins Fellow Collection, Dunedin
Hocken Library, Dunedin
Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
National Library, Wellington
Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Victoria University, Wellington
B I B I L I O G R A P H Y
Books
Warwick Brown 100 New Zealand Paintings, Godwit Press, 1995
pp: 28, 1x colour plate
Michael Dunn Contemporary Painting in New Zealand, Craftsman House, 1996
pp: 68-71, 1x colour plate & 2x B&W
A Concise History of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman & Craftsman House, 1991
pp: 161, 163 1x colour plate
John Gow 20 Contemporary New Zealand Artists Vol 4, 2005
& Liz Caughey 5 pages with 5 colour plates
Essays
Warwick Brown
Art New Zealand no: ??
Justin Paton Memory and Immersion - Adrift in the Dome with Peter G. S.
Bathers, published by: P. G. S. & The Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, September 1996
Tim Renner War of Dreams, Peter Gibson Smith, Aesthetic Engines
Art New Zealand no: ?? Spring 1995. with 4 reproductions
Linda Tyler Speaking of Tongues
Published by: The Gus Fisher Gallery, Centre for New Zealand Art Research and Discovery, 2007
Reviews
Stephen Cain Wellington Evening Post, Dec. 6, 1990 (Garden of Virtual Reality)
Richard Dale N. Z. Herald, Nov. 15, 1990 (Garden of Virtual Reality)
James Mack Wellington Evening Post, October 5, 1995 (Visa Gold Art Award)
T. J. McNamara N. Z. Herald, October 3, 1996 (Bathers and Walkers)
N. Z. Herald, April 10, 1996 (Freaks of Nature)
N. Z. Herald, September 20, 1995 (Amazon on a Dying Horse)
N. Z. Herald, July 17, 1995 (Deadringer)
N. Z. Herald, ?? (Spanish Riding School)
N. Z. Herald, October ? 1992 (SITE: Spanish Eyes)
N. Z. Herald, June 11, 1992 (Height of Mercury)
N. Z. Herald, April ? 1991 (Particles of Faith)
Justin Paton N. Z. Listener, April 6, 1996 (Freaks of Nature)
Brad Smith Otago Daily Times, April 1, 1993 (Transfigurations)
Rob Taylor The Dominion, Dec. 5, 1990 (Garden of Virtual Reality)
The Dominion, Nov. 30, 1989 (Duplex)
The Dominion, Dec. 21, 1988 (Group Show)
Chris Trotter Free Copy, Autumn, 1994 (Transfiguration)
Linda Tyler Otago Daily Times, ? 1993 (Spanish Riding School)
Ian Wedde Wellington Evening Post, Nov. 23, 1989 (Duplex)
Articles
Charmian Smith Otago Daily Times, February 8, 1994
Manipulating Images of Others for Installation
Otago Daily Times, March 10, 1993
Turning Ideas into Images
Sarah Stuart Sunday Star, April ?, 1991
Heat on Facsimilie Art
Virginia Were N. Z. Art News, November, 2001
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