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Ben Cauchi
CV 2008
1974 Born in Auckland
1999-2000 Advanced Diploma in Photography, Massey University, Wellington
2005-2006 Artist in residence, Tylee Cottage, Wanganui
2007 Frances Hodgkins Fellow, University of Otago, Dunedin
Solo Exhibitions
2002
Through a Glass Darkly, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
New Work, Neut Gallery, Wellington
Building the Empire, Photospace, Wellington
Predictions, Premonitions and Other White Lies, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
2003
New Ambrotypes & Building the Empire, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Wanganui
Scenes from the Quiet Room, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
And a Great Cloud Came Down, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
2004
The Book of Hours, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Ghosting, Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
2005
Eight Lies, Whakatane Memorial Hall, Whakatane
The Sweet Smell of Ether, Marshall Seifert Gallery, Dunedin
In a Smoke-filled Room, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Wanganui
Smoke and Mirrors, Aratoi Art and History Museum, Masterton & Te Manawa, Palmerston North
2006
The Long Horror of that Piteous Night, Marshall Seifert Gallery, Dunedin
Last Days, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Wanganui
The Hermetic Seal, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2007
Still, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin
The Day Before Yesterday, Forrester Gallery, Oamaru
2008
Dead Time, Hocken Gallery, University of Otago, Dunedin & Christchuch Art Gallery, Christchurch
Borderland, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin
Lull, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Selected Group Exhibitions
2000
Rendered in Silver, Photospace, Wellington
2001
Old Gates New Journeys, Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington
2002
The Scale of Things, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
Victory Over Death, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2003
Set Up, Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington
Wallace Art Awards, Wallace Arts Trust Gallery, Auckland
Home Sweet Home: works from the Peter Fay collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (touring until 2005)
2004
Fresh brew, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
2005
Photo-London, Royal Academy of Art, London (McNamara Gallery: Photography exhibit)
Flag works, Pataka, Porirua
Verbatim, Lopdell House, Titirangi, Waitakere City & National Library Gallery, Wellington
Wallace Art Awards, Wallace Arts Trust Gallery, Auckland; CoCA, Christchurch and Pataka, Porirua
Return of the Hand, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Commodity & Delight: views of home, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Contemporary New Zealand Photographers, Starkwhite, Auckland; Pataka, Porirua & Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
2006
Hei Tiki, Pataka, Porirua
Tall Tales and History Lessons: contemporary New Zealand art from the 19th century, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Prologue: the Matthew Couper and Jo Russ collection, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Recent Acquisitions, Te Manawa, Palmerston North
Break: Construct, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
2007
Four by Ten, Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin
Auckland Art Fair, Viaduct Harbour, Auckland (McNamara Gallery: Photography exhibit)
Moving Still, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland
Collect: new acquisitions, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch
Pakeha Now!, The Suter, Nelson
Collecting Photographers, New Zealand Centre of Photography, Shed 11, Wellington
Tylee Cottage: 21 years, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Likeness and Character: portraits from the Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
Tools of Survival: contemporary photographers using 19th century processes, McNamara Gallery: Photography, Wanganui
2008
Sitting Room: a portrait show, John Leech Gallery, Auckland
Close-up: contemporary contact prints, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland & Ramp Gallery, Hamilton
Contemporary New Zealand Photography, John Leech Gallery, Auckland
Think Again, Rachmaninoff’s, London
New Victorians, University Art Gallery, University of Sydney, Sydney
Real Art Roadshow, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae
Intersection of Collections, 21 Carrington Ave, Mosman, Sydney
Wunderbox, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch
Bibliography
And a Great Cloud Came Down (exhibition catalogue), Christopher Moore Gallery (Wellington), 2003
Amery, Mark, The Dominion Post, 29 October 2004, p B10
Art World, Issue 7 (February - March 2009), B5 Media Pty Ltd (Sydney), pp 108-111
Break Construct (exhibition catalogue), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (New Plymouth), 2007
Campbell, Jo, The Otago Daily Times, 13 March 2008, p 38
Close-up: contemporary contact prints (exhibition catalogue), National Institute of Creative Arts & Industries (Auckland), 2008
Dibble, Fran, The Manawatu Standard, 14 October 2005, p 19
Donson, Greg, Viewing Absence in the Borderland of Light (catalogue essay for the exhibition Lull), Sarjeant Gallery (Wanganui), 2008
Eggleton, David, Into the Light: a history of New Zealand photography, Craig Potton Publishing (Nelson), 2006, pp 176-177
Ghosting (exhibition catalogue), Christopher Moore Gallery (Wellington), 2004
Hall, Ken, Bulletin of the Christchurch Art Gallery, #153 (Winter 2008), Christchurch Art Gallery (Christchurch), pp 36-37
Hanton, Jamie, The Press, 9 July 2008, p D4
Harvey, Ruth, Art New Zealand, Number 115, Winter 2006, Art Magazine Press Ltd (Auckland), pp 54-57
In a Smoke Filled Room (exhibition catalogue), McNamara Gallery: Photography (Wanganui), 2005
Ireland, Peter in Strongman, Lara (ed.), Contemporary New Zealand Photographers, Mountainview Press (Auckland), 2005
Landfall 206, Spring 2003, The University of Otago Press (Dunedin), pp 152-161
Last Days (exhibition catalogue), McNamara Gallery: Photography (Wanganui), 2006
Lister, Aaron, Art New Zealand, Number 107, Winter 2003, Art Magazine Press Ltd (Auckland), p 44
Lister, Aaron, An Offer of Questionable Intent (catalogue essay for the exhibition Smoke and Mirrors), Aratoi (Masterton), 2005
Mitchell, Kathryn, Art New Zealand, Number 115, Winter 2006, Art Magazine Press Ltd (Auckland), p 48
Moving still (exhibition catalogue), McNamara Gallery: Photography (Wanganui), 2007
New Victorians (exhibition catalogue), Sydney University Museums (Sydney), 2008
New Zealand Journal of Photography, 56 (Summer 2004/2005), The New Zealand Centre for Photography (Wellington), pp 18-23
Pakeha Now! (exhibition catalogue), The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatu (Nelson), 2007
Poland, Natalie, Art News New Zealand, Spring 2007, Matrix Publishing Limited (Auckland),
p 33
Poland, Natalie, Temporality and the ‘slow art’ of Ben Cauchi (catalogue essay for the exhibition Dead Time), Hocken Gallery (Dunedin), 2008
Predictions, Premonitions and Other White Lies (exhibition catalogue), Christopher Moore Gallery (Wellington), 2002
Scenes from the Quiet Room (exhibition catalogue), Christopher Moore Gallery (Wellington), 2003
Simpson, Peter, Verbatim: in so many words (catalogue essay for the exhibition Verbatim), Lopdell House Gallery (Titirangi), 2005
Sullivan, Eve (ed.), 2003, Home Sweet Home: works from the Peter Fay collection, National Gallery of Australia (Canberra), p 49
The Book of Hours (exhibition catalogue), Christopher Moore Gallery (Wellington), 2004
Were, Virginia, Art News New Zealand, Autumn 2008, Matrix Publishing Limited (Auckland),
pp 106-107
Wolf, Erika, Photofile, 83 (Winter 2008), Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney), pp 40-43
Public Collections
Aratoi Art and History Museum
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Auckland Art Gallery
Chartwell Collection
Christchurch Art Gallery
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Ergas Collection
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Hocken Collection
Massey University
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa
National Gallery of Australia
Real Art Roadshow Trust
Sarjeant Gallery
Te Manawa
University of Wollongong
Wellington City Council
