Judy Darragh

Born 1957, Christchurch, New Zealand. Lecturer in Visual Arts at Manukau Institute of Technology, Auckland from 1995 and at Auckland University of Technology, 2000 - 2001.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006
Arts Society, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland
Judy Darragh: Selected Works Selected, Roger Williams Contemporary, Auckland
Frozen Flood, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
Ramp Gallery, Waikato University of Technology, Hamilton

2005
Weeping Works, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Stars Don't Sparkle In Space, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch

2004
So… you made it? A major retrospective exhibition curated by Natasha Conland for Te Papa Tongarewa, Museum of New Zealand, Wellington. Publication "Judy Darragh So…You Made It?" edited by Natasha Conland, Te Papa Press, 2004

2003
Universal Beauty and Truth, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Truth & Beauty II, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch

2002
Dreamweavers, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin

2001
What One Wonders, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Motherboard, Rm 401, Auckland

2000
Sunspots, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
One Wonders, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

1999
Sunspots, Artspace Gallery, Auckland
Lovesongs, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland

1998
Love Songs Till Midnight, Physics Room, Christchurch
Cube'n'dice, Fiat Lux Gallery, Auckland

1997
I'll Keep You Warm, Pilot Space, AUT Student Gallery, Auckland
Liquid Paper, Spot Gallery, Auckland
365 Daze, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Auckland

1996
Universal Drapes, Teststrip Gallery, Auckland
The Night Sky, Teststrip Gallery Window, Auckland

1995
Floral Extravaganza, A collaboration with Ani O'Neill, NEW Gallery Project Space, Auckland Art Gallery; Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt; Bath House Art Gallery, Rotorua
She's A Mod! Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
The Collection, Installation, Tower Studio Queens College, Melbourne, Australia
Floral Sculptures Installation, The Letting Space Project, Artspace, Auckland

1994
Hula Surprise, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
Aquarium Installation, Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North

1991
More Taste Than Money, Jonathan Jensen Gallery Christchurch; Dunedin Public Art Gallery

1990
Change Of Tack, Catherine Scollay Gallery, Wellington
Moderno Update, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
X-Cess, Waikato Art Gallery, Hamilton

1989
Pacific Madonna, Window Works Series, Auckland, City Art Gallery
Yohohosho, Aberhart North Gallery, Auckland
Tic For Tack, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
Southern Delites, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

1988
Culturally Flabby, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington

1987
Mz Zealanous, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington
New Zeal, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland

1986
High Tack, Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington

Selected Group Exhibitions

2005
Prospect, City Gallery, Wellington, curator: Emma Bugden
South Project. Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand
High Chair - New Zealand Artists on Childhood, St Paul St Gallery, Auckland University of Technology

2004
WWW, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Remember New Zealand, Sao Paolo Bienal, Brazil

2002
The Jd Show (with Julian Dashper), Rm 401, Auckland
Lush, Platform 1, Melbourne, Australia
dTail, curators: Ani O'Neill and Shigeyuki Kihara, Mataora Gallery, Auckland

2001
Still Life, Adam Art Gallery, Victoria University, Wellington
Polytechnic, Anna Bibby Gallery, Auckland
Fabrications, curator: Justin Paton, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin

2000
Drunkards Dream, Pavement & Penthouse Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
In Glorious Dreams, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
Drive, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth

1999
Out Of The Ordinary Installation, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
Phase Three Installation Laser Bloom, Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt
Wonderlands, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
Papermake, Modern Art Inc, London, U.K. Leap Of Faith Survey Show, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth

1998
Rezone Series Shop Window Installation, Balmoral Road, Auckland
Setting The Table Ceramics, Lopdell House, Titirangi, Auckland

1997
CODEc Artists Internet Project in association with Teststrip Gallery, Auckland
Sharp and Shiny, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth

1996
Nostalgia, curator: Zara Stanhope, Monash Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
Identikit, Lopdell House, Titirangi, Auckland
Badge, curator: Mary Robinson, Fisher Gallery, Pakuranga, Auckland

1995 - 1996
Hangover, curators: Lara Strongman and Robert Leonard, Waikato Museum, Hamilton; Dunedin Public Art Gallery; Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch

1994
Elvis In Geyersland, Bath House Art Gallery, Rotorua
Stop Making Sense, Curator: George Hubbard, City Gallery, Wellington
Child's Play, The Robert McDougall Art Gallery and Annex, Christchurch
Uno Momento Mas, Soundwatch, Artspace, Auckland

1994
150 Ways Of Loving, Artspace, Auckland

1993
Comfort Zone, Govett Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth

1992
The Carnivalesque Body, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
Surface Tensions, 10 Artists Of The 90's, Auckland City Art Gallery
Vanitas, The Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch

1991
Home Made Home Installation, City Gallery, Wellington
Cross Pollination, curator George Hubbard, Artspace
Catholic Taste, curator: Judy Darragh, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
Intermedia: The Face Of Change, Contemporary Women Artists, Bath House Art Gallery, Rotorua

1990
Situation and Style, curator: William McAloon, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

1989
Rock and Rose Bed Occupied Zone, installation series, curators: Priscilla Pitts and Derrick Cherrie, Artspace Auckland
Bestia Fabrica, Fish Shop Gallery, Auckland
Constructed Intimacies, Moët and Chandon Award Exhibition

1988
6 Women Artists, Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch

1986
The Blue Room Mountain Of Work, Greymouth Art Gallery

Awards and Residencies

Selected Collections

Film Projects