Profile
I was born in South Africa and moved to New Zealand when I was 17. I studied printmaking at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand and studied for my Masters of Fine Art in painting in Australia at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.
I'm a Fellow at the Quay School of the Arts, UCOL Whanganui , where I teach painting and (sometimes) drawing.
My current work investigates humour and beauty in contemporary painting. In 2012 my work was selected as one of 23 artists representing the previous 20 years of New Zealand painting in Docking, G, Dunn, M & Hanfling,E. (2012). 240 Years of New Zealand Painting.
I was a finalist in the 32nd Alice Art Prize; winner of the Zinni Douglas Merit Award; winner of the Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award; and been the recipient of the William Hodges Fellowship and an invited artist in residence at CAMAC, Centre of Contemporary Art in France. I have exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions. My work is represented in private collections in Australia, France and New Zealand, and in public collections in New Zealand.
I'm a Fellow at the Quay School of the Arts, UCOL Whanganui , where I teach painting and (sometimes) drawing.
My current work investigates humour and beauty in contemporary painting. In 2012 my work was selected as one of 23 artists representing the previous 20 years of New Zealand painting in Docking, G, Dunn, M & Hanfling,E. (2012). 240 Years of New Zealand Painting.
I was a finalist in the 32nd Alice Art Prize; winner of the Zinni Douglas Merit Award; winner of the Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award; and been the recipient of the William Hodges Fellowship and an invited artist in residence at CAMAC, Centre of Contemporary Art in France. I have exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions. My work is represented in private collections in Australia, France and New Zealand, and in public collections in New Zealand.
About my work: Lorraine Webb
Lorraine Webb Curriculum Vitae
Current Position
Head of Painting and Fellow, Quay School of the Arts, Whanganui UCOL, Whanganui, New Zealand.
Qualification / Training
MFA by Research, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia. 1999. (Painting)
DFA (Hons) University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. 1986. (Printmaking)
Lecturer Training Certificate, TEC, CIT Heretaunga, New Zealand 1991.
1993,1995 and 2000: Treaty of Waitangi Training Workshops.
Residencies
Publications
2013 Making Worlds. Peer reviewed invited paper with Jen Webb in the Humanities Research Journal Series; Volume XIX No. 2. 2013. Caroline Turner, Michelle Antoinette and Zara Stanhope (2013) The World and World-Making in Art.
2012. Lorraine Webb in Gil Docking, Michael Dunn and Edward Hanfling. (2012) 240 Years of New Zealand Painting. Auckland: David Bateman.
2011: Co-written essay Making Worlds: Nelson Goodman’s theory of the plurality and plasticity of worlds linked with an examination of the relationship between art and the world.
2006/7. Art News, New Zealand. Essay, Summer Issue.
2004. Dead or alive in Elizabeth Klaver (2004) Representations of the Dead: Images Corporae from the Early Modern Moment to Cyberspace, Madison, USA: University of Wisconsin Press. (co-author).
Scholarships and Awards
2009: Waiheke Island Art Gallery.
Winner: Zinni Douglas Merit Award. Walker and Hall Art Award.
2005: Invited Artist in residency, Camac, Marnay-Sur Seine, France.
Residency Award. Fondation Tenot, France,
Akoranga Trust Travel Award.
2002: Awarded William Hodges Fellowship, Southland.
Finalist, 32nd Alice Prize, Alice Springs, Australia.
1999: Major Prize, Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch.
1998. Academic Activity Grant, School of Graduate Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia.
1997 and 1998: University of Melbourne, Post Graduate Fee Scholarships.
Selected Exhibitions
Paper Cupboard space, Auckland. Moving Paintings, August 2013.
WHM Gallery, Whanganui. Landscapes from Mars (with David Traub), July – August 2013.
Space Gallery, Whanganui. Wreath, 2012.
Edith Gallery, Whanganui. Life in the Last Plane. Solo exhibition, May 2011.
Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. Winners, August-September 2011.
Federal Gallery, Whanganui. Celebrate Kate/ Whakanuia a Kate invitation exhibition, August/September 2011.
Hamilton Gardens, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Finalist. 2010.
Waiheke Art Gallery Walker and Hall Art Award, October- November 2009.
Rayner Bros. Gallery, Whanganui. The ET Experience, December 2009.
COCA, Christchurch. Anthony Harper Award, May 2009.
WHM Gallery, Whanganui. Chromophilia. Solo exhibition, May-June 2009.
Edmiston Duke Gallery, Auckland. Fault Lines 2. Solo exhibition, 2007.
Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. A-Z of Animals, 2006/07.
Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. Fault Lines. Solo exhibition, 2006.
Camac, Marnay-sur-Seine, France. Influence, 2005.
Trust Waikato National Art Award, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, August-October 2004.
Whanganui Revisited, Gallery Dalgleish, Whanganui, 2004.
Quay Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand. Refuse Refuge. Solo exhibition, 2004.
Southland Museum and Art Gallery. New Zealand Safety in Small Vessels. Solo exhibition, 2003.
Te Manawa/Art, Palmerston North New Zealand. Face Value. Solo exhibition, 2003.
32nd Alice Art Award, Alice Springs, Australia. 2002.
New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Bowen House, Wellington. Double Exposure 2, 2002
N.Z.Portrait Gallery, Bowen House, Wellington. Biennial Portrait Competition, 2002.
Quay Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand. Seeing being seen. Solo exhibition, 2001.
McPherson Gallery, Auckland. Abstraction, 2000.
N.Z.Portrait Gallery, Bowen House, Wellington. Biennial Portrait Competition, 2000.
McPherson Gallery, Auckland. 100X100, 1999.
McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand. Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, 1999.
Head of Painting and Fellow, Quay School of the Arts, Whanganui UCOL, Whanganui, New Zealand.
Qualification / Training
MFA by Research, Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne, Australia. 1999. (Painting)
DFA (Hons) University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. 1986. (Printmaking)
Lecturer Training Certificate, TEC, CIT Heretaunga, New Zealand 1991.
1993,1995 and 2000: Treaty of Waitangi Training Workshops.
Residencies
- Invited Artist in residency, Camac, Centre of Contemporary Art, Marnay-Sur-Seine, France. January – March 2005.
- William Hodges Fellowship, Southland. September - December 2002
Publications
2013 Making Worlds. Peer reviewed invited paper with Jen Webb in the Humanities Research Journal Series; Volume XIX No. 2. 2013. Caroline Turner, Michelle Antoinette and Zara Stanhope (2013) The World and World-Making in Art.
2012. Lorraine Webb in Gil Docking, Michael Dunn and Edward Hanfling. (2012) 240 Years of New Zealand Painting. Auckland: David Bateman.
2011: Co-written essay Making Worlds: Nelson Goodman’s theory of the plurality and plasticity of worlds linked with an examination of the relationship between art and the world.
2006/7. Art News, New Zealand. Essay, Summer Issue.
2004. Dead or alive in Elizabeth Klaver (2004) Representations of the Dead: Images Corporae from the Early Modern Moment to Cyberspace, Madison, USA: University of Wisconsin Press. (co-author).
Scholarships and Awards
2009: Waiheke Island Art Gallery.
Winner: Zinni Douglas Merit Award. Walker and Hall Art Award.
2005: Invited Artist in residency, Camac, Marnay-Sur Seine, France.
Residency Award. Fondation Tenot, France,
Akoranga Trust Travel Award.
2002: Awarded William Hodges Fellowship, Southland.
Finalist, 32nd Alice Prize, Alice Springs, Australia.
1999: Major Prize, Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, Robert McDougall Gallery, Christchurch.
1998. Academic Activity Grant, School of Graduate Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia.
1997 and 1998: University of Melbourne, Post Graduate Fee Scholarships.
Selected Exhibitions
Paper Cupboard space, Auckland. Moving Paintings, August 2013.
WHM Gallery, Whanganui. Landscapes from Mars (with David Traub), July – August 2013.
Space Gallery, Whanganui. Wreath, 2012.
Edith Gallery, Whanganui. Life in the Last Plane. Solo exhibition, May 2011.
Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. Winners, August-September 2011.
Federal Gallery, Whanganui. Celebrate Kate/ Whakanuia a Kate invitation exhibition, August/September 2011.
Hamilton Gardens, New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award, Finalist. 2010.
Waiheke Art Gallery Walker and Hall Art Award, October- November 2009.
Rayner Bros. Gallery, Whanganui. The ET Experience, December 2009.
COCA, Christchurch. Anthony Harper Award, May 2009.
WHM Gallery, Whanganui. Chromophilia. Solo exhibition, May-June 2009.
Edmiston Duke Gallery, Auckland. Fault Lines 2. Solo exhibition, 2007.
Waiheke Art Gallery, Waiheke Island. A-Z of Animals, 2006/07.
Sarjeant Gallery, Whanganui. Fault Lines. Solo exhibition, 2006.
Camac, Marnay-sur-Seine, France. Influence, 2005.
Trust Waikato National Art Award, Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton, August-October 2004.
Whanganui Revisited, Gallery Dalgleish, Whanganui, 2004.
Quay Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand. Refuse Refuge. Solo exhibition, 2004.
Southland Museum and Art Gallery. New Zealand Safety in Small Vessels. Solo exhibition, 2003.
Te Manawa/Art, Palmerston North New Zealand. Face Value. Solo exhibition, 2003.
32nd Alice Art Award, Alice Springs, Australia. 2002.
New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Bowen House, Wellington. Double Exposure 2, 2002
N.Z.Portrait Gallery, Bowen House, Wellington. Biennial Portrait Competition, 2002.
Quay Gallery, Whanganui, New Zealand. Seeing being seen. Solo exhibition, 2001.
McPherson Gallery, Auckland. Abstraction, 2000.
N.Z.Portrait Gallery, Bowen House, Wellington. Biennial Portrait Competition, 2000.
McPherson Gallery, Auckland. 100X100, 1999.
McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand. Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, 1999.
