Born Matamau , Hawkes Bay 1951
SOLO EXIBITIONS:
1977 - The Wharehouse Gallery, Sydney, Australia: Paintings and Drawings
1983 - Anzart - in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: Installation
1984 - Wellington City Art Gallery: Installation
1984 - Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui: Installation
1985 - Anzart in Auckland: Installation
1985 - Baycourt, Tauranga: Installation
1986 - Artists for Peace, CSA Gallery, Christchurch: Installation
1986 - Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch: Installation
1987 - Wellington City Art Gallery: Installation
1988 - Dowse Art Gallery and Museum, Lower Hutt: Installation
1989 - 331/3 Gallery, Wellington: Sculptures
1990 - Manawatu Art Gallery: Installation
1991 - RKS Gallery, Auckland: Wood cut-outs
1995 - Canberra Sculpture Symposium, Australia: Installation
1997 - Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui: Installation
1998 - Warwick Henderson Gallery, Auckland: New Works - Mixed Media
2001 - Solo Exhibition at the Warwick Henderson Gallery
2002 - Solo Exhibition at the Warwick Henderson Gallery
2008 - Solo Exhibition, Warwick Henderson Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
1978 - New South Wales Arty Gallery, Sydney, Australia: Painting. (finalist, Archibald Prize)
1979 - Gallerie Des Artists, Paris, France: Paintings and Drawings
1986 - International Festival of the Arts, Wellington: Visual Diaries Exhibition
1992 - Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui: Sculpture
1992 - Ferner Gallery, Auckland: Bronze Medallion
1993 - Ferner Gallery, Auckland: Bronze Medallion
1995 - Ferner Gallery, Auckland: Bronze Medallion
1996 - Petone Jail Gallery, Wellington: Paintings
1996 - Musee D'art et Historie, Nuechatel, Switzerland: Bronze Medallion
1996 - Finalist, Wallace Art Award: Painting
1996 - Finalist Wallace Art Award
1997 - New Works Gallery, Wellington: Paintings
COLLECTIONS:
Sarjeant Art Gallery
Dowse Art Gallery and Museum
Dept. of Courts
Whitireia Polytechnic
James Wallace Collection
Private Collections: in New Zealand, Australia, England, Germany.
AWARDS AND ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE:
1987 Residency; Dowse Art Gallery and Museum
Residency; Wellington Hospital
QE II Special Projects Grant; Funding for exhibition, 331/3 Gallery
Residency; Wellington Prison
J.R. McKenzie Trust; Funding for Prison Art Project
Residency; Hastings Girls High School
ALAC Council; funding for work with people with drug and alcohol problems
First Prize Equal, Tokoroa Art Award
Finalist in James Wallace Art Awards
Artist in resident at the “Camac Centre D’Art, Marnay-Sur-Seine, France
2001 Finalist in James Wallace Art Awards
2002 Finalist in James Wallace Art Awards
PUBLICATIONS
1999: Article in Art New Zealand, “The Midden of Memory: A Conversation with Grant Corbishley”, 1999, 90:62 - 63