Biography
Reuben Paterson
Ngati Rangitihi and Ngai Tuhoe
b.1973, Auckland
Education
2000 Post Graduate Diploma of Teaching
1997 Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2007 Reverie, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Artspace Billboard, Karangahape Road, Auckland
When the Sun Rises and the Shadows Flee, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
New work, 64zero3, Christchurch, New Zealand
2006 Square2, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
He Aha te Mea Nui, What is the Greatest Thing?, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
He Aha te Mea Nui, What is the Greatest Thing?, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2005 Narcissus, Gow Langsford Gallery, New Zealand
He Aha te Mea Nui, What is the Greatest Thing?, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Installation, The Art Café, Ikaria, Greece
2004 Recent Painting, Gow Langsford Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Art and Industry, Christchurch Biennial, Riccarton House, Christchurch, New Zealand
The Customs of Tripping, Milford Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2003 Recent Painting, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
New Zealand Fashion Week, in collaboration with WORLD, Auckland, New Zealand
When Paradise is not enough Dunedin Public Art Gallery Window Project, Dunedin, New Zealand
Abstraction, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2001 Cameo Project, Te Tuhi - The Mark, Auckland, New Zealand
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 Pacifica Styles, Cambridge University of Anthropology and Archaeology Cambridge, England
Of Deities and Mortals, Christchurch City Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2007 Pacifica Styles, Cambridge University of Anthropology and Archaeology Cambridge, England
Of Deities and Mortals, Christchurch City Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
News from Islands, Campelltown Arts Centre, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia
Te Hue Ipu - Artifact and Artwork, Pataka, Porirua, New Zealand
2006 nEUclear reactions, CAB Centro de Arte Caja Burgos, Spain
Te Hue Ipu - Artifact and Artwork, Pataka, Porirua, New Zealand
Te Hue Ipu - Artifact and Artwork, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei, New Zealand
2005 BMW Art Awards, Auckland, New Zealand
Wallace Art Awards, Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
nEUclear Reactions, International Biennale of Contemporary Art, National Gallery,
Prague, curated by Paco Barragán
Parallel Practices, Hawkes Bay Exhibition Centre, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
Tau Ana, Waikato Museum, New Zealand
In Flower, Whangarei Art Museum, New Zealand
YMCA, Sargeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
Remember New Zealand, Artspace, Auckland
The Walters Show, Pataka, Porirua, New Zealand
2004 Iki and thanks for all the IKA, Artspace, Auckland; Cook Islands Museum, Cook Islands (curated by Tobias Berger, Artspace, Auckland)
Transit of Venus, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
Mind’s Eye, Hazelhurst Regional Art Gallery and Centre, Sydney, Australia
Love and Love Song, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
26th Biennial de Sau Paulo, Oscar Niemayer Pavillion, Brazil (curated by Tobias Berger, Artspace, Auckland)
9th Pacific Biennale, Palau Islands, Micronesia
Dollar Mixture, The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Flower Power, Pataka Museum, Porirua, New Zealand
We Fought Fashion and Lost: World 1989-2004, Auckland Museum
Flaunt- Art, Fashion, Culture, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
True Love, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
2003 Dale Frank, Max Gimblett , Judy Millar, Michael Parekowhai, Reuben Paterson and Richard Thompson, Gow Langsford Gallery - Sydney, Australia
Portraiture: The Art of Social Commentary, Te Tuhi - The Mark, Auckland, New Zealand
Lisa Reihana, Hemi McGregor and Reuben Paterson, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei, New Zealand
Flaunt, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Wallace Art Awards, Auckland Museum, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
Iki and thanks for all the IKA Siuolaikinio Meno Centre, Lithuania (curated by Tobias Berger)
Taiaawhio: Te Tiimatanga, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Lisa Reihana, Hemi McGregor and Reuben Paterson, Whanganui Art Museum, New Zealand
Art on the Buses, Auckland City, New Zealand
Maori in Lithuania, Siuolaikinio Meno Centre, Lithuania
2002/03 Recent Acquisitions, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Taiawhio: Te Tiimatanga (Continuity and Change), Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
2002 Group Show: Dale Frank, Richard Thompson, Paul Hartigan and Reuben Paterson, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Rueben Paterson, Richard Thompson, Paul Hartigan, Dale Frank, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Contemporary Acquisitions, The New Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Wallace Trust Art Awards, Auckland Museum, Auckland, New Zealand
The Koru and the Kowhaiwhai; Contemporary Renaissance of Kowhaiwhai Painting, Pataka Art Museum, Porirua, New Zealand
Abstraction, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
2001 Techno Maori, City Gallery and Pataka Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Purangiaho: Seeing Clearly, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Mana Tangata, Te Wa - the space, Whanganui, New Zealand
Awataha Marae, Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand
2000 Biennale d’Art Contemporian: The 8th Festival of Pacific Arts, Tijibaou Arts and Cultural Centre, Noumea, New Caledonia
1997 Peter Hill’s The Art Fair Murders, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Step on it, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1996 Quartet, Four to the Fore, 23A Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1995 Salute Pierre et Gilles, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Pilot Error, 23A Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Awards
2005 Wallace Art Awards, Development Prize
Finalist, Castteleon City Arts Council Arts Prize, Castelleon, Spain
1997 Moet and Chandon Award
Fellowships/Residencies
2006 International Studio Curatorial Program, Three month residency as part of the James Wallace Art Awards ‘Development Prize’, Manhattan, New York
2005 Ikaria, Greece. Two month residency to create permanent installation at ‘The Art Café, Kampos.
2004 Punatapu Lodge. Two month residency, Queenstown, New Zealand
1997 Moet et Chandon Fellowship. Two month residency, Avize, France
Collections
Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Dowse Museum, Lower Hutt
Christchurch City Art Gallery, Christchurch
Selected Bibliography
Barragán, ‘NEUclear Reactions’ in International Biennale of Contemporary Art [Catalogue],
National Gallery Prague, 2005, p. 60 - 61
Baskett P., ‘Fine French Fellows’ in The New Zealand Herald, March 19, 1997, p. B9
Bridgeman, Shelley, ‘Glitz & Glamour’, New Zealand House & Garden, July 2003
Broker D., ‘Chic Pacifique’, Eyeline: Contemporary Visual Arts, no. 44, Summer 2000/2001
Burgess, Malcom, ‘Darkness behind the glitter’, The New Zealand Herald, May 18, 2003
Clifford, Andrew, ‘Reuben Paterson’s glittering career’, The New Zealand Herald, 13 April, 2005
Dignan, James, Abstraction and Still Life: An Overview, Milford Galleries, 2004
Dingwall, Richard, ‘Family tribute woven from ancestral strands’, Otago Daily Times, July 17, 2004
Fowler, R, Portraiture: The Art of Social Commentary, exhibition catalogue, Te-Tuhi, Auckland, 2003
Fowler, R, The Wharenui that Dad Built, exhibition catalogue, Te-Tuhi, Auckland, 2001
Ghirelli, Paola. ‘A touch of sparkle’, Herald Supplement, 23 September, 2004
Harris, Geoff, ‘Maori Artists Exhibit at Leading Edge of New Era’, The Northern Advocate, January 7, 2004
Hill , Peter, ‘Trading Spaces’ in The Sydney Morning Herald, February 14-15, 2004, Spectrum p. 9
Leonie, Bridie, ‘Kick your shoes off, do not fear’, The Listener, August 28, 2004
Loxley, Anne, ‘Results uneven when fishing for blue chips’ in The Sydney Morning Herald, February 24, 2004 p12
Ngahiraka Mason, ‘Open for Interpretation’, Art New Zealand, winter.
Mason N. & Kisler M. (ed.) Purangiaho: Seeing Clearly, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, 2001
Mason N., ‘New Horizons: Future Directions’, Biennale D’Art Contempoarian de Noumea, Noumea Pacifique, 2000
McEnteer, John, ‘Fashioning links’, Tuu Mai Magazine, November 2003
McNamara, T.J., ‘All that glitters is not gold’, The New Zealand Herald, May 22, 2003
Paterson, Reuben, ‘Meeting Dionysus’ in Art News, Summer 2005, p. 72 - 73
Paton-Tapsell, B., ‘Fashion and Whakapapa’ in Mana Magazine, Issue 16, June/July 1997
Rae B., ‘The Mark of Fisher’ in The New Zealand Herald, April 16, 2001, p. B5
Seeto, Aaron News from Islands, Exhibition Catalogue, Campelltown Arts Centre, Australia
Smith, Hunana (ed), Taiawhio II: Contemporary Maori Artists, Te Papa Press, 2007
Tahua, Daniel, ‘Reuben Paterson’, Cause Celebre Magazine, April/May, 2004
Watson, Aaron, ‘Sparkle that shines’ in Artzone, No. 12, November 2005 - January 2006, p. 43 - 49