Joanna Braithwaite
1962
Born Halifax, England
1965
Arrived in New Zealand
1984
BFA, University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, New Zealand
1993–1995
Resides in Melbourne, Australia
1995-1999
Resides, Christchurch, New Zealand
1999-2000
MFA at College of Fine Arts, Sydney
1999 -
Resides Sydney, Australia
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015
Crowd Pleaser, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
Dog and Pony Show, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, New Zealand
2014
Rotating art exhibition: Joanna Braithwaite, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Sydney, Australia
2013
Finders Keepers, Darren Knight Gallery Sydney
2011
Pecking Order, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
Significant Others, The New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand and Seargent Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
Hen’s Teeth, Milford Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2010
Walk My Way, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Born To Be Wild, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2009
About Time, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2008
Sealegs, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2007
Animalia, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Animalia, La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre, Bendigo, Australia
2005
Relative Moments, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Wonderland, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand
2004
Little Wonder, Brooke/Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2003
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Wild Things, Milford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2002
Paintings 2002, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
2001
Menagerie Series, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Hover, Milford House Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2000
Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1999
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Phenomena, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
1998
Vicarious Relations, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
1997
Ways of Being, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1996
Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1995
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1994
Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
1993
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1992
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1991
Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1990
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1989
Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
1988
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1986
Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1984
CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
Collectors' Space, Surry Hills, Sydney
2014
Snap! Crocodile Culture, Rockhamtpon Art Gallery, Rockhampton, Australia
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
2013
LOL, Latrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Birds, Penrith Regional Gallery and the Lewers Bequest, Sydney, Australia
2012
Gallipoli Art Prize, Gallipoli Club, Sydney
Voice of art 3: For the love of animals, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney
2011
Sydney’s Contested Landscapes, Customs House Square, Sydney, Australia
Australia Day Exhibition, Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2010
Zoo air, Twenty Artists from the 2010 artist residence program at Taronga Zoo, The University Gallery, University of Newcastle.
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Fisher’s Ghost Art Award, Campbelltown Art Centre, NSW, Australia
2009
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Irvin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Darren Knight Gallery at Auckland Art Fair, Auckland, New Zealand
2008
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Wish you were here, Tweed River Art Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
The year of the bird, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, New South Wales, Australia
Who let the dogs out – the dog in contemporary Australian art Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
and Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, New South Wales, Australia
2007
Devils in Paradise, Bett Galley, Hobart
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2006
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Postcards from the Desert – Six artists on the Larapinta Trail Damian Minton Gallery, Sydney,
Australia
2005
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Sulman Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
2004
The Menagerie: Animals in Art, Northart Community Arts Centre, Northcote, Auckland
2003-2004
Spiders & Flies, newcontempories, Sydney, Australia
2003
Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, touring National Gallery of Australia
Norsewear Art Awards, Guest Artist, Hastings, New Zealand
2001
Leaping Boundaries, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia
PCL Exhibitionists, Sydney, Australia
2000
Canterbury Painting in the 1990’s, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Paintings, Bowen Galleries, Wellington, New Zealand
Paintings, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand
1999
Selected Works, Milford Galleries, New Zealand
1998
Group Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Bulge, Brian Queenin Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Visa Gold Art Award, touring exhibition, New Zealand
1997
The Subject of Object, Milford House, Dunedin, New Zealand
Christmas Show, Gow Langsford, Auckland, New Zealand
Christmas Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996
Group Exhibition, Milford House, Dunedin, New Zealand
1994
Artists Eye IV, curated by Noel McKenna, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney, New Zealand
Ronnie, Barney, Shane, Jo and Mike, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
Small Works, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1993
White Camelias, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1992
Triplicate, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Prospect Canterbury, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Bermondsey Artist Summer Exhibition, London, England
Vanities, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1991
Festival Exhibition, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1989
Brooke Gifford Gallery, New Zealand
1988
Here and Now – twelve Young Canterbury Artists, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
The Painted Zoo, Shed 11, Wellington, New Zealand
Thirty Canterbury Artists, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1987 Architecture Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, New Zealand
1986
Women’s Exhibition, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1985
Christmas Show, CSA Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Christmas Show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
AWARDS
1998 - Art Excellence Award, Christchurch Community Trust, New Zealand
1998 - Merit, Visa Art Award, New Zealand
1997 - Merit, Visa Art Award, New Zealand
1991 - Molly Morpeth Canaday Art Award, New Zealand
1990 - Olivia Spencer Bower Foundation Art Award, New Zealand
1987 - Major Project Grant, QE II Arts Council, New Zealand
1985 - New Artists Promotion Grant, QE II Arts Council, New Zealand
1983 - Ethel Rose Overton Scholarship, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1983 - Sawtell Turner Painting Prize, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
COLLECTIONS
Aignantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, New Zealand
Artbank, Sydney, Australia
Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Dubbo Regional Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
James Wallace Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
Germanos Collection, Sydney, Australia
Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand
Paris Collection, Wellington, New Zealand
Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah South, NSW, Australia
University of Queensland Collection, Brisbane, Australia
PAGE ART
Time Out Sydney 14-20 November 2007, p. 29 & p.36
Sketches, Art News, Hens Teeth, Autumn, 2011
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