GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY
LAURENCE ABERHART b. 1949, Nelson. Lives in Russell
Laurence Aberhart is a photographer based in Russell, Northland. He held his first solo exhibition at the Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, in 1978 and has exhibited regularly in Wellington, Auckland, Sydney and Hong Kong since, as well as in Los Angeles and Europe. Aberthart has received a number of Art Council of New Zealand awards, a Fulbright Travel Grant (USA, 1988), a Fulbright Research Fellowship (USA, 2010) and a Moet et Chandon Fellowship in France (1994).
Aberhart ‘s practice is characterized by the use of a 100 year old, 8 x 10” Korona view camera, the sort that pioneers used in the 19th century to bring home records of what the world looked like. He chooses to follow entirely analog processes, printing each photograph by hand to the same scale as the camera’s negatives. As a result, Aberhart’s work has an intensity of detail and atmosphere that digital technology struggles to capture. The history of photography lies behind Aberhart’s quiet, yet powerfully engaging images.
His first solo exhibition with Gow Langsford Gallery was in 2014 and the Gallery has represented him since.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Large Format: Laurence Aberhart, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2018 Serial Works: Masonic Lodges. Taranaki, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland New Northland Investigations, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2017 New Northland Explorations, Some Interiors, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Aberhart Starts Here, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch
2015 Anzac, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2014 Auckland Festival of Photography: Laurence Aberhart, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Laurence Aberhart, Heavy Metal II, MaCnamara Gallery, Wanganui Anzac, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
2013 Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Lismore, NSW
2012 Recent Taranaki Photographs Govett-Brewster Art Gallery. New Plymouth Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin
2011 Monumental: Ice, America, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
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Antarctica, Woollaston Gallery, Nelson
2010 This is what I do, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Across The Bridge of Sighs, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin
2009 A Greater Conceit, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington. Heavy Metal, McNamara Gallery Photography, Wanganui
2008 Northland Maori Churches Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Momento, Woollaston Gallery, Mahana, Nelson An exhibition of new photographs….. McNamara Gallery, Wanganui Laurence Aberhart – Photographs Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne Maori Churches of Northland Russell, Museum, Russell
2007 Laurence Aberhart City Gallery Wellington Photographs Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin A Region Observed Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Napier
2006 Museology. Sun Pictures. Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Museology Peter Mcleavey Gallery, Wellington Collections Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Peripatetic Marshall Seifert Gallery, Dunedin
2005 Reverse Flow Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth The Invisible Edge [8x10 Polaroids] Marshall Seifert Gallery, Dunedin Laurence Aberhart- Photographs Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne Domestic Architecture McNamara Gallery, Wanganui
2004 Ghosting, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Large Format, Installation, 2019, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
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Last lights, Monuments, Northland, Cemeteries, Domestic Architecture, Sue Crockford Gallery Last lights Govett-Brewster AG, New Plymouth Photographs Marshall Seifert Gallery, Dunedin
2003 The Stedelijk Exhibition, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Serial Works, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Photographs, Marshall Seifert Gallery, Dunedin
2002 Scape, Marshall Seifert Gallery, Dunedin Museum, Lesley Kreisler Gallery, New Plymouth The photographic print in the year 2002 Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington The Interior McNamara Gallery – Photography, Wanganui. Laurence Aberhart – Photographs Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland
2001 Ghostwriting: Photographs of Macau. Macau Museum of ART , Macau Photographs of China and Macau John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong Asia Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney Photographs of Otaru, Japan Dunedin Public Art Gallery Macau, China , Japan Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
2000 Northland, Part One – The Eighties, Sue Crockford, Auckland
Please contact the gallery for a list of solo exhibitions prior to 2000
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 After The War, Australian War Memorial, ACT Spectacular Windows, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2018 50 Years, 50 Knockout Works, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2017 Celebrating 30 Years, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Home Sweet Home, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2016 Gow Langsford Gallery Artists, Group Exhibition, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Personal Messages, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2014 Freeze, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2013 Noel McKenna, William Eggleston, Laurence Aberhart, MCA Australia, Sydney. Aberhart Campbell Pardington, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown MONUMENT, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2012 Now & Then, Te Manaawa Museum, Palmerston North.
2011 E Tu Ake Standing Strong, Te Papa Museum of New Zealand, Wellington Welcome Home Darren knight Gallery, Sydney 36 Years In The Zone Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch.
2010 Unnerved: The New Zealand Project Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane Double Exposure Blackfriar’s Gallery, Chippendale, NSW Txt, Te Manawa M & G, Palmerston North
2009 Beyond The Image Woollaston Gallery, Mahana, Nelson LIGHT: Black & Silver Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
2008 Landed Te Manawa Museum Gallery, Palmerston North Close-Up, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland (and short tour) The Ecologies Project, Monash University, Caulfield, Melbourne
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2007 Picturing The Peninsula, Christchurch Art Gallery The Long View McNamara Gallery, Wanganui New Zealand Legacy: Aotearoa Taonga-tuku-iho, touring exhibition for Ministry of Culture & Heritage Art School 125 Christchurch City Gallery
2006 Within Memory National Library Gallery, Wellington Viewfinder Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth Birds - the art of N.Z. birdlife Pataka Museum, Porirua, Wellington
2005 High Chair, St. Paul St. Gallery, AUT, Auckland Motatau-Pipiwai Road, Northland, 7 February 2017, 2017 silver gelatin photograph, 200 x 250mm 30th Anniversary Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch Flagworks Pataka Museum, Porirua, Wellington Verbatim Lopdell House, Titirangi and other venues The Sea Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
2004 Two person exhibition with Bill Hammond, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch 51 Degrees South Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
2003 Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection National Gallery of Australia, Canberra 2003: The Year In Art S. H. Irwin Gallery, Sydney [acquisitions] Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney Locals Only Govett-Brewster, New Plymouth
2002 The 70s Show Auckland Art Gallery Big Bang Theory: Recent Chartwell Acquisitions Auckland Art Gallery White Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Victory Over Death Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2001 Looking Back: NZ Photography 1950-2000 Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington Bundles of Paper John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong Te Maunga Taranaki: views of the mountain Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth Prospect 2001 Wellington City Art Gallery Heatwave: contemporary art recently purchased…. Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth The Gambling Show John Batten Gallery, Hong Kong Photo Works from the MCA Collection MCA, Sydney
2000 Drive, Govett-Brewster AG, New Plymouth The Promised Land. The Bishop Suter Art Gallery, Nelson 25th Anniversary Ex], Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch Re/brand, Wollongong City Gallery Big Small; John Batten Gallery. Hong Kong Photography. Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland The Photography Show Te Waa Gallery, Wanganui Photography 1944-2000, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland Parihaka. Welllington City Art Gallery New Works [Renyolds, Hotere, Albrecht, Aberhart] Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland
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Flight Patterns Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Darkness And Light: Looking at the landscapen touring exhibition Australia & NZ
Please contact the gallery for a list of group exhibitions prior to 2000
SELECTED RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
Recipient of a number of QEII Arts Council of NZ grants
1988 Fulbright Travel Fellowship to travel in the USA
1993-94 QEII Arts Council of NZ Fellowship award
1994 Moet et Chandon Fellowship to stay in France
2000 Residency in Macau, Macau Museum of Art
2010 Fulbright Research Scholar, USA Invited Artist to Scott Base, Antarctica
2012 Henderson House Trust Artist in residence, Alexandra, New Zealand
COLLECTIONS
Southland Museum and Art Gallery Gore Art Gallery Dunedin Public Art Gallery Forrester Gallery, Oamaru Robert MacDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch Bishop Suter Art Gallery Nelson Te Papa Tongarewa/National Art Gallery/Museum of New Zealand, Wellington Dowse Art Gallery and Museum, Lower Hutt Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth Waikato Museum and Art Gallery, Hamilton Auckland City Art Gallery Whangarei Art Gallery National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Global Arts Link, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia Hallmark Collection, Knox-Albright Museum, Kansas City, Missouri, USA Readers Digest Collection, Pleasantville, N.Y. USA Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland Museum of Art, Macau
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1975 The Active Eye, catalogue, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
1976 Australian Photography, magazine, July
1977 Art New Zealand, magazine, Feb/March PhotoForum 38, magazine June/July Don’t let poor Nellie starve Jules Riding , Auckland.
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1979 PhotoForum 43, magazine, March Three New Zealand Photographers, catalogue, A.C.A.G Printletter 23, magazine [Zurich], Sept/Oct Art New Zealand 14, magazine [n.d.]
1980 View, album, a portfolio of 10 prints, edition of 10, the photographer, Lyttelton
1982 Views/Exposures, catalogue, National Art Gallery, Wellington Nine Masonic Lodges in Canterbury, a portfolio of 9 prints, edition of 10, the photographer, Lyttelton
1984 PhotoForum Newsletter, No.16.March, magazine, Wellington Friends of the National Art Gallery Newsletter, Wellington
1988 Exhibits, catalogue, National Art Gallery/Artspace Photofile, magazine [Australia] A Centennial History, catalogue, Auckland City Art Gallery NBR, [magazine], 22 July.
1989 Montana Lindaeur Art Award, catalogue, Auckland Society of Arts Art New Zealand 50, magazine, Autumn Art New Zealand 51, magazine, winter Imposing Narratives, catalogue, Wellington City A.G Whatu Aho Rua catalogue, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui.
1990 Heart + Land, catalogue, NZAGDC, Wellington Nature Morte, catalogue, National Art Gallery, Wellington Sense of Place, catalogue, Ivan Dougherty Gallery / University of NSW, Sydney, Australia United/Sarjeant Gallery Photographic Award, catalogue, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui Now See Hear, catalogue, Wellington City Art Gallery Situation and Style, catalogue, Jonathan-Jensen Gallery, Christchurch Release album, a portfolio of 8 prints, edition of 12, the photographer, Russell In The Southern States of America album, Russell Vestiges of The Last Colonial Culture: Photographs of New Zealand, catalogue, Los Angeles Antic 8, [magazine], December
1991 Visions Art Quarterly, magazine, Spring, Los Angeles Art Education /Guidelines to the Syllabus, Ministry of Education, Wellington 175 East, catalogue, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
1992 Headlands Thinking Through New Zealand Art, catalogue, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Whatu Aho Rua, catalogue, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
1994 Station to Station The Way of the Cross, catalogue, Auckland City Art Gallery
1995 Waikato Te Awa: The People and the River, catalogue, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton Sight / Seeing, catalogue, Postmaster Gallery, National Philatelic Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
1996 New Zealand Modernism - Expressionism and Figuration, The Gibbs Collection, Auckland.
1997 Asian Art News, magazine [HK], article
1998 All Gates Open book/catalogue in conjunction with exhibition, Fisher Gallery & the photographer Dream Collectors, catalogue, Te Papa/Museun of NZ/Auckland City Art Gallery.
1999 Where Shadows Dream of Light, catalogue, Dunedin Public Art Gallery WORD catalogue, MCA, Sydney
2000 Flight Patterns catalogue, The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art/The Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles
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Parihaka catalogue, Wellington City Art Gallery Te Maunga Taranaki: views of a mountain. catalogue, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth Open Eyes magazine, A Painting For Uncle Frank: Ian Wedde [Newsletter of the Friends Of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
2001 Ghostwriting: photographs of Macau. catalogue, [tri-lingual] Macau Museum of Art, Macau Art Asia Pacific [issue 33] magazine. Laurence Aberhart; Macau and China: John Batten
2002 The Interior catalogue, McNamara Gallery – Photography, Wanganui New Zealand Journal of Photography [No. 48, Spring 2002] magazine [review of The Photographic Print in 2002, McLeavey exhibition New Zealand Journal of Photography [No. 49, Summer 2002] magazine [review of The Interior, McNamara 2002 exhibition]
2003 Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay collection. Catalogue, National Gallery of Australia
2005 The Invisible Edge catalogue. Marshall Seifert Gallery, Dunedin Domestic Architecture catalogue. McNamara Gallery Wanganui
2006 Art ReView magazine [Lynne Cook]
2007 Aberhart Victoria University Press
2010 Across The Bridge of Sighs catalogue. Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin
2011 Art New Zealand magazine. Interview
2013 South of No North catalogue MCA Australia, Sydney.
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