Brett GrahamBrett Graham is a prominent contemporary New Zealand artist whose work has been included in exhibitions all over the world. Highlights include the Venice Biennale 2007, the Sydney Biennale 2006 and 2010 and the 2013 survey of international indigenous art at the National Gallery of Canada.
Grounded in a Maori world-view, Brett's practice reaches out to embrace wider experiences and questions of power relations. His art addresses some of the most topical and pressing global questions about how people, cultures, nations and religions perceive and speak to each other. Brett, who is of the Tainui tribe Ngati Koroki Kahukura, is highly regarded for his ability to abstract complex political, historical and cultural ideas into strong sculptural form. {"The fact that Brett draws upon the customs of Maori carving and recontextualises these practices within the language of contemporary art is what brings his work so much depth and makes it accessible for many different audiences."} Candice Hopkins, co-curator Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada in Art New Zealand#147, Spring 2013 Brett has a doctorate in Fine Arts from the University of Auckland and an MFA from the University of Hawaii. His work is in public and private collections around the world. He has also produced several major public artworks throughout New Zealand and undertaken artist residencies in Switzerland, the United States (New York and Hawaii) and Australia. For more information or the artist's CV please contact the gallery. |
Ark of forbearance installation view
2022 Brett Graham Ark of forbearance installation view 2022 Brett Graham Ark of forbearance installation view
2022 Brett Graham Ark of forbearance installation view 2022 Brett Graham Maungārongo ki te Whenua Maungārongo ki te Tangata
2021 Brett Graham Carved Wood Installation View, Govett-Brewster Gallery Maungārongo ki te Whenua Maungārongo ki te Tangata 2021 Brett Graham Carved Wood Installation View, Govett-Brewster Gallery Cease Tide of Wrong-Doing
2021 Brett Graham Kauri, wood and metal 9600 x 3000 (diam) mm Cease Tide of Wrong-Doing 2021 Brett Graham Kauri, wood and metal 9600 x 3000 (diam) mm Installation view
2021 Brett Graham Tai Moana Tai Tangata City Gallery Wellington / Te Whare Toi Installation view 2021 Brett Graham Tai Moana Tai Tangata City Gallery Wellington / Te Whare Toi Tukua te Karakia ki te Ao
2021 screenprint and graphite 1000 x 710mm Tukua te Karakia ki te Ao 2021 screenprint and graphite 1000 x 710mm Maungarongo
2021 screenprint and black sand 1000 x 710mm Maungarongo 2021 screenprint and black sand 1000 x 710mm O'Pioneer
2021 screenprint and black sand 1000 x 710mm O'Pioneer 2021 screenprint and black sand 1000 x 710mm Rukuhia 2
2009 Brett Graham Hand-carved MDF, paint 1770 x 520 x 360 mm Rukuhia 2 2009 Brett Graham Hand-carved MDF, paint 1770 x 520 x 360 mm Sutai (alternate angle)
2014 Brett Graham corian and lacquer 500 mm diameter Sutai (alternate angle) 2014 Brett Graham corian and lacquer 500 mm diameter |