Biography
b.1981
Education: 2004 M.F.A Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2003 B.F.A Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Solo Exhibitions:
2020 Touch, ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul. Korea
2018 Vary very, ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul. Korea
Horizontal Loop, STARKWHITE Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Soom: variation II, Xinchang Culture Centre, Shanghai, China
2016 Slit Scan, Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand
2015 HaaPoom, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Left, Right, ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014 SOOM, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
memmem, STARKWHITE Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
MOAMOA, a Decade, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 2013 MOAMOA, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Huggong, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
SEESAW, ONE AND J. GALLERY, Seoul, Korea 2012 Huggong, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 2011 Bok, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
Solo Group Show, ggooll, Seoul, Korea
2010 Bogle Bogle, The New Dowse Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
2009 Pokpo, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
2008 Oddooki, Sculpture Court, Te Papa the Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
Daradaradarada, STARKWHITE Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand 2007 Ssendong, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2006 Chew Chew Tongue, Starkwhite Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
All the Way Down Back Inside the Bones of Your Spine, Peter's Garage, Auckland, New Zealand
2004 Sniffing Onioned Armpit, Special Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2003 Seung, Deepfried at Peter's Garage, Peter's Garage, Auckland, New Zealand
The Ability to Blow Themselves up, Spiral Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Public Commissions:
2018 Form in Formation, Nelson Sculpture Trust, Richmond Library, Nelson, New Zealand 2017 Upon a Pond and Drop a Loop, Albany Swimming Pool, Auckland, New Zealand
Conduct Cumulus, SCAPE Public Art, Arts Centre,Christchurch, New Zealand
Echo of the loop, Doha Jigu, Commissioned by Incheon City Council, Korea 2015 Ondo, Albert-Eden Local Board, Dominion Road, Aukland, New Zealand 2014 Soom, Sculpture Court, Auckland Art Gallery, Aukland, New Zealand
GoGammSannHammSabb, Amore Pacific Korea, Jeju Island, Korea
2012 Beat connection / Pumanawa O Te Whenua, Commissioned by Mesh sculpture Trust, Hamilton, New Zealand
2010 Knocknock, Commissioned by New Market Sculpture Trust, Auckland, New Zealand
Awards and Grants:
2005 The Waikato National Art Award, Hamilton 2007, New Zealand 2003 Goldwater Art Award, Waiheke Island, New Zealand
Collections:
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand James Wallace Art Trust, Auckland, New Zealand
Te papa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
The New Dowse Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Amorepacific Museum of Art Project, Jeju, Korea