Mb (theory) Phase IV  (acrylic and ink on studio wall) Headlands Center For The Arts, Sausalito, California. 12 August - 31 August  2011

Snips And Snails

Solo Exhibition: Bath Street Gallery, Auckland. 25 May - 18 June  2011

Pants On Pants Off

Solo Exhibition: PaulNache Gallery, Gisborne. 5 April - 30 April  2011

A selection of works made between 2009-2011. This included paintings on board and paper, collage on cardboard and paper, ready-made sculpture, re-adjusted cardboard boxes and ink drawings on paper. A number of works were constructed in the gallery space and the 'process' remained on the floor area where they had been created and remained for the duration of the exhibition.

Children's Charter (acrylic and ink on Gallery Walls) Outer Spaces. Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch. 16 October  2010 - present.

The Periodic Table

Solo Exhibition: Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington.

25 November - 24 December   2009

A Message From Planet Zonked

Solo Exhibition: Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. 8 August - 13 September  2009

A selection of works made between 2008-2009. These include paintings on canvas, board and paper, drawings with type writer text and the installation of framed drawings on the top of a set of 'scrolls'. This was to be the last show in the gallery space by the artist as the building was subsequently destroyed in the Christchurch earthquake of 2011.

Londontown

Solo Exhibition: Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. 29 November 2008 - 22  March 2009

An exhibition based on the culmination of an artist in residency in Whanganui through the Tylee Cottage programme in 2007. The installation consisted of artwork in a variety of media and approaches. These include paintings on canvas, board and paper, drawings on paper, a wall of directly hand painted imagery and a video projection made in collaboration with Jill Kennedy.

Visual Bank (acrylic on Gallery wall with projected animation) Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga. 20 October 2007 - 20 April  2008.

Congo is a Sly Grogger (acrylic and ink on Gallery wall with various attachments and projected animation) Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton. 10 March - 8 April 2007.

This exhibition was on loan from the Southland Museum from a show held there in 2005. While many of the paintings were transported a new wall drawing was created on site in Ashburton.

Across the length of one wall, drawings , paintings and attachments overlapped one another while a video projection screened directly over the top. The video interlaced the making of previous wall drawings with short animation clips of drawings ‘moving’.

The wall drawing composed of figurative forms sketched loosely above paintings and next to each other. This was further enhanced by paintings made directly on the wall with similar figurative shapes enclosed inside their borders. This created different levels of spatial depth which was further compromised by the moving images flickering into them.

This chaos made the entire wall seem as if it was in the mode of breathing. It also was the beginning of a phase where animation became a part of the practice.

The Shrink

Solo Exhibition: Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington. 27 September - 21 October 2006

Native Funks (acrylic on Gallery wall with attachments) High Street Project, Christchurch. 4 August - 19 August 2006.

This wall work was part of an exhibition titled Policy Decals for New Habits curated by Hamish Win. Other artists in the show included : James Oram, Simon Lawrence and Malcolm Terry.

Dear Uncle Albert there are no more Gurus (acrylic and ink on Gallery Wall with attachments) Ramp Gallery, Wintec, Hamilton. 7 November - 24 November 2006.

A music stand in the center of the space holds many of the drawings used to orchestrate the low level composition on the walls. The assorted images trail in a semi circle around to a much larger figure playing a guitar connected to an amplifier. The 70’s Rock God observing the noise of feedback in visual form.

Above the drawings is a painting on canvas made in the aesthetic of a pop music poster. It announces the band “Somethin’ Else to perform.” The venue is hidden by two large abstracted flowers. Further along the wall an Indian man with a heading above his head reads “2nd Guru”. His speech bubble sprouts “Its only rock n roll”.

Uncle Albert from ‘Coronation Street’ makes a brief appearance. His hands raised above his head in either surrender or acclaim. Elsewhere a Beatle from the film “Help” bangs a cymbal. Its just another “Day in the life”.

Worly Gone Wrong (acrylic and ink on Gallery wall) RM103, Auckland. 25 May - 5 June 2006.

Congo/Sly- Grogger (acrylic and ink with attachments on Gallery wall) Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill. 24 February - 20 May 2006.

An immersive long wall where a cascade of cartoonish figures shapes and words spill out from each other. The intention was to create a brightly coloured and at times garish primal ooze. A physic scream somewhere between a Yellow Submarine and an irritated intestine. Perhaps the celestial toilet wall as scribbled by Donald Duck and or Pooh Bear?

The writing is on the wall and the compressed space is squeezing forms into an unintelligible hysteria of the misunderstood. Jackson Pollock wearing a beanie while reading ‘Beano’ comics collapses in a drunken stupor.

Heavy Breathers (acrylic and ink on Gallery wall) Show Gallery, Wellington. 8 November - 12 December 2005.

A collaborative wall project with Ben Buchanan.

Working from opposite sides of the room the collaboration evolved towards a middle wall where the two styles combined and over-layed within each other.

Interesting connections were made and explored between the hand drawn ‘sketches’ and the stenciled flat vinyl. The drip of a painted line was echoed by the mechanical edge of a cut plastic rectangle. Cartoon figures collided with flat abstract forms and created a dialogue between differences in visual language.

Congo Grunt

Solo Exhibition: Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. 12 August - 10 September  2005

An exhibition of work made between 2004-2005. A number of these artworks were created whilst the artist was living in Invercargill during most of 2005, as he completed the William Hodges Fellowship.  The works include paintings on canvas, board and paper, cut-out plywood pieces, a hand painting directly on the gallery wall with attachments and a video work of the artist completing a studio painting, inter-spread with animated drawings.

Lemons and Rats (acrylic and ink on Gallery wall with attachments) Dunedin Public Art Gallery. 24 September 2004 - 25 April 2005.

My New Art God

Solo Exhibition: Lopdell House  Titirangi, Auckland. 19 march - 25 April  2004

A Day In My Life

Solo Exhibition: Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington. 23 July - 16 August  2003

Yous Have A Beautiful Mind

Solo Exhibition: Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch. October 7 - 1 November  2003

First-Time Caller

Solo Exhibition: Dunedin Public Art Gallery,Dunedin.

12 October 2002 - 26 January 2003

The exhibition was the culmination of an artist in residency through the Dunedin Public Art Gallery during 2002. Most of the works were created in a studio space in Dunedin and the rest completed on site in the gallery space itself. The artwork consists of paintings on canvas, board and paper, digital drawings printed on paper, mixed-media works on paper made on the gallery wall, hand painted imagery painted directly on the wall, a painted trestle table with wooden heads attached and various found and manipulated objects.

Sherbet ( acrylic on Gallery wall and works on paper with canvases attached) Auckland Public Art Gallery. 13 December 2001 - 1 April 2002.

This wall work was part of a group exhibition titled The Cartoon Show. Other artists involved in the show included: Colin McCahon, Dick Frizzell, Robert McLeod, Paul Hartigan, Bill Hammond, Seraphine Pick, Ronnie van Hout and many others.

Soft

Solo Exhibition: Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington

14 August - 8 September 2001

Works completed after spending most of the year 2000 traveling in Eastern Europe. Includes paintings on canvas and board and two A4 composite works pinned directly to the wall.