Born 1945 Christchurch, New Zealand
Lives and works in San Pedro, California
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Philippa Blair: works on paper, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Tracks Recent Paintings, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 new paintings and works on paper, Catchment Gallery, Nelson, NZ
Philippa Blair :paintings, Ming Jen Gallery, Kaoshiung City, Taiwan
curators: Lichuan Hung & Gary Hu
2007 Spring/break, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Asher Gallery, Los Angeles
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Cutting Edge-Prints on Show, Flagstaff Gallery, Auckland, NZ
'in between' 3 person show Jancar/McCorkle Projects, Los Angeles with John O’Brien and Judith Page
COCA/Christchurch Art Gallery Trusts, 9th Annual Art Auction, Christchurch, NZ Autumn Catalogue Show, W.Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, NZ
Ray of Hope, Breast Cancer Institute Westmead NSW, fundraiser, NSW Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia (in conjunction with Eva Breuer Gallery)
4th of July - One Week Only, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles
Hand Made, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Winter Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
New works on paper, (Eion Stevens/Philippa Blair) Paper Graphica, Christchurch, NZ
Spring Catalogue, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Kiwis in LA, Santa Monica Art Studios, Santa Monica, CA
2008, artists for save our water, NG Gallery, Christchurch, NZ (curators:S.Hope/J Zusters)
Terrain, Catchment Gallery, Nelson, NZ
Summer Catalogue show, W. Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Autumn Catalogue show, W. Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Winter Catalogue show W. Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Waikato Art Auction, Aesthete Gallery, Hamilton, NZ
Affordable Works on Paper, Directors Choice, Eva Breuer Art Dealer Sydney, Australia
Auckland Grammar School Art Exhibition, Auckland, NZ
Angels & Demons, (late 20thC NZ Neo-Expressionism )
Suter Gallery, Nelson, NZ (curator: Anna-Marie White)
Snail Mail, Macandrew Intermediate School, Dunedin, NZ
clinch/cross/cut, team 404 & John Armleder, New Jerseyy/Basel/Switzerland
Waikato Art Auction: W. Henderson Gallery/Aesthete Gallery/Fine Art Society NZ Ltd
Buried Treasure, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Summer Catalogue show, W. Henderson Gallery, Auckland, NZ
2007 Hauguests (Haus Gallery for dafur) at Brewery Project, Los Angeles
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
2006 LA Contemporary Art Fair, Santa Monica, CA
Selected works one/ twenty artists, Te Wa the space, Queenstown, NZ
COLLECTIONS
Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
Chartwell Collection, Hamilton, NZ
Citibank Collection, New York, NY
Citicorp Collection, New York, NY
Connecticut Graphic Arts Centre, Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ
David Bowie Collection, London and Switzerland
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, NZ
General Electric Co. Collection, New York, NY
Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ
Griffis Art Centre, New London, CT
Hocken Library, Dunedin, NZ
Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank collection, New York, NY
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Wellington, NZ
National Art Gallery, Wellington, NZ
National Bank, Wellington
Pfizer Corporation, USA
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
Rotorua Art Gallery, Rotorua, NZ
Saatchi & Saatchi, Wellington, NZ
The New Zealand Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
United Modern Masters Collection, Auckland, NZ
University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ
AWARDS
1980 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant (Travelled in USW and Germany, 1981)
1984 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant (Travelled to France, Spain and Portugal, 1985-6)
1987 Air NZ Queen Elizabeth II Arts Travel (Travelled to USA, 1987; Italy, 1988)
COMMISSIONS
2006 Celebrate Art NZ, interactive education poster
1995 Two Lithographs Sky City Hotel and Casino, Auckland
Books
2006 Gregory O’Brien, We Set Out One Morning, BNZ Art Collection. Private Bank,
Bank of New Zealand
2001 Calendar 2001, Victoria University Press
Into The Pacific 2001 Diary, Te Papa Press, Te Papa/ Museum of New Zealand
2000 McGahey K, Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists,
Gilt Edge Publishing, New Zealand
1999 Callan, Louise and Smith, P. Our People, Our Country, Hodder Moa Beckett
1997 Dunn, Michael Contemporary New Zealand Painting, Craftsman House
1984 Brown, Warwick, 100 New Zealand Paintings, Goddwit Press
1991 Dunn, Michael, Concise History of New Zealand Painting
1990 Stark, Beate, Philippa Blair Master of Arts Graduate Thesis,
University of Auckland, Auckland, NZ
Dunn, Michael and Docking, Gil, Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting
1986 Kirker, Anne, New Zealand Women Artists
Eastmond, Elizabeth, Women In The Arts In New Zealand
Bett, Elva, New Zealand Art - A Modern Perspective
1982 Brown, Gordon and Keith, Hamish, An Introduction to New Zealand Painting
Catalogues
2007 Artworks, Buildings and Trees on the Lincoln University Campus (NZ)
Smetham, Edwards and Montgomery, Lincoln University Art and Heritage Committee
Tree of Knowledge, 1984 Christmas card image, University of Auckland, NZ
2006 New Zealand Art Changes the Guard Spring Catalogue, 2006
Between Heaven and Earth, Lily Wei, W.Wickiser Gallery, NY
2001 Hutchison, Alice, Maximal Abstraction, Judith Andersons Gallery, Auckland
Pataka: 6 Contemporary New Zealand Painters
Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures, Poirua, NZ
Laird, Tessa, TransMotion: Drawings and Paintings Los Angeles
Weston, Emma, Focus on Materiality, W. Henderson Gallery, NZ
2000 Feature Artist: Philippa Blair ,www.artmosis.com (Nov 2000)
Pacific Playground Photo Essay, URBIS magazine, June 2000
1999 Malcolm, Jill, In the Fast Lane, Home and Entertaining, February 1999
Symonds, Henry, Traverse: Binding the Ties, exhibition catalogue
1998 Symonds, H, Slice/Cross-section, New Paintings by Phillipa Blair
1997 Current Abstraction (Three Major surveys, Modern NZ Art)
1985 Hutchison, Alice, Micro- Organisms and Pacific Circuits, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington NZ, March 1996
1992 Darrow, Kate, Philippa Blair Survey 1987- 1992, Centre for Contemporary Art, 7-31 July 1992, Hamilton
1990 Barrie, Lita, Three from New Zealand, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
1986-9 Nadia Bassanese, Studio d’Arte Art from New Zealand, Oct 1988 - June 1989
1985 Betts, Ann, A Tree has its heart in its roots, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
1986 Haynes, Peter, Canberra Snakes and Circles, Canberra School of Art
Magazines and Reviews
2008, going with the flow, Peter Frank, art ltd. west coast art + design (February)
Blair’s art dances with wild fires and poetry, Tom Hunt, Nelson Mail 8/4/08
Art Beat ( 48 Hours ),C. Moore, Christchurch Press, 12/4/08
Contrasting Works, Contrasting Landscapes, ( terrain), Liz Palmer
RedOrbit News, Nelson Mail, 15/5/2008
2007, 10 Great NZ Painting, Tessa Laird, NZ Listener, issue 3491, April 2007
Art from University Collection, Linda Tyler, Gus Fisher Gallery
International Postcard, Christchurch Art News, NZ, Spring 2004
Crafts Arts International #54
2001 Fusco, C, Art and Opera at COCA Christchurch, Asian Art News Vol II No.2, March/April 2001
Fusco, C, Craft Arts International #49 Quarterly
Fusco, C, Philippa Blair at DoubleVision Gallery, Asian Art News Vol II, No.6, Nov/Dec 2001
1993 Darow, K, Paint your life - A Conversation with Philippa Blair, Art New Zealand, No.68
1987 Safred, L, Three New Zealand Artists in Italy, Art New Zealand, No.51
1988 Santese, Enzo, Juliet Art Magazine, Italy, December1988
1986 Kirker, Anne, Metamorphosis in Philippa Blair’s recent Painting, Art New Zealand No.62
1986 Spens, Michael, New Art in New Zealand: A Regional Survey, Studio International, Vol.198, No.100
1982 Parr, Chris, Acts of Inclusion - The Spirit of Philippa Blair’s Recent Painting, Art New Zealand, No.27