DARRYN GEORGE (Ngapuhi): CV


1970   	 Born, Christchurch
1993    	 Completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), Canterbury
1994   	 Completed a Diploma of Teaching, Christchurch College of Education
1998    	 Completed a Master of Fine Art (Painting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1999   	 Head of Department, Art,  Christs College, Christchurch


GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

1991    	“He Toi Tutanga Na Ngaa Toa O Te Whare Waananga O Waitaha’
        	   	School of Fine Arts Gallery, Canterbury

1993    	‘Dangerous Liaisons’
           	 CSA Gallery, Christchurch
          	 The George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
          	‘Te Atinga Contemporary Maori Art Exhibition’ - Waitangi Resort Hotel, Bay of Islands
          	‘Te Tipunga’ - School of Fine Arts Gallery, Canterbury University, Christchurch
	 	‘Exhibition Celebrating the late Edwin Stephens’
       		 Ritchies Contemporary, Christchurch

1994    	‘Te Puaroa Exhibition’
        		 Contemporary Maori Art Exhibitions
       		 Te Toka-a-Toi Festival, Wellington
		
        		‘Te Rakau Toi O Waitaha’
        		 School of Fine Arts Gallery, Canterbury

1995   	 Te Karohirohinga Toanga
       		 Maori Art from the Community 
       		 Waikato Museum of Art and History

1996   	 ‘Recent Acquisitions’
        		 Robert McDougall Art Galley, Christchurch
        		‘Patua’  Wellington Festival of the Arts, Wellington City Gallery
       		‘Recent Maori Sculpture’  Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth

1997   	 ‘Nga Matatini Maori’, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch

1998   	 ‘N.Z.’  Gallery 101, Melbourne,  Australia
       		 ‘Nga Taonga a Hine-te-iwa-iwa’ -  Parliament Buildings Wellington
		 ‘Strata’  SPAN Galleries, Melbourne  Australia

1999    	‘Hiko! New Energies in Maori Art’  Robert McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
       		 ‘20/20”   Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch





2000    	‘Canterbury Painters in the 1990’s’  Robert McDougall Art Gallery
       		 ‘Art Event’   Robert McDougall Art Gallery
       		 ‘Art and Instruction’   Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
       		 ‘The Melbourne Art Fair’   Royal Exhibtion Hall, Melbourne, Australia
       		 ‘Group show’  SPAN Galleries, Melbourne
        

SOLO SHOWS

1994    	‘Parawhenuamea/Noah’  Dobson Bashford Gallery, Christchurch

1998    	‘Hide and Seek’   Ramp Gallery, Waikato Polytechnic, Hamilton

1999   	 ‘Written on Tablets’   SPAN Galleries, Melbourne, Australia

2000    	‘Evisible’ (with Phil Price)  Christs College dining hall, Christchurch
       		 ‘Fastfoward’   Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

2001    	‘Zoom’  SPAN Galleries, Melbourne  Australia

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Robert McDougall Art Gallery
NZ High Commission

Represented in various national and international public and private collections 

AWARDS

1994    Te Waka Toi Grant
1998    Arts Council of New Zealand Grant for Melbourne Project at SPAN Galleries
2000    Finalist in Wallace Art Award  Creative New Zealand funding for Melbourne Art Fair





REPRESENTATION

Darryn George is represented by                       Brooke Gifford Gallery  - 	Christchurch
                                               			 SPAN Gallery            -	Melbourne
                                               			 Peter McLeavey Gallery  -	Wellington

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