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Philippa Blair


Philippa Blair (b.1945)
Born 1945 Christchurch, New Zealand
Lives and works in San Pedro, California

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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
Fyr Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
Attivare Philippa Blair & Steven Hampton Greatest Hits at Lawrence
Asher Gallery, Los Angeles
1969- 2005 97 exhibitions


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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

2007 Hauguests (Haus Gallery for dafur) at Brewery Project, Los Angeles
Pillow Talk: Small Comforts on Hard Times (curators; Phyllis Green/Mery Lynn McCorkle)
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica
ArtTaipei Taipei International ArtFair
Soft and Hard Torrance Art Museum Torrance, CA
2006 LA contemporary art fair, Santa Monica, CA
Selcted works one/ twenty artists/ “Te Wa the space, Queenstown, NZ
Summer/Autumn Salon Catchment Gallery. Nelson, NZ
New Works Catchment Gallery, Nelson, NZ
Venice Art Walk Auction, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Safe Art Auction, Auckland, NZ
8 other exhibitions in New Zeland, North America and Asia
1969- 2005 218 exhibitions

COLLECTIONS
Atlantic Richfield Corporation, Los Angeles, California
Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland NZ
Chartwell Collection, Hamilton, NZ
Citibank Collection, New York, NY
Citicorp Collectopn, 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
1985 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant (Travelled in USW and Germany, 1981)
1997 Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant (Travelled to France, Spain and Portugal 1985-6)
1995 Air NZ Queen Elizabeth II Arts Travel (Travelled on USA 1987; Italy 1988)

COMMISSIONS
2006 Celebrate Art NZ interactive education poster
1997 Two Lithographs Sky City Hotel and Casino, Auckland NZ
1995 Two Lithographs Sky City Hotel and Casino, Auckland
1992 6 Lithographs 1992 Works on Paper Gallery, Auckland
1990 Arts/ Commerce Building Mural, University of Auckland, NZ
Auckland Regional Orchestra Poster
Stained Glass Windows, Cook Islands Church, Otara, NZ
After Crazy Horse Set Designer for dance production, Origins Dance Theatre, Auckland NZ
Collard Brothers Wine Labels
1989 1990 Prints”, Muka Studio, Auckland NZ
Aotea Centre Mural, Auckland NZ
1986 N.Z Insurance Company Printmakers Commission
1985 International Festival of the Arts Poster
Robertson Window, Havelock North

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
2006 Gregory O’Brien, “ We Set Out One Morning” BNZ Art Collection. Private Bank,
Bank of New Zealand    
2003 M. Dunn, “New Zealand Painting: A Concise History” Auckland University Press
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 K.McGahey,
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
Summer Catalogue 2006-2007 Warwick Henderson Gallery
New Zealanders of Achievement auction Catalogue, NZEmbassy, Washington DC
NZ Contemporary Art Exhibition Chan Liu Art Monthly, no. 196, Nov 2006
2005 Eye Blast Alice Hutchison, Cypress College Art gallery, CA
Flow Riverside Art Museum, CA
2004 Cutting Loose Alice Hutchison son, Double Vision Gallery, Los Angeles
2002 NY/NZ/CZ” Tessa Laird, Palos Verdes Art Centre, California
Between Heaven and Earth Lily Wei W.Wickiser Gallery, NYC
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 Hutchiaon, 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
2006 Travel Experience Refected in Abstract Work K Hoby Nelson Mail, April 2006
Art from University Collection Linda Tyler.Gus Fisher Gallery
Alternative Routes L.A. Weekly, Nov 2006
2005  Kiwi Splashdown Arts/The Press, Christchurch, N.Z
Never Mind the Pollocks Andrew Paul Wood Listener, Feb 2005
2004  New Zealander at the Pacific Rim: Philippa Blair in Paris Craft Art
International  Postcard/ Christchurch Art News, N.Z., Spring 2004
Creative Tension Linda Herrick, N.Z. Herald, June 2004
2002Fusco, C TransMotion: Drawings and Paintings by Philippa Blair
Crafts Arts International #54
2001Fusco, 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

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