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June 2010 / Reuben Paterson at Tauranga Art Gallery
A reconfiguration of Reuben Paterson's Asia Pacific Triennial work 'Whakapapa: get down upon your knees' opened at Tauranga Art Gallery during the weekend.
The exhibit runs from June 12 - October 24, 2010.
image: Installation of Reuben Paterson's 'Whakapapa get down upon your knees' at Tauranga Art Gallery
May 2010 / Reuben Paterson at 17th Biennale of Sydney 
See works by Reuben Paterson at the 17th Biennale of Sydney . Paterson is exhibiting nine commissioned works which respond to the heritage site of a Military Officer's guardhouse and residence on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. See here for more information on the exhibition which runs until 1 August 2010.
The 17th Biennale of Sydney opens next week including works by Reuben Paterson. Paterson is exhibiting nine commissioned works which respond to the heritage site of a Military Officer's guardhouse and residence on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. See here for more information on the exhibition and opening week events.
February 2010 I Reuben Paterson
Listen to Reuben Paterson talk to Lynn Freeman about his exhibition dear beauty, dear beast, on Radio New Zealand here. (21.02.2010)
February 2010 I Reuben Paterson announced in Sydney Biennale line up
Reuben Paterson will exhibit at the 17th Biennale of Sydney, opening in May. Paterson will show nine commissioned works which respond to the heritage site of a Military Officer's guardhouse and residence on Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour. See here for more information on the Biennale.
January 2010 I Reuben Paterson in Asia Pacific Triennal Herald review
Andrew Clifford looks at the 6th Asia Pacific Triennal in this weekend's Herald and features an image of Reuben Paterson's Whakapapa: Get Down On Your Knees. Read the full article here.
November 2009 I Reuben Paterson at 6th Asia Pacific Triennial
The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial opens in Brisbane next month and includes a major work by gallery artist Reuben Paterson. Paterson has created a colossal work specifically for the exhibition. Titled Whakapapa: Get Down on Your Knees (2009) the eight metre squared painting brings together iconography from many bodies of work using his glitterdust technique.
6th Asia Pacific Triennial : Gallery of Modern Art and Queensland Art Gallery. Opening weekend 5 - 6 December. Runs through 5 April 2010.
December 2009 / Cover Art
Check out Reuben Paterson's Whakapapa: Get Down on Your Knees on the cover of the current Issue of Art & Australia. Gregor Kregar's work is featured on the back cover as winner of the Summer 2009 ANZ Private Bank and Art & Australia Contemporary Art Award. Dick Frizzell's Car Crash also features on the Summer issue of Artnews.
November 2009 I Reuben Paterson on telly
Reuben Paterson will be featured on TVNZs Newartland. Episode 12 There Goes the Moon airs on Saturday 21st November and will be available online after the screening.
Photo by Grant Finlay 
April 2009 I Reuben Paterson at Asia Pacific Triennal
Congratulations to Reuben Paterson who has been invited to exhibit at the sixth Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane in December. The Triennial is the Queensland Art Gallerys flagship international exhibition and the only major series of exhibitions in the world to focus exclusively on Contemporary Art from Asia and the Pacific. 
03. 2008 I Reuben Paterson Limited Edition Moustache Glasses
Reuben Paterson's limited edition art glass visits The Logi Cup ca.525 BC, collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery. The cup is an ornately decorated vessel that when full to the brim and raised to the lips was designed to mask the face of the drinker, creating universality in the Dionysian ritual of intoxication and celebration.
A set of 6 heatprinted decal on Bormioli Roco Italian crystal.
Premium Mod.No 6
59cl 20 oz each
h 238 mm - 7 1/2"
round 95 mm - 3 3/4"
Signed Limited edition of 15
$850.00
Of Deities or Mortals at the Christchurch Art Gallery
Recent works by Sara Hughes and Reuben Paterson are included in Of Deities or Mortals at the Christchurch Art Gallery, open from 16 November 2007 - 10 February 2008. Titled after a line in John Keats' poem Ode on a Grecian Urn, Of Deities or Mortals takes eight objects from the University of Canterbury's James Logie Memorial Collection of Greek artifacts, and invites eight contemporary New Zealand artists to create a response. For more information about the show and featured artists, visit the Christchurch Art Gallery or email info@gowlangsfordgallery.co.nz
Reuben Paterson Billboard Project
Reuben Paterson is the second artist invited to create a work for the ARTSPACE Billboard Project. In partnership with the Langham Hotel ARTSPACE invites artists to create a work (measuring 22.5 x 4 meter) to fill the hotels billboard on Aucklands KRoad. The project offers the artists an opportunity to work on a colossal scale, in a new medium and in a context that extends beyond the gallery walls.
Patersons billboard captures his use of theatre foil in a playful undulating panel of stripes. ARTSPACE director Brian Butler says, When I was thinking about various artists to invite for the billboard project, I always thought that Reuben could work on such a massive scale. The way his new work plays between abstraction, Pop and Op art is perfectly communicated.
Until March 7 2008
Reuben Paterson in collaboration with World and Cite
The Urbis Design Day is an annual promotion of Auckland's fashion and design culture. This year, World are exhibiting artworks by Reuben Paterson in the Cite showroom; a space featuring Charles Vitra design classic chairs, Eames furniture and incredible limited edition wooden toys. 
Pictured here: Reuben Paterson foil works in the background and glitter suit in front.
Design Day : Saturday 17th November 2008
Reuben Paterson at NBK Berlin
Reuben Paterson, Shane Cotton and John Pule have been invited to exhibit at the Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, as part of the exhibition Dateline: Contemporary Art of the Pacific Islands. The exhibition, which is a curatorial collaboration between Rhana Devenport of the Govett Brewster Art Gallery and Dr. Alexander Tolnay, director of NBK, will tour Germany and return to New Zealand in 2008.
Dr. Tolnay says he aims "to explore recent developments in the contemporary art of the Pacific tracking along the "date line" and investigating how a new generation of artists in the region reacts to the complex contradictions between tradition, modernity and globalization in today's world. The exhibition should explore the various ways in which renewal and evolution of indigenous traditions are occurring, incorporating cross-cultural interaction while at the same time contending with the pressures of "ethnokitsch" and tourism"
Exhibition dates at NBK: 7 September -19 October 2007
The City Gallery Kiel: 25 January - 24 March 2008
City Gallery Sindelfingen: 20 April -22 June 2008
Reuben Paterson at Eden Artspeak 2007
A dynamic schedule of artist's talks have again been compiled by Eden Arts.
The talks have become a regular part of the Auckland summer arts calendar and attract a wide range of professionals associated with the arts, students, as well as emerging and established collectors. Paterson will talk about his recent travels, and artists residency in New York at the ISCP (International Studio and Curatorial Programme).
Reuben Paterson and Peter Madden: Thursday 8th March, 7pm - 9pm.
Raye Freedman Arts Centre, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Gillies Ave
Reuben Paterson: SQUARE2 at City Gallery Wellington
Reuben Paterson's work, Te Putahitanga o rehua, will be on exhibition at the City Gallery Wellington from 25 September - 23 October as part of their SQUARE2 programme. SQUARE2 is a dedicated new site for moving image artworks located in the entrance of City Gallery Wellington, with rows of square monitors which display the works.