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Vanessa Arthur

Born 1982, Wellington, New Zealand

Education/Artist Training

2012: Bachelor of Applied Art, Contemporary Jewellery, Whitireia NZ Faculty of Arts

2009: Diploma in Jewellery Design - Whitireia NZ Faculty of Arts

2008: Certificate visual arts - Whitireia NZ Faculty of Arts

Awards/Residences

2013 - 2015: Handshake 2, Mentorship with Australian Goldsmith David Neale 

2012: Toi Poneke Arts Center, Artist in Residence

2012: Fingers Gallery, Graduate Award

2012: Masterworks Gallery, Jewellery Box Showcase Award

2010: JMA certificate in excellence

Upcoming Exhibitions

2018: Hastings City Art Gallery

Solo Exhibitions

2017: common era, SPA_CE, Napier, NZ.

2016: Unmonumental Fever - excavating the everyday, Masterworks Gallery, NZ

2014: Jewellery Box, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2012: Street Shifts, Toi Poneke Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

Group Exhibitions

2017: Expose, Group exhibition, Cagnes-ser-mer France

2016: Specials, Handshake Alumni, Einsäulensaal, Munich Residenz Palace, Germany

2016: HOLD, small vessels in metal, glass and clay. Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, NZ

2016: Show_sell_shift, Objectspace, Auckland, NZ

2016: 30 x 30, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, NZ

2015: The Ring Show, The National, Christchurch, New Zealand

2015: Handshake 2, Wallace Arts Centre, Pah Homestead, Auckland, New Zealand

2015: The Chain, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2015: Pearl, Masterworks Galley, Auckland, New Zealand

2015: Annual group show, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2015: Mentors and Mentees, Avid Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand

2015: RAW, Wunderweek, Gallery One Oh Eight, Auckland, New Zealand

2015: Handshake 2, Stanley Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2014: Annual Group Show, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2013: Remake, Emerging Artists, New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, Wellington, New Zealand

2013: Neckware 10, Masterworks Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2012: Materialistic, Royal Jewellery Studio, Auckland, New Zealand

2012: Fingers Graduate Exhibition, Fingers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

2012: Best in Show, Objectspace, Auckland, New Zealand

2011: JEMposium, Wellington, New Zealand

2010: Driven, Pataka Museum of Art’s and Culture, Porirua, New Zealand

2010: The exchange project, Studio 20/17, Sydney, Australia

2010: National Jewellery Showcase, Auckland, New Zealand

2009: Origins, Pataka Museum of  Art’s and Culture, Porirua, New Zealand