Artist

Death notice

Mark Braunias died on December 17, 2024. He was 69. Any communications regards Mark and his work can be made to his brother Steve Braunias, who has been appointed the administrator of his estate. Email: stephen11@xtra.co.nz

Mark continues to be represented by the dealer galleries listed below.

Exhibitions in 2024:

Spam Flunk, solo exhibition, Ann Parker Gallery, Whanganui. 1 November - 30 November, 2024.

Pollyanna is Twiggy Ginger , solo exhibition, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin. 27 Sept - 17 October, 2024.

Voodoo Lounge, Solo stand at the Auckland Art Fair in association with Jonathan Smart Gallery, April 18-21, 2024.

Assemble, Dissemble, Reassemble. A selection of large drawings (2010-2024). Solo exhibition. Morrinsville Gallery. July 9 - Sept 1, 2024.

Biography:

Mark Braunias was a New Zealand artist. He exhibited extensively for over 36 years since graduating with a BFA from Canterbury University, Ilam School of Fine Arts, Christchurch in 1988. Braunias was the inaugural winner of the national TheArts House Trust Art Award in 1992 and received a Fulbright NZ Scholar-Visual Arts scholarship to complete an artist residency at Headlands Center For The Arts in San Francisco during 2011. He also completed artist residencies at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2002), William Hodges Fellowship, Invercargill (2005), Tylee Cottage, Whanganui (2007) and the Dunedin School of Art (2019). In 2021, Braunias was awarded the national Parkin Drawing Award.

His work also appeared in curated public gallery exhibitions including A very peculiar practice (City Gallery, Wellington, 1995), Gruesome (Robert McDougal Art Gallery, Christchurch, 1999), The Cartoon Show (Auckland Art Gallery, 2002), Field of Vision: A survey of Mark Braunias (The Arts House Trust, Pah Homestead, Auckland, 2016) and Ena Snuggles (Objectspace, Auckland, 2020).

His work is held in public gallery and private collections including : Te Papa Museum, Christchurch Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Tauranga Art Gallery, Invercargill Art Gallery and Museum, Ashburton Art Gallery, Auckland University, Canterbury University, Massey University, Lincoln University, Fletcher Trust Collection, Art House Trust Collection and the State Library Of Queensland.

Mark Braunias is represented by: Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch and Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin.

Assemble, Dissemble, Reassemble. A selection of large drawing (2010-2024). Solo exhibition. Morrinsville Gallery. July 9 - Sept 1, 2024.

Striped (acrylic on canvas) 1200 x 900mm, 2024

Indigo ( free-standing glass work) made in collaboration with glass artist Jarred Wright, 2023.

Meltdown (enamel on paper) 1000 x 700mm, 2023. On show at Spa_ce Gallery, Napier. May -June 2023.

Installation of the exhibition Pedagogical Lobster at Canterbury University March 2023.

Pink Phat (acrylic on canvas) 600 x 450mm, 2022.

Subtract Abstract: Solo exhibition at Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland, 23 July - 18 August 2022.

“In search of the Saccharine Underground” Solo exhibition: Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. October 8-20 November, 2021.

Advertisement in the November 2021 issue of ‘Art Australia Monthly’.

Ponsonby Road Light Box , Auckland, New Zealand. September 2021. Photograph: Sait Akkirman, Artsdiary .

Lounge Muse. Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland. February 21 - March 19, 2021.

Duality (acrylic on board) 2020, Space Gallery. Napier, New Zealand. 24 February - 27 March 2021.

The Unbearable lightness of being (group exhibition) McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, November 17 - 23 December 2020.

Working On A Guru, Dunedin School of Art Gallery, Dunedin. 14 October - 1 November, 2019.

Ena Snuggles, Objectspace, Auckland. 7 December 2019 - 28 February 2020.

Liquid Mammalia, Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland, April 2019.

Das Boot Anna Miles Gallery, Auckland. 2018.

Anti-Groovy, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, 12 May - 30 May 2015

The Dogs Breakfast (detail) Bath Street Gallery, Auckland, 2016. Private collection.

The Archivists (detail of gallery wall drawing) Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand, 2014-present.

The Children’s Charter (detail of a wall drawing) Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch , New Zealand, 2010 - present.

Mang (charcoal on paper) 2000mm x 3500mm 1997. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery.