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Born in Auckland, New Zealand in 1935
Lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand and New York, USA |
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EDUCATION |
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1965 |
Studied painting, San Francisco Art Institute, California |
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1983-2011 |
Studies Psychology, CG Jung Foundation, New York |
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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2014 |
Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Waikato University, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand
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The Village Zendo, New York, NY, USA |
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Celebration, Aesthete Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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2013 |
On A Clear Day, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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All That Is, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand |
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2012 |
Ballad of the South Pacific, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Max Gimblett - The Holy Grail, Gary Snyder Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
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Damien Hirst / Max Gimblett - The Beauty and Brutality of Fact, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand |
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2011 |
The Word of God, curated by Eric Shiner, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA,
USA |
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Oxherding - in collaboration with Lewis Hyde, Kenyon College, Kenyon, OH, USA |
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The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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On The Shores Of Infinity, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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2010 |
animal speaking - a collaboration with Lewis Hyde ICA, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, USA |
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Graceland, Saatchi & Saatchi, New York, NY, USA |
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2009 |
The Night Sun, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, New Zealand |
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White Stone Clear Water, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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2008 |
Max Gimblett – Everlastingness, Page Blackie Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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2007 |
Brush Meets Brush – in collaboration with Great Dragon San Francisco Zen Center, San
Francisco, CA, USA |
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Always In These Islands - Recent Paintings and in the New Zealand Room selected Works on
Paper 1965-2007, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand |
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Monotypes, Smith Anderson Editions, Palo Alto, CA, USA |
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2006 |
Banquet, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Zen Reality, Gus Fisher Gallery, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2005 |
All Things Wild and Innocent, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Zen Beat (through 2007), Cushman & Wakefield Inc., New York, NY, USA |
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2004 |
Max Gimblett: The Brush ofAll Things, curated by Wystan, Auckland Art Gallery Toi Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand |
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A Very Decided Bright Line, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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The Rose of Paracelsus, Bartley Nees Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Max Gimblett – Home, Ngaumatau Fine Art Consultancy, Arrowtown, New Zealand |
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2003 |
True Mirror, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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The Dawn Of Beauty, Gow Langsford Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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Myth, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY, USA |
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Max Gimblett: A Shared Language, curated by Lisa Hatchadoorian Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA |
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2002 |
Max Gimblett: The Language of Drawing, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QL, Australia |
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Beauty and Jolly Donkey Choir, collaborations on paper by Max Gimblett and John Yau, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL, USA |
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2001 |
Ink Painting, and Poems in Ink: A Collaboration with John Yau, Ethan Cohen Fine Arts, New York, NY, USA |
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The Silent Music, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2000 |
The Painted Promise, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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1999 |
Bridge, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY, USA |
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Night Gold, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1998 |
Spirit, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Path, Jensen Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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1997 |
Face of Silence, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Holy Smoke, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Ganesha, Jensen Gallery, Wellington. New Zealand |
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1996 |
Painting, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Forge, Jensen Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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1995 |
Axis Mundi, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Crossing Full Tilt, Jensen Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Ancient Future, Sherman Galleries, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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Geos - Paintings, Works on Paper, Prints 1977-1982, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1993 |
Oracle, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Threshold of Light, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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Tablets of Light, Michael Milburn Gallery, Brisbane, QL, Australia |
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Radiant Path-Works from 1965-1993, curated by Diana Renker, Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga, New Zealand |
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1992 |
Crossing Full Tilt, Horodner Romley Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
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Templar, Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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Inside Star, The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Santa Monica, CA, USA |
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1991 |
Gold, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA, New Zealand |
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Chrysalis, Gow Langsford Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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1990 |
Objects of Alchemy, Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1989 |
Four to the Fourth, Genovese Gallery, Boston, MA, USA |
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Shapes of Change, Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Vessel-Drawing with Color, Brooker Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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1988 |
White Room Program, White Columns, New York, NY, USA |
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Max Gimblett Paintings, LedisFlam Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA |
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Gems, Northland Society of Arts, Whangarei, New Zealand |
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1987 |
Silk Route: Screen Prints and Recent Paintings, Genovese Gallery, Boston, MA, USA |
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New Paintings and Paper Works, New Zealand Consulate-General, New York, NY, USA |
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Selections from the Chartwell Collection: Max Gimblett, Hamilton Art Center, Foyer Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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1986 |
Pacific Paintings, 1984-86, Artis Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Pearls of the Pacific, Hogarth Galleries, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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1985 |
Selected Paintings from Twenty Years, R.C. Erpf Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
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Transformation: Paintings on Paper, 1983-85, Modernism, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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New Vision Gallery, Auckland |
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1984 |
Transformation, curated by Wystan Curnow, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1983 |
Ambient Color Paintings, 1977-82, Modernism, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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1982 |
Galerie Nordenhake, Malmo, Sweden |
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Galerie Engstrom, Stockholm, Sweden |
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1981 |
New Paintings, Peter Webb Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Works on Paper, RKS Art, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1980 |
Modernism, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1979 |
Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA, USA |
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New Zealand Embassy, Washington, DC, USA |
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1978 |
Cuningham Ward Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
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Curated by Barbara Zabel, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, USA |
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Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA |
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Waikatoa Museum of Art and History, Te Whare Taonga O Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand |
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1977 |
Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand |
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1976 |
Cuningham Ward Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
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Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA, USA |
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1971 |
A Clean Well Lighted Place, Austin, TX, USA |
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Delahunty Gallery, Dallas, TX, USA |
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SELECTED RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2012 |
Gary Snyder Gallery, Miami Project, Miami Beach, FL, USA |
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Unbound: An Exhibition In Three Chapters, curated by Heide Hatry Dalhousle Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia |
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The Final Frontier, organised by Matt Jones, The Atlantic Conference, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA |
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George Exhibition, Jacks Point, Queenstown, New Zealand |
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2011 |
80 WSE Presents, curated by Peter Campus, Michael Cohen, Edward Holland, and Hugh O'Rourke 80 WSE, New York, NY, USA |
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Permanent Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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One Of A Kind - An Exhibition Of Unique Artist’s books, curated by Heide Hatry Pierre Menard Gallery, Cambridge, MA, USA |
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The Green Bicycle, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2010 |
Drawing Gifts - 7th Annual Benefit Auction, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, USA |
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Poems & Pictures, A Renaissance in the Art of the Book (1946-1981), curated by Kyle Schlesinger Center for Book Arts, New York, NY, USA |
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Spring Catalog Exhibition, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Zen To Kawaii: The Japanese Affect, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane, QL, Australia |
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2009 |
The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860-1989, curated by Alexandra Munroe Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA |
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The New Zealand Room, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown, New Zealand |
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2008 |
Fundamental Abstraction II - In Memory of Kim Wauson, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Maui, The Suter – Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand |
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Drawings, Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Edges of Darkness (black in art), Hamish Morrison Galerie, Berlin, Germany |
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Limited Edition, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2007 |
Simulasian, curated by Eric Shiner and Lily Wei Inaugural Contemporary Asian Art Fair, New York, NY, USA |
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Catalog Exhibition, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Painting, Tinakori Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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2006 |
Contemporary Collections, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QL, USA |
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Director’s Choice – Consumption Junction, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Line and Surface, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2005 |
MGM – McCahon, Gimblett, Motherwell, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Gulgoleth, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2004 |
Toi Te Papa Art of the Nation: 1940 – today, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Live on Paper, MCS Gallery, Easton, PA, USA |
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35K, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2003 |
Signs and Wonders He Tohu He Ohorere, The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand |
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The Invisible Thread—Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art, curated by Robyn Brentano, Olivia Georgia, Roger Lipsey, and Lilly Wei Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, New York, NY, USA |
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Thinking in Line—A Survey of Contemporary Drawing, curated by Ron Janowich, University of Florida, The University Galleries, Gainesville, FL, USA |
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2002 |
15 – Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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Breathing Room – Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY, USA |
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2001 |
Documenta USA, Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI, USA |
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New Paintings, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL, USA |
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Leaping Boundaries: A Century of New Zealand Artists in Australia, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW, Australia |
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2000 |
Conceptual Ink, Ethan Cohen Fine Art, New York, NY, USA |
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Simple Statements, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA |
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Collector’s Choice, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand |
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SELECTED AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES |
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2011 |
Appointed Benefactor of Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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Inaugural Special Artist Patron. Christchuch Art Gallery, Christchuch, New Zealand |
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Old Boy of the Year Award. King’s School, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2009 |
Augusta Award, Auckland Grammar, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2008 |
Laila Foundation Artist in Residence at HuiPress, HuiPress, Maui, HI, USA |
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2005 |
Artist in Residence, Elam School of Fine Art, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2004 |
Artist in Residence, Elam School of Fine Art, Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2003 |
Best In Category (editorial and books), with Arch MacDonnell, Designers Institute of New Zealand, “Max Gimblett” |
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2002 |
Artist in Residence, with Lewis Hyde. Oxherding. Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO, USA |
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1993 |
Inaugural Artist in Residence, Queensland University of Technology, Academy of the Arts Visual Arts, Brisbane, QL, Australia |
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1991/92 |
The Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, Santa Monica. J. Paul Getty Associate |
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1991 |
The Rockefeller Foundation, Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy
Residency Projects: Ink Paint the Ten Oxherding Pictures and "Sage," a unique artist's book |
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1989 |
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C. Painting Fellowship |
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1986 |
Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, Grant |
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1980 |
Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand, Grant |
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SELECTED PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS |
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Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, CA, USQ
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Auckland Art Gallery, Toi O Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland City Library, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland War Memorial Museum, Te Papa Whakihiku, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland University, Auckland, New Zealand
Auckland University Library, Auckland, New Zealand
Bank of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
Blanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
British Library, London, UK
Chartwell Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
Christchurch Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Connecticut College, New London, CT, USA
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Electricorp, Wellington, New Zealand
Fletcher/Challenge Corporation, Auckland, New Zealand
Future Group, Auckland, New Zealand
Galatea, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Getty Research Institute for the History of Art & the Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Grey Art Gallery, New York University Art Collection, New York, NY, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
Harris Collection, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Herbert H. Lehman College, New York, NY, USA
Joan Flasch Artist's Book Collection of The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan
Karl Ernst Ostahaus-Museum der Stradt Hagen, Hagen, Germany
Marquette University, The Haggerty Museum, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX, USA
Lang Art Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, USA
Library of Congress, Dept. of Special Collections, Washington, DC, USA
Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand
Louisville Art Gallery, Louisville, KY, USA
Marion Koogler McNay Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA
Millennium Partners Four Seasons Hotel, San Francisco, CA, USA
Ministry of External Relations, Wellington, New Zealand
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, CT, Australia
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, USA
National Westminster Bank, New York, NY, USA
New Arts Program, Lehigh Valley and Berks, PA, USA
New York Public Library, New York, NY, USA
New Zealand Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia
New Zealand Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
New Zealand Embassy, Washington, DC, USA
Oeffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel, Switzerland. Dieter Koepplin Donation, 1999.
Ohio State University Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Columbus, OH, USA
Oracle Collection, CA, USA
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, NJ, USA
Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QL, Australia.
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QL, Australia
San Francisco Art Institute, Anne Bremer Memorial Library, San Francisco, CA, USA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA, USA
Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, New Zealand
Schyls Collection, Malmö Konsthall, Sweden
Scripps Medical Clinic, La Jolla, CA, USA
Smith College Library, Mortimer Rare Book Room, Northampton, MA, USA
Stanford University, Green Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford, CA, USA
State University of New York-Buffalo, Poetry/Rare Books, Buffalo, NY, USA
Suter Museum, Nelson, New Zealand
Turnbull Collections Library, Wellington, New Zealand
University of Alberta Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
University of Arizona, Dept. of Special Collections, Tucson, AZ, USA
University of California Los Angeles Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Los Angeles, CA, USA
University of California San Diego, Mandeville Library, Dept. of Special Collections, La Jolla, CA, USA
University of California, Santa Barbara, Dept. of Special Collections, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
University of Connecticut, Dodd Research Center, Storrs, CT, USA
University of Delaware, Morris Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Newark, DE, USA
University of Georgia Library, Dept. of Special Collections, Athens, GA, USA
University of Iowa, Dept. of Special Collections, Iowa City, IA, USA
University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
University of Minnesota, Dept. of Special Collections, Elmer L. Anderson Library, Minneapolis, MN, USA
University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
University of Santa Clara, de Saisett Museum, Santa Clara, CA, USA
University of Wisconsin, Kohler Art Library, Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI, USA
Victoria University Library, Wellington, New Zealand
Waikato Art Museum, Te Whare Taonga O Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, USA
Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book Library, New Haven, CT, USA |
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