Yvonne Todd
Yvonne Todd (born 1973, Takapuna, Auckland) is a contemporary New Zealand photographer known for her manipulation of conventional photographic techniques and genres.[1]
Education
In the mid 1990s Todd studied professional photography at Unitec Institute of Technology. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Elam School of Fine Arts in 2001.[2]
Career
Todd won the inaugural Walters Prize (New Zealand's largest contemporary art prize) in 2002 at age 28 for her collection of work Asthma & Eczema, which had been her final-year submission at art school.[3][4] The prize was judged by curator Harald Szeemann.
In 2014-2015 City Gallery Wellington mounted a major survey of Todd's works, including over 150 pieces, curated by Robert Leonard.[2]
Exhibitions
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Major solo exhibitions:
- Dead Starlets Assoc, IMA, Brisbane (2007)
- Wall of Seahorsel, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2012-2013)[5]
- Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology, City Gallery Wellington (2014-2015)[2]
Major group exhibitions:
- Telecom Prospect 2004: New Art New Zealand, City Gallery Wellington (2004)[6]
- Mixed-up Childhood, Auckland Art Gallery (2005)[7]
- Busan Biennale, Republic of Korea (2006)
- Fotofestival, Mannheim, Germany (2009)
- 17th Biennale of Sydney (2010)
- Unnerved: The New Zealand Project, National Gallery of Victoria and Queensland Art Gallery (2010)[8]
Publications
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- Robert Leonard (ed), Dead Starlets Assoc, Brisbane: Institute of Modern Art, 2007. ISBN 9781875792580
- Robert Leonard (ed), Creamy Psychology, Wellington: City Gallery Wellington and Victoria University Press, 2014. ISBN 9780864739773
Further information
- Artist's website
- Robert Leonard and Janita Craw, Mixed-up Childhood, Auckland: Auckland Art Gallery, 2005. ISBN 0864632622
- Lara Strongman (ed), Contemporary New Zealand photographers, Auckland: Mountain View Pub, 2005. ISBN 0473102803
- David Eggleton, Into the light : a history of New Zealand photography, Nelson: Craig Potton, 2006. ISBN 9781877333545
- Maud Page, Wystan Curnow, et al., Unnerved : the New Zealand project, Brisbane: Queensland Art Gallery, 2010. ISBN 9781921503115
- Seagulls Kipling: Megan Dunn interviews Yvonne Todd, Circuit, 2014
- Diana Dekker, Strange and familiar, DominionPost, 12 December 2014
- Virginia Were, Entering Yvonne Todd’s parallel universe, Art News New Zealand, Summer 2014
- Interview with Yvonne Todd, Saturday Morning with Kim Hill, Radio New Zealand National, 6 December 2014
- Linda Herrick, Every picture tells a story, New Zealand Herald, 13 December 2014
References
- ↑ "Yvonne Todd". Circuit. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Yvonne Todd: Creamy Psychology". City Gallery Wellington. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ↑ Herrick, Linda (17 July 2002). "Yvonne Todd wins $50,000 Walters art prize". NZ Herald. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "Walters Prize 2002". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
- ↑ "Yvonne Todd: Wall of Seahorsel". Dunedin Public Art Gallery. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Telecom Prospect 2004". City Gallery Wellington. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Mixed-up Childhood". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ "Unnerved". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
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