Born 1974 in Auckland, New Zealand
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025
die Wahrheit enthält immer auch Lüge, Robert Heald Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
Analogue (n.), The Engine Room, Massey University, Wellington, NZ
From the Collection: Celebrating 50 Years of Photography, Massey University, Auckland, NZ
2024
Pushing Parallels, The Arts House Trust, Auckland, NZ
In the Night, Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art @ JAX, Riyadh, SA
2023
Take Away: International Artists in the Collection of Brian Wallace, Red Gate Gallery, Beijing, CN
Dark Mirror, Robert Heald Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
Group Exhibition, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, AU
Twenty-Five, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
2022
Look Closely and Tell Me What You See: Photographs from the Collection, Aratoi, Masterton, NZ
Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: the Chartwell Show, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2021
Doors of Perception, Visions, Auckland, NZ
Metaphysica, Robert Heald Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
Reconfigured/Rediscovered, Town Hall Gallery, Hawthorn, AU
2020
As Time Unfolds, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
The Unseen Masterpiece, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Shadow Catchers, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
2019
The Scene In Which I Find Myself / Or, Where Does My Body Belong, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
Fundamentals, Black Box Projects, London, UK
Eidolas, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, AU [solo]
The Room, Objectspace, Auckland, NZ
Painting with Light, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, US
2018
Canto, Robert Heald Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
Jacob’s Ladder, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Strangers, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
Twenty, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Runes: photography and decipherment, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, AU
2017
Dark Room, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, US
Paris Photo: Garry Fabian Millar & Ben Cauchi, Paris, FR (Ingleby Gallery)
As Above, So Below, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, US [solo]
Home Sweet Home, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, NZ
and per se and, part v & part vi, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship at the Forrester, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru, NZ
Aether, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
2016
Undreamed of… 50 Years of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, Hocken Gallery and Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
The Waters of Lethe, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, NZ [solo]
Ruminations in the Cloisters: talking about photography, Old Bank Space, New Plymouth, NZ
Sea of Vapours, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, AU [solo]
Personal Messages, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, NZ
2015
Nga Toi / Arts Te Papa, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ
The Alchemists: rediscovering photography in the age of the jpeg, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, AU
Echo Chamber, Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh, UK [solo]
Showcase, Maerzgalerie, Leipzig, DE
Carbon Content, Kreuzberg Pavilion, Berlin, DE
2014
The Social Life of Things, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
The Dreamer is Still Asleep, Strange Neighbour, Melbourne, AU
Back to Black: the landscape of unease in Aotearoa, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei, NZ
One’s Own Grey, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, AU [solo]
Flora Photographica Aotearoa, Bowen House, Wellington, NZ
2013
Presence and Absence, Wollongong Art Gallery, Wollongong, AU
Seasoned: contemporary salt prints, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Whanganui, NZ
Der Dünne Schleier, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
Joy Before the Object, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
Recent Photographic Acquisitions, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland, NZ
One’s Own Grey, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE [solo]
Available Light: imagining more than we see, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Whanganui, NZ
Burqas, Veils and Hoodies: identity and representation, Walker Street Gallery, Dandenong, AU
Ghosting Machine, Delmar Gallery, Sydney, AU
Redemptive Glimpses from the Future World, Musterzimmer, Berlin, DE
2012
The Sophist’s Mirror, City Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
Ilminster (a tale in ten parts), Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, AU [solo]
Contemporary New Zealand Photography, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Hypnagogia, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Whanganui, NZ [solo]
Cruel & Tender, Tim Melville Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Now & Then: enduring and developing themes in contemporary New Zealand photography, Te Manawa, Palmerston North, NZ
It’s All Make Believe, Two Rooms, Auckland, NZ
The Lunar Apogee, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland, NZ [solo]
2011
What’s in a Face? Aspects of portrait photography, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, AU
Collecting Contemporary, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, NZ
An Alternative History, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, NZ [solo]
Bad Angle, Stills Gallery, Sydney, AU
Ore Struck: the use of gold in contemporary art and photography, Hocken Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
Major Photographs, TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland, NZ
2010
The Doppler Effect, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Whanganui, NZ [solo]
Txt: the written word in New Zealand Art, Te Manawa, Palmerston North, NZ
Light-Sensitive: the use of alternative photographic technologies in contemporary New Zealand art, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
The Claim, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, AU [solo]
2009
The Dark Chamber, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, NZ [solo]
Light: black and silver, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, NZ
Beloved: works from the Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
Kind of Blue: new acquisitions and loans, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
Surface Tension, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
Fixated: photography through history, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, NZ
Recent: work by 10 New Zealand photographers, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, NZ
Thrill Me Every Day: the Celia Dunlop collection, The New Dowse, Lower Hutt, NZ
Epilogue, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Whanganui, NZ [solo]
2008
Lull, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ [solo]
Wunderbox, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
Borderland, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, NZ [solo]
New Victorians, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney, AU
Think Again, Rachmaninoff’s, London, GB
Contemporary New Zealand Photography, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Dead Time, Hocken Gallery, Dunedin & Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ [solo]
Close-up: contemporary contact prints, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland & Ramp Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
Sitting Room: a portrait show, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2007
Tools of Survival: contemporary photographers using 19th century processes, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Whanganui, NZ
Likeness and Character: portraits from the Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
The Day Before Yesterday, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru, NZ [solo]
At Home: an exhibition of images of hands, 18 Morphett Street, Dickson, Canberra, AU
Pakeha Now!, The Suter, Nelson, NZ
Still, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, NZ [solo]
Collect: new acquisitions, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
Moving Still, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Four by Ten, Hocken Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
2006
The Hermetic Seal, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, AU [solo]
Break: Construct, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
Last Days, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Whanganui, NZ [solo]
Tall Tales and History Lessons: contemporary New Zealand art from the 19th century, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
The Long Horror of that Piteous Night, Marshall Seifert Gallery, Dunedin, NZ [solo]
Hei Tiki, Pataka, Porirua, NZ
2005
Smoke and Mirrors, Aratoi Art and History Museum, Masterton & Te Manawa, Palmerston North, NZ [solo]
Contemporary New Zealand Photographers, Starkwhite, Auckland; Pataka, Porirua & Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
In a Smoke-filled Room, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Whanganui, NZ [solo]
Commodity & Delight: views of home, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
Return of the Hand, Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui, NZ
Verbatim, Lopdell House, Titirangi & National Library Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Flag Works, Pataka, Porirua, NZ
Eight Lies, Whakatane Memorial Hall, Whakatane, NZ [solo]
2004
Ghosting, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
Fresh Brew, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, NZ
The Book of Hours, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
2003
And a Great Cloud Came Down, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
Home Sweet Home: works from the Peter Fay collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, AU (touring until 2005)
Set Up, Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington, NZ
New Ambrotypes & Building the Empire, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Whanganui, NZ [solo]
2002
Predictions, Premonitions and Other White Lies, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington, NZ [solo]
Victory Over Death, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Building the Empire, Photospace, Wellington, NZ [solo]
2001
Old Gates New Journeys, Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington, NZ
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2012-2013
Creative New Zealand Visual Arts Residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, DE
2011
Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award
McCahon House Artists’ Residency, French Bay, Auckland, NZ
Artist in Residence, Rita Angus Cottage, Wellington, NZ
2007
Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ
2005-2006
Artist in Residence, Tylee Cottage, Whanganui, NZ
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Aratoi Art and History Museum, NZ
Art Gallery of New South Wales, AU
Auckland Art Gallery, NZ
Chartwell Collection, NZ
Christchurch Art Gallery, NZ
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, NZ
Forrester Gallery, NZ
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, NZ
Hocken Collection, NZ
The Arts Trust, NZ
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, NZ
Musée de l’Elysée, CH
Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, NZ
National Gallery of Australia, AU
Sarjeant Gallery, NZ
Te Manawa, NZ
Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, AU
Wellington Civic Art Collection, NZ
Wollongong Art Gallery, AU