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BRYDEE ROOD CV

Born 1978 Takapuna Auckland New Zealand

2005/2006: Masters in Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland.
1996/1999: Bachelor of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland.

AWARDS

2008: NZJEP Culture Grant Award for Hello Lamb Project
2008: SPLORE08 CNZ selected Artist Grant for new work at SPLORE 2008
2006: North Shore City Council Waste Wise Fund grant for new work and artist catalogue
2006: “Coexistence 2006” Artist Category Winner Britomart Precinct, Auckland (Feb-March)
2006: Martin Hughes CNZ Contemporary Pacific Arts Award; Merit Award (2nd place) + exhibition (Nov)
2005: Martin Hughes CNZ Contemporary Pacific Arts Award; Selected finalist (1/6) + exhibition (Nov)
2005+2004+2000: “James Wallace Charitable Arts Trust”, touring exhibition finalist (September) Wallace Trust Gallery Auckland, C.O.C.A, Christchurch, Pataka Museum, Wellington
1999: “NOKIA ASIA PACIFIC ARTS AWARDS”, New Zealand Finalist Winner (Nov)
1998: Elam Senior Prize in Fine Arts.
          Elam Art Scholarship.
          Elam School of Fine Arts, Denise Gerrade Scholarship.
          Derivan Art Spectrum Prize.
1995: “TRUSTBANK SMOKEFREE YOUNG DESIGNERS AWARDS”, Award nominee, Avant-garde section finalist + 3rd place

EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS

2008: Hello Lamb - Artist and Director of Hello Lamb - Geisai Exchange Project between emerging artists in Tokyo and Auckland (exhibition and publication) http://www.myspace.com/hellolambproject (May)
2008: “Feral Plastic Garden Wallop” Splore 08 Art Trail, Tapapakanga Reserve Auckland (Feb)
2008: “The Migration of the Pukeko Wheelies” Sculpture and sound Installation inside a conservatory, Shapeshifter Sculpture, curated by the New Dowse, Lower Hutt. (Feb)
2008: “Outerspace-Innerspace” A 3 piece interactive sculptural installation onsite at the Parihaka International Peace Festival 2008 presented with the assistance of Local Time www.local-time.net

2007: “Pipus Esmonde Roadaidae” Outdoor sculpture installation at the Brick Bay Sculpture Park. http://www.brickbaysculpture.co.nz/work_detail.php?id=33
2007: “Pecha Kucha Night” Britomart Pavilion - Artist presentation to public audience. (October 19th)
http://www.pechakucha.co.nz/?p=148
2007: “Elsewhere” Solo Installation, upper and lower galleries, Blue Oyster Gallery, Dunedin (August)
2007: “Translate 07” tiger beer guerrilla gallery, basement 42 Nuffield Street, Auckland (August)
2007: “Chirp” Solo Exhibition Toi Poneke Gallery Wellington Arts Centre (July)
2007: “Light” Group exhibition at Artereal, Sydney (April)
2007: “Wasabi Whale Roll” AKO7 – Elam Up Front, Foyer Installation, Shortland Street, Auckland City in conjunction with the Gus Fisher Gallery (March)
2007: “Street Oddities” Frankston Art Festival: Guest exhibitor in the Frankston City Art Festival Victoria Australia (March)
2007: Summerlights Exhibition at MARS Melbourne Art Rooms Group Exhibition of light based pieces.418 Bay Street Port Melbourne. Australia (Feb7 -25th)

2006: Close Encounters exhibition with Ryuzo Nishida, George Fraser Gallery 25A Princes St Auckland City (Dec)
2006: Lazy Susan Smelly John: A multi media performance event, St Paul Street Gallery Auckland (Sep)
2006: Fizz, group show Seed Gallery 23A Crowhurst St New Market, Auckland
2006: Collection, group drawing show George Fraser Gallery 23A Princes St Auckland City (June14-24)
2006: Birds, at Pataka Museum Porirua Wellington, New Zealand (June-Oct)
2006: Puff, solo installation at Rm103 Achilles House, Downtown Auckland, (May) 2006: Draw the Line, Seed Gallery, 23A Crowhurst St New Market, Auckland (April)
2006: Splore Festival 2006, Light sculpture installation on Art Trail at Tapapakanga Reserve, Auckland (Feb)
2006: “Natural Selection 06”; Light sculpture installation; Next Wave 2006; a Commonwealth Games Cultural Program, Melbourne Australia, (March)

2005: “Urban Life” Shed 11, Wellington and web-based Finalist Exhibition www.Wellington.govt.nz/rd/urbanart (Nov-Dec)
2005: Mazda Emerging Artist Finalist Exhibition, the Hilton, Auckland (August)
2005: James Wallace Charitable Arts Trust Finalist Exhibition”, Auckland/Christchurch/Wellington (Oct/Nov/Dec)
2005: “The Kowhai Suite” Solo Installation Project, Starkwhite Gallery, 510 K’Road Auckland (June-July)
2005: 1 week Artist in Residence Balmoral Primary, Auckland (June)

2004:“James Wallace Charitable Arts Trust Finalists Exhibition”, 305 Queen St, Auckland, New Zealand
2004:“Fresco”, solo exhibición and installation at Difocur, (Centro Cultural Genaro Estrada), Sala de Arte Joven. Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. (Jan- Feb)

2003: Guest-Artist of Museo de Arte de Sinaloa during the Bienal de Artes Plásticas del Noroeste, Paliza y Buelna – Zona Centro, Culiacán, Sinaloa, México. (October 2003 - January 2004)
2003: “Cupboard Love”, solo exhibition and installation at Glider, level 7 Rainbow building, Honmachi Odori, Wakayama city, Wakayama Prefecture, Kansai, Japan, 640-8033. (Jan-Feb)

2002: “Pin Pop”, solo exhibition, Wake-Up gallery, 1-7 Higashi-daikumachi, Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan, 770-0905. (July)
2002: “Kamiyama Foreign Artists Exhibition”, group show, Hotel Shikinosato gallery, Kamiyama City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan (July)

2001: “Bye Kiwi Made”, solo exhibition, Taylor-Jenson gallery, 39 George Street, Palmerston North (April-May)
2001: “Pop”(u)llution”, a mural scale public art piece, sponsored by Fletcher Construction and AMP, Fort Street (temporary).
2001: “Bloke” exhibition with Rohan Wealleans, ASA gallery, level 2, 32 Lorne Street, Auckland (Feb-March)

2000: “From” exhibition with Sara Hughes, RAMP Gallery Hamilton (August)
2000: “Pin” exhibition with Seeta P Thomas, George Fraser Gallery (February)
2000: 12 month International touring exhibition sponsored by Nokia; the work travelled to Singapore, Malaysia, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand

Publications:

Brick Bay Catalogue 2008 – “Pipus Esmonde Roadaidae” (image) with essay by Dr. Robin Woodward

Parihaka Festival Programme 2008 - Arts Projects 08 write up of interactive installation art.

Brydee Rood 2006 artist catalogue images by Brydee Rood, text essay by Andrea Bell sponsored by the North Shore City Council - Waste Wise Fund.

Recent catalogues include:

Elam Art Upfront (image + text by Winsome Wild) catalogue and project curator: Andrew Clifford

Auckland Festival Visual Arts Guide (image featured) 2007

Elam MFA Show 2006 Catalogue (image featured)

Life in the City 2007 Arts Guide Frankston City (image + text)

Martin Hughes Contemporary Pacific Art Award Finalist Catalogue (Image + text) catalogue and exhibition curator: Fono McCarthy 2005 and 2006 publications

Urban Life catalogue Year of the Built Environment 2005 (image + text x 2)

Bring Your Caddy Elam Masters 05. (Image feature) 2005

Festival Melbourne 2006/Commonwealth Games Festival Guide (Image + text)