EXHIBITION RECORD
DARRYN GEORGE (Ngapuhi, Ngati Wai)
Born 1970 in Christchurch
Lives and works in Christchurch
Head of Art, Christ’s College Education 1998
Completed a Master of Fine Art (Painting), Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 1994
Completed a Diploma of Teaching, Christchurch College of Education 1993
Completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), Canterbury
Scholarships and grants
2020 Second Prize winner Wallace Art Awards
2013 Creative NZ Grant for Venice Biennale
2012 Te Waka Toi Grant for Melbourne Artfair
2009 Te Waka Toi Grant 2004
2000 Finalist in Wallace Art Award, Creative New Zealand funding for Melbourne Art Fair
1998 Arts Council of New Zealand grant for Melbourne, Project at SPAN Galleries
1994 Te Waka Toi grant
Selected Solo exhibitions
2025
Mihi, PG Gallery192, Christchurch
2024
Mōhio, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2023
In the Garden where we first met, Milford Galleries, Dunedin,
Maha, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2022
Nga Manu, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Let the birds increase, PG Gallery192, Christchurch
2021
Water lilies, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
2020
All kinds of Trees, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
A river flowing out of Eden, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Grasses, shrubs & trees, PG Gallery192, Christchurch
2019
Garden of Eden, McLeavey Gallery at Auckland Art fair, Auckland
Mara, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
2018
Hikoi, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Gates and Journeys, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Recent Painting, PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
2017
Prayers and Progress, SOFA Gallery Canterbury University
The Crossing, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
2016
Ariki, PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
Exodus, GowLangsford Gallery, Auckland
Dividing the Water, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2015
By Appointment Milford Galleries, Queenstown
Schedule, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2014
Darryn George Maori Abstraction, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Clipboard, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Register, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2013
Folder room, personal structures exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice
Kaitiaki, Pataka Museum, Wellington.
Notes on Isaiah, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
2012
Kaitiaki, Melbourne Artfair, RH Gallery stand, Melbourne
Waiata, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Karakia, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Rata Wall work, Tauranga Art Gallery
Whakapai, Connells Bay Sculpture Park, Waiheke Island
2011
Lamb’s Book of Life, Folder Wall, project for Scape Biennial, Christchurch.
Atua, RH Gallery, Nelson.
2010
Rarohiko, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Rehita, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland.
2009
Whare Pukapuka, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Darryn George in Good Company, The Gallery at Woollaston, Nelson
Rehita Wall Work, Te Tuhi Gallery, Auckland
2008
Pukapuka, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Pulse, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch
Konei Korero, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Pohi, Cable Bay Vineyards, Waiheke Island
2007
Countdown, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington Tatau, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
2006
Marama/Arawhata, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington.
Turanga, Starkwhite, Auckland Matapihi, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
2005
From Maui to Moses, FHE Galleries, Auckland
2004
Darryn George, Brooke Gifford, Christchurch
Darryn George, Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia.
Darryn George, Starkwhite, Auckland.
2003
Stairway to Heaven, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Tipuna, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
2002
We apoligise, appair we to be having some technically probl be bacck soon, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
2001
Zoom, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
The T.A.T. show, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
The Hippy Hop show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
2000
Evisible (with Phil Price), Christ’s College dining hall, Christchurch Fast Forward, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
1999
Written on Tablets, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
1998
Hide and Seek, Ramp Gallery, Waikato Polytechnic, Hamilton
1994
Parawhenuamea/Noah, Dobson Bashford Gallery, Christchurch
Selected group exhibitions
2025
Taonga, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
Monochrome, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
2024
The Whakatipu Chronicle, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
2023
New work, PG Gallery192, Christchurch
The Royal Queenstown Easter Show, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
Important Works, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
2022
Masterworks, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
The Arrow, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
2021
Toi Art, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.
2020
Toi Tū Toi Ora, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
Toi Art, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.
Te Wheke, Christchurch Art Gallery
Waitohu, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton
Wallace Awards Finalists, The Wallace Arts Centre, Pah Homestead, Pataka, Wellington
Behind Closed Doors, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
Flora Milford, Galleries, Dunedin
2019
Hängung #20, KUNSTWERK Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
Autumn Group Show, PG192 Gallery, Christchurch
The Earl Street Journal, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
2018
50 Years, 50 Knockout Works, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
It was all yellow, McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
The Arrow, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
2017
Show and Tell, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
Celebrating 30 Years, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
The Review, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
Spring Catalogue, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
2016
He waka eke noa, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
The Last Judgment, PG192 Gallery, Christchurch
Nga Mahi Whakatekateka, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Group Show, Gowlangsford Gallery, Auckland
Kowhaiwhai, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch
2015
Launch, PG Gallery 192, Christchurch
2013
Royal Easter Show, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
2012
Royal Easter Show, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
2011
E Tū Ake: Standing Strong, Musée du quai Branly in Paris, France. Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Black on Black, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
What I did last Summer, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
Royal Easter Show, Milford Galleries, Queenstown
2009
Darryn George in Good Company, Gallery at Woollaston, Nelson, The Auckland Art Fair, Gow Langsford stand Cotton, George, Hotere, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Spring Catalogue Show, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
The Koru Lounge, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
Beyond the Image, Gallery at Woollaston, Nelson
2008
The Stations of the Cross, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland
The Spring Catalogue Show, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2007
New Painting in the Digital Age, Pataka Gallery, Wellington and Te Tuhi Gallery, Auckland. Auckland Art Fair Gow Langsford Gallery Stand The Spring Catalogue Show, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Hei Konei Mai: We’ll meet again, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
125 Years of the Canterbury School of Fine Arts, Christchurch Art Gallery Maori Students at Canterbury University, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch Abstraction, Gallery 33, Wanaka
2005
30th Anniversary Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch Louise Perkins Foundation Art Auction. ‘The Koru Club’ Pataka Gallery, Wellington
2004
Overview, Still life and Abstraction, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
Whare, Tandaya Gallery, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, Australia Prospect 2004, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington
2003
Pacific Arts Symposium Exhibition, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch Summer Exhibition, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne
2002
Up/Down/Up, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch Whare, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch
Look this way, COCA Gallery, Christchurch 1991 He Toi Tutanga Na Ngaa Toa O Te Whare Waananga O Waitaha, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Canterbury
2001
Techno Maori, Wellington City Gallery
2000
Canterbury Painters in the 1990’s, Robert McDougall Art Gallery Art Event, Robert McDougall Art Gallery Art and Instruction, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, The Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne, Australia Group show, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne
1999
Hiko! New Energies in Maori Art, Robert McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch 20/20, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
1998
n.z., Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia Nga Taonga a Hine-te-iwa-iwa, Parliament Buildings Wellington Strata, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne, Australia
1997
Nga Matatini, Maori, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
1996
Recent Acquisitions, Robert McDougall Art Galley, Christchurch Patua, Wellington Festival of the Arts, Wellington City Gallery
Recent Maori Sculpture, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1995
Te Karohirohinga Toanga – Maori Art from the Community, Waikato Museum of Art and History
1994
Te Puaroa exhibition, Contemporary Maori Art Exhibitions, Te Toka-a-Toi Festival, Wellington
Te Rakau Toi O Waitaha, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Canterbury
1993
Dangerous Liaisons, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, The George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
Te Atinga, Contemporary Maori Art Exhibition, Waitangi Resort Hotel, Bay of Islands
Te Tipunga, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Canterbury University, Christchurch
Exhibition celebrating the late Edwin Stephens, Ritchies Contemporary, Christchurch
SELECTED COLLECTIONS (Public and Corporate)
College House
ANZ Bank (Wellington)
ANZ National
AMZO Trust
Aigantighe Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery
BNZ Collection
Canterbury University
Christchurch Art Gallery
Christchurch Public Hospital
City Bank Auckland
Chartwell Collection
COCA Art Collection
Court of Appeal of New Zealand
Connells Bay Sculpture Park
Craigs Investments
Deloittes
Designworks
Deutsche Bank
Sammlung Klein –Stuttgart Germany
Sofitel
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs, New York (UN Building)
New Zealand High Commission, Beijing, Singapore, Dublin, Pretoria
Polar Investments
The Real Art Road Show
Cowdy Real Estate
Russell McVeagh
JB Were Coldman Sacks
Parliament Buildings –Canberra
Te Papa Tongarewa
UN Building –New York
Wallace Trust
Westfarmer Collection
Workshop Fashion House (RCM)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Amery, Mark Tauiwi. Techno Maori: Maori Art in the Digital Age. (Exhibition CDRom Catalogue). City Gallery, Wellington, 2001, pp. 1–16.
Brown, Deidre Navigating Te Kore – Maori Artistic Identity in the Digital Age. Techno Maori: Maori Art in the Digital Age. (Exhibition CDRom Catalogue). City Gallery, Wellington, 2001, pp. 1–9.
Brown, Deidre The Whare on Exhibition, in Lydia Wevers and Anna Smith On Display: New Essays in Cultural Studies, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2004. pp. 65–79.
Caroline Blyth The Bible and Art, Perspectives from Oceania, Bloomsbury USA, 2017.
Deidre Sharon Brown, Lara Strongman Darryn George, Mihi Publishers, 2010
Boyce, Roger Lines of Descent, Spring 2005, Art News, 2005
George, Darryn Evisible: a millennium art project, Christ’s College, Christchurch, & Phil Price, 2000
De Jong, Karlyn Personal Structures Time, Space, Existence, Volume 2, 2013
Eggleton, David Landfall 224: Home + Building, 2012 Dunedin
Farrar, Sarah TelecomProspect, 2004, Wellington City Gallery
Countdown – the Paintings of Darryn George. 2007
Hamid, Rebecca Kaitiaki 2012
Johnstone, Jocelyn. Art teachers aiming to make big impression, Sunday Star Times. 5 July 2000, unpaginated.
Kedgeley, Helen The Koru Club, Pataka Art Gallery Catalogue, 2005.
Kedgeley, Helen New Painting in the Digital Age, Pataka Art Gallery Catalogue
McCormick, Deborah Scape, Art and Industry Urban Arts Biennial 02 Catalogue, pp 1–5, 10. 2000
Milburn, Felicity Hiko! New Energies in Maori Art, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Highfield, Smith Pushing the Boundries-Eleven Contemporary Artists in Aotearoa New Zealand. Giltedge Publishing. 2004. pp 18-23
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki Christchurch, 1999.
& Deidre Brown
Jonathan Mane-Wheoki Tipuna, Catalogue for Span Galleries Show 2004
Moore, Christopher Arena of Abstract Art, The Press, 28 June 2000, unpaginated
Gregory O Brien Bro Town Boogie Woogie, FHE Galleries catalogue 2005
Paton, Justin Devotional Signs on a cross-cultural history, The Press. 25 May 1994, unpaginated.
Paton, Justin How to look at a Painting, 2005
Pauli, Dorethee Demanding Hip Hop, The Press. 22 August 2001, unpaginated.
Rewi, Adrienne Art Teachers studying modern in traditional setting, Sunday Star Times. 18 June 2000, unpaginated.
Free to Create. The Press. 20 September 2000, unpaginated.
Shiels, Rosa Unmasked, The Press, 8 October, 2003. unpaginated
Tipa, Moana Unfolding Language – Chrysalis, Seed publication 2006
Whybrew, Christine Interplay of Opposites, The Press, 20 September 2000, unpaginated.
Woodward, Robin Prayers and Progress, SOFA Catalogue, 2017