EXHIBITIONS
2025 GLENCOURT PLACE, Solo Exhibition, Hangar Gallery, Whangarei, Courtesy of Mokopopaki, Auckland
2023 COLONIAL ROAD, Pah Homestead, Auckland, Courtesy of Mokopopaki, Auckland
2022 STORIES OF PLACE: PARIHAKA & MANAIA, Kiwi North, Whangarei
2020 COLONIAL ROAD, Mokopopaki, Auckland
2020 HERE & THERE: CONTEMPLATING THE LANDSCAPE, MD Gallery, Whangarei
2019 WE’RE NOT TOO BIG TO CARE, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland University, exhibiting with Angela Tiatia, Aroha Novak, Billy Apple, Cao Fei, Cushla Donaldson, Deborah Rundle,
Duvet Brothers, Emily Hartley-Skudder, Gabrielle Amodeo, Hikau Clarke, John Baldessari, James R Ford, Julian Dashper, Mervyn Williams, Miranda Bellamy
2019 POCKET EDITION: small works for large walls, NorthArt, Auckland
2019 XIV STATIONS OF THE CROSS, NorthArt, Auckland
2017 KOREKORE WHAKAPIRI, Mokopopaki, Auckland
2018 NIKAU DELICATESSEN, Solo Exhibition, Mokopopaki, Auckland
2017 OTHER PERSPECTIVES, Mokopopaki, Auckland
2017 DRAWINGS AFTER DAUMIER, White Night/White Works, NorthArt, Auckland
2016 SHORTHAND; TAKAPUNA MOMENTS: Pocket Edition, NorthArt, Auckland
2016 PAPER WORKS, NorthArt, Auckland
2016 TEA UNDER MANAIA, The Deck, Whangarei Heads
2016 XIV Stations of the Cross, NorthArt, Auckland
2015 WE ARE INTRODUCED: Pocket Edition: Small Works for Large Walls, NorthArt, Auckland
2015 WHITE NIGHT, NorthArt, Auckland
2015 STATIONS OF THE CROSS, NorthArt, Auckland
2014 EASTER CELEBRATION, Birkenhead Community Church, Auckland
2014 PRO PATRIA; FOR COUNTRY, WWI Centenary Living Remembrance Floral Carpet, Whangarei Art Museum
2014 TRUE DAUGHTERS OF THE NORTH, NorthArt, Auckland
2013 POCKET EDITION, Small Works for Large Walls, NorthArt, Auckland
2013 IPIPIRI ART GALLERY, Pahia
2012 THE LAMENTATIONS OF TEWHARA, Whangarei Central Library, The Deck Café and Whangarei Heads School, including slide demo ‘Pucha Kucha’ in the Whangarei Old Library
2012 COLONIAL SERVICE, Solo Exhibition, Tuatara Gallery, Whangarei
2011 WAYFINDING, Permanent Collection, Whangarei Art Museum
2011 THE LAMENTATIONS OF TEWHARA, Supported by Creative New Zealand, The Bream Head Trust, Whangarei Refinery & Whangarei New Library
2011 COLONIAL SERVICE’ Solo Exhibition, NorthAr,t, Auckland
2010 ON A PLATE, NorthArt, Auckland
2010 - 2012 LIVING HALLS by Fiona Jack, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, The Dowse Art Museum and Papakura Art Gallery
2010 MS ELLIS REGRETS SHE IS UNABLE TO LUNCH TODAY, NorthArt, curated by Carole Prentice, exhibiting with Allie Eagle, Sheryl O’Gorman, Tatjana Stefanovich nee Este, Maree Saunders, Vickie Worthington, Emily Hill, Frances Riddell
2010 HALO, IT’S GOOD TO BE HERE, Tuatara Design Store, Whangarei
2009 NORTHART MEMBERS EXHIBITION, NorthArt, Auckland
2007 TEARS FOR TANE’S CHILDREN, E-North Gallery, Whangarei Art Museum/Outreach Gallery, Kauri Festival, exhibiting with Liam Barr, Helen Berronsall, Nigel Brown, Andrew Drummond, T.L. Drummond, Joanna Fieldes, Herb Foley, Ian Hamlin, Anahera Kingi, Eric Lee-Johnson, Jenny Rendall, Nelson Thompson, Greer Twiss, W. Reed, Warren Viscoe
2007 FLAG TO FLAG, E-North Gallery, Whangarei Art Museum/Outreach Gallery, exhibiting with Ralph Hotere, Robert Ellis, John Edgar, Greer Twiss, John Lyall, Ellen Smith, Chris Wilkie,
Mary Anderson
2006 WHAKAIRO ART & DESIGN GRADUATES EXHIBITION, Tuatara Gallery, Whangarei
2006 SPRING CATALOGUE 2006, Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland
2006 DRAWINGS INSPIRATION, Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangarei, exhibiting with Grant & Helen Beran, Laurence Berry, Murray Gibbs, Sarah Hewlett, Lindsay Marks, Roger McClean,
Manos Nathan
2006 SELECTED WORKS, Milford Galleries, Queenstown, exhibiting with Mike Petre, Michael Hight, Callum Arnold, Katherine Smyth
2006 25 YR CELEBRATION EXHIBITION, Warwick Henderson Gallery, exhibiting with Philippa Blair, Trevor Moffatt, Philip Trusttum, Mervyn Williams, Nigel Brown, Eion Stevens, Fatu Feu’u,
John Walsh, April Shin, Nick Wall, Robyn Gibson, Justin Summerton, Josephine Cachemaille, Jenny Rendall, Don Driver, Jan Nigro, Greg Burton, Paul Deans, Robyn Kahukiwa
2006 FINDING LONGITUDE, Milford Galleries, Dunedin
2006 FRESH FACED, BartleyNees Gallery, Wellington
2005 FINDING LONGITUDE, NorthArt, Auckland
2005 FINDING LONGITUDE, Whangarei Art Museum
2005 BABY WON’T YOU COME OUT TONIGHT, PPG Gallery, Auckland, exhibiting with Rebecca Steedman, Stephanie Ross, Emma Springford Gough, Aimee MacMillan & Hadley Bishop.
2005 MOLLY MORPETH CANADAY TRUST AWARDS, Whakatane District War Memorial
2004 NORTHART MEMBERS SUMMER EXHIBITION, NorthArt, Auckland
2004 PROTOTYPE, Auckland
2003 WHANGAREI DISTRICT COUNCIL ART AWARD, Finalist
2003 THE DRAWING SHOW, NorthArt, Auckland
2002 NORTHART MEMBERS SUMMER EXHIBITION, NorthArt, Auckland
2002 CELEBRATING THE NEW COASTAL ENVIRONMENT, North Shore City Art Awards, Auckland
2002 BIRKENHEAD LICENSING TRUST ART AWARD, Auckland
2002 OUR LAND, Finalist, Waikato National Art Award
2001 SMALL ONE: AN EXHIBITION OF SMALL WORKS, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
2001 BANNED PRACTICES, Khyber Pass, Auckland
2001 ART GOES MAINSTREET, Remuera Shopping Centre, Auckland
2001 DEFUSED, Toshiba Towers, Auckland.
1999 TAONGA MAURI: OBJECTS OF OUR AFFECTION, Artstation, Auckland, exhibiting with Allie Eagle, Jane Zusters, Martin Ball, Susan Jowsey, Miriam Harris, Theresa Franco-Suarez,
Emily Siddell, Michael Parekowhai, Marcus Williams, Nuala Gregory, J. La Trobe-Burton, S. Ross, Matthew Elwood, Kazu Nakagawa, Hamish Palmer. Curated by Cushla Parekowhai
DESIGN
2017 Taniwha & Manaia, ceramic platter
2014 Maori Willow, ceramic platter
ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
2023 John Hurrell, Mokopopaki Trio on Birkenhead History & Ornithology, eyecontactmagazine.com
2023 Colonial Road, Auckland: Mokopaki & The Arts House Trust
2020 Between A Mountain, A River and Me: The Collected Works of Carole Prentice 1996 to 2016, BLURB Publications
2020 Colonial Road, Auckland: Mokopopaki
2019 Amy Weng, We’re not too big to care, Circuit, 28 April
2019 John Hurrell, Mokopopaki, Art Collector, No.87, pp. 189-191
2019 This Joyous, Chaotic Place: He Waiata Tangi-a-Tahu, Auckland: Mokopopaki & Spiral
2018 Nikau Delicatessen, Auckland: Mokopopaki
2017 Art News: NorthArt, Channelmag, Issue 74, March
2017 Korekore Whakapiri, Auckland: Mokopopaki
2015 The Lamentations of TeWhara: a visual essay, BLURB Publications
2014 Pro Patria; For Country, Northern Advocate: World War I Centenary Living Remembrance Floral Carpet, Whangarei Art Museum, in collaboration with Whangarei District Council and Returned Services Association
2013 Fiona Jack: Living Halls, p. 151, Govett-Brewster Gallery
2012 Denise Piper, Artshed Gets a Fresh Start, Whangarei Leader, Feb 7
2011 Lament for the Watcher of Te Whara; History Alive on Canvas, Advocate Weekend, Whangarei, Oct 15
2010 Josie McNaught, Fiona Jack Living Halls, Home Magazine, Jun/Jul
2010 Mark Amery, Fiona Jack: Living Halls, Listener, Aug 14, 2010 pp. 42-43
2010 Virginia Were, Fiona Jack: Living Halls, Art News New Zealand, pp. 70-73
2010 Combining Cultures in Art, Whangarei Leader, Mar 9
2010 Laurence Clark, Vines of Spiritual Worlds Interwoven in Art, Northern Advocate Whangarei, Mar 25
2008 Denis Robinson, NZ’s Favourite Artists 2nd Ed, pp. 88-89
2007 Marie Saunders, Flag to Flag, Whangarei Art Museum Media Release, exploring the use of the flag motif in New Zealand Contemporary Art, Mar 5
2006 Jenny Bennett, From the Start, Northern Advocate Whangarei, Sep 14
2005 Narratives of Place, Art News New Zealand Spring Issue, p. 84
2005 Artists Push Their Boundaries, The Northern Advocate, Whangarei, Aug 24
2005 A Children’s Classic comes to PumpHouse, North Shore Times, 29 Sep, pp. 16-17
2005 Alumni of the University of Auckland make waves at home and abroad, Ingenio, Spring, pp. 30-31
2002 Caroline Robinson, Panmure: a sense of place scrapbook, p. 68, Mt Wellington Library
2001 Banned Practice: Studio III and IV Painting, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
PUBLIC DISPLAY
Auckland Museum Collections, Whangarei Art Museum Permanent Collection; Whangarei Council Chambers; Whangarei Public Library; Marsden Point Refinery; CBD, Shortland Street; Hewlett Packard, Auckland; Dataview, Whangaparaoa; CCC Office, Orange Ballroom, Newton; Mt Wellington Public Library; Glenfield Public Library, Glenfield Area Office
QUALIFICATIONS
2006 Whakairo Maori Art & Design, Whangarei Polytech, first Maori design course offered in Northland, tutored by Andrea Hopkins
2001 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland, in the discipline of Painting, tutored by Carole Shepheard, Nuala Gregory, Judy Miller,
Leigh Martin, Dennis Watkins, Louise Fong, James Cousins and Cushla Parekowhai. Papers completed: Nationalist Themes in New Zealand Art, Art of the 20th Century in Europe & USA,
Special Topic in European Art: Landscape Art, Topics in 18th & early 19th Century Art, Realism, Impressionism & Post Impressionism, High Renaissance Art & Architecture
1997 Certificate in Art & Design, Rutherford High School, Pre-foundation Programme: Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, Printmaking, Photography, Sculpture
1996 University Entrance: Design (Scholarship), History of Art, Painting, Tamaki College/Northcote College
WORLD WAR I CENTENARY LIVING REMEMBRANCE
FLORAL CARPET DESIGN for WHANGAREI CITY - COMMISSION
Pro Patria
Pro Patria is constructed on a circular base of the ground creeper Muehlenbeckia astonii interwoven with large heart-shaped leaves of kawakawa Macropiper excelsum which when crushed exude a sweet but melancholy perfume. This is the scent of enduring sadness. It is the quality that sets the tone for this work by remembering not only the funereal garlands worn by Maori during times of great lamentation and loss but also the tender fronds of fresh green willow still worn by English villagers in ancient celebrations acknowledging the cycle of the seasons and the transience of youth. Also integrated into the form of the wreath are stems of arum Zantedechia aethiopica the elegant white lily most loved in 19th century New Zealand as a colonial symbol of grief as well as some resinous sprigs of rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis the fragrant herb of remembrance bound together with spiked sprays of gorse Ulex europaeus whose treacherous thorns prick at both the conscience and the heart. Also included is a small bundle of manuka Leptospernum scoparium tied with flax Phormium tenax which refers to the uniquely Kiwi custom of mailing parcels of ti-tree twigs for homesick New Zealanders to consign to Northern hemisphere hearths during the long dark winter of a cold European night. Burning manuka cuttings releases not only the astringent and healing oil but also an aromatic sense of nationhood and family nostalgia as the smell of a well-remembered summer barbeque or whanau hangi is carried by the smoke.
NORTHERN ADVOCATE: The World War I Centenary Living Remembrance Floral Carpets were designed by Brett A'Court, Fiona Pardington, Jo Hardy, Carole Prentice and Scott McFarlane. The project was organised through Whangarei Art Museum, in collaboration with the Whangarei District Council and Returned Services Association. It is made possible with a $12,000 grant from national heritage funding that will support events in communities all over New Zealand that commemorate World War I. Julie-Anne Smith Rylev, from Bloom Flowers, has overseen the creation of the art installations, in which volunteers have woven thousands of blooms into the floral carpets.
