Michael Lowe
Michael Lowe
| Contemporary Artist |
biography
Backstory
I am a New Zealand artist working across fine arts, architecture, and urban design (at Studio Pacific Architecture). My cross-disciplinary background in urban regeneration and public space design brings a fresh approach to my practise.
I am represented by Foenander Galleries (Auckland) as a painter of ‘constructed’ surreal landscape settings where my work explores how people attribute value to the ‘natural environment’, and how we decide what is the ‘vernacular landscape’ in a postcolonial context.
MoA (Prof.) & BAS Victoria University Wellington
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Distinctions:
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Molly Morpeth Canaday Award - Finalist (2019)
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National Erebus Memorial - Competition winner | with Studio Pacific Architecture - (2019)
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Wellington Sculpture Trust PARKING DAY - Judges award | with Studio Pacific Architecture - (2018)
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LUX Light Festival Wellington - Installation exhibitor | With Tess Jeppesen - (2017)
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Victoria University Wellington Common Space Design Competition - Winner (2011)
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WOW (World of Wearable arts) - Finalist | with Lynaire Kibblewhite (2008)
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Konica Minolta MAZDA Artwork - Highly Commended (2006)
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Auckland Grammar School Matthew Koefoed Memorial Art Scholarship - Recipient (2006)
Exhibition History
2020
• The Nomadic Art Gallery -"Alienation" Digital Exhibition
• Foenander Art Galleries - Transit Lane.
2019
• Molly Morpeth Canaday Award Exhibition, Whakatane
• Foenander Art Galleries - The Intimacy of Distance.
2018
• Art House Tour Exhibition, Auckland Grammar School, Auckland
2017
• ‘Art Incubates Life’, Mossgreen-Webb’s, Auckland
• LUX Light Festival Te Ao Mārama, Wellington
• ‘New Paintings’, solo exhibition, nkb Gallery, Auckland
2016
• Entrant in the French WW1 Memorial, Pukeaha National Park, Wellington
• Art House Tour Exhibition, Auckland Grammar School
2015
• ‘Odds on Tomorrow’, with Lindsey Baker & Freeman White, nkb Gallery, Auckland
2014
• ‘Transitions’, group show, nkb Gallery, Auckland
2013
• ‘Wunderkammer’, group show, nkb Gallery, Auckland
• ‘Intersections’, group show, nkb Gallery, Auckland
• Hibiscus Hospice Art Exhibition.
2012
• ‘Illumination’, group show, nkb Gallery, Auckland
2011
• ‘Room With a View’, Group Exhibition, nkb Gallery, Auckland
2009
‘From Sheds to Shells’ with Lynaire Kibblewhite, Auckland.
2008
• WOW (World of Wearable arts), Nelson
Other:
Auckland Grammar School Art Exhibition (2005-2008, 2010-2015)
Kings College Sale of Fine Arts Exhibition (2008-2010, 2012-2014)