John Pule

Solo Exhibitions: 2008
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John Puhiatau Pule
b. 1962, Liku, Niue
Emigrated to New Zealand, 1964
Lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2008 New Works, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2007 Recent paintings, Karen Woodbury Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Another Green World, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2005 John Pule, Galerie Römerapotheke, Zurich, Switzerland
2004 Niniko Lalolagi - Dazzling Worlds, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2003 Recent Painting, Gow Langsford Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2003 The Wind reminds me how palpable and mythical my life was becoming, Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington
2003 New Lithographs and Etchings, Paper Graphica Gallery, Christchurch
2002  I had a mind as invisible as light, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2001 A Sequence of Lyrics Dedicated to the Birth of a Lighthouse, Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2000 Fakaue Kia Koe Maui Pomare (Thanks to you Maui Pomare), Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2000 People Get Ready, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
1999 New Works Studio, Wellington, New Zealand
1998-99 Savage Island, Djamu gallery, Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia
1998 Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1996 Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1995 Malika, New Works Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1993 Woodcuts/Lithographs, Lane Gallery, New Zealand
1993 Kokohonea, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1992 Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1991 Dowse Art Museum, Wellington, New Zealand

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007 Turbulence: The Third Auckland Triennial, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland
2007 News From Islands, Campbelltown Gallery, Sydney
2007 Dateline: Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
2006 The 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2006 Tribute, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland
2005  FREIZE, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2005Scope Miami, Miami
2005 Group Exhibition, Te Tuhi the Mark, Pakuranga, Auckland
2005 Group Exhibition, Corbans Art Gallery, Henderson, Auckland
2005 Te Moana Nui a Kiwa, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland
2005 Group Exhibition, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2005 Future Tense: Security and Human Rights, Griffith University, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane
2005 John Pule, Sofia Tekela-Smith and John Walsh, Martin Browne Fine Art, Sydney
2004 Paradise Now! Asia Society Museum, New York
2004 South Pacific Arts Festival, Palau
2003 You are my sunshine, Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington
2003 Three Significant Paintings and two vintage photographs, Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington
2003 Iki, and thanks for the ika, Lithuania/Cook Islands/New Zealand
2003 Na, Jonothan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2001 - 2003 Sea Knowing and Island Looking: Contemporary New Zealand and Pacific Art, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o 2001 Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
2002 2002: The Year in Art, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2001 Melbourne Art Fair 2002, Gow Langsford Galleries stand, Melbourne, Australia
2001 Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2001 Catalogue Exhibition, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2001 Screens, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2000 South Pacific Arts Festival, New Caledonia
1999 Wonderlands: views of life at the end of the century, at the end of the world, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth
1999 In other words, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
1999 Gow Langsford Gallery at Span Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1998 Wake Naima,Creating Together, Tjibaou Cultural Centre, Noumea
1998 Picturing History, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
1998 Australian Contemporary Art Fair 6, Melbourne, Australia, c/- Gow Langsford Gallery
1997 Group Show, University of the South Pacific, Fiji
1997 Joint Show, New Zealand Ambassadors’ Residence
1997 Vibes: Polynesian Island Group Show, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
1996 Asia Pacific Triennale, Brisbane
1996 Seventh Festival of the South Pacific, Samoa
1996 Re- Imaging the Pacific, Australia National University, Canberra
1995 Kwangju Biennale, Korea
1995 Island to Island, Cheju, Korea
1995 Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa
1995 Bottled Ocean: Contemporary Polynesian Artists, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
1992 Contemporary Niue Artists, Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga
1991 Te Moemoea no lotefa, Traditional and Contemporary Pacific Island Artists. (National Tour)

Lithographs and Woodcuts Selected Exhibitions

1996 Oil and Water, Lane Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1993 Series/1995 Series CSA, Christchurch, New Zealand
1995 Salamander Gallery, Arts Centre, Christchurch, New Zealand
1995 Marian McGuire Lithoprints Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand
1994 Pacific Island Group Show, ASA, Ponsonby, New Zealand
1993 Lime Works, Christchurch, New Zealand
1993 Salamander Gallery, Arts Center, Christchurch, New Zealand
1993 Taking Stock of the 90’s, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand

Poetry Tours

2003 The Second International Indigenous Authors Celebration Tour, Brisbane, Sydney, Katoomba, Alice Springs, Auckland
1986 North Island Group Tour
1985 North Island Group Tour
1984 South Island Group Tour
1983 New Zealand Tour with David Eggleton as Two South Auckland Polynesian Poets
1982 New Zealand Tour with Paul Luker

Selected Performance/ Poetry

2005 Strata, Auckland University
2005 Poet’s Corner on “Artsville” (director, Ian Mune)
2003 Honouring Words 2003 Australia, Indigenous writers tour
1998 Ocean & Others Symposium, Museum of Sydney, Sydney
1998 Raw Fishes, The Physics Room, Christchurch
1998 The Bond of Time, 2nd edition, PWF, University of the South Pacific
1996 Re- Imaging the Pacific, Australia National University, Canberra
1995 The Post Colonial Body, University of Waikato
1995 Bodies in Question Symposium, University of Auckland
1995 Interdigitate, The Herald Theatre, Aotea Centre
1992 Pacific Impressions, Galaxy Theatre, Auckland
1991 The Grand Opening, Galaxy Theatre, Auckland
1988 The Last Blah Performance, St John Church Hall, Parnell
1985 The World and I, Poets Palace, France Street, Auckland
1984 The Human Cry, Knox Community Hall, Parnell
1984 Twang and Cadence, Kingsland Community Hall, Auckland
1983 Maori Writers Read, The Depot

Workshops / Artists Talks

2005  Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki
2003 Avaurua Arts Society, Rarotonga
2003 Cook Islands Teachers Training College, Rarotonga
2003 Continuing Education, University of Auckland
1994 Pacific Writers Workshop, Tangata Pacifica, TV 2
1993 Voyages with Island Artists from Tonga, Vanuatu, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Niue, Tahiti, Cook Islands
1992 Pacific Peoples Workshop in Theatre, Drama, Literature
1992 Art Education in Aotearoa

Awards/ Residencies

2006 Artist in residence, University of the south Pacific, Fiji
2005 Romerapotheke Art Residency, Basel, Switzerland
2004 New Zealand Art Laureate, Arts Foundation of New Zealand
2003 Artist in Residence, Cultural Museum, Rarotonga
2002 Distinguished-Visiting Writer to Department of English at University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu
2000 Writer in Residence, Auckland University (English Department)
1998 Artist in Residence, Oceania Centre for Arts and Culture, USP, Fiji
1998 Artist in Residence, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
1997 Pacific Writers Fellow, University of the South Pacific
1996 Writer in Residence Fellowship, University of Waikato, Hamilton

Selected Publications

2006  Nicholas Thomas, John Puhiatau Pule; Another Green World, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland (Exhibition Catalogue)
2005 John Pule, Galerie Römerapotheke, Zurich, Switzerland (Exhibition Catalogue)
2005 Hiapo: Past and Present


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