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Exhibitions History

Feb 91 - Group Exhibition - Artstop Gallery - Northland.

Jun 91 - Group Exhibition - Quarry Craft Co-op - Whangarei.

Aug 91 - Group Exhibition - Northland Craft Trust Expo.

Nov 91 - Design Arts & Crafts - "Original Works Show" - Auckland.

Dec 91 - Design Arts & Crafts - "Original Works Show" - Wellington.

Jan 92 - Design Arts & Crafts - "Original Works Show" - Auckland.

Feb 92 - Group Exhibition - Stanley Street Gallery - Auckland.

Jun 92 - Group Exhibition - Merilyn Savill Gallery - Wellington.

Jul 92 - "Artex" - Auckland.

Aug 92 - Kawarau National Woodskills Festival

2nd prize & commended in woodturning

Aug 92 - Group Exhibition - Compendium Gallery - Auckland.

Feb 93 - "The Art Of Turned Wood" - Juried Exhibition - Aotea Centre - Auckland.

Jun 93 - "Artex" - Auckland.

Sep 93 - "Artex" - Wellington.

Oct 93 - Group Exhibition - Cologne - Germany.

Feb 94 - "Turned Art & Furniture Expo" - Juried Exhibition - Auckland - Merit Award.

Jul 94 - "Artex" - Auckland.

Nov 94 - Guest Exhibitor - Ngatea Arts Festival.

Nov 94 - "National Woodturning Exhibition" - Taranaki Museum.

Mar 95 - Demonstrated at "Working With Wood Show" - Perth - Australia.

May 95 - Demonstrated at "Working With Wood Show" - Brisbane - Australia.

Jul 95 - "Artex" - Auckland.

Jul 95 - Demonstrated at "Working With Wood Show" - Sydney - Australia.

Sep 95 - Kawarau National Woodskills Festival

1st prize & 2 x commended in open woodturning section

commended in fantasy section

Jan 96 - Guest Exhibitor - Whakatane Arts Festival.

Jun-Aug 96 - Invited to Exhibit in "Growth Through Sharing" Exhibition - Greensboro - North Carolina - USA.

Awarded Creative New Zealand Grant to attend exhibition and American Assn. of Woodturners annual symposium

and also to attend "Collaboration & Conservation" conference -Emma Lake, Saskatchewan - Canada.

Jul 97 - "Artex" - Auckland.

Aug 97 - Commissioned for woodsculpting as part of Shona Firman's exhibition " Cross Over ", - Whangarei Art Museum.

Sep 97 - Kawarau National Woodskills Festival

1st prize & commended in open woodturning section

2nd prize in woodturning - bowls section

commended in fantasy section

Nov 97 - " Masks at Mahara " collaborative exhibit with Barbara Salt " Omni Caeon ".

Mar - May 98 - " Woodturners Art " - juried exhibition - Hawkes Bay Cultural Trust.

Jun - Jul 98 - " Outside the Circle" - exhibition of invited Northland artists - Whangarei Art Museum.

Oct 98 - " TURNZ National Woodturning Exhibition" - Putaruru

First Time Winner Award

Decorative Bowl Award

Best Exhibit Award

Mar/Apr 99 - " Diversity " - exhibition of invited Northland artists - Northpower corporate offices

Mar/Apr 99 - " The Art of Turned Wood " - Juried exhibition

NZ Academy of Fine Arts Wellington

Merit Award

Feb 00 - Commissioned by the 'Halberg Trust' to create presentation boxes for the New Zealand Sportsperson of the Century Awards.

Jun 00 - Demonstrated at the 'Artistic Woodturning Worldwide 2000' conference in Puy-St- Martin. France , !st - 4th June 2000

Jun-Aug 00 - Artist in Residence for the Woodturning Center's 'International Turning Exchange' residency program from 10th June - 8th August 2000, including attendance at the Emma Lake Collaboration conference, Saskatchewan, Canada from the 2nd - 8th August.

Mar 01 -'Turned Multiples II' - International group exhibition

Craft Alliance, St Louis, Missouri, USA

Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada,

Wood Turning Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Jun/Jul 01 - 'Turned Wood 2001' - International group exhibition Delmano Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

Jun 01 - Jan 02 - 'Art of Wood' - Curated exhibition of works from the Lipton Collection LA International Airport

Jul 01 - 'Te Kauri' - The Kauri in Northland Creative History - invited artist - Whangarei Art Museum

Jul/Aug 01 - Group Exhibition - Tamarillo Gallery - Wellington

Sep 01- Dec 03 - 'Challenge VI

Roots: Insights & Inspirations to Contemporary Turned Objects'

International touring juried exhibition

Exhibition Venues

Philip & Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Indianapolis Museum of Art - Columbus, Indiana

Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin

Schneider Museum, Art of Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon

Houston Center for Contemporary Art

Sep 01 - Kawarau National Woodskills Festival

Merit - Open woodturning,

2nd Prize - Spindle Turning

Sep 01 - NAW Sth Pacific Symposium - Palmerston Nth

1st Prize - Sculptural Turning

1st Prize - Carved Turning

Feb 02 - Group Exhibition - invited Northland artists, Aotea Centre, Auckland

May 02 - 'StarfishVessel' image featured on 40c stamp in NZ Post 'Art meets Craft' stamp issue

May 02 - Invited Demonstrator for Israeli Woodturners Association

Jun 02 - Lead Demonstrator at American Assn of Woodturners annual symposium in Providence Rhode Island, USA

Jul 02 - Invited Demoonstrator at Price Albvert Woodturning Symposium, Saskatewan, Canada

Aug 02 - Invited Demonstrator fopr Honolulu and Big Island Woodturners, Hawaii

Oct 02 - Invited Artist 'Scrap to Sculpture' - Recyled ,material sculpture symposium, Whangarei

Awarded 3rd prize

May 03 Invited as 'Feature Demonstrator' for the upcoming '2003 Utah Woodturning Symposium', Provo, Utah, USA

Work in Public Collections

Whangarei Art Museum - NZ

The Woodturning Center - Philadelphia PA ,USA

The Detroit Institute of Arts - The Bohlen Collection - Detroit MI, USA

American Craft Museum - The Lipton Collection - New York, USA

Graeme's work can also be found in numerous private and corporate collections throughout the world.

 

Associated Activities

May 97/Jul 98 - Elected to committee of the National Assn. of Woodturners NZ Inc.

Mar 98 - Established "CollaboratioNZ " as a charitable trust to promote and organise collaborative events in NZ.

Mar 98-Jun 99 - Chairman & Trustee of CollaboratioNZ

Jul 98-May 01 - Elected Secretary of the National Assn. of Woodturners NZ Inc.

Feb 99 - " CollaboratioNZ 99 - Hooked on Art " held at Whangarei Heads, Northland NZ.

Jun 99 & currently - Sponsorship Co-ordinator & Trustee of CollaboratioNZ

Mar 01 - "CollaboratioNZ 01" held at Whangarei Heads, Northland NZ..

May 01 & May 02, currently - Co-opted to committee of the National Assn of Woodturners NZ Inc.