Kushana Bush Biography
1983
Born Dunedin, New Zealand
Lives and works Dunedin, New Zealand
2004
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Otago School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
The Burning Hours, Whangarei Art Museum, Te Manawa Toi, Northland, New Zealand
NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Out of the ordinary: works from the ARTAND Emerging Artist Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2017
The Burning Hours, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Bird, Wind, Box, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
The Burning Hours, Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
2016
The Burning Hours, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2015
Maybe the People, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2014
Nais Tambu Pepa Piksas, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2013
Gander Moon, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Last song in silence, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Auastralia
2012
Omens, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
All Things to All Men, Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin, Pah Homestead TSB Bank Wallace Arts Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
2010
Kushana Bush (Power Men), Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Pimp Squeaks, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2009
Modern Semaphore, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Hungry Ghosts, Observatory Building, Arts Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
2008
The Revival, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2007
Slump Series, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
2005
Lurking Tensions, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Additions and Alterations, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
2019
Here we are, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Contemporary Art from Asia and the Pacific: Selected works from QAGOMA's Asia Pacific Triennial, Fundacion Centro Cultural Palacio La Moneda, Santiago, Chile
Under the Spell of the Image - Kushana Bush, David Kettner, Susan Te Kahurangi King - curated by John Stezaker, The Approach, London, UK
2018
APT9, The 9th Asia PacificTriennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
NGV Triennial, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
2017
Freefall, Hocken Collections, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
2015
Grayson Perry/Kushana Bush, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
Lucie Rie: A New Zealand Connection, The New Dowse, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Imagine Asia, Pataka Art and Museum, Porirua City, New Zealand
Undreamed of…50 years of the Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
2014
Melbourne Art Fair, Darren Knight Gallery Stand E117, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
Where do I end and you begin, Edinburgh Festival, City Art Centre, Edinburgh, 2014
Object Shift, Objectspace, Auckland
2013
Octopus 13, curated by Glenn Barkley, Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne, Australia
Art & Australia Collection 2003 – 2013, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, Sydney
A Different View, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand (Curated by Linda Tyler and Virginia Braun)
Picture This: Recently Acquired Art, Hocken Library, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
2012
Melbourne Art Fair, Brett McDowell Gallery, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, Australia
Art & Australia Collection 2004-2012, MOP Projects, Sydney, Australia & Newcastle Art Gallery, NSW, Australia
2011
Agamemnon, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Tender is the Night, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Auckland Art Fair, Brett McDowell Gallery, Viaduct Events Centre, Auckland
Game On, Hastings City Art Gallery, Hastings, New Zealand
2010
The Beyond, Ivan Anthony Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Liquid Dreams, The New Dowse, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Ready to Roll, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2009
Auckland Art Fair, Brett McDowell Gallery,Marine Events Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
2008
Anthony Harper Contemporary Art Award 2008, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
2007
Untitled Group Show, Brett McDowell Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
16th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2007, Aotea Centre, Auckland
Preview: 40 Contemporary New Zealand Artists, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand
2006
15th Annual Wallace Art Awards 2006, Aotea Centre, Auckland & Pataka, Wellington
2005
Body, Space, Ritual- Text. Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Class of 2004 Graduate Show, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
AWARDS
2013
The Arts Foundation of New Zealand New Generation Award
2011
Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
2009
Art Residency, Arts Centre/Asia New Zealand Foundation, Seoul, Korea
Art & Australia Emerging Artist Award, Art and Australia, Sydney, Australia
2008
Nomination APB Foundation Signature Art Prize- Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
2007
Premier Award, Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award, New Zealand
2006
Merit Award, Walker and Hall Waiheke Art Award, New Zealand
2004
Painting Prize, Otago School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand
2004
Derivan Art Award, Main Art Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
2003
Drawing Prize, Otago School of Art, Dunedin, New Zealand
COLLECTIONS
Michael Buxton Collection, University of Melbourne
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Hocken Collection, University of Otago, Dunedin
Art and Australia Collection, Sydney
James Wallace Art Trust, Auckland
Otago Polytechnic School of Art, Dunedin
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
PUBLICATIONS
Ascroft, N.Landfall 210, The University of Otago Press, Dunedin, New Zealand, Spring 2003
Bae, S. Open Studio Cue, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea, 2009
Barkley, G. Octopus 13: On This Day Alone, Gertrude Contemporary Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2013
Brown, W. Seen this Century: 100 Contemporary New Zealand Artists, Random House, New Zealand, 2009
Carey, S. & Connarty, J. Where do I end and You Begin, Edinburgh Art Festival, printed by Allander, Edinburgh, Scotland (written piece by Aaron Kreisler), 2014
Frizzell, D. It’s all about the Image, Random House, New Zealand, 2011
Lane, C. Hue & Cry #6: An Exercise in Optimism, Hue and Cry Journal, Auckland, New Zealand, 2012
Poland, N. Home and Away: Travel, Place and the Cosmopolitan Art of Kushana Bush (catalogue essay for the exhibition All things to All Men), Hocken Gallery, University of Otago, Dunedin, 2011
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Amery, M. 50 Most Collectible, Australian Art Collector Issue 63, January - March 2013
Amery, M, S. Ready to Roll continued, Eye Contact, 24 June 2010
www.eyecontactsite.com/2010/06/ready-to-roll-continued
Baker, K. Kushana Bush, Artist Profile Issue 47, May 2019
Bentley, S. Kushana bush in Auckland, Eye Contact, 7 December 2010
www.eyecontactsite.com/2010/12/kushana-bush-in-auckland
Burgess, M. Water under the Brush, New Zealand Listener, 4 -10 September 2010
Buxton Contemporary Collection, The Michael Buxton Collection, Buxton Contemporary, Buxton Contemporary, University of Melbourne, 2018, pp. 134 - 135
Clifford, A. All Things to All Men, Kushana Bush, Art Asia Pacific, July 2012
www.artasiapacific.com/Magazine/WebExclusives/AllThingsToAllMenKushanaBush
Dibble, F., Without time and place, Stuff, February 2017
http://www.stuff.co.nz/manawatu-standard/lifestyle/88900636/Without-time-and-place
Dignan, J. Traditional Art meets Modern Tribal, Otago Daily Times, 4 September 2008
Dignan, J. Art seen, Otago Daily Times, 26 November 2009
Ed. Italy trip influences 2011 Frances Hodgkins Fellow, in Otago Bulletin, pub. University of Otago, Issue 23, 2 December 2011, p.6
Ed. A Celestial Thing, Art News New Zealand, Summer 2016, pp.65-67
Eggleton, D. Gone Bush, New Zealand Listener, 7 April 2012
Eggleton, D. Dunedin Kushana Bush, Art New Zealand, Issue 135, Spring 2010
Entwisle, P. Dunedin Culture and Art shining brightly, Art beat, Otago Daily Times, 22 September 2008
Gilmore, S., When Intricacy Defies Belief, Eye Contact, 8 December 2014
http://eyecontactsite.com/2014/12/when-intricacy-defies-belief
Hoare, R. We’re for Art: Ten of New Zealand’s most exciting artists, Sunday Magazine, 23 March 2010
Hurrell, J. Bush Images, Eye Contact, 22 August 2011
www.eyecontactsite.com/2012/08/bush-images
Hurrell, J. Eerie Anthony Group Show, Eye Contact,12 July 2010
www.eyecontactsite.com/2010/07/eerie-anthony-group-show
Lane, C. Hue & Cry #6: An Exercise in Optimism, Hue and Cry Journal, Auckland, 2012
Linz, T. Art and Australia Contemporary Art Award: Kushana Bush, Art and Australia, Vol 46 No 3 Autumn 2009
McDonald, J. Art: Kushana Bush, Good Weekend, Sydney Morning Herald, 1 February 2019
https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/art-kushana-bush-20181205-h18rpi.html
McKegg, S. Art seen, Otago Daily Times, 27 November 2014
McNamara, TJ. Power and Identity, The New Zealand Herald, 25 August 2012
McNamara, TJ. Delight is in the Detail, The New Zealand Herald, 29 May 2012
Mitchell, K. Dunedin, Art New Zealand, Issue 129, Summer, 2008-2009
Moore, C. Lonely Dreams and Hungry Ghosts, The Press, Christchurch, 23 October 2009
Poland, N. Dunedin, Art News, Summer, 2008
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, The 9th Asia Pacifc Triennial of Contemporary Art, November 2018.
Shepheard, C. Kushana Bush: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, Artist Profile, Issue 5, 2008
Were, V. Consuming Gestures, Art News, Autumn 2011
Wolfman, T. Subtle Strokes of Seduction, ROOMS London, Issue 16, Superluminal, Winter 2014-15
Wood, A.P. Andrew Paul Wood on Kushana bush in Christchurch, Eye Contact, 9 October 2009
www.eyecontactartforum.blogspot.com/2009/10/andrew-paul-wood-on-kushana-bush
Wood, A.P. Eros and Thanatos: The World of Kushana Bush, Art New Zealand, Number 125, Autumn 2008
Wood, A.P. Points of Contact, New Zealand Listener, 18 – 24 August 2007