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DAN ARPS
BORN 1976 IN CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
LIVES AND WORKS IN AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

EXHIBITIONS

2008

Affirmation Dungeon, Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY, USA, July 10-August 10 (SOLO)

Motivation Bunker, Neon Parc, Melbourne, Australia, June 4-July 12   (SOLO)

Fractal Tears, Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand, May 23-July 5 (SOLO)

2007

AFFIRMATION DUNGEON, GAMBIA CASTLE, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

EXISTENCE, WAIKATO MUSEUM, HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

THE SHINING PATH, CARLTON CLUB AND STUDIOS, MELBOURNE (GROUP)

SLOWING DOWN, GLEN EIRA CITY COUNCIL GALLERY, MELBOURNE (GROUP)

I DIG YOUR VOODOO, JOINT HASSLES, MELBOURNE (GROUP)

OMNIPRESENTS, GERTRUDE CONTEMPORARY ART SPACES, MELBOURNE (GROUP)

2006

ACCUMULATIONS, RAMP GALLERY, HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

ONE FOR THE OTHER, TCB INC. MELBOURNE (GROUP)

LOCAL TRANSIT, ARTSPACE, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

SILVER CLOUDS, NEXT WAVE FESTIVAL CONTAINER VILLAGE, MELBOURNE (GROUP)

SILVER CLOUDS, CLUBSPROJECT, MELBOURNE (GROUP)

SUPER NATURAL, THE PHYSICS ROOM, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

2005

PLASTIC NUDITY AND PROJECTED STORIES (WITH JAMES COUSINS) 64ZERO3, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

PROJECTING AND UNDERGROUND SCENE, WINDOW, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND LIBRARY, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

HOUSEPLANT, LEDGE, HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

PICKING FAVOURITES, ENJOY, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

BRING YOUR CADDY, ELAM MASTERS 05, STANBETH HOUSE GALLERY, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

WAIKATO CONTEMPORARY ART AWARDS FINALISTS EXHIBITION, WAIKATO MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY, HAMILTON, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

2004

DH LAWRENCE'S APOCALYPSE, RM103 AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

REMEMBER NEW ZEALAND, 2004 SAO PAULO BIENNALE, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (GROUP)

AMPERSAND, TEMPORARY SITE, PART OF THE 2004 ART AND

INDUSTRY BIENNIAL, TEMPORARY SITE, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

CUCKOOBOROUGH, WEST SPACE, MELBOURNE (GROUP)

TELECOM PROSPECT 2004, WELLINGTON CITY ART GALLERY, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

2003

THIRD KIND, DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY, DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

WONDERLAND, ARTSPACE, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

CUCKOO RETROSPECTIVE, NEW ROOSEUM CRITICAL-STUDIES TEST-SITE, MALMÖ, SWEDEN (GROUP)

ARCADIA, GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY, NEW PLYMOUTH, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

PUT OUT MORE FLAGS, CUCKOO AT THE MOVING IMAGE CENTER, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

DOWNTOWN FROWN, SPECIAL, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

2002

COMPLEX, STARKWHITE, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

ASCOT PLACE (WITH PAUL JOHNS), DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY, DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

BREAK, GOVETT-BREWSTER ART GALLERY, NEW PLYMOUTH, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

S*W*A*B PRESENTS: FLYING HIGH,TEMPORARY SITE, AUCKLAND (GROUP)

2001

UNFINISHED WORKS, BLACK CUBE, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

NEW CONTEMPORARIES: ABSTRACT ART, RM401, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

PHARMACY, TEMPORARY SITE (FACILITATED BY THE ENJOY PROJECT) WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

OFFICE/SPACE (WITH DOUG KELAHER), BLUE OYSTER GALLERY, DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND

THE MUSEUM OF X AND DOLPHINS AND SOME OF STEVE'S STUFF, LIFT SPACE, HIGH STREET PROJECT, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

READY-MADES AND FOUND OBJECTS OF PROFOUND MYTHOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE (WITH EDDIE CLEMENS), MOVING IMAGE CENTER, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

FUSE, DUNEDIN PUBLIC ART GALLERY, DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND

THRASH, EXPERIMENTAL ART FOUNDATION, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA (GROUP)

SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL, COCA, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

THE ARGONAUT, LINWOOD COMMUNITY ART CENTER, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (GROUP)

2000

A WINTER GARDEN, THE PHYSICS ROOM, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

OBSERVATION DECK, ENJOY PROJECT, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

NOWHERE, HIGH STREET PROJECT, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

1999

INHIBITOR, S*W*A*B STUDIOS, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND (SOLO)

2006

EDUCATION

2006

MASTER OF FINE ARTS, (1ST CLASS HONORS), ELAM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND

2000

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, (SCULPTURE) SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2006

JOHN HURRELL "A GATHERING INTO LANGUAGE" ARTBASH.CO.NZ 19TH MAY 2006. HTTP://WWW.ARTBASH.CO.NZ/DISPLAY.ASP?ID=700

2004

HANNA SCOTT, HOT PROSPECT, PAVEMENT MAGAZINE ISSUE 64 WINTER 2004 PG.32.

MARCUS MOORE, EPISODE 2, ART NEW ZEALAND 112 / SPRING 2004.

2003

HANNA SCOTT, ARCADIA (CATALOGUE), P20

GWYNNETH PORTER, 'SPEED KINGS', PROBE 5, P.42-53

JON BYWATER, 'NEO IN NEW PLYMOUTH', THE LISTENER JUNE 14-20, 2003.

JOANNE CAMPBELL, THIRD KIND, OTAGO DAILY TIMES, SEPTEMBER 18.

JON BYWATER, 'BREAK', BROADSHEET, VOL 32 NO.1, P.32

2002

SIMON REES, 'POINT BREAK', VISIT, SUMMER 2002-2003, PP.5, 7, 8.

EMMA BUGDEN, 'THE MUSEUM X AND DOLPHINS', LOG ILLUSTRATED #15, P.32.

B.S THOMPSON, 'WELLINGTON ROUNDUP', LOG ILLUSTRATED #15, P.40.

2001

INTERVIEW WITH GWYNNETH PORTER, 'PAIN IS THE RANSOM OF FORMALISM', LIKE #16, PG.24-27.

MICHAEL HAVEL 'BUT ITS FOR ART MUM', THE CRITIC #1, 2001, P.23.

RICHARD DINGWALL, 'RADICAL TRANSFORMATIONS ON FAMILIAR LANDSCAPES', THE OTAGO DAILY TIMES, MARCH15TH 2001.

CHRIS CHAPMAN, 'THRASH MIX' LOG ILLUSTRATED #14, P.33.

ANDREW PAUL WOOD, 'CHRISTCHURCH ROUNDUP' LOG ILLUSTRATED #14, P.46.

HARRY LIMINAL, 'AUCKLAND ROUNDUP' LOG ILLUSTRATED #13, P.38.

MATHEW APPLEBY, 'NO JUMBLE SALE', THE CHRISTCHURCH PRESS, APRIL 15 2001.

2000

LEE DEVENISH, 'CHRISTCHURCH ROUNDUP', LOG ILLUSTRATED #12, P.42.

LEE DEVENISH, 'CHRISTCHURCH ROUNDUP', LOG ILLUSTRATED #11, PG.38-39.

ARTIST PAGES

2005

BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL, A RAMP MAGAZINE 3, MEDIARTS DEPARTMENT, WINTEC , HAMITON PP 14-15 & 42-43.

2004

NEW NEW ZEALAND ART (AN ANTHOLOGY OF ARTISTS' PAGES ART).

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2002

S*W*A*B PRESENTS: FLYING HIGH, TEMPORARY SITE, AUCKLAND.

2001

S*W*A*B PRESENTS: BLACK CUBE (WITH EMMA BUGDEN) ARTIST-RUN GALLERY, CHRISTCHURCH.

OFFICE/SPACE (WITH DOUG KELAHER), BLUE OYSTER GALLERY, DUNEDIN.

2000

S*W*A*B PRESENTS: RUMBLE IN THE BRONX, TEMPORARY SITE, CHRISTCHURCH.

1999

S*W*A* B PRESENTS: (WITH EMMA BUGDEN) A SERIES OF

ONE-NIGHT PERFORMANCES, INSTALLATIONS AND SOCIAL EVENTS.

EDITORIAL PROJECTS

2006

NATURAL SELECTION #5 CO-EDITOR, WITH GYWNNETH PORTER.

2005

NATURAL SELCTION #4, CO-EDITOR, WITH GWYNNETH PORTER .

NATURAL SELECTION #3 CO-EDITOR, WITH GWYNNETH PORTER.

2004

NATURAL SELECTION #1 CO-EDITOR, WITH GWYNNETH PORTER.

MODEL FOR A COMUNE READING CORNER (ARTIST'S PUBLICATIONS):

GWYNNETH PORTER, GRAVITY IS NO LONGER A PROBLEM

HARI KUNZRU, AUTONOMOUS LIVING

JON BYWATER, RELATING TO HIPPIES, MAN: TOWARDS A DESCRIPTION OF SOME CONVERSATIONAL IDEOLOGICAL LOGICS

NOVA PAUL, MARAE STYLES

DAN ARPS, NOTES

PAGE ART

2005

BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL, RAMP MAGAZINE 3, MEDIARTS DEPARTMENT, WINTEC , HAMITON PP 14-15 & 42-43

2004

NEW NEW ZEALAND ART (AN ANTHOLOGY OF PAGE ART)

EXHIBITION DESIGN:

2005 SHARPSHOOTING- SELF-PUBLISHED ZINES AND EPHEMERA BY ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS, ST PAUL ST GALLERY, AUT AUCKLAND

PUBLISHED WRITING

2004

'WE ARE ALL MADE OF STARS', ON THE WORK OF PETER MADDEN, NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, JUNE 2004 PAGE 26

REVIEW OF THE 2ND AUCKLAND TRIENNIAL, NATURAL SELECTION, ISSUE 2 (WITH GYWNNETH POTER)

'I DON'T THINK MUCH OF MYSELF, BUT I THINK ABOUT MYSELF ALL THE TIME', REVIEW OF RONNIE VAN HOUT, I'VE ABANDONED ME, NATURAL SELECTION #1 (HTTP://WWW.NATURALSELECTION.ORG.NZ)

2002

INTERVIEWS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH BRUTAL PSEUDONYM, 1,2,3,4,4 (SYDNEY FANZINE)

'A PAINTING AND A PHOTOGRAPH', PRESTO #59, CHRISTCHURCH

2001

'CHRISTCHURCH ROUNDUP (GROUP SHOWS: TOMORROW PEOPLE/ FLAVOUR FLAV/ OBJECTION)', PRESTO #58 P22-23 (UNDER THE ASSUMED NAME OF DR BRUCE JENNER)

'PAIN IS THE RANSOM OF FORMALISM', INTERVIEW WITH GWYNNETH PORTER, LIKE, #16 P24-27

'OFFICE/ SPACE', LOG ILLUSTRATED #14 P42-43, (UNDER THE ASSUMED NAME OF DR BRUCE JENNER)

'THE ABYSS' ARTS ROUNDUP, PRESTO# 54 P24-25

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2006

ELAM SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS, HEAD OF SCHOOL'S PRIZE FOR SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION.

2002

CREATIVE NEW ZEALAND, NEW WORK GRANT.