HI THERE.
At high school I got banned from the science department for being “too experimental” so I guess it was inevitable that I would harness that energy into my creative process... Quite often, I will have too many ideas --> so they go into the
........ My entry point is to form a relationship with the material,
we must get to know each other and work it out from there... I will typically shift, negotiate with and move between and combine mediums to pull it in and work it out. From start to finish a piece can be completed within a couple of minutes or ongoing over years.
My practice in all forms it takes has always has a diaristic element to it. I am motivated by an urge to express whatever issue or current obsession is rolling around in my head - a conversation on replay, a song, a person, the sciences, a seriously fucked up encounter or, a fleeting moment... life...
perception
I’m interested in drawing connections between subjects and events, posing questions - where is the line between the real and the imagined. Research and the act of information gathering, to spew it all out and blur the lines -
entropy.
image: Jo Galvin (Martinengo) discusses her practice with photographer and art director Laura Taylor.
Education
Ancient Mythology & Creative Writing
University of Auckland, Auckland
2022 -
Graduate Diploma in Science
University of Auckland, Auckland
2021 -
Glaze Theory & Practice for Ceramics
Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin
2018 - 2019
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Whitecliffe School of Arts & Design, Auckland
2003 - 2006
Rick Rudd Emerging Practitioner in Clay
Exhibitor / Finalist
Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics, Whanganui - 2018
Tiger Translate
Exhibitor / Finalist
Auckland - 2012
Rejected Art Awards
Exhibitor / Winner
Digital/London - 2010
Day 19
Exhibitor / Finalist
Digital/Auckland - 2009
Colouring in Competition
Winner
Greenhithe Primary School, Auckland - 1989
Fire & Clay
Wallace Arts Trust, Pah Homestead, Auckland
6 November - 8 December 2019
Nourish
Allpress Gallery, Auckland
17 June - 28 June 2019
Auckland Studio Potters Student Exhibition
The Pool Room, Auckland Studio Potters, Auckland
28 May 2019
The Box Gallery Launch
The Box Gallery, Auckland Studio Potters, Auckland
11 May 2019
Rick Rudd Emerging Practitioner in Clay Awards
Quartz Museum of Studio Ceramics, Whanganui
25 September 2018 - 31 March 2019
Open Ceramics
The Quarry Arts Centre, Whangarei
2018
Nourish
2018
MORE IS MORE
The Pool Room, Auckland Studio Potters, Auckland
2017
Nourish
2017
Fit For Purpose
Auckland Studio Potters Student Exhibition
The Pool Room, Auckland Studio Potters, Auckland
TARTS
Auckland Art Week / LOOK
October 24 – November 4 2012
SHAMELESS
Method and Manners Gallery, Auckland
GANG BANG
Auckland Art Week
Method and Manners Gallery, Auckland
October 24 – November 4 2012
Auckland Festival of Photography
Number 4 Gallery, Auckland
2012
Auckland Festival of Photography
Number 4 Gallery, Auckland
2012
NZ Music Month
Number 4 Gallery, Auckland
2012
Number 4 Gallery, Auckland
2012
Number 4 Gallery, Auckland
2012
Number 4 Gallery, Auckland
2012
Long White Cloud, Cafe/Gallery, London
2011
East London Photo Festival
Long White Cloud, Cafe/Gallery, London
2011
Long White Cloud, Cafe/Gallery, London
2011
Long White Cloud, Cafe/Gallery, London
2011
Terrified of Flying?
Auckland Festival of Photography
Cross Street Studios, Auckland
2008
A Brief Flirtation
Auckland Festival of Photography
The Basement, Auckland
2008
Auckland Festival of Photography
Satellite Gallery, Auckland
2008
Make it Go Away
Auckland Festival of Photography
Cross Street Studios, Auckland
2008
Snap Happy
Auckland Festival of Photography
Cross Street Studios, Auckland
2008
Studio 103
Auckland Festival of Photography
Room 103, Auckland
2007
Project Lomo #2
Auckland Festival of Photography
Cross Street Studios, Auckland
2007
Funky Razors
Te Tuhi Gallery + St Pauls Street Gallery, Auckland
2007
Project Lomo #1
Auckland Festival of Photography
Whisper Whisper Gallery, Auckland
2006
When So Many Lives Happen at Once
Paradise Bar, Auckland
2003
Graffiti
4:20 Bar, Auckland
2003
New
NU Gallery, Auckland
2003
CURATORIAL / ARTIST RUN SPACES / PROJECTS
London/Auckland
Method & Manners
Auckland
Number 4 Gallery
Auckland
Liberty GalleryAuckland
Project LomoAuckland
Cross Street Studios
Auckland
NU Gallery & Creative SpaceAuckland
Workshops
D.I.Y Curation - Conception
Haggerston School, London
2011
Zine Making
Te Tuhi Gallery, Auckland
2005
Jonathan Root
Photographer
London
2012
Sonia Phillips
Director, copy
London
2012
Jon Bergman
Photographer
London
2012
AlC5
Videographer
Auckland
2003
CLIENT LIST
Universal Music | Big Dipper Music Management | Rip it Up Magazine | Auckland War Memorial Museum | Playmarket News | Real Groove Magazine | 95bFM | Red Bull | 1:12 Records | Sub Pop | Auckland Studio Potters | Graffito | Auckland City Council | The Wireless | VICE NZ | VICE UK |
EXTERNAL LINKS
| day19 | Emerging Artists Exhibit | Eden's Bar and the Kiss and Make Up club | Liberty Gallery | Tarts