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The
Passage Of History |
 Of
Twilight's Repeated MeasureAcrylic + oil on canvas 30 x 168 cm Signed + dated lower right |
For
The Marks of The Navigator
Acrylic + Oil on canvas
51 x 46 cm
Signed + dated lower right
A Brief History of Plants
Acrylic + oil on canvas
61 x 91cm
Signed + dated lower right
Orbital elements of the comets known to Halley
Acrylic + oil on canvas
3 panels, 168 x 270cm
Signed + dated lower right
| BIOGRAPHY | |
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1954
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Born, Paparoa, New Zealand |
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1976
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BSc (Hons) (University of Auckland) |
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1980
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MS (Rutgers University) |
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1984
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PhD (University of Western Australia) |
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1988
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Begins exhibiting extensively in Australia and New Zealand |
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1993
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Published Into Statistics, Thomas Nelson Australia: Melbourne. (800 pages) |
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1995
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Published ‘Renovated scatterplots for censored data’, Biometrika, 82, 447-52 |
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1996
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Published ‘Renovating interval-censored responses’, Lifetime Data Analysis, 2, 1-11 |
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1996
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Associate Professor of Statistics in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, RMIT University, Melbourne |
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1996
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Head, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, RMIT University, Melbourne |
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1998
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Published Into Statistics, 2nd edn, Springer Verlag: Singapore |
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1999
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Invited speaker, Auckland Writers Festival, 28 May |
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2000
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Keynote speaker, ‘1st Australian Conference on Mathematics and Art’, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia |
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2002
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Published The Analysis of Failure and Survival Data, Chapman and Hall: London |
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2002
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Commenced Master of Fine Art (Painting), RMIT University |
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| STATEMENT | |
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My work gathers together phases of scientific endeavour and images of nature. Illusionistic image and text are formatted as elements in a whole cinematic visual field; overlapping, underlapping and intertwined. Handwritten citations, notes, jottings, diagrams, titles and maps appear as gestural signs in different fonts in an attempt to humanise the character of scientific enquiry. Bibliographies referencing scientific works are written on the front of the canvas. This is not postmodern appropriation, but an attempt to make evident the evolutionary scientific process of building current research ideas from the seeds sown by past researchers. |
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| SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
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1975
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Surrealism to Landscape, Northland Society of Arts, Whangarei, New Zealand |
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1976
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On The Land, Mollers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1976
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Recent Paintings, Mollers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1977
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Fibonacci Numbers, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1977
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Random Numbers, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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1978
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The Violin Performance Pictures, and The Sample Survey Pictures, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1978
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Fence Paintings, Elva Bett Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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1982
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Two Waters, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1988
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Across Two Waters: A Survey, Faculty Gallery, Faculty of Art and Design, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia |
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1989
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Zero Crossing, Faculty of Visual and Performing Arts, Ballarat University, Ballarat, Australia |
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1990
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Archimedes Crying, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1990
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Archimedes Crying, The Suter Gallery – Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand |
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1991
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Attractor, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1993
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Moa Walk, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1994
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Recent Work, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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1994
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Statistical Text, Monash University Gallery, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia |
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1995
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Signs of Man, The Suter Gallery – Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand |
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1995
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Gathering Data, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1996
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Data Frames, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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1996
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Hypertext, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia |
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1997
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Figuring The Drift of Stars, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1998
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Elements, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia |
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1998
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Making Notes on the Visible, Milford House, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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1998
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Remarks on Space∙time, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1999
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Deep Field Measure, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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1999
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It is by gathering data that we come to know about the world, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia |
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2000
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Marks of the Navigator, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2000
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View, Janne Land Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
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2001
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A Cinematic Trace, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2001
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Underlapping Science, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia |
| SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
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1976
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Group Exhibition, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1976
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Group Show 76, Mollers Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1977
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New Year/New Works, Barry Lett Galleries, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1977
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Young Contemporaries, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1986
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Inaugural Exhibition, Editions Gallery, Fremantle, Western Australia |
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1992
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A Breath of Fresh Art---A selection of recent art works by 35 New Zealand artists, The Bath∙House Art and History Museum, Rotorua, New Zealand |
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1994
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New Year/New Work, R.K.S. Art, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1995
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Herald-Sun Art Award, juried exhibition of finalists, Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, Australia |
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1995
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Artworkz Seven, 101 Collins Street Acquisitive Prizes 1995, juried exhibition of finalists, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia |
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1996
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Shifting Ground, Moonee Valley Festival Contemporary Art Prize 1996, curated by Sharyn Dawson, Melbourne, Australia |
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1996
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Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Australia |
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1996
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The Land, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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1996
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Re-view, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia |
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1997
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3 Major Surveys of Modern New Zealand Art, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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1997
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Director’s Choice, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia |
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1998
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Summer Survey 1998: Robert McLeod, Allen Maddox, Peter James Smith, John Parker, Philippa Blair, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1998
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Picturing History, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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1998
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Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Australia |
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1998
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Art for Life, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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1998
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Director’s Choice, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia |
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1999
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Catalogue Show, Milford House, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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1999
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Salon des Refusees, curated exhibition of entries from the Archibald and Wynne Prizes, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
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1999
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Looking South-across time, distance, place and culture, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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1999
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Eighth Annual Wallace Art Awards in Association with the Visa Gold Art Award, juried exhibition of finalists, Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1999
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Director’s Choice, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia |
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1999
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Exhibition Space, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2000
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Annual Exhibition, Mobile Art, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2000
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The Numbers Game, Adam Art Gallery--Te Pataka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand |
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2000
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Melbourne Artfair 2000, 7th Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Buildings, Melbourne, Australia. (Represented by Gallery 101, Melbourne, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney.) |
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2000
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Stand 33 @ Gallery 101, A Melbourne Artfair 2000 Satellite Exhibition, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia |
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2000
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SQuaRE 2000, Gallery 101, Collins St, Melbourne, Australia |
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2000
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Mathematics and Art, Bond University Art Gallery, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia |
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2001
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Australia---You Are Here! Four perspectives of landscape through painting and photography, Gallery 101 at Flemington, Melbourne, Australia |
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2002
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The Postcard Show, Linden Gallery, St Kilda, Melbourne, Australia |
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2002
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The 2002 John Leslie Art Prize: Art refers to Environment, juried exhibition of finalists, Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Victoria, Australia |
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2002
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Wyndham City Contemporary Art Prize 2002, juried exhibition of finalists, Melbourne, Australia |
| RECENT PUBLICATIONS | |
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1994
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RMIT Openline, 2, ‘Maths and painting add up well in art exhibition’, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 27 July |
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1994
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Robert Nelson, ‘Speculations on the Empirical Lyre of Peter James Smith’, Statistical Text exhibition catalogue, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
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1995
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Fiona Cassie, ‘Smith mixes maths and art’, The Nelson Evening Mail, 12 February, Nelson, New Zealand |
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1995
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Keith Stewart, ‘Entwining the lines of arts, science’, Sunday Star Times, 9 July, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1995
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Terry McNamara, in ‘Perspective on Art’, New Zealand Herald, 12 July, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1995
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John Daly-Peoples, in ‘Review--Auckland’, Art New Zealand, 76. |
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1995
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Artworkz Seven, exhibition catalogue, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia |
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1995
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Keith Stewart, ‘Best of ‘95’, New Zealand Listener, December |
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1996
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Keith Stewart, ‘Probability Bites’, Quote Unquote, August |
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1996
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Pauline Swain, ‘Art in Ruapehu Summit Atmospherics’, The Dominion, 13 July, Wellington. |
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1996
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Keith Stewart, ‘Capturing the potent power of Mt Ruapehu’, Sunday Star Times, 14 July, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1996
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New Zealand Art Diary 1997: A Selection of Work from 21 Contemporary New Zealand Artists, Saint Publishing Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1996
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Colin Slade, ‘Approaching the land in an individual way’, The Press, 25 September, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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1996
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Robyn Ussher, ‘Views of the landscape’, The Press, 25 September, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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1996
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The Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne |
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1996
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Ann Marsh, ‘Best and Fairest’---Visual Arts Review, Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Herald Sun, 4 October, Melbourne, Australia |
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1996
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Keith Stewart, Ditch---Peter James Smith: painting the gap, catalogue essay, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Australia |
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1996
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Into Statistics, book cover, Springer-Verlag, Singapore |
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1997
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Keith Stewart, ‘The good, the bad, and the ugly of ‘96’, Sunday Star Times, 12 January, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1997
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Newton Plus, book cover, Addison Wesley Longman, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1997
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Keith Stewart, ‘Life Science’, New Zealand Listener, 2 August |
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1997
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Terry McNamara, ‘Painting by Numbers’, New Zealand Herald, 1 August, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1997
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John Daly-Peoples, ‘Landscapes match Wagnerian philosophy’, The National Business Review, 8 August |
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1997
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Keith Stewart, ‘Hotere highlight of healthy year’, Sunday Star Times, December, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1998
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Into Statistics 2nd edn, book cover, Springer-Verlag, Singapore |
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1998
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‘Arts Calendar March/April: Peter James Smith’, The Age, 23 March, Melbourne, Australia |
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1998
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Mary Lou Jelbart, Arts National, Radio 3LO, 19 April, Melbourne, Australia |
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1998
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Claire Heaney, ‘Elements of Two Worlds’, Herald Sun, 20 April, Melbourne, Australia |
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1998
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CoCA Quarterly, Cover photograph of ‘Kepler’s Laws’, April-May-June, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, New Zealand |
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1998
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Joanne Campbell, Review, Otago Daily Times, 21 July, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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1998
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The Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, exhibition catalogue, Melbourne |
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1998
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The Australian Commercial Galleries Association Guide Book, 1998—1999, 32--33 |
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1998
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Wayne Mowatt, Radio Art: Keith Stewart interviews Peter James Smith, 5 November, National Radio, New Zealand |
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1998
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Terry McNamara, ‘Whatever takes your fancy’, review, New Zealand Herald, 7 November, Auckland, New Zealand |
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1999
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Ben Marshall, ‘Painting x Numbers’, article, Australian Style, 31, 101 |
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1999
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Mark Amery, Deep Field Measure exhibition review, Radio Art, 10 June, National Radio, New Zealand |
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1999
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Elizabeth Kerr, Looking South - across time, distance, place and culture, catalogue essay, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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1999
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The 101 Quarterly, 2, Anniversary Edition, cover photograph of ‘Crepuscular Rays’, 101 Collins St, Melbourne, Australia |
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1999
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John Daly-Peoples, ‘Arts: The Wallace Art Awards, New Zealand’s Richest Art Prize’, The National Business Review, September 17 |
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2000
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John Gregory, ‘Peter James Smith: It is by gathering data that we come to know about the world’, review, Eyeline, 41, 48--9 |
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2000
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Pat Baskett, ‘All-rounder for our post-modern times’, article, New Zealand Herald, 24 April, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2000
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Terry McNamara, ‘Minimalism’s meditative power for the millenium’, review, New Zealand Herald, 8 May, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2000
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Zara Stanhope, The Numbers Game, catalogue essay, Adam Art Gallery---Te Pataka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand |
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2000
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‘Art with Numbers’, article, Capital Times, 12--19 July, Wellington, New Zealand |
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2000
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Katy Corner, ‘Mind bending, maths and art’, article, City Voice, 6 July, Wellington, New Zealand |
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2000
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Winter Catalogue 2000, illustrated catalogue with bibliography, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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2000
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Suzie Campbell, ‘Beyond the Known World: The Paintings of Peter James Smith’, Art New Zealand, 97, 82--85 |
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2000
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David Famularo, ‘Mathematical Musings’, article, The Dominion, 17 November, Wellington, New Zealand |
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2000
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John Millington, ‘Maths equals Art’, review, Brisbane Courier Mail, 20 December, Brisbane, Australia |
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2001
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Stephanie Radok, ‘A water or a light’, article, Artlink, 21, 51--52 |
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2001
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Martina Copley, ‘Terrain’, catalogue essay for A Cinematic Trace, Judith Anderson Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2001
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Terry McNamara, ‘The weight of darkness and the lift of light’, review, New Zealand Herald, 25 June, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2001
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John Daly - Peoples, ‘Art - iculate’, review, The National Business Review, 29 June, Auckland, New Zealand |
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2001
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Winter Catalogue 2001, CD catalogue, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, New Zealand |
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2001
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Martina Copley, ‘The Ship’s Wake’, catalogue essay for Underlapping Science, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, Australia |
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2001
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Patrick Hutchings, ‘Number is the Wisest Thing’, catalogue essay for Underlapping Science, Gallery 101, Melbourne, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney, Australia |
| PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS | |
| Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland, New Zealand | |
| Auckland Hospital Board, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand | |
| Rothmans Cultural Foundation | |
| RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia | |
| Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, Australia | |
| Air New Zealand | |
| Eastern Energy, Melbourne, Australia | |
| La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 101 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia | |
| National Australia Bank, Melbourne, Australia | |
| Massey University, Albany Campus, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| Wallace Trust Collection, Auckland, New Zealand | |
| The University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia | |
| The Suter Gallery – Te Aratoi o Whakatu, Nelson, New Zealand | |