Louise Menzies (born 1981) is a New Zealand artist based in Auckland. Her works are held in the Auckland Art Gallery collection.[1]
Menzies is known for her installations and artists books, and uses a cross-media practice which often incorporates film and print into performances and installations.[2] She has produced a wide range of print-based works. Menzies has contributed writing to The Distance Plan, an exhibition platform and journal focusing on contemporary art and climate change.[3]
Awards and fellowships
edit- Iris Fisher Scholarship from Te Tuhi, 2012.[4]
- University of Connecticut, 2014.[5] In this residency, Menzies created an exhibition inspired by archival materials from The Alternative Press Collection from the Dodd research center at the University of Connecticut. Her exhibition was titled Time to Think Like a Mountain, and was presented in three ways: a series of works made from handmade paper with ephemera re-forged into a single document; works treating paper materials photographically; and a 16mm film.[6]
- McCahon House Residency, May–July 2016.[2]
- Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, 2018.[7] Through this fellowship, Menzies explored two historical figures from Dunedin's art world - Frances Hodgkins and Joanna Margaret Paul, using the Hocken's collection of archives and ephemera.[8] The fellowship culminated in her show, In an orange my mother was eating.
Exhibitions
edit- In an orange my mother was eating, Hocken Collections, 2019.[9]
- Gorgon Malkin Witch, Te Uru, 2017–2018.[10]
- Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas (group show), Auckland Art Gallery, 2013-2014.[11][12]
- World, Business, Lifestyle, Sport, The Physics Room, 2013.[13]
- Sculpture/Metal, Te Tuhi, 2012.[4]
- Letters to Students of the Radiant Life, Adam Art Gallery, 2010.[14] In conjunction with this exhibition, Menzies produced a book titled The Pursuit of an Ideal.[15]
- Break: Towards a Public Realm (group show), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2008–2009.[16]
- The Blue Room: 13 Artists Respond in a Psychic Way (group show), Blue Oyster art project space, 2008.[17]
- Sparkling Duets, The Physics Room, 2007.[18]
- Shelter or Marquee, Enjoy, 2007.[19]
- Every Now and Then (group show), Enjoy, 2006. Menzies' work in this show explored her feelings about the fountain located in Oriental Bay, Wellington.[20][21]
References
edit- ^ "Louise Menzies". Auckland Art Gallery. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Louise Menzies: McCahon House". mccahonhouse.org.nz. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "TheDistancePlan | Louise Menzies". thedistanceplan.org. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ a b "TeTuhi". tetuhi.art. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ Fox, Rebecca (21 June 2018). "The luxury of time". Otago Daily Times.
- ^ "Artist Inspired by Alternative Press Collection". UConn Today. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "The Frances Hodgkins Fellowship, Otago Fellows, University of Otago, New Zealand". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ Otago, University of. "5 February 2019, Fruitful fellowship culminates in an exhibition not to be missed". University of Otago. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ Pickens, Robyn Maree (29 March 2019). "We are Recirculated Assemblages: Louise Menzies at Hocken Collections". The Pantograph Punch.
- ^ "Louise Menzies: Gorgon Malkin Witch - Te Uru". www.teuru.org.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Freedom Farmers: New Zealand Artists Growing Ideas". CIRCUIT Artist Film and Video Aotearoa New Zealand. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Freedom Farmers". Art Monthly Australia. 5 (265). 1 November 2013 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "World, Business, Lifestyle, Sport | The Physics Room". physicsroom.org.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ Roughan, Greg (18 September 2010). "A fallen icon". Stuff.
- ^ Garrie, Barbara; Davis, Sophie (2014). "Artists' Books in UC Collections: A Scoping Study": 19.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Break: Towards a Public Realm | Govett-Brewster Art Gallery | Len Lye Centre". govettbrewster.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "13 Artists Respond in a Psychic Way - Blue Oyster Art Project Space". www.blueoyster.org.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Couples come together for Sparkling Duets". The Big Idea. 21 November 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Shelter or Marquee | Enjoy Contemporary Art Space". enjoy.org.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ Wellington : a city for sculpture. Jenny Harper, Aaron Lister, Bruce Connew, Wellington Sculpture Trust. Wellington [N.Z.]: Victoria University Press in association with Wellington Sculpture Trust. 2007. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-86473-570-6. OCLC 174080777.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Every Now, & Then | Enjoy Contemporary Art Space". enjoy.org.nz. Retrieved 21 February 2022.