SHANE COTTON

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010   
17th Biennale of Sydney: The Beauty of Distance, curated by David Elliott, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

2009   
Art in the Contemporary Pacific, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan

2007   
Turbulence 3rd Auckland Triennial 2007, curated by Victoria Lynn, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Four Times Painting 2007, curated by Christina Barton, Adam Art Gallery Te Pataka Toi, Victoria University of Wellington

2006   
Nuclear Reactions, curated by Paco Barragan, Caja de Burgos Art Centre, Burgos, Spain
2006 Contemporary Commonwealth, curated by Charles Green, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

2004   
Paradise Now? Contemporary Art from the Pacific, Asia Society Museum, New York

2003   
Empathy: Beyond the Horizon, curators Marketta Seppala and Imants Tillers (Pori Art Museum and Frame, The Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, Finland), Artspace, Sydney
Emerging Artists of the Nineties, 10 Works from the Fletcher Trust Collection, Tauanga Art Gallery, NZ

2002   
Koru and Kowhaiwhai: The Contemporary Renaissance of Kowhaiwhai Painting, curator Helen Kedgley, Pataka Museum of Arts and Culture, Porirua, NZ
Taiawhio: Continuity and Change, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

2001   
Home & Away: Chartwell Collection, City Gallery Wellington
Taranaki Te Maunga, Gowett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Still Life, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington
Colin McCahon’s time for messages, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Leaping Boundries, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Empathy: Beyond the Horizon, curators Marketta Seppala and Imants Tillers, Pori Art Museum and Frame, The Finnish Fund for Art Exchange, Finland
Techno Maori: Maori in the Digital Age, curators Deidre Brown and Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, City Gallery Wellington and Pataka Museum of Arts and Culture, Porirua
Purangiaho: Seeing Clearly, curators Ngarino Ellis and Ngahiraka Mason, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Good Work: The Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection, curator Justin Paton, Dunedin Public Art Gallery; City Gallery Wellington
Te Maunga Taranaki: Views of a Mountain, curators Gregory Burke, William McAloon, Hanna Scott and Darcy Nicholas, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Alive!:Still Life into the 21st Century, curator Zara Stanhope, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington

2000    
Eloquent Polarities: The Chartwell Collection - Recent Acquisitions, Auckland City Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Parihaka: The Art of Passive Resistance, curators Te Miringa Hohaia, Gregory O’Brien, Paula Savage and Lara Strongman, City Gallery Wellington
Te Ao Tawhito/Te Ao Hou – Old Worlds/New Worlds: Contemporary Art from Aotearoa New Zealand, Art Museum of Missoula, Montana, US; Maui Arts and Cultural Centre, Hawaii
Canterbury Painting in the 1990s, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Darkness and Light: Looking at the Landscape, touring Victorian regional galleries to McClelland Art Gallery and Sculpture Park; Benalla Art Gallery; Ballarat Fine Art Gallery; Geelong Art Gallery; and to Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
Text and Image, Lopdell House Gallery, Auckland

1999   
Group Show, Mori Gallery, Sydney
Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, US
Wonderlands: Views on life at the end of the century, at the end of the world, curators Gregory Burke and Hanna Scott, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
The Raising of the Noxious, curator Gregory Burke, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Word: Artists explore the power of the single word, curator Linda Michael with Peter Tyndall, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Manufacturing Meaning: The Victoria University Art collection in Context, curator Stuart McKenzie, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University of Wellington
Home and Away: Contemporary Australian and New Zealand Art from the Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth; Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton; City Gallery Wellington; Dunedin Public Art Gallery

1998   
Wake Naima, Centre Culturel Tjibaou, New Caledonia
Takeaway symbols, Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Skywriters and Earthmovers, Robert McDougall Art Annex, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Seppelt Contemporary Art Awards 1998, curator Linda Michael, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
FISI, Mori Gallery, Sydney
Fundraising Exhibition, High Street Project, Christchurch
Black & White, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
Leap of Faith: Contemporary New Zealand Art, curator Gregory Burke, Govett Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth
Dream Collectors: One Hundred Years of New Zealand Art, curators Ian Wedde, John Walsh and Alexa Johnston, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington and Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

1997   
Now Showing: Artists go to the Movies, curators Robin Neate and Stuart McKenzie, The Film Centre, Wellington

1996   
Patua, City Gallery, Wellington
Seven New Zealand Artists, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Melbourne
Into the Light, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North

1995   
Stop Making Sense, curator George Hubbard, City Gallery, Wellington
Korurangi: New Maori Art, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
A Very Peculiar Practice: Aspects of Recent New Zealand Painting, curator Allan Smith, City Gallery Wellington
The Nervous System: Twelve Artists Explore Images and Identities in Crisis, curator Allan Smith, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery New Plymouth; City Gallery Wellington
Korurangi: New Maori Art, curators George Hubbard and William McAloon, Auckland City Art Gallery

1994   
Five New Zealand Artists, Darren Knight Gallery, Melbourne
Te Puaroa, Shed 1, Wellington
Parallel Lines: Gordon Walters in Context, curator William McAloon, Auckland City Art Gallery
Taking Stock of the 90s, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui
Taiawhio: The Coming Together, Page 90, Porirua
Localities of Desire: Contemporary Art in an International World, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

1993   
Opening Exhibition, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
Te Hau A Tonga, Te Taumata Gallery, Auckland
Groundswell, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
Christmas Show, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Christmas Show, Claybrook Gallery, Auckland

1992   
Tracts, Claybrook Gallery, Auckland
Te Kupenga, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
Latent Realities, McDougall Art Annex, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
Canvassing South, Gow Langsford Gallery, Wellington
Motif/Motive, CSA Gallery, Christchurch
Shadow of Style: Eight New Artists, curated by Gregory Burke and Robert Leonard, City Gallery Wellington, Wellington; Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Prospect Canterbury ’92, curators Neil Roberts and Lara Strongman, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
He Toi Tutanga Na Ngaa Toa o Te Whare Waananga o Waitaha: An exhibition of work by past and present students of Maori descent from the School of Fine Arts, curator Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, University of Canterbury, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Christchurch

1991   
Kohia Ko Taiakaka Anake, National Art Gallery, Wellington
Preparations: 25 Canterbury Artists, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Recognitions, curator Lara Strongman, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
He Toi Tutanga Na Ngaa Toa O Te Ware Waanaga O Waitaha: An exhibition of work by past and present students of Maori descent from the School of Fine Arts, School of Fine Arts Gallery, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Shane Cotton, Barnard McIntyre, Peter Robinson, Gow Langsford Gallery, Wellington

1990   
New Works (with Peter Robinson), Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Christmas Show, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

1989   
Wilkins & Davies Young Artist of the Year Award, CSA Gallery, Christchurch; Auckland Society of Arts Gallery, Auckland

1987   
Young Contemporaries, CSA Gallery, Christchurch