Mark Braunias

Brief Bibliography

Born in Tauranga in 1955, Braunias studied at the Canterbury School of Fine Arts, graduating BFA in 1987. For seven years up to 2002, he has been a tutor at Unitec Institute of Technology in Auckland.

He has had regular solo exhibitions at Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch, and at Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington; and appeared in public gallery exhibitions including A Very Peculiar Practice (City Gallery, Wellington, 1995), Gruesome (Robert McDougall Art Gallery, 1999), and The Cartoon Show at the Auckland Art Gallery, 2001.

In October 2002, Mark Braunias took part in the Visiting Artists Programme, at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery - a Fellowship that culminated in the exhibition First Time Caller, 2002 - 03.

First Time Caller, October 2003 at the Jonathan Smart Gallery, follows on from Gank (at the same Gallery, 2001); and from A Day In My Life (digital drawings) at Peter McLeavey Gallery, July 2003.

Sole Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

2005 - Heavy Breathers with Ben Buchanan, Show Gallery, Wellington.
2005 - Some Works on Paper by Mark Braunias and Peter Robinson, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington
2004 - True Love, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
2004 - Recent Acquisitions, Christchurch City Art Gallery, Christchurch
2001 - The Cartoon Show (Artists Project) Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland
2001 - Adrift, Conical Contemporary Art Space, Melbourne.
2000 - Collectors Choice, Te Papa, Wellington, Christchurch, NZ

 

1999 - Gruesome, Mc Dougall Art Annex, Christchurch, NZ
1999 - The Photograph, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, NZ
1998 - Taking a Line for a Walk, C.O.C.A Gallery, Christchurch, NZ
1998 - What We Do Here, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, NZ
1998 - New Zealand on Paper, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, NZ
1997 - Visa Gold Art Award, Auckland City Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1997 - Current Abstraction, Milford Galleries, Dunedin, NZ
1997 - Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
1996 - ECNZ Live, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, NZ
1996 - Visa Gold Art Award, Auckland City Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1996 - Aftermath, McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch, NZ
1995 - A Very Peculiar Practice, City Gallery, City Gallery, Wellington

 

1995 - Visa Gold Art Award, Wellington City Gallery, Wellington, NZ

1994 - Painters, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1994 - Braunias, Nielsen, Dunning, Peter McLeavey Gallery, Wellington, NZ
1993 - Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, Mc Dougall Art Annex, Christchurch.
1993 - New Zealand Art Seen, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North
1993 - Visa Gold Art Awards, Wellington Public Gallery, Wellington
1992 - James Wallace Art Award, Wallace Trust, Auckland, NZ
1991 - Critics Choice, Artis Gallery, Auckland. NZ
1991 - Canterbury, Star Art Gallery, Auckland, NZ
1990 - Situation and Style, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch, NZ

 

1987 - 4 Impressions, Gingko Gallery, Christchurch
1987 - Young Contemporaries, CSA Gallery, Christchurch