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

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Agnew, M. Brush with Oz, The Press, May 29, 2002

Amery, M. Disturbing calendar images, The Evening Post, 4 September 1997

Amery, M. Award puts gloss on artist’s career, Christchurch Star, 20 October 1989

Amery, M. Awards on show, The Press, 28 August 1998

Banbury, G. Joanna Braithwaite: interview with Grant Banbury, Takahe 33, Christchurch, August 1998

Barr, G. Intelligent offerings at art gallery. Christchurch Star, 27 July 2005

Barry, C. The Press, 31 October 1990

Beaven, L. Taking Flight: The Airborne and Hybrid Images of Joanna Braithwaite, Art New Zealand, Issue Number 102, Spring 2002

Blundell, S. Arts Section front page, The Press, 20 July 2005

Blundell, S. Joanna Braithwaite Interview in New Zealand Listener, 4 June 2011, Issue 3708, www.listener.co.nz/culture/art/joanna-braithwaite/

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Byrne, W. Hotel check-out, Domain Home, The Sydney Morning Herald, 6 April 2006

Dunbar, A. Art that soars, The Press, 8 December 1999

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Paton, J. Magic realism at sea, The Press, 7 June 1995

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