P E T E R    G I B S O N    S M I T H

1961                        Born Auckland, New Zealand

1980-83                  BFA Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland

S O L O    E X H I B I T I O N S

2012        ‘Wasteland’, The Suter Gallery, Nelson

2011        ‘Wasteland’, Bath Street Gallery, Auckalnd

2010        ‘Buried’ Bath Street Gallery, Auckland

2008        The New World  Bath Street Gallery, Auckland

2007        The History of Future Painting The O’Connell Room in association with              

                Bath Street Gallery, AKL

2006        Fabrications Bath Street Gallery Auckland

                Speaking of Tongues  Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui

2001        Recommended Reading  Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

2000        Backwater Janne Land Gallery, Wellington

1999        Black Gesso  Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland

                Other Gardens  Janne Land Gallery, Wellington                                    

1998        Simile Janne Land Gallery, Wellington

1997        360 degree Vision  Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland

1996        Bathers  Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui

                Freaks of Nature James Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland

                Bathers and Walkers  Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland

1995        Deadringer  Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland

                Amazon on a Dying Horse  Fisher Gallery, Auckland

1994        Transfiguration  Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North

                Transfiguration - History of the Analytical Machine  Dunedin Public Art Gallery

1993        Spanish Riding School  Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland

                Transfigurations  Hocken Library Gallery, Dunedin

1992        The Height of Mercury  Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland

1991        Particles of Faith  George Fraser Gallery (Artspace), Auckland

                Virtual Religion  Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland

1990        The Garden of Virtual Reality (Auckland)  Star Art Gallery, Auckland

                The Garden of Virtual Reality (Wellington)  Last Decade Gallery, Wellington

1989        Duplex (Auckland)  Star Art Gallery, Auckland

                Duplex (Wellington)  Timurid Gallery, Wellington

1988        Origin of a Species  Star Art Gallery, Auckland

1987        Newtons Pharmacy  Star Art Gallery, Auckland

1986        Working Parts (Bristol House)  Bristol House, Auckland

1985        New Paintings  Bristol House, Auckland

1984        75 Paintings  Kingston Street, Auckland

G R O U P    E X H I B I T I O N S

2010        ‘Autumn Collection’, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland

2005        Drawings,  Te Tuhi (The Mark) Gallery, Auckland

2000        Colour  Queen Street Galleries, Belfast, Northern Ireland

1997        Artist Screens  Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland

                with Bill Hammond and Billy Apple

1996        Visa Gold Art Award  New Gallery, Auckland

                City Gallery, Wellington

1995        The Artistic Process  Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth

                Visa Gold Art Award  City Gallery, Wellington

1992        Fresh Starts  Bath House, Rotorua

                SITE-Architecture & Perspective  Lopdell Gallery, Auckland

1991        Young Contemporaries  Hawkes Bay Cultural Centre, Napier               

1990        Elam Graduates  Charlotte H. Gallery, Auckland

                Paper Works  curator: J. Bailey, Fox Gallery, Auckland

                [...] Exuberant, Floating, Dancing, Mocking, Childish & Blissful Art

                 curator: S. Zepke, George Fraser Gallery (Artspace), Auckland

1989        Outcrop  Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth

                Gate, Door, Lintel  Fisher Gallery, Auckland

1988        X Mass  Star Art Gallery, Auckland

                Star Art Group  Timurid Gallery, Wellington

                North of the Bombay Hills  Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth

1987        Star Art Contemporaries  Timurid Gallery, Wellington

                X Mass  Star Art Gallery, Auckland

1985        Red Metro Christmas Show  Red Metro Gallery, Auckland

                Hot  Red Metro Gallery, Auckland

1983        In Focus  Auckland University Centenary Exhibition, Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland

                Elam Painting Students/Staff Group Show  Counselling Service Gallery

                Auckland University

AWARDS

2001        Wallace Art Award

1996        Creative N.Z. Project Grant

1993        Frances Hodgkins Fellowship

1991        QEII Arts Council Grant, Creative Project

1989        QEII Arts Council Grant, Creative Project

1987        QEII Arts Council Grant, New Artist Promotion Scheme

P U B L I C  C O L L E C T I O N S

Auckland University, Auckland

Frances Hodgkins Fellow Collection, Dunedin

Hocken Library, Dunedin

Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North

National Library, Wellington

Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui

Victoria University, Wellington

B I B I L I O G R A P H Y

Books

Warwick Brown     100 New Zealand Paintings, Godwit Press, 1995

                                                pp: 28, 1x colour plate

Michael Dunn                          Contemporary Painting in New Zealand, Craftsman House, 1996

                                                pp: 68-71, 1x colour plate & 2x B&W

                                                A Concise History of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman                                                & Craftsman House, 1991

                                                pp: 161, 163 1x colour plate

John Gow                               20 Contemporary New Zealand Artists Vol 4, 2005

& Liz Caughey        5 pages with 5 colour plates

Essays

Warwick Brown     Art New Zealand no:                                      

Justin Paton            Memory and Immersion - Adrift in the Dome with Peter G. S.

                                Bathers, published by: P. G. S. & The Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui,                                       September 1996

Tim Renner               War of Dreams, Peter Gibson Smith, Aesthetic Engines

                                Art New Zealand no: ?? Spring 1995. with 4 reproductions

Linda Tyler              Speaking of Tongues

                                Published by: The Gus Fisher Gallery, Centre for New Zealand Art                                     Research and Discovery, 2007                                  

Reviews

Stephen Cain                          Wellington Evening Post, Dec. 6, 1990 (Garden of Virtual Reality)

Richard Dale                           N. Z. Herald, Nov. 15, 1990 (Garden of Virtual Reality)

James Mack                            Wellington Evening Post, October 5, 1995 (Visa Gold Art Award)

T. J. McNamara       

                                N. Z. Herald, October 3, 1996 (Bathers and Walkers)

                                N. Z. Herald, April 10, 1996 (Freaks of Nature)

                                N. Z. Herald, September 20, 1995 (Amazon on a Dying Horse)

                                N. Z. Herald, July 17, 1995 (Deadringer)

                                N. Z. Herald,  (Spanish Riding School)

                                N. Z. Herald, October  1992 (SITE: Spanish Eyes)

                                N. Z. Herald, June 11, 1992 (Height of Mercury)

                                N. Z. Herald, April  1991 (Particles of Faith)

Justin Paton                            N. Z. Listener, April 6, 1996 (Freaks of Nature)

Brad Smith                              Otago Daily Times, April 1, 1993 (Transfigurations)

Rob Taylor                              The Dominion, Dec. 5, 1990 (Garden of Virtual Reality)

                                                The Dominion, Nov. 30, 1989 (Duplex)

                                                The Dominion, Dec. 21, 1988 (Group Show)

Chris Trotter                            Free Copy, Autumn, 1994 (Transfiguration)

Linda Tyler                              Otago Daily Times,  1993 (Spanish Riding School)

Ian Wedde                               Wellington Evening Post, Nov. 23, 1989 (Duplex)

Articles

Charmian Smith                       Otago Daily Times, February 8, 1994

                                                                Manipulating Images of Others for Installation

                                                                Otago Daily Times, March 10, 1993

                                                                Turning Ideas into Images

Sarah Stuart                                           Sunday Star, April ?, 1991

                                                                Heat on Facsimilie Art

Virginia Were                          N. Z. Art News, November, 2001