Taraipoha
2005
2005
Christchurch based artist Darryn George (Ngapuhi) graduated from ILAM in 1993 and in 1998 completed a Masters of Fine Art at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Melbourne. Although the optical effects of George's abstract paintings refer to1960s modernism, the current 'Tipuna' series stems from the designs of tukutuku panels found in meeting houses, in particular the Poutama (Stairway to Heaven) design. The titles for each work incorporate both English and Maori names of Biblical characters and when considered in relation to the strong colour combinations help to unfold the underlying narratives. As Sarah Farrar has noted, "Like tukutuku panels which convey genealogy and history, George's paintings create a genealogy of Maori and Christian belief systems that has direct relevance to his own life."
| 1991 | "He Toi Tutanga Na Ngaa Toa O Te Whare Waananga O Waitaha" School of Fine Arts Gallery, Canterbury |
| 1993 | 'Dangerous Liaisons', CSA Gallery, Christchurch and The George Fraser Gallery, Auckland 'Te Atinga Contemporary Maori Art Exhibition', Waitangi Resort Hotel, Bay of Islands 'Te Tipunga', School of Fine Arts Gallery, Canterbury University, Christchurch 'Exhibition Celebrating the late Edwin Stephens', Ritchies Contemporary, Christchurch |
| 1994 | 'Te Puaroa Exhibition', Contemporary Maori Art Exhibitions, Te Toka-a-Toi Festival, Wellington 'Te Rakau Toi O Waitaha', School of Fine Arts Gallery, Canterbury |
| 1995 | 'Te Karohirohinga Toanga: Maori Art from the Community',
Waikato Museum of Art and History |
| 1996 | 'Recent Acquisitions', Robert McDougall Art Galley, Christchurch 'Patua', Wellington Festival of the Arts, Wellington City Gallery 'Recent Maori Sculpture', Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth |
| 1997 | 'Nga Matatini Maori', McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch |
| 1998 | 'n.z.', Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia 'Nga Taonga a Hine-te-iwa-iwa', Parliament Buildings, Wellington 'Strata', SPAN Galleries, Melbourne, Australia |
| 1999 | 'Hiko! New Energies in Maori Art', Robert McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch '20/20', Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch |
| 2000 | 'Canterbury Painters in the 1990s', Robert McDougall Art Gallery 'Art Event', Robert McDougall Art Gallery 'Art and Instruction', Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch 'The Melbourne Art Fair', Royal Exhibtion Hall, Melbourne 'Group show', SPAN Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2001 | 'Techno Maori', Wellington City Gallery |
| 2002 | 'Up/Down/Up', Canterbury Museum, Christchurch 'Whare', SOFA Gallery, Christchurch 'Look this way', COCA Gallery, Christchurch |
| 2003 | Pacific Arts Symposium Exhibition, Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch Summer Exhibition, SPAN Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2004 | 'Overview, Still life and Abstraction', Milford Galleries, Dunedin 'Whare', Tandaya Gallery, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide 'Prospect 2004', Adam Art Gallery, Wellington City Gallery |
| 1994 | 'Parawhenuamea/Noah', Dobson Bashford Gallery, Christchurch |
| 1998 | 'Hide and Seek', Ramp Gallery, Waikato Polytechnic, Hamilton |
| 1999 | 'Written on Tablets', SPAN Galleries, Melbourne |
| 2000 | 'Evisible' (with Phil Price),Christs College dining hall, Christchurch 'Fastfoward', Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch |
| 2001 | 'Zoom', SPAN Galleries, Melbourne 'The T.A.T. show', Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington 'The Hippy Hop show', Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch |
| 2002 | 'We apoligise, appair we to be having some technically probl be
bacck soon', Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch |
| 2003 | 'Stairway to Heaven', Peter Mc Leavey Gallery, Wellington 'Tipuna', Brooke Gifford Gallery, Christchurch |
| 1994 | Te Waka Toi Grant |
| 1998 | Arts Council of New Zealand Grant for Melbourne Project at SPAN Galleries |
| 2000 | Finalist in Wallace Art Award
Creative New Zealand funding for Melbourne Art Fair |
