GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY

LAURENCE ABERHART b. 1949, Nelson

Born in Nelson has been based Russell, Northland since the early 1980s. He held his first solo exhibition at the Peter McLeavey Gallery, , in 1978 and has exhibited regularly in Wellington, Auckland, Sydney and Hong Kong since, as well as in Los Angeles and Europe. A solo exhibition was held at the Stedelijik Museum Amsterdam in 2002, alongside Colin McCahon: A Question of Faith. A survey of his work was shown at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, , in 2005.

Aberthart has received a number of Art Council of awards, a Fulbright Travel Grant (USA, 1988), a Fulbright Research Fellowship (USA, 2010) and a Moet et Chandon Fellowship in (1994). He was the recipient of an Arts Foundation Award in 2013. His works continues to attract international attention, affirming him as an important international figure.

His first solo exhibition with Gow Langsford Gallery was in 2014 and the Gallery has represented him since.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014 Auckland Festival of Photography: Laurence Aberhart, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland Laurence Aberhart, Heavy Metal II, MaCnamara Gallery, Wanganui. Anzac, Public Art Gallery, Dunedin.

2013 Lismore Regional Art Gallery, Lismore, NSW. 2012 Recent Taranaki Photographs Govett-Brewster A G. 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 . 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. Last lights, Monuments, Northland, Cemeteries, Domestic Architecture…. Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland 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.

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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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2014 Freeze, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland.

2013 Noel McKenna, William Eggleston, Laurence Aberhart, MCA Australia, Sydney. Aberhart Campbell Pardington, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown

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.

2007 Picturing The Peninsula - …. Christchurch Art Gallery The Long View McNamara Gallery, Wanganui. New Zealand Legacy: Aotearoa Taonga-tuku-iho touring exhibition Exterior, family church (Methodist), Whirinaki, Hokianga Harbour, [Asia] for Ministry of Culture & Northland, 3 May 1982, 195x242mm

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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. 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 AG. 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. Flight Patterns Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Darkness And Light: Looking at the landscape touring exhibition –Australia & NZ

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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.

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.

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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.

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.

Taranaki (afterglow into night), 19 November 2002, 20

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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, a portfolio edition of 10 prints, edition of 12, the photographer, 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.

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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. 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: [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 exhib. New Zealand Journal of Photography [No. 49, Summer 2002] magazine [review of The Interior, McNamara 2002 exhib]

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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