Mark Bentley Adams C V 2015
b.1949: Christchurch: Te Wai Pounamu Aotearoa New Zealand
phone/fax: 00 64 9 379 7501 mobile: 00 64 021 036 7447 phone: 00 64 3 312 1271
PO Box 68896 Newton Auckland New Zealand
173 High St Oxford Te Wai Pounamu 7430
Professional Qualifications
1969 DFA, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts
Professional Experience
1982-88 Sharp Black and White Photographic Partnership
1982-88 Real Pictures Photographic Gallery and Laboratory
1996 - Studio La Gonda Photographic Partnership
Teaching Experience
1996- 1999 Elam School of Fine Arts, Department of Photography,
1994- 1996 Auckland Institute of Technology, Department of Photography
1991- 1993 Carrington Polytechnic School of Design, Department of Photography
1990- 1992 ASA School of Fine Arts
Selected Shows
2015 Clevedon Garden 1978. Hori Paraone / George Brown Paul McNamara Gallery. Whanganui
2015 Nine Fathom Passage. Dusky Sound. Two Rooms Gallery Auckland
2015 'Sign Here'. Sites where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 Mangere Arts Centre nga tohu o uenuku Curated by Hannah Scott
2014 'Mark Adams. Tatau: Photographs from the Tatau project 1978 - 2005'. Ilam Campus Gallery. School of Fine Arts University of Canterbury
2014 'Cook's Sites' Curated by Peter Vangioni. Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna O Waiwhetu
2013 'A Portrait of the Artist Tony Fomison', Chamber Gallery, Rangiora
2013 'Archives'. Photographs by Mark Adams, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2012 Mark Adams Photographs: McNamara Gallery Whanganui
2010 'Lava. Photographs from Polynesia'. 2 Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2010 'Tatau'. University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Curated by Nicholas Thomas
2009 'Tene Waitere's travels'. McNamara Gallery, Whanganui.
2009 'Rauru'. 2 Rooms Gallery, Auckland.
2008 ‘Tatau’, Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Curated by Peter Brunt.
2008 ‘Tatau’ OCAD Gallery, University of Ontario, Toronto Curated by Peter Brunt and Charles Reeves
2007 Mark Adams photographs: McNamara Gallery, Whanganui
2006 Mark Adams photographs: 2 Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2006 Mark Adams photographs: McNamara Gallery, Whanganui
2005 'Pe’a. Photographs by Mark Adams'. Curated by Peter Brunt, Sophie McIntyre, Robert Leonard Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki
2005-2007 'Cook’s Sites'. Curated by Nicholas Thomas Museum of Sydney. National Library, Canberra. Museum of Queensland
2005 'After William Hodges': Mark Adams photographs, Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki
2005 'Pe’a. Photographs by Mark Adams'. Curated by Peter Brunt and Sophie McIntyre. University of Queensland Art Museum. Cairns Art Centre
2004 The 2nd Auckland Triennal 'Public / private - Tumatanui / Tumataiti' Curated by Ngahiraka Mason and Ewen McDonald. The Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki
2004 Mark Adams. Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London
2003 'Pe’a. Photographs by Mark Adams'. Curated by Peter Brunt and Sophie McIntyre. The Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington
2000 'The Tatau series'. Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
2000 'Cooks’ Sites. Revisiting History'. Mark Adams and Nicholas Thomas. Southland Art Museum
1999 'Cooks’ Sites. Revisiting History'. Mark Adams and Nicholas Thomas. Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand
1998 Fundacao Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil 'Roteiros. Roteiros. Roteiros. Roteiros. Roteiros. Roteiros. Roteiros.' XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo - Curator for Oceania, Louise Neri
1997 'Observations' Martin Van Vreden and Mark Adams Gallery Die Praktjik, Lauriergracht, Amsterdam. Holland
1996 'Observations' School of Fine Arts, Australian National University, Canberra, at the Conference-'Re-Imagining the Pacific' convened by Professor Nicholas Thomas and Dr Dianne Loche
1995 'Portrait of the Painter Tony Fomison' Curated by Ron Brownson Auckland City Art Gallery
1994 'Whenua I Maharatia, hae hae Nga Takata - Land of Memories, Scarred by People'. Wellington City Art Gallery
'Africus Biennale' Curators for NZ, Jenny Harper and Tim Walker. Johannesburg, South Africa
'Waiariki ~ Waiora. The Blue Baths, Photographs by Mark Adams'. Rotorua Art Museum Curated by John Perry
1993 'Whenua I Maharatia, Hae hae Nga Takata - Land of Memories, Scarred by People' Curated by William McAloon Dunedin Public Art Gallery
1987-90 'Pakeha-Maori, a Conjuncture' Art Gallery Directors Council Touring Exhibition. Govett Brewster Art Museum, New Plymouth Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton MacDougal Art Gallery Annex, Christchurch
1987 'Pakeha-Maori, a Conjuncture' Artspace, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, Real Pictures Photographic Gallery, Auckland
1986 'Pakeha-Maori, a Conjuncture' Curated by John Perry Rotorua City Art Gallery
1985 'Work in Progress' Real Pictures Photographic Gallery, Auckland
1982 'O Le Ta Tatau, Samoan Tattooing' Real Pictures Photographic Gallery, Auckland
1976 One Man Show, Mark Adams, Snaps a Photographers Gallery,
1971 Two man show, Mark Adams and Graham Bennett Canterbury Society of Arts Gallery Selected Group Shows
2014 'Fotos Vestigios Invisibles' EACC. Castelon, Barcelona, Spain Curated by Mercedes Vicente
2011 'In Natural Light'. McNamara Gallery, Whanganui
2010 ‘Unnerved’. The NZ project: Queensland Art Gallery. Art Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. Curated by Maude Page. Catalogue essay by Wystan Curnow
2009 Mark Adams, Bruce Connew, John Miller, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth. Curated by Mercedes Vicente
2008 ‘Close-up: Contemporary contact prints’. Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland. Ramp Gallery, Hamilton. Curated by McNamara Gallery
2008 Mark Adams and Fiona Pardington, photographs: 2 Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2008 Collect / project: Mark Adams John Reynolds Ann Shelton. Adam Art Gallery. Wellington. Curated by Tina Barton
2008 The Bath-house Centenary: Mark Adams and Haru Sameshima. Rotorua Art Museum
2006-2008 Mo Tatou: The Ngai Tahu Whanui Exhibition: Te Papa Tongarewa Curated by Megan Tamati-Quennell
2006 ‘Under the skin’ Asheville Art Museum, North Carolina Curated by Ward Mintz
2006 'Wonderland'. Festival Internationale di Roma, Pingyao International Photography Festival, China. Curated by Harvey Benge
2006 The Arrival: 2 Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2004 Free NZ Art. Artspace, Auckland. Curated by Tobias Berger
2003 “Curiosity Killed the Gap”. Artspace. Auckland. Curated by Tobias Berger
2003 “Sea Knowing and Island Seeing”. Auckland Art Gallery-Toi O Tamaki. Curated by Ron Brownson
2002 “Skin Deep, A history of tattooing”. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Curated by Nicholas Thomas
2000 Rotorua Art Museum Millenium show. Mark Adams and Ans Westra
1998 “Lights and Shadows”, Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Curated by Gwyneth Porter
1998 “Southern Lights”, Dunedin Public Art Gallery & City Art Centre, Edinburgh.
1996 “Art in the City”, “Sight seeing”,curated by Kate Darrow, Catalogue essay by Damian Skinner. Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland
1995 “Currency”. Selected New Zealand Photographers. Curated by Peter Turner. Auckland Institute and Museum
1994 “Open the Shutter, Auckland photographers Now”. Photoforum group show,selected by Ron Brownson. Auckland Institute and Museum
1993 Two Man Show, “After the Fact and Silence”, Haru Sameshima and Mark Adams. Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland. Curated by Tim Renner, Catalogue essay by Ron Brownson
1993 “Perspectives”, Curated by Christina Barton, Te Papa Tongarewa - Museum of New Zealand
1992 “Te Moemoea no Iotefa: The Dream of Joseph”. Curated by Rangihiroa Panoho. Sargeant Gallery. Wanganui
1990 Three Man Show. “The Painting Part”, Julian Dashper, Mark Adams, Phil Clairmont. The Center For Contemporary Art, Hamilton
1987 Two Man Show. “The Thermal Landscape. The Rev John Kinder and Mark Adams”. Waikato Art Museum. Curated by Tim Walker
1986 “Tarawera Today”. Tarawera Centenary. Rotorua City Art Gallery. Curated by John Perry
1981 “8 x 8, Eight Photographers at the ASA” ASA Gallery, Auckland. Curated by Peter Hanneken
1971 Two Man Show, Mark Adams and Graham Bennett, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
Published books and catalogues
2010 Book, 'Tatau'. Mark Adams, Peter Brunt, Sean Mallon, Nicholas Thomas. Te Papa Press
2009 Book, 'Rauru'. Nicholas Thomas, Lyonel Grant, Jim Schuster, Mark Adams. Otago University Press
2003 Catalogue, “Tatau. Pe’a: Photographs by Mark Adams”. Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington.
1999 Book, “Cooks Sites, Revisiting History”. Mark Adams and Nicholas Thomas. Otago University Press
1993 Catalogue “After the Fact and Silence”. Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland Essay by Ron Brownson
1993 Book. “Whenua I Maharatia, Hae hae nga Takata ~ Land of Memories Scarred by People”. Photographs by Mark Adams, Text by Harry Evison. Tandem Press, Auckland
1990 Catalogue, “The Painting Part”. Phil Clairmont Mark Adams Julian Dashper. The Centre For Contemporary Art, Hamilton. Essay by Jim and Mary Barr
1987 Catalogue, “Maori . Pakeha, He Waerenga Ururoa - Pakeha . Maori, A Conjuncture”. Rotorua City Art Gallery. Essay by John Te Manihera Chadwick
Selected Bibliography
2010 Camera Austria International Ann Shelton Mark Adams. Essay by Mercedes Vicente
2010 'The event horizon: returning after the fact'. Paper by Donna West Brett and Ann Shelton
2010 ‘Unnerved’. The NZ project. Catalogue essay by Wystan Curnow. Queensland Art Gallery
2009 Art News. Review
2008 Into the light. David Eggleton. Craig Potten Publishing
2008 NZ Journal of Photography. No 58
2005 Contemporary New Zealand Photographers. Edited by Lara Strongman
2005 Eyeline. Contempoary visual arts. Number 57
2004 The 2nd Auckland Triennal “Public / Private Tumatanui / Tumataiti". Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki. Catalogue essay, Nicholas Thomas
2003 NZ Journal of Photography. No 51. “The Case of Tattooing”. Essay, Nicholas Thomas
2001 Art New Zealand No 98 Review Damian Skinner
1998 XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo, Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros, Roteiros. Catalogue Essay. “Oceania: exploring, not knowing”. Louise Neri
1997 Art Asia Pacific Quarterly, No 13. Essay ‘Marked Men’. Nicholas Thomas
1996 The Contemporary Pacific Vol 8. Number 2. The Dream of Joseph: Practices of Identity in Pacific Art. Paper, Nicholas Thomas.
1993 Art New Zealand No 67. Article Adam Gifford, Paul Barton
1986 Art New Zealand No 41. Article Gwen Stacy
1980 Photoforum No 45
1976 Photoforum No 3
Grants and Awards
2009 Artist in Residence Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology University of Cambridge
2009 Arts Foundation Marti Friedlander photographers award
2004 Creative NZ Projects Grant
2002 The Getty Grant Program
2001 Creative NZ Projects Grant
1999 Creative NZ Projects Grant
1997 Creative NZ Projects Grant
1997, 98 William Hodges Fellowship, Southland Art Museum
1995 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Fellowship
1989 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Major Projects Grant
1988 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Major Projects Grant
1982 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council MASPAC Projects Grant
Public Collections
Auckland Art Gallery -Toi O Tamaki
Auckland Institute & Museum
Massey University
University of Auckland
Rotorua Art Museum
Waikato Art Museum
Govett Brewster Art Gallery
Te Papa Tongarewa-Museum of New Zealand
Victoria University of Wellington
Christchurch Art Gallery
The Forrester Art Gallery Oamaru
Dunedin Art Gallery
The Hocken Library
Southland Art Museum
Queensland Art Gallery
National Gallery of Australia
University of Cambridge