Artist Non toxic Printmaking Paintings New Zealand Mark Graver courses studio gallery

 

 

 

 

 

Artist in nontoxic printmaking New ZealandMark Graver Artist
Non Toxic Printmaking/Paintings

Mark Graver, artist (MA Camberwell, London) is a professional artist specialising in nontoxic Printmaking and Paintings. Mark runs nontoxic printmaking courses from Wharepuke Print Studio and Gallery and teaches part time at NorthTec, teaching printmaking and final year students.

Born:  

St.Albans, Hertfordshire, England, 1964

Education:

1996-1997

City and Guilds Teacher Training, Kensington and Chelsea College, London.   

1994-1995

M.A.Printmaking, Camberwell College of Arts, London.

1985-1988

B.A (Hons) Fine Art, Leeds Polytechnic, UK.

Art Residencies:

2002-2003

Artist in Residence, Surface Gallery, Nottingham,UK

1996-1997

Artist in Residence, Kensington and Chelsea College, London

1995-1996

Artist in Residence, Intaglio Printmaker, London.

Articles on Mark Gravers Art Work:

Art News New Zealand, Winter 2004 -‘The English Painter’
Nottingham Evening Post, UK Jan 2003 -‘Down To Earth Visionary’ 
Southern Cross Magazine, UK Jan 2000 -‘A Life’s Work’

Collections of Mark Gravers Art:

Tolpuddle Musuem Dorset England.
Painting and Sculpture Museums Association, Istanbul Turkey
James Wallace Trust New Zealand
Camberwell College of Arts
Work held in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, USA and Europe.

Art Awards:

2006 Birgit Skiold Memorial Trust Printmaking Grant

Art Represented by:

The Print Room, London UK
Solander Works on Paper, Wellington NZ
Oedipus Rex Gallery Auckland NZ
COCA, Christchurch NZ

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Artist’s statement

The traces of time etched into the environment, be it natural or urban, the surfaces making up a city, or the forms of nature. The effects of occupation; the present and the past. The imposition of action and ideals onto nature, mapping, naming and the claiming as owned of a view, a landscape or a place.

“Place and image act as catalyst for remembering other things and places and images:
things, events, the buried artefacts of one’s own life”

Paul Auster, “The Book of Memories”.
Faber and Faber, 1982. (used with permission of the author)

Solo Exhibitions

2007

Solander Works on Paper, Wellington NZ. Arts Promotion Trust, Whangarei NZ

2006

Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland, NZ

2005

Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ
Indigo Gallery, Kerikeri, NZ - Paintings
Indigo Gallery, Kerikeri, NZ - Prints

2004

Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland, NZ

2003

Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Bridlesmith Gate Gallery, Nottingham, UK

2002

Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK

2001

Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ

2000

New Zealand House, London.

1998

Zella Art, London

1996

Northbank Gallery, London

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Selected Exhibitions

2008

Impressed ! NZ Print Council, Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, NZ

7th Lessedra World Art Print Annual - Sofia, Bulgaria

Home Grown - Solander Works on Paper, Wellington, NZ

2007

Under Pressure Empire Gallery, Cambridge, NZNew Works Group Show Oedipus Rex Gallery Auckland NZ.
Parklane Art Awards, Auckland, NZ

2006

National Drawing Award, Artspace Auckland, Physics Room. Christchurch, NZ
Iowa Biennial of Contemporary Miniature Prints – Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
Arrivals Solander Works on Paper, Wellington, NZ
11 International Print Exhibition Competition
Tohane-I Amire art gallery Istanbul, Turkey
“Unreasonable Passion” – CPCANZ Print Show,
Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ – Two person show
Opening Show, Solander Works on Paper, Wellington, NZ

2005

Oedipus Rex curated by Jennifer Buckley – Koru Club Lounge, Auckland International Airport.
Finalist, Waikato National Art Award, Hamilton, NZ
Northland Printmakers – Waiheke Island and Yvonne Rust Gallery, Whangarei, NZ

2004

Finalist, James Wallace Art Awards, Auckland, NZ
Indigo Gallery, inaugural show, Kerikeri, NZ
Finalist, Goldwater Art Award, Waiheke, NZ
Norsewear Art Award, Salon De Refusé, Wine Country Gallery, Havelock North, NZ

2002

Derby Open, Museum & Art Gallery, Derby, UK
Leicester Open, City Gallery, Leicester, UK
Nottingham Open, Castle Museum & Art Gallery, UK
Harborne Gallery Prize, Harborne, Birmingham, UK
Circa, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK
Imperfect Future, Turtle Arts, Nottingham, UK

2001

Flagstaff Gallery, Devonport, New Zealand.
Lewisham Art House, London.

1998

Zella Art, London, 2 person show.

1997

Surfaced, 3 person show, Northbank Gallery, London.

1997

The Large Edition; A Survey of British Printmaking, Middlesex University/ Malvern, UK.
Let's Go Down The King's Road, Kensington and Chelsea College, London

1996

Artist In Residence Intaglio Printmaker, London.
Art Bound, Artists Books, Bridewell Theatre, London.
National Print Show, Mall Gallery, London.

1995

Artists Book Fair, Royal Festival Hall, London.
Morley Gallery, Prints, London.
Paintings and Prints, 2 person show, London Guildhall University.

1994

Inaugural Show, Northbank Gallery, London.

1992

Works on Paper, Collective Gallery Touring Show: Edinburgh, Kiev, St. Petersburg. Vilnius,
Group Show, 369 Gallery, Edinburgh.

1989

Pictured Books, Lancaster City Gallery, UK
Exchanges, General  Haus Gallery, Maastricht, Holland.
Art Company Gallery, Leeds.

1988

Prints With A Point, Off Centre Gallery, Bristol, UK
Open Print Show, Contact Gallery, Norwich, UK
   

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