SARAH GUPPY
DOB 26.1.57 Auckland New Zealand
1975 Graphic Design Auckland Technical Institute
1976 Auckland Society of Arts
1981 Morley College London Fine Arts
1983 Flood Street Studio Chelsea London
1987 Apprenticeship Gilding London
RECENT EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS:
2019-2020
‘Same but different’ Browne Art School Auckland
‘Members Show’ Waiheke Art Gallery Waiheke Island
‘Big little Show’ Mobile Art Auckland
Walker & Hall Art Awards -Waiheke Art Gallery, winner of the Micheal Evans award for figurative work for painting called ‘Water-craft’
2018
Waiheke Art Gallery - Selected for Walker and Hall Exhibition
Baradene Arts Fair - 4 selected works
Waiheke Art Gallery - Selected for Small Sculpture Awards
Fhe 'Curated' - Ceramic works selected
Mobile Art - 'Little Big Show'
Commissioned by Artist Lauren Drescher to gild portraits for her Exhibition "Luminaries" at 'The Gilded Owl' - Hudson - New York
'Works on Paper' Gallery - Napier
2017
Published in Triratna Arts and Culture
Diocesan School Art Auction (GIVING RELIEF - Bas Relief works 2017)
Waiheke Art Gallery - Artist in Residence 10 year Survey Show
Tennyson Gallery - Napier Selected works
Waiheke Art Gallery - Reclaim to Fame - Post Card Show - Members Show
2016
Pablos Fundraiser Wellington
St Andrews Church fundraiser Tangier Morroco
Kadimah Ceramic fundraiser Auckland
Allpress Cafe Paws for thought Auckland
Gilding restoration on large over mantle mirror
2015
'Corrugated Colour' solo show Visual Culture Wellington
Potter & Painter with Helen Perrett The Vivian Matakana
'Shipping News' Waiheke Art Gallery
Selected for Walker&Hall Awards Waiheke Art Gallery
'All that Glitters' The Vivian Matakana
'Ornithology' The Vivian Matakana
Wai Clay Awards Hamilton Museum
Bird Show The Vivian Matakana
'Gilded Blessing' Te Ure Titarangi Auckland
2014
'Waterland' Guppy & Simons Visual Culture Wellington
Kete Craft Fair Wellington
Flora & Forna Solo show Visual Culture Wellington
City Art Gallery Ceramic Show Invercargill
Selected Ceramic show The Vivian Matakana
Waiheke Art Gallery Members show
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2011 'Open Studio' Wharf Rd Putiki Bay Waiheke Island
2010 'Fruits of AIR' Waiheke Community Gallery
2009 'Gilded Blessing' Object space Auckland
2008 'Corrogated Colour 'Milford Gallery Dunedin
2007 'Golden Doors' Auckland Fringe Festival
2006 ' Courting Colour' G2 Gallery Auckland
2005 ' Love Loops' G2 Gallery Auckland
' Garment of Landscape' Milford Gallery Queenstown
2004 'Brilliant Shadow' G2 Gallery Auckland
2003 'Eliptical Narratives 'Tinakori Gallery Wellington
2002 'Full Circle' G2 Gallery Auckland
2000 'New Works on Glass; John Leech Gallery Auckland
1996 'Slide into the Unknown' John Leech Gallery Auckland
1993 'New Work 'Long & Ryle London
1992 'Mixed Blessing 'John Leech Gallery Auckland
1986 'Under the Moon 'Osborne Gallery London
1985 Westminster Gallery London
1984 'Monkeys & Magic 'Cambridge University England
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2013 Small Things Waiheke Community Art Gallery
Still Life at Visual Culture Wellington
2012 Small Sculpture Award Waiheke Community Art Gallery
2012 Walker & Hall award finalist
Baradene Art Fair / Diocesan Old Girls Exhibition
Fire & Clay @ Pa Homestead
2011 Small things show Waiheke Community Art Gallery
2010 Artstation '8 Gestures' show
2010 Toi Gallery Islanders Show
2010 Walker & Hall Awards Waiheke Community Art Gallery
2010 Art & Text Waiheke Community Art Gallery
2007 Real Art Charitable Trust Travelling Art works
Liggins Institute Art Auction
2006 BMW Bonnet Art Awards
'Thursday Potters' Curated and Exhibited
2005 'Alchemy & Meaning 'Marco Gallery Auckland
Waiheke Art Awards Selected
Norsewear Art Awards Selected
' Glass Invitational 'Milford Galleries Dunedin touring show
2004 'Group Exhibition' G2 Gallery Auckland
'Transit of Venus 'Milford Galleries Dunedin
2003 'Nudes & Balls Show' Judith Anderson Gallery Auckland
Art Depot Auckland
2002 Tinakori Gallery Wellington
'Christmas Show' G2 Gallery Auckland
Advance Dance supporting Royal NZ Ballet
2000 'The Chair Show'Milford Galleries Auckland
'100x100' McPherson Gallery Auckland
1999 Opening of McPherson city Gallery
'Christmas Show' John Leech Auckland
1995 'The Ipswich Open' Christchurch Mansion Ipswich England
1993 'Recent Works' Long & Ryle London
1992 Royal College of Arts London
La Girarde Bordeaux France
1991 'Art for Equality' Institute of Contemporary Arts London
1990 Mall Gallery London
1989 Scotts of Sloane Square London
1988 'The Day Book 'Smith St Gallery Soho London
1987 Galeria Arte Elemental Spain
1985 Stephen Bartly Gallery London
1984 Morley College End of Year show
1983 Morley College End of Year show
1980 Waxhall Gallery London
PROJECTS AND COMMISSIONS:
2019:
‘Cottage on the Taupo Road’ Private commission.
‘View from Wandene’ Auckland – Private commission.
‘Mermaid Dish’ ceramic sold to English collector
Two grogged ceramic bowls sold to Australian collector
2013 Sculpture on the Gulf Waiheke Island Dancer for Kazu Nakagawa's
Catwalk
2010 Richmond Rd School Arts Fair
2010 ISCM International Society for Contempory Music
Gilded Blessing exhibited Sydney Australia
2010 Artist in Residence Waiheke Community Art Gallery
2008 Auckland Philharmonic project for Mary-Louise Browne
Residency Anderson Ranch Ceramic School Colorado USA
2007 Gilding Project Samson Corporation Auckland
King St Collective Guest Teacher Masterton
2006 NZ Favourite Artist published by Denis Robinson
2005 Auckland Hospital Neo-Natal Unit Commission
2004 Gilding restoration Ponsonby Post Office Auckland
1999 Claridges Hotel London French & English Salons
1998 Arts & Business Conference Slovia
1997 Hopetoun Alpha Project Gilded interior & Exterior
1996 Spirit of Andalucia Teaching summer school Gaucin Spain
Narra ive & Metaphor Conference Auckland
Art for the Soul Schumacher College Totnes Devon England
1993 Schumacher College purchased painting
1992 NZ Art Group Purchased Lemon Sky
Long & Ryle purchased work for corporate placement
1990 Private commission Jacobs Ladder
1986 Commissioned Mural Veere Grenney Interior Designs
Collaborations
‘Feats of Clay’ three potters – Fisher, Guppy and Ball – Auckland - August 2019
‘Painter, Potter, Printmaker’ Waiheke Art Gallery – March 2020
Sally Simons, Sarah Guppy, Lauren Drescher.