SHANE COTTON

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

BIOGRAPHY
1964 Born Upper Hutt, New Zealand
1988 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury
1991 Diploma in Teaching, Christchurch College of Education
1993–2005 Lecturer, Te Putahi-a-Toi, Maori Visual Arts, Massey University

Lives in Palmerston North


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2012
Smoking Gun, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne

2011
Supersymmetry, Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland

2010   
Smashed Myth, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney
New Work, Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland
To and Fro, Rossi Rossi Gallery, London

2008
Coloured Dirt, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington

2007
Red-Shift, Sherman Galleries, Sydney
Helgoland, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

2006
Shane Cotton, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington

2005
Pararaiha, Sherman Galleries, Sydney

2004
Shane Cotton Survey 1993-2003, curator Lara Strongman, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki

2003
Shane Cotton Survey 1993-2003, curator Lara Strongman, City Gallery Wellington
Shane Cotton: Paintings, curator Ewen McDonald, SOFA Gallery, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Shane Cotton: New Paintings, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

2002
Powder Garden, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
Birds Eyes Views, Mori Gallery, Sydney

2001
Blackout Movement, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
New Paintings, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

2000
Te Timatanga: From Eden to Ohaeawai, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin; Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington

1999
New Painting, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Shane Cotton, Hocken Library Gallery, University of Otago, Dunedin
New Paintings, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
New Paintings, Mori Gallery, Sydney

1998
Local, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
Shane Cotton, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland

1997
New Painting, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Square Style, Mori Gallery, Sydney

1996
New Painting, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
New Painting, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington

1995
Shane Cotton: Recent Paintings, curator Penny Swann, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
Te Ta Pahara, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
Shane Cotton: Recent Paintings, Darren Knight Gallery, Melbourne
Ta Te Whenua, Manawatu Art Gallery Palmerston North; Fisher Gallery, Auckland

1994
New Works, Claybrook Gallery, Auckland
New Painting, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington

1993
Collections: New Work by Shane Cotton, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington

1992
Strata, Brooke-Gifford Gallery, Christchurch

1990
Nature Forms Myth, Last Decade Gallery, Wellington