Christine Hellyar
Biography
2011
Resident Botanic Artist, Auckland Botanic Gardens.
2009
Artsville - TV1 Documentary by John and Karen Bates.
Winner of the Supreme Award - Stoneleigh in the Gardens,
Auckland Botanics Gardens.
2005
Tylee Cottage Residency, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui.
2003
Wild Creations, Dept. Of Conservation Residency on Mt Taranaki.
1999-2004
Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Unitec, Auckland.
1988
Awarded the 1st Adam Award for a significant contribution to New Zealand Art.
1981-1996
Senior Lecturer (part-time) at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland.
1977-1978
Lived in Scotland, and travelled in Europe and North America.
1966-1969
Lived and travelled in the UK and Europe.
1947
Born in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Revisiting the McGregor Museum: Hutton and Cotton,
Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland.
2011
Going Places with Botanic Art, Auckland Botanic Gardens.
2008
Sacred and Profane Love, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington.
Fishing, Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
2007
Peaceful Pacific Pools, Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch.
2006
Cook's Gardens, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington.
2005
Hodges’ Waterfalls and Forster’s Whisks, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch. Hodges’ Waterfalls, Hocken Art Gallery, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Collecting Plants, Dalgleish Gallery, Wanganui.
Cook’s Gardens, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui & Te Tuhi, Auckland.
2004
Mount Taranaki, Puke Ariki; Taranaki Museum, New Plymouth.
Strangers in Paradise, Milford Galleries, Auckland.
2002
Mrs Cook's Kete, Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK with Maureen Lander.
2001
Collectors' Aprons, Milford Galleries, Auckland.
2000
Some Excentric Clay, Milford Galleries, Auckland.
1999
Making the Earth, Covering the Earth, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington,
Rotorua Art Museum & Waikato Art Museum.
Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch.
1998
Auckland Art Gallery Window Installation, Auckland.
1997
Familiar Stories, Fisher Gallery, Auckland.
1996
Domestic Science, Lopdell House, Auckland.
1995
Deep Sky Wonders and Natural Selections, Gow Langsford, Auckland.
1993
Unruly Practices, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland.
Conversations, Gow Langsford, Auckland (also in 1989).
1992
Bronze Stems and Food for Thought, Gow Langsford, Auckland.
Wallworks, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington (also in 1989).
1989
Body Parts & Floating Islands, Artspace, Auckland.
1988
Palm Court, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui.
1987
Nest and Post, Wellington City Gallery & Manawatu Art Gallery.
People & the Land, Govett Brewster Gallery, Taranaki.
Aprons, Centre Gallery, Hamilton.
1986
Drawings, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North.
Cloaks, Janne Land, Wellington.
People & The Land, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt,
Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui.
1985
Aprons, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington.
1983
Thought Cupboards, Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch.
Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland (also in 1984 & 1985).
C.S.A. Gallery, Christchurch.
1982
Meat, Cloak and Dagger Cupboards, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth.
Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland.
Shelter, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland.
1981
Stone Homes, New Vision Galleries, Auckland.
National Gallery, Wellington.
1980
Peter McLeavey's, Wellington.
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.
1976
New Vision Galleries, Auckland. (also in 1977 & 1979).
1971
Govett Brewster, New Plymouth (also in 1976).
1973
Preserves, Osborne's, Auckland.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Call Waiting, Auckland Art Gallery.
Cascades, Rotorua Art Museum.
2010
Revolutionaries, Auckland Art Gallery.
Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Gardens, Auckland Botanic Gardens (also in 2008).
2009
Shrunk, Brick Bay Sculpture Park.
O Mar Pacifica, Bath House Gallery and Museum, Rotorua.
2008
Infiltrations, Whanganui Regional Museum.
Sculpture on the Shore, (also in 2004 & 2006).
2001
A Shriek from the Invisible Box, Meguro Museum, Tokyo & New York (to 2004).
1999
Volume and Form, Singapore.
1998
Leap of Faith, Govett Brewster, New Plymouth.
Parade, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, Wellington.
1994
Art Now, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.
1992
Treasures from the Underworld, On tour in Europe and New Zealand (to 1994).
1993
Perspectives, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.
1992
Headlands, Contemporary Museum of Art, Sydney.
1990
Three from New Zealand, Long Beach Art Museum, Los Angeles.
1989
Art of Today, FMK Gallery, Budapest.
1988
N.Z. XI, Auckland City Art Gallery, Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
& Contemporary Art Institute, Brisbane.
International Art, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto.
1986
Content/Context, National Art Gallery, Wellington.
Sculpture 1987, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland.
International Experimental Art, Budapest.
International Art, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto.
1985
International Experimental Art, Budapest.
ANZART, Auckland.
1982
The Sydney Biennial, Sydney.
1981
The 5th Small Sculpture Biennial International, Budapest.
The 1st Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne.
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2004
Spring, Auckland Domain - an outdoor stone and bronze.
1995
Gift, Sky Tower, Auckland - an indoor bronze.
1994
The Speaking Chamber, Parliament Buildings, Wellington - an indoor bronze.
Owairaka, Alice Wylie Reserve - an outdoor bronze. >
1991
Expo 92 New Zealand Pavilion - a ceramic and bronze installation.
1988
Four Poles, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul - an outdoor bronze.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Auckland Art Gallery.
Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton.
Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth.
Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui.
Te Manawa Art Gallery, Palmerston North.
Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt.
Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.
Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin.
Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin.
University of Auckland.
PUBLICATIONS
New Zealand Sculpture - Michael Dunn. Auckland University Press (2002).
Contemporary New Zealand Art III - John Gow & Liz Caughey (2002).
Auckland City Art Gallery Guide, (2001).
Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture, - Priscilla Pitts, Bateman (1988).
Another 100 N.Z. Artists, - Warwick Brown, Godwit (1996).
Three from New Zealand, - Lita Barrie, RKS Art (1990).
A Womens Picture Book, - Bridie Lonie & Marian Evans,
Govt Publications (1988).
NZ XI, - Catalogue (1988).
New Zealand Women Artists, - Anne Kirker, Reed Methuen (1986).
Women and the Arts in New Zealand, - E. Eastmond & M. Penfold,
Penguin (1986).
Content/Context, - National Art Gallery, Wellington (1986).
Sculpture 1986, - Auckland City Art Gallery (1986).
Celebrating Women, - Christine Cole Catley, Cape Catley Ltd (1985).
Christine Hellyar - Priscilla Pitts, MA thesis, Auckland University (1984).
Resident Botanic Artist, Auckland Botanic Gardens.
2009
Artsville - TV1 Documentary by John and Karen Bates.
Winner of the Supreme Award - Stoneleigh in the Gardens,
Auckland Botanics Gardens.
2005
Tylee Cottage Residency, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui.
2003
Wild Creations, Dept. Of Conservation Residency on Mt Taranaki.
1999-2004
Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Unitec, Auckland.
1988
Awarded the 1st Adam Award for a significant contribution to New Zealand Art.
1981-1996
Senior Lecturer (part-time) at Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland.
1977-1978
Lived in Scotland, and travelled in Europe and North America.
1966-1969
Lived and travelled in the UK and Europe.
1947
Born in New Plymouth, New Zealand.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Revisiting the McGregor Museum: Hutton and Cotton,
Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland.
2011
Going Places with Botanic Art, Auckland Botanic Gardens.
2008
Sacred and Profane Love, Mark Hutchins Gallery, Wellington.
Fishing, Dunedin Public Art Gallery.
2007
Peaceful Pacific Pools, Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch.
2006
Cook's Gardens, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington.
2005
Hodges’ Waterfalls and Forster’s Whisks, Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch. Hodges’ Waterfalls, Hocken Art Gallery, University of Otago, Dunedin.
Collecting Plants, Dalgleish Gallery, Wanganui.
Cook’s Gardens, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui & Te Tuhi, Auckland.
2004
Mount Taranaki, Puke Ariki; Taranaki Museum, New Plymouth.
Strangers in Paradise, Milford Galleries, Auckland.
2002
Mrs Cook's Kete, Pitt-Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK with Maureen Lander.
2001
Collectors' Aprons, Milford Galleries, Auckland.
2000
Some Excentric Clay, Milford Galleries, Auckland.
1999
Making the Earth, Covering the Earth, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington,
Rotorua Art Museum & Waikato Art Museum.
Campbell Grant Gallery, Christchurch.
1998
Auckland Art Gallery Window Installation, Auckland.
1997
Familiar Stories, Fisher Gallery, Auckland.
1996
Domestic Science, Lopdell House, Auckland.
1995
Deep Sky Wonders and Natural Selections, Gow Langsford, Auckland.
1993
Unruly Practices, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland.
Conversations, Gow Langsford, Auckland (also in 1989).
1992
Bronze Stems and Food for Thought, Gow Langsford, Auckland.
Wallworks, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington (also in 1989).
1989
Body Parts & Floating Islands, Artspace, Auckland.
1988
Palm Court, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui.
1987
Nest and Post, Wellington City Gallery & Manawatu Art Gallery.
People & the Land, Govett Brewster Gallery, Taranaki.
Aprons, Centre Gallery, Hamilton.
1986
Drawings, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North.
Cloaks, Janne Land, Wellington.
People & The Land, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt,
Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui.
1985
Aprons, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington.
1983
Thought Cupboards, Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch.
Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland (also in 1984 & 1985).
C.S.A. Gallery, Christchurch.
1982
Meat, Cloak and Dagger Cupboards, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth.
Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland.
Shelter, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland.
1981
Stone Homes, New Vision Galleries, Auckland.
National Gallery, Wellington.
1980
Peter McLeavey's, Wellington.
Hogarth Galleries, Sydney.
1976
New Vision Galleries, Auckland. (also in 1977 & 1979).
1971
Govett Brewster, New Plymouth (also in 1976).
1973
Preserves, Osborne's, Auckland.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Call Waiting, Auckland Art Gallery.
Cascades, Rotorua Art Museum.
2010
Revolutionaries, Auckland Art Gallery.
Stoneleigh Sculpture in the Gardens, Auckland Botanic Gardens (also in 2008).
2009
Shrunk, Brick Bay Sculpture Park.
O Mar Pacifica, Bath House Gallery and Museum, Rotorua.
2008
Infiltrations, Whanganui Regional Museum.
Sculpture on the Shore, (also in 2004 & 2006).
2001
A Shriek from the Invisible Box, Meguro Museum, Tokyo & New York (to 2004).
1999
Volume and Form, Singapore.
1998
Leap of Faith, Govett Brewster, New Plymouth.
Parade, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa, Wellington.
1994
Art Now, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.
1992
Treasures from the Underworld, On tour in Europe and New Zealand (to 1994).
1993
Perspectives, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.
1992
Headlands, Contemporary Museum of Art, Sydney.
1990
Three from New Zealand, Long Beach Art Museum, Los Angeles.
1989
Art of Today, FMK Gallery, Budapest.
1988
N.Z. XI, Auckland City Art Gallery, Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
& Contemporary Art Institute, Brisbane.
International Art, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto.
1986
Content/Context, National Art Gallery, Wellington.
Sculpture 1987, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland.
International Experimental Art, Budapest.
International Art, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto.
1985
International Experimental Art, Budapest.
ANZART, Auckland.
1982
The Sydney Biennial, Sydney.
1981
The 5th Small Sculpture Biennial International, Budapest.
The 1st Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne.
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2004
Spring, Auckland Domain - an outdoor stone and bronze.
1995
Gift, Sky Tower, Auckland - an indoor bronze.
1994
The Speaking Chamber, Parliament Buildings, Wellington - an indoor bronze.
Owairaka, Alice Wylie Reserve - an outdoor bronze. >
1991
Expo 92 New Zealand Pavilion - a ceramic and bronze installation.
1988
Four Poles, Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul - an outdoor bronze.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Auckland Art Gallery.
Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton.
Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth.
Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui.
Te Manawa Art Gallery, Palmerston North.
Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt.
Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.
Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch.
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin.
Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin.
University of Auckland.
PUBLICATIONS
New Zealand Sculpture - Michael Dunn. Auckland University Press (2002).
Contemporary New Zealand Art III - John Gow & Liz Caughey (2002).
Auckland City Art Gallery Guide, (2001).
Contemporary New Zealand Sculpture, - Priscilla Pitts, Bateman (1988).
Another 100 N.Z. Artists, - Warwick Brown, Godwit (1996).
Three from New Zealand, - Lita Barrie, RKS Art (1990).
A Womens Picture Book, - Bridie Lonie & Marian Evans,
Govt Publications (1988).
NZ XI, - Catalogue (1988).
New Zealand Women Artists, - Anne Kirker, Reed Methuen (1986).
Women and the Arts in New Zealand, - E. Eastmond & M. Penfold,
Penguin (1986).
Content/Context, - National Art Gallery, Wellington (1986).
Sculpture 1986, - Auckland City Art Gallery (1986).
Celebrating Women, - Christine Cole Catley, Cape Catley Ltd (1985).
Christine Hellyar - Priscilla Pitts, MA thesis, Auckland University (1984).
b.1947
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