Sarah Anderson
BFA (Sculpture) University of Canterbury
PGDip. Art Curatorship University of Canterbury
I was born, raised and educated in Christchurch NZ and currently live in the small town of Lincoln near Ōtautahi Ch.Ch.
Exhibition History -
2023 - Florilegium, Megan Huffadine & Sarah Anderson, Chambers Rangiora
2023 - Lyrical, Art Associates Aotearoa exhibition, Chambers Art Gallery, Christchurch
2022 / 2023 - Snapshot, Art Associates Aotearoa exhibition, Amuri Arts Council Gallery, Hanmer Springs
2022 - Radical Botanicals, Group exhibitions at Margaret Stoddart Cottage, Diamond Harbour
2022- The Place, Associates Group Exhibition at Art on the Quay, Kaiapoi
2021 - Related to and arises from … , the Colombo, Associates Group Show, Christchurch Nov 10 - Dec 5
2021 - A Stone to Strike and a Rock to Stumble Over, Associates Group Show, April/May/June Ashburton Art Gallery
2020- Finalist ZAFAA Awards, Ashburton Art Gallery
2019 - Guest artist at The Creator’s Room inaugural exhibition
2019 - Finalist ZAFAA Awards, Ashburton Art Gallery
2016 – Alchemy, 1st Thursday’s group show, Christchurch
2015, Wisteria, Corn & the Vegetable Outlaws, Amuri Arts Council Gallery, Hanmer Springs
2014, Studio Red, group show, Bannockburn
2014 Christmas Show, CPIT ArtBox, Christchurch
2014 Botanical Fandango, CPIT ArtBox, Christchurch
2014, Selected Works, Amuri Arts Council Gallery, Hanmer Springs
2011 Stonescape, The Wallace Art Gallery, Morrinsville
2011 The Garden Party, group show, Greenslade Gallery, Hamilton
2010 Shelf, group show, The Framing Workshop, Hamilton
2008 50 x 50, group show, The Framing Workshop, Hamilton
2008 Other Worlds, solo show, Calder & Lawson Gallery, Waikato University, Hamilton
2007 Finalist, Anthony Harper Award, COCA, Christchurch
2006 Stonescape, Platform 01, Hamilton
2005 Land and Form, George Perry Gallery, Tauranga
2005 Finalist, Waikato National Art Awards
2003 Salon de Refuse, Norsewear Art Award
2003 Group Show, Victoria Henwood Gallery, New Plymouth
2003 Waterborne, solo show, Barrows Gallery, Martinborough
2002 Remnants, new paintings, at Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland
2002 Finalist, North Shore Art Awards
2001 Tidal Remains, works on paper, at Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland
1991 Solo show of bronzes and drawings at the C.S.A Gallery, Christchurch
1991 Preparations, a group show, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch
1987 Solo show of Sculpture and Drawing at Several Arts Gallery, Christchurch
1986, Solo graduate exhibition, Centre Gallery, the Arts Centre, Christchurch
Text -
2017 Papanui High School, 10th Anniversary of the Permanent Collection Art Awards 2007 – 2017, co-produced with Mark Soltero on behalf of Papanui High School - ISBN 978-0-473-38359-6
2015 Wisteria, Corn & the Vegetable Outlaws, catalogue essay by Sarah Anderson
2014 Vanishing Point, Anderson/Dawe/Emery/Walter, text & curation by Sarah Anderson - ISBN 978-0-473-26575-5
2012 Please Do Not Touch, Ilam Campus Gallery, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, contributing writer - Issn no. 1176-1164
2012 Student Series, catalogue publication, Ilam Campus Gallery, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, contributing writer
Art News NZ, Autumn 2011, Art Meets Environmentalism in Upcoming, pg.128
2011 E:Scape, catalogue publication, foreword and text - ISBN 978-0-9864596-2-7
2010 E:Scape, catalogue publication, foreword and text - ISBN 978-0-9864596-0-3
2009 E:Scape, catalogue publication, foreword and text
Awards -
1987 Queen Elizabeth 11 Arts Council, Young Artists Award
1986 Rosemary Johnson Muller Memorial Scholarship for Sculpture
Projects -
2022- Artist rug collaboration with Dilana Rugs - https://dilana.co.nz/sarah-anderson
2015 Curator, Wisteria, Corn & the Vegetable Outlaws, Hanmer Springs Gallery
2015 Creative Producer/Stage Manager/Fundraiser for Ex Tenebris Lux, a mixed media theatre production in collaboration with Jeremy Roake performed at the 2015 Christchurch Body Festival of Dance & Performance
2014 Vanishing Point, a publication exploring current environmental issues in the Mackenzie Basin from an artist’s perspective. In collaboration with Bing Dawe, John Emery & Keith Walter, text & curation by Sarah Anderson
2013 on the curatorial team for [IN]Box at ArtBox Christmas Show