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GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY LAURENCE ABERHART b. 1949, Nelson Born in Nelson Laurence Aberhart has been based Russell, Northland since the early 1980s. 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. 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, Australia, in 2005. 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). 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, Dunedin 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 26 LORNE ST PO BOX 5461 WELLESLEY ST AUCKLAND 1141 NEW ZEALAND - T +64 9 303 4290 F +64 9 303 4302 - WWW.GOWLANGSFORDGALLERY.COM [email protected] GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY 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. 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. 26 LORNE ST PO BOX 5461 WELLESLEY ST AUCKLAND 1141 NEW ZEALAND - T +64 9 303 4290 F +64 9 303 4302 - WWW.GOWLANGSFORDGALLERY.COM [email protected] GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY 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 26 LORNE ST PO BOX 5461 WELLESLEY ST AUCKLAND 1141 NEW ZEALAND - T +64 9 303 4290 F +64 9 303 4302 - WWW.GOWLANGSFORDGALLERY.COM [email protected] GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY 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 26 LORNE ST PO BOX 5461 WELLESLEY ST AUCKLAND 1141 NEW ZEALAND - T +64 9 303 4290 F +64 9 303 4302 - WWW.GOWLANGSFORDGALLERY.COM [email protected] GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY 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. 26 LORNE ST PO BOX 5461 WELLESLEY ST AUCKLAND 1141 NEW ZEALAND - T +64 9 303 4290 F +64 9 303 4302 - WWW.GOWLANGSFORDGALLERY.COM [email protected] GOW LANGSFORD GALLERY 1976 Australian Photography, magazine, July. 1977 Art New Zealand, magazine, Feb/March PhotoForum 38, magazine June/July Don’t let poor Nellie starve Jules