Lauren Lysaght

Works in the Chartwell Collection

If you put a shall to your ear you can hear the sea

4 parts, mixed media, 2003.

Mallcontent

mixed media, 2003.

Solo Exhibition

2003
Outsider Outside Bowen Galleries, Wellington
The Outpatient Snowwhite Gallery, Unitec Campus, Auckland

2002
Ersatziana, Bowen Galleries, Wellington
Citizen Cane, No 52025, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Citizen Cane, No 52025, Te Tuhi, Pakuranga, Auckland
Citizen Cane, No 52025, Sarjeant Art Gallery Te Whare O Rehua, Whanganui

2001
Outcomes, Quay School of Art, Wanganui
Lights on, Nobody at Home, Bowen Galleries, Wellington

2000
Hacker, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch
Hacker, Salamander Gallery, Bowen Galleries, Wellington
Outcomes, Aigantighe Gallery, Timaru

1999
Outcomes, Iris Fisher Gallery, Auckland
Minding the Mattress, Bowen Galleries, Wellington

1998
T.T.2., Bowen Galleries, Wellington and Exhibition Centre, Hastings

1997
Four Legs Good, Canterbury Museum, Christchurch

1996
Emovere, Robert McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
Collezione, Bowen Galleries, Wellington and Miro Gallery, Napier
Four Legs Good, Hawkes Bay Museum, Napier

1995
Sentimental Journey, Bowen Galleries, Wellington
Hidden Agender, The Bath House, Rotorua
Embracelets, Wairarapa Art Centre, Wairarapa
Embracelets, Bowen Galleries, Wellington

1994
You Are Now Leaving the Comfort Zone, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland
Quo Vadis, Wairarapa Arts Centre, Masterton
Hidden Agender, Bowen Galleries, Wellington

1993
Filling the Tins, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North

1992
Standards Must Be Maintained, Bowen Galleries, Wellington

1990
Now Screening, Newtown Art Gallery, Auckland
Friday the 13th, New Moon Gallery, Wellington
Genuine Synthetics, (Body Adornment Series), Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt

1987
Out of the Woodwork, First Solo Exhibition, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt

Group Shows:

2003
The Rim Whitespace Gallery Auckland
The Rim Span Galleries Flinders Lane Melbourne Australia
Images of Desire Red Light district, Staatliedenbuurt,Amsterdam Flaunt Art/Fashion/Culture Auckland Art Gallery Toi O Tamaki, Auckland
Handycrafts Object Space exhibition, Te Tuhi, Pakuranga Auckland
Fibre and Fairylights Dowse Art Museum Lower Hutt

2002
Arrivals & Departures, Auckland City Gallery, Auckland

2001
Tooth and Claw, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
With this Ring, Manawatu Science Centre and Museum, Palmerston North

1999
Sustainability, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Sustainability, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Whanganui
In-Cubo, Museo Virtuale, Piazza S. Spirito, Florence, Italy

1998
Miniature, Bowen Galleries and Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington
Strzisce Znojile, Znojile, Slovenia
Dealers Choice, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North

1997
The Bathroom Show, Miro Gallery, Napier

1996
Fresh and Fruity, Hawkes Bay Museum, Napier
H2O, Dowse Art Museum Lower Hutt
Edible Books, International Festival of the Arts, Wellington
Lauren Lysaght, Shona Rapira Davies and Bianca van Ranglerooy, Bowen Galleries, Wellington
New Zealand Icon, Bowen Galleries and Christopher Moore Gallery Wellington

1995
Elvis in Geyserland, The Bath House, Rotorua
Kia Ora Paora, RKS Gallery, Auckland
Take it as Red, Bowen Galleries and Christopher Moore Gallery, Wellington

1994
Straight from the Studio, Bowen Galleries, Wellington
Taking Stock of the Nineties, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Whanganui
Child's Play, Annex, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch

1993
Peace Works, New Zealand Foundation of Peace Studies, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
Heroes, Artline Gallery, Auckland
Artist Books, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North

1992
The Skullery, (Installation) the Big Green, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
Sacred Way, City Gallery, Wellington
No Mans' Land, Extending the Boundaries of Women in Art in Aotearoa, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt

1991
Home Made Home, City Gallery, Wellington

1990
Containants, Robert McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch

Public Collections:

Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
Chartwell Trust Collection Auckland
Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
James Wallace Collection, Auckland
Wairarapa Arts Centre, Masterton
Hawkes Bay Museum, Napier
Massey University of Education, Palmerston North
Otago School of Medicine, Wellington
Sarjeant Art Gallery Te Whare O Rehua, Whanganui

Residencies:

2002
Artist in Residence, Unitec School of Design
Artist in Residence Tylee Cottage in conjunction with the Sarjeant Art Gallery Te Whare O Rehua, Whanganui

2001
Visiting Artist, Quay School of Art, Whanganui

2000
Artist in Residence, The Arts Centre of Christchurch

1999
Guest Artist, Winter Fest, Massey University College of Education Palmerston North

1998
New Zealand Participant, Stazione Topolo/Topolove, Topolo Project, Northern Italy

1996
Artist in Residence, Hawkes Bay Museum, Napier

1994
Artist in Residence, Wairarapa Polytechnic and Wairarapa Arts Centre

Community Art Projects:

2002
Crystal Palace, Community Art Project, Castlecliff, Whanganui

2001
Subscribers Only, Linwood Community Art Centre, Christchurch

2000
Splinter Groups, Art Project, Linwood Community Art Centre, Christchurch

2000
Social Commentary Banner Project, Manuka Cottage, Christchurch

1993
Workshop, Wairarapa Community Centre, Masterton

1992
Wicked Art Workshop, City Gallery, Wellington

1990
The Art of Being a Woman Workshop, Lower Hutt Women's Centre

1989
Art Sessions with stroke victims, Home for the Aged, Johnsonville, Wellington
Art Project, Council Housing Initiative, Newtown, Wellington

1988
Art Projects, Lomond Ward, Porirua Hospital, Wellington
Vincents Art Workshop, Wellington

1984 - 86
Community Worker Richmond Fellowship
Initiated and directed the Labels Theatre Group, Wellington

Guest Speaker:

2002
Guest Speaker, Unitec School of Design, Auckland
Guest Speaker, Christchurch School of Design, Christchurch
Guest Speaker, Rotary, Whanganui

2000
Guest Speaker, Christchurch School of Art, Christchurch
Guest Speaker, Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawkes Bay

1999
Guest Speaker, Sarjeant Art Gallery, Whanganui
Guest Speaker, Samuel Marsden College, Wellington
Guest Speaker, Eastern Institute of Technology, Hawkes Bay
Panellist, New Zealand food and Wine Writers Conference, Wellington

1996
Pannellist, Women’s Art, Victoria University, Wellington

1994
Guest Speaker, College of Education, Wellington
Guest Speaker, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt
Guest Speaker, Hawkes Bay Cultural Centre, Hawkes Bay

1992
Guest Speaker, Dunedin Polytechnic, Dunedin

1991
Panellist, Heterosexual Visibility in the Arts, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt

1990
Key Speaker, National Psychotherapists Conference, Bulls

Lecturing/ Mentoring:

2001
Taranaki Polytechnic, NZQA Assessment Panellist

1997
Visiting student moderator, two year contract, EIT, Napier

1994
Guest Lecturer, Victoria University, Wellington

1993
Guest Lecturer, Manchester University, United Kingdom
Guest Tutor, Wairarapa Polytechnic Winter School, Masterton
Guest Lecturer, Otago University, Dunedin

1984 - 86
Art Tutor-Arohata Women's Prison, Tawa, Wellington and assisted in establishing an Art Programme and visiting artists programme

Awards & Grants:

Gold Medal Award Winner, Art Addiction Annual Exhibition, Museum Correr, Venice, Italy
Recipient of Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant to travel to United Kingdom as visiting artist at Bannerworks, Leeds, Yorkshire

Illustration:

1984 - 86
Department of Social Welfare, Wellington
Department of Health, Wellington
State Services Commission, Wellington
Service Workers Union, Wellington
Rape Crisis, Wellington
Family Planning, Auckland

1987
Depot Theatre, Wellington

Publications:

Artists in Residence, Art News, by Virginia Were, August 2002, Vol 22, No.3
Lauren Lysaght, Citizen Artist, Art New Zealand, by Suzanne McAulay, Winter 2002, No.103
Citizen Cane, No:52025 Catalogue Essay by Suzanne McAulay, head of Quay School of Arts, Whanganui, 2002
Hacker, Catalogue Essay by Tim Walker, Director, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, 2000
The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists, Painters, Printmakers, Sculptors, by Kate McGahey, 2000
Lauren Lysaght, Every Kitchen Tells a Story, Clare de Lore, 2000
Outcomes, Catalogue Essay, Suzanne McAulay, Head of Quay School of Arts, Whanganui, 1998
Art Education Kit for Secondary Schools 1999, initiated by the Fisher Gallery, Auckland, and written by Helena Hawke, Samuel Marsden College, Wellington, 1999
T.T.2., Catalogue Essay by Laurence Hall, 1998
Stazione Topolo/Topolove, Catalogue Essay, by Moreno Miorelli, Topolo, Northern Italy, 1998
Strzisce Znojile, Catalogue Essay, Znojile, Slovenia, 1998
Four Legs Good, Catalogue Essay by Tim Walker, Curator, Te Papa Museum, 1996
Emovere, Catalogue Essay by Elizabeth Caldwell, Curator, Robert McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
Review of Emovere, Art New Zealand, by Britt Romstad, , Summer 1996-1997
Passing Through - Gauguin Shows Up In Auckland, Art New Zealand, by Richard Wolfe, Spring 1996
New Zealand Art Diary 1995, published by Saint Publishing and Liz Caughey
Where Angels Dare to Tread, Art New Zealand, by Jillian Lloyd, Winter No.71 1994
Booked and Bound to It, Art New Zealand, by Gregory O'Brien, No.70 1994
When I Grow Up I am Going to be a Crafty Woman, No Man's Land Diary, edited by Laurence Hall, Curator, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, 1992
Lauren Lysaght, Spiral Collection of Art and Writing from Aotearoa (New Zealand) by Tilly Lloyd, 1992
Strokes and Art Attacks - Out of the Woodwork, Broadsheet, by Laurence Hall, Curator, Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, June/July 1987

Represented By:

Bowen Galleries, Jenny Neligan - Ghuznee Street, Wellington www.bowengalleries.com

Whitespace Gallery, Deborah White - Director, 1 Morgan St, Newmarket, Auckland www.whitespace.co.nz

Postcards, Art News New Zealand, Summer 2003 Issue Nov. 2003. Sue Gardiner writes:

Oestrogen Overdrive

Lauren Lysaght's Tiara, in the Auckland Art Gallery's exhibition
Flaunt: Art/Fashion/Culture, quietly speaks volumes about the feminist confrontation. In this small work, made from hormone replacement therapy pills embedded within resin and shaped into a tiara, Lysaght opens the debate that Beauty and/is the Beast. As a symbol of ornamentation, extravagance, virginal beauty and privilege, the tiara affords the wearer the grace to be worshipped as a Goddess. But as every Cinderella knows, it does not last, and eventually the clock WILL strike midnight and while the footmen rapidly turn back into mice, the jewels in the dream-tiara turn into HRT pills -the dream becomes instead a nightmare. On until 8 February 2004 and curated by Mary Kisler, Jane Davidson and Laura Jocic, Flaunt looks at fashion in a number of contexts. Always fascinating are the bodices and lavish dresses that date from an era of hourglass figures and quaint, mannered behaviour. All I can see (and almost feel) is the agony and anxiety that is coupled with this notion of beauty and kept hidden beneath the petticoats and restrained by stays.

Anxiety couched within objects of perceived comfort arises again in another work of Lysaght's at the Aotea Centre in the Framework Trust exhibition, Choices not Stigma which will travel around New Zealand as part of Mental Health Awareness campaigns. The work consists of an institutional tea trolley loaded with plastic hospital-green teacups. Each cup and saucer combination has been transformed by the addition of plastic eyes into a silent, cute creature. Overseeing it all is a giant menacing bird made from the same tea-ware attached to the trolley. Lysaght's accompanying notes refer to teatime in an institution such as a mental health unit when the much craved- for tea, comfort and potential social contact is coupled by the anxiety of timetables, regimes, structure and conformity. "And the tea is always cold by the time it gets to you anyway," she writes. Lysaght is one of 38 artists selected to participate in The 2nd Auckland Triennial: PUBLIC/PRIVATE Tumatanui/Tumataiti, from 20 March - 30 May 2004, at the Auckland Art Gallery and associated venues.