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Curatorial
Statement |
Artist's Résumé
Born in Hastings, 1930
Lives and works in New Plymouth
Selected solo exhibitions
| 2003 |
Air-ways,
Suter Gallery, Nelson
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From
the Circular Plane Series, TSB Showplace, New Plymouth |
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Hangings,
Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington |
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| 2002 |
Second
Generation, Artis Gallery, Auckland
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Assembly,
Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui |
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Selected
Works, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington |
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| 2001 |
Don
Driver 1985-2001, Grove Mill Winery, Marlborough |
Selected group exhibitions
| 2004 |
Shape
Shifter, Frederick Wallis House, Lower Hutt
N.Z. Sculpture Onshore, Devonport, Auckland |
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| 2003 |
Henry
Sarjeant’s Fine Art Department Store, Sarjeant
Gallery, Wanganui
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Signs
and Wonders: He Tohu He Ohorere, Museum of New Zealand
Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington |
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Summer
Stock Show, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki |
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Works
on Paper, The Diversion, Blenheim |
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| 2002 |
Past
Presents, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa,
Wellington |
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N.Z.
Sculpture, Becroft Garden, Auckland |
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| 2001 |
Portfolio
Retrospective, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland
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The Art
Event, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch |
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Art to
Heart, Mills Reef Winery, Tauranga |
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Group
Sex, One-Eye Gallery, Paekakariki |
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Friends
of the Family, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui |
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Te Maunga
Taranaki: View of a Mountain, Govett-Brewster Art
Gallery, New Plymouth |
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Prospectively,
Auckland University of Technology |
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Expat,
Community Arts Centre, Hastings |
Awards and Residencies
| 1999 |
The
Special Jury Award, Visa Gold/Wallace Trust awards |
| 1994 |
Residency,
University of Tasmania, Hobart
New Zealand/Australia Foundation Study Award |
| 1991 |
Caltex
Award |
| 1990 |
Pacesetters
Award |
| 1987 |
BP
Art Award |
| 1986 |
Purchase
Award, Goodman Suter Biennale |
| 1984 |
Whanganui
Art Award |
| 1974 |
Hansells
Sculpture Award |
| 1972 |
Benson
& Hedges Art Award |
| 1953 |
Sculpture
Prize, Auckland Birthday Carnival |
Selected Bibliography
Jim Barr, Mary Barr and Marti Friedlander,
Contemporary New Zealand Painters vol. 1, Martinborough:
Alistair Taylor, 1980
Jim Barr and Mary Barr, The Sculptural
Installations of Don Driver, (exhibition catalogue),
Wellington City Art Gallery, 1988
Gordon H. Brown and Hamish Keith, An
Introduction to New Zealand Painting 1839-1980, Auckland:
Collins, 1982
Peter Cape, Please Touch: A Survey
of the Three Dimensional Arts in New Zealand, Auckland:
Collins, 1980
Michael Dunn, New Zealand Sculpture:
A History, Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002
Justin Paton, 'The Alphabet According
to Don Driver', The Pander, available online at
http://www.thepander.co.nz/art/reviews/jpaton8.php
Priscilla Pitts, Contemporary New
Zealand Sculpture, Auckland: David Bateman, 1998
Priscilla Pitts (ed), With Spirit: Don
Driver, a retrospective, (exhibition catalogue), Govett-Brewster
Art Gallery, New Plymouth, 1999
Additional links
http://www.hamishmckaygallery.com
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