Biography
Megan Ruth Hansen-Knarhoi
Date of Birth: 15/11/1974
Address: Nelson
Landline: (+64)(3) 548 4883
Mobile: (+64) 21 234 7007
Academic Qualifications
(2009) COP - Te Kakano II, AUT University, Te Ara Poutama
(2008) COP - Te Kakano I, AUT University, Te Ara Poutama
(2006) MFA - Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland
(1999) BA(Hons) - Art History, University of Auckland
(1997) BA - Double Major, Anthropology and Art History, University of Auckland
Awards
Jesus
(the second coming)
WINNER of 2010 Tasman District Council Award for Excellence in contemporary interpretation of work featuring traditional techniques
Arts Council Nelson's Changing Threads - an exhibition of contemporary fibre and textile art
Refinery Artspace, 3 Halifax Street, Nelson
20 March – 10 April 2010
scepter
SECOND PRIZE WINNER in Orchid Show
Elam School of Fine Arts Masters group exhibition
Mount Street Studio, Mount Street, Auckland Central
21 - 23 August 2006
Judge: Brian Hobscrouter aka Hobbs
Current & Future Projects
Cross Purposes
in Under group show
Lopdell House Gallery
Corner Titirangi & South Titirangi Roads, Waitakere
6 August - 3 October 2010
Curator: Karl Chitham
Blind Faith
finalist in Trust Waikato Contemporary Art Awards
Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
1 Grantham St, Hamilton
7 August 2010 - 9 January 2011
Judge: Rachel Kent, Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
Solo exhibition
Dirty Words (working title)
The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatu
208 Bridge Street, Nelson
March 2011
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious
Mary Newton Gallery
150 Vivian Street, Wellington
Opening 2 March; 3 - 27 March 2010
2008
Jesus
Drawing Wall
Te Tuhi - Centre For The Arts, 13 Reeves Road, Pakuranga, Manukau City, Aotearoa New Zealand
Curator: Stephen Cleland
3rd May - 7th September 2008
Matthew 10:30
window work at:
BLAZE
350 Broadway, Newmarket
April - May 2008
2007
Apparition
solo show
Anna Bibby Gallery, 2 Morgan Street, Newmarket, Auckland
4th September - 29th September 2007
Email: annabibby@xtra.co.nz
2006
Installation - End of year submission
Year 6, Master of Fine Arts
Gentlemen's Toilets
Level 1
Mount Street Studios
9 Mount Street
Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
2005
Crotchtit
Anna Bibby Gallery, 2 Morgan Street, Newmarket, Auckland
29 November - 21 December 2005
Email: annabibby@xtra.co.nz
Installation - End of year submission
Year 5, Master of Fine Arts
Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland
Hanger (installation) (June)
dep_art_ment
Miss Crab window, 41 Ponsonby Road, Auckland
Curator: Richard Orjis
2004
Untitled
in Parade #7
arcade, 214 Karangahape Road, Auckland
04/11/04-04/12/04
Curator: Ryan Moore
2003
Hooked and Needled
Agnes Curran, 181 Ponsonby Road, Freemans Bay, Auckland
May
33 Cuddly Toy Jesus Crosses - Tinsellation Series (03/03/03)
Installation @ The Window
Cnr Pitt St and Beresford St, Auckland Central
2002
Nagem
Renegade Street-poster campaign (100 x A4)
Central City, Christchurch
March
Group Exhibitions
2009
White Boob / Black Boob (2006)
in The Real Art Roadshow: The Silver Truck
Travelling exhibition around NZ throughout 2009
Link to Gallery @ The Real Art Roadshow
Link to Exhibition Itinerary @ The Real Art Roadshow
Flock
Group Show
11 February – 8 March 2009
Anna Bibby Gallery, 226 Jervois Road, Herne Bay, Auckland
2008
White Boob / Black Boob (2006)
in The Real Art Roadshow: The Silver Truck
Travelling exhibition around NZ throughout 2009
Link to Gallery @ The Real Art Roadshow
Link to Exhibition Itinerary @ The Real Art Roadshow
Bambi Birdie Boner (2004)
in No Rules: Rediscovering Embroidery
Objectspace, 8 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland
15 November 2008 - 20 December 2008
Tattoo: respond-response participation project #2
Te Tuhi - Centre For The Arts
12 November 2008
Curators: Colleen Altagracia & Carolyn Milbank
Peppermint Piety
in Cold Comfort: The Craft Sublime
The Suter Te Aratoi o Whakatuu
208 Bridge Street, Nelson
Curator: Anna-Marie White
31 May – 13 July 2008
2007
Hanger
in Home Truths, a group exhibition within a Domestic Space
445 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland
One night only, Friday 3rd August 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Curated by Sophie Keyse
tithctorc
in Silly
part of the 2007 Elam School of Fine Arts and Creative New Zealand exhibition programme with Christina Read and Kentaro Yamada
Creative New Zealand Office, 3rd Floor, Southern Cross Building, 57 - 61 High Street
Wed 2nd May - Thurs 31st May 2007
Closing party 31st May 5pm
Spirit Fingers
in Elam: Art UpFront
part of Auckland Arts Festival, AK07 in collaboration with The Gus Fisher Gallery
Foyer, Tower Two, Forsyth Barr Tower, Shortland Centre, 55-65 Shortland Street, Auckland Central
Fri 9 Mar - Fri 23 March, 2007
Curated by: Andrew Clifford
Love love
in LOVE is the KEY
An Exhibition of over 30 artists from New Zealand and the Cook Islands
Inanui Gallery, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
Tuesday 20 February - Saturday 17 March, 2007
Opening Event: 6pm, Tuesday 20 February, 2007
Co-Curated by: Eruera Nia (Inanui Gallery), Ani O'Neill, Megan Hansen-Knarhoi & Richard Maloy.
eau de toilet
The Faux
Objectspace, 8 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby, Auckland
27th Jan - 16th Mar; Opening 6pm, Friday 26th Jan
Curator: Karl Chitham
Link to images
Link to Objectspace
2006
Yellow Boob / Brown Boob, Mistress Pertalot and Chicken Little & Henny Penny Pieces
in Batteries Not Included
Mary Newton Gallery, 150 Vivian Street, Wellington
opening 12th December 2006
Link to Exhibition Page @ Mary Newton Gallery
R.I.P. & Chicken Little
in Meat Show
Agnes Curran, 181 Ponsonby Road, Freemans Bay, Auckland
21 - 31 August
Curator: Gavin Hurley
scepter
SECOND PRIZE WINNER in Orchid Show
Elam School of Fine Arts Masters group exhibition
Mount Street Studio, Mount Street, Auckland Central
21 - 23 August
Judge: Brian Hobscrouter aka Hobbs
Yellow Boob/Brown Boob
Anna Bibby Gallery, 2 Morgan Street, Newmarket, Auckland
1 - 26 August
White Boob/Black Boob
in Nautical But Nice
exhibition with Gavin Hurley and Octavia Cook
Mary Newton Gallery, 150 Vivian Street, Wellington
7 - 24 June
Link to Exhibition Page @ Mary Newton Gallery
The Buddy System
in Festival Melbourne 2006
The Cultural Festival of The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games
ARC One Gallery
45 Fliners Lane, Melbourne, Australia
8 March - 1 April
Curator: GAP Global Art Projects
Boobies
in Mini Works
dep_art_ment
41 Ponsonby Road, Auckland
16 February - 9 March
Curator: Erica van Zon
Gay-Mans-Camp-Pussy-Tie
in respond-response: Jewellery Out of Context (JOC)
TAFE NSW Sydney Institute
The Muse Cnr Mary Ann & Harris Streets
Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia
27 January - 12 February
Curators: Carol Shepheard & Peter Deckers
2005
Cunt Cross
Finalist in James Wallace Art Awards
Canary Gallery, Karangahape Road, Auckland
20 - 23 December
Judges: James Wallace, Fiona Connor & Anna Miles
Cunt Crosses
in Paperwork
group exhibition including Gavin Hurley, Trust Me, Samantha Mitchell, Stuart Page and James Robertson
Canary Gallery, Karangahape Road, Auckland
31 August - 10 September
Curator: James Robertson
Link to Exhibition Page @ Canary Gallery
Hybrid
in Bring Your Caddy
Elam School of Fine Arts Masters group exhibition
Stanbeth House Gallery, Customs Street, Auckland
5th - 10th September
Sky Bursters
Finalist in Trust Waikato Contemporary Art Awards
Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton
August-October
Judge: Heather Galbraith
AmIHe?
in Uncertain Identity: The Red and the Black
Waiheke Community Art Gallery, 2 Korora Road, Oneroa, Waiheke Island
24 June - 19 July
Curator: Jennifer Purvis
2004
Peppermint Piety
in Pond Life
Mary Newton Gallery, 150 Vivian Street, CBD, Wellington
11 Feb - 6 March
Link to Exhibition Page @ Mary Newton Gallery
The Buddy System
Co-Buddy (Collaborator/artists assistant) to Ani O’Neill for Buddy System residency
Art in General Gallery, New York, U.S.A
7 November - 23 December
Link to Art In General
Thanks to Creative New Zealand for their generous support
More Know Tom Fool Than Tom Fool Knows (self portrait)
in National Drawing Award
ARTSPACE and The Physics Room (Exhibiting surnames A-L at ARTSPACE, and M-Z at The Physics Room from 3 – 20 November 2004, then swapping for the second half, 26 November – 18 December 2004
Eau de toilet
in Yumiblongart
Art Auction for the Vanuatu Cultural Centre
Artspace, 300 Karangahape Road, Auckland
27 October
Topsy/Turvy
in Remember New Zealand
26th Sao Paulo Bienal, Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, home of the Fundação Bienal, portão 3, Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo, Brazil
25 September - 19 December
Curator: Tobias Berger
R.I.P.
in Icons of New Zealand Summer
Splendid of London, 104 Commercial Street E1 (just opposite Spitalfields Market near the Ten Bells), London, UK.
25 September - 15 October
Curators: Angela Meyer and Sonia Bruce
Cry For Everything Bad That's Ever Happened
in Left at the Members Lounge
Objectspace, Ponsonby, Auckland
14 August - 25 September
Curators: Lucy Hammonds, Rachel Gibbons and Sean Duxfield with the assistance of Bronwyn Fletcher
Link to Exhibition Page @ Objectspace
eau de toilet
in Crochet
Anna Bibby Gallery, Newmarket, Auckland
13 July - 7 August
Curators: Gavin Hurley and Anna Bibby
Hampton Wick
in Done Dirt Cheap
NEUT Gallery 2 Riddiford St Newtown, Wellington
9 -18 July
Curator: Angela Meyer
Tell Me What You Eat and I Will Tell You What You Are
Artist in the Window
Eden Arts Maungawhau / Mt Eden Community Arts Trust Window Works Project
15 -19 March
Organiser: Pamela Wright
Wonder Unpuzzler
in Blind Chance
organised by Cuckoo, Artspace, Central Auckland
February
Directors: Jon Bywater, Judy Darragh, Daniel Malone, Ani O’Neill and Gwynneth Porter
Cuddly Toy Jesus Crosses
at Mixt - Art and Design, Kingsland, Auckland
February
Curator: Miranda Pritchard
Luncheon
Window installation in collaboration with Ani O’Neill
window, George Street ANZ, Central Dunedin, for Gridlocked project
January
Director: Tessa Giblin
Link to Exhibition Page @ Gridlocked
2003
Kit(s)ch(ick)en
in Handycrafts
on tour for Objectspace, te tuhi - the mark gallery, Pakuranga, Auckland; Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford, Taranaki; Suter Gallery, Nelson; The Dowse, Lower Hutt, Wellington
Curator: Rose Griffins
Unscented
in The little Art show that could...
The Kiosk, public art site of The Physics Room, Christchurch
October - November
Curator: David Clayton
Link to Exhibition Page @ The Physics Room
Luncheon
in Gridlocked on Tour
Toyworld, O’Connells Shopping Centre, Queenstown
October
Curator/Director: Tessa Giblin
Fourteen Cuddly Toy Jesus Crosses - Cry for Everything Bad that’s Ever Happened
Finalist in James Wallace Charitable Arts Trust Twelfth Annual Wallace Art Awards
Auckland Memorial Museum, 15 September - 5 October and East Gallery, Massey University Gallery, Wellington, 19 November - 23 December
Curator: John Orfanos
Two Steak and Cheese Pies in Conversation
Finalist in Trust Waikato Contemporary Art Awards
Waikato Museum of Art and History, Hamilton
August
I Want
in Images of Desire 3
Red Light District - Art Walk Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June - August
Curator: Jan van der Ploeg
Unitoe, Unity, Unitas
in Creative Installations - An Evolution to Unity exhibition
Te Kohinga, Otahuhu, Auckland
June
Organised by: Framework Trust and The Unity Project.
2002
Miss Polycontinental
Character role as part of performance and workshops with Pacific Sisters
Splore: Integrated Arts and Music Festival
Waharau National Park
February
Luncheon
Window installation with Ani O'Neill, Manchester Street, Christchurch
for gridlocked
October
Director: Tessa Giblin
Link to Exhibition Page @ Gridlocked
Gay-Mans-Camp-Pussy-Tie
in d:Tail adornment show
Mataora Gallery, Ponsonby, Auckland
November
Curators: Shigeyuki Kihara and Ani O’Neill
2001
Moon Balloon Range
in Rakau collective stall, Aotea Square Markets, Auckland Central
April - November
Published Projects/ Publications/ Reviews/ Floortalks/ Workshops/ Lectures
2010
Wool gathering
in indulgence, CULTURE, The Dominion Post
Saturday, 27 February 2010, p6
Article: Ann Packer
If you find this funny...
in Arts, The Nelson Mail
Wednesday, 27 January 2010, p17
Article: Charles Anderson
Megan Hansen-Knarhoi
in The Gravy creative culture show
Series 4, Episode 7
TVNZ 7, Saturday 15th Jan and Tuesday 19th Jan 2010, 9:35pm
http://tvnz.co.nz/the-gravy/gravy-series-4-episode-7-3329974
Director: Zoe Mcintosh
Cameraman: Hamish Waterhouse
Presenter: Gabe McDonnell
Inside
Artist Megan Hansen-Knarhoi takes us on a tour of sunny Nelson's eco-friendly summer must-sees
in HOME New Zealand
Dec/Jan 2010, p24 & p48
Article: Jeremy Hansen
2009
Megan Hansen-Knarhoi
in REAL ART ROADSHOW THE BOOK
Campbell, Fiona ed. Midas Printing International Limited, China, 2009. pp 92-93
Article: Mary-Jane Duffy
ISBN: 978-0-473-15294-9
2007
Elam artists front up
in Ingenio Et Labore - The University of Auckland Alumni Magazine Autumn 2007
Article: Andrew Clifford
ISSN: 1176-211X
Megan Hansen-Knarhoi - The Shortland Centre, Forsyth Barr Tower
in ELAM ART UPFRONT - The Foyer Art Project 9 - 23 March 2007
Centre for New Zealand Art research and Discovery, National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries, The University of Auckland, 2007
Contributor: Linda Tyler
ISBN: 0-9582817-2-6
2006
Megan Hansen-Knarhoi
in Stitch: Contemporary New Zealand Textile Artists
Author: Ann Packer
Publisher: Random House, New Zealand.
ISBN: 1869417887
Threading a Fine Twine: A Critical Response to the Art of Megan Hansen-Knarhoi
in Art New Zealand, Number 120 / Spring 2006, pp.74-76, 89
Article: Edward Hanfling
Sex & Religion
in Creative Corners, inspirations @ HOME, Issue 1, Autumn 2006, p.9
Article: Peta Temple
2005
The galleries: Paradise is a world of contradictions
in Visual Arts Review, The New Zealand Herald, Wednesday, December 7, 2005, Section B, p.6
Review: T J McNamara
Link to Online Article
Exhibitions Auckland
in Art New Zealand Number 117 / Summer 2005-2006, p.35
Review: Edward Hanfling
Woolly World: New Zealand's Crochet Revival
Object #47, 2005, pp32-37
Article: Gina Irish
Bring Your Caddy
Elam Masters '05 Catalogue
University of Auckland
2004
Left at the Members Lounge
review in Object #45, p.74
Review: Heather Galbraith
Artist's International Artist Residency
Radio Interview
Morning Show, BFM, 10am, Thursday, 6th January
DJ: Simon Pound
Material witnesses
artnews New Zealand, Volume 24 / Number 4. Summer 2004. pp. 52 - 56
Article: Virginia Were
Where size does matter
The New Zealand Herald, Wednesday, 20th October, 2004, Page B11
Review: Tobias Berger
Left at the Members Lounge
ISBN 0 476 00867 0
Shopper's Delight
STAPLE, August/September, 2004
Review: David Read
Done Dirt Cheap
artscene, The Package.co.nz; an urban survival kit, 22 - 28 July, Issue 247, Urbanist Media Ltd 2004
Review: Rose
Sweet serenity and some shockers
Visual Arts Review, The New Zealand Herald, Wednesday, July 21, 2004, Page B7
Review: T J McNamara
Crochet
television interview on 'Tonight', late night news Channel one, TVNZ, Monday 20th July at 10:30
Reporter: Sacha McNeil
Done Dirt Cheap
on 'Nightline' , Channel 3, Thursday 15th July at 10:30pm
The care and feeding of wives
The Dominion Post, Thursday July 15, 2004; Page B4
Reporter: Rosemary McLeod
Gothic bogan art
Capital Times, Wednesday 14 July, Wellington
Art show keeps it light and bouncy
Front Page, Monday 12th July, The Dominion Post, Wellington
Reporter: Tom Cardy
A perverse makeover for Nana's innocent old crocheted tablecloth - the craft artists who are getting naughty with needles
television interview on 'Frontseat', Channel one, TVNZ, Sunday 11th July at 10.50pm
Reporter: Jeremy Hansen
Crochet Queen
Artnotes NZ North Island, Art Monthly Australia, May 2004 Number 169, p39-40
Reporter: Sue Gardiner
2003
Floortalk with Rose Griffin
Discussion of the conceptual basis for the show and individual works with selected artists, including Megan Hansen-Knarhoi, Sunday 9 November, 2003
Kit(s)ch(ick)en workshop
Teaching individuals how to make their very own hand crocheted egg warmer with Megan Hansen-Knarhoi, Sunday 1 November, 2003
Artist gives traditional crochet a playful twist
Eastern Courier, Friday November 7, 2003. p 4
Reporter: Catherine Myhre
Crafty artists turn to reminiscence
The Guide section of The New Zealand Herald, Wednesday, November 5, 2003, p.B11
Reporter: Hanna Scott
Handycrafts at home with textiles
catalogue - A partnership project between Objectspace and te thui - the mark 28 October - 23 November., Printco Graphics, Auckland, 2003. p19
Exhibitions Auckland, Wallace Art Award
Art New Zealand, Number 109 / Summer 2003 - 2004, p.43
Reviewer: Jon Bywater
The little art show that could...
review by Hamish Winn in Art Scene section of The Package 30 October - 5 November 2003 #215, Urbanist Media Limited
Take off your clothes
review of Trust Waikato Contemporary Art Award exhibition, Art section of The Listener October 4-10 2003, page 64.
Reviewer: Jon Bywater
Guest Artist Lecture by Megan Hansen-Knarhoi
Topics in New Zealand Art History: Contemporary Art, 2nd & 3rd year Fine Art students at the Quay School of the Arts, 22 May 2003
invitation extended by Edward Hanfling, H.O.D. Art History,Wanganui, UCOL
Make-it-yourself Fluff Cuff
guest artist for STAPLE Magazine, Issue 1, August, First Floor Publishing, Wellington, pp 103-104, 2003
2002
Luncheon
Pavement - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Special Magazine, Issue december 2002/january 2003, page 72
Gay-Mans-Camp-Pussy-Tie
Pulp - beatnik Magazine, Issue Dec/Jan/Feb, 2003, Intro page of Pulp Magazine Ponsonby Fringe Festival Fashion Review insert publication
Gay-Mans-Camp-Pussy-Tie
d:Tail adornment show catalogue, Wentforth Print, Auckland, 2002. Page 8
Luncheon
Artscene section of The Package 3-9 October 2002 #165, Urbanist Publications 2002
Review: Hanna Gemsen