About Rachael
Dreaming of Sheep 2007
Rachael Garland
Bachelor Fine Arts – High Distinction Quay School of Fine Arts 2003
Master of Maori Visual Arts - First Class Honours 2016
Rachael studied at Quay School of Fine Arts 2000 – 2003 and majored in printmaking.
She graduated in 2003 with high distinction.
In 2015 she completed her Masters Degree in Maori Visual Arts with First Class Honours.
Rachael continues her art making in printmaking and painting, and more recently in 3D construction and mixed media works.
She has participated in numerous group and solo shows throughout New Zealand, and has work in many private collections both nationally and overseas.
She is Mum to 3 boys. She often stands on sharp bits of stray lego with bare feet by mistake.
Rachael's artwork is often an amalgamation of the real and the imagined.
Recurring themes are magpies, dolls, and objects from her domestic realm alongside more fantastical, dream-like imagery and symbolism.
They are often strong narratives about domestic life, motherhood and personal history.
Finalist Goldwater National Art Awards 2002
Merit Award Carey Smith & Co Whanganui Arts Review 2007
Selected for publication in *12 New Zealand Artists* 2009 Calendar - Craig Potton Publishing
Member of Central Print Council of Aoteoroa
2013
Venus Envy RAYNE
EXHIBITION HISTORY (since graduation)
2004
Homecoming Central Print Council/Community Arts Centre WANGANUI
100-Up Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
*Exit Stage Left Grodentz Gallery WELLINGTON
Garden Show Rick Rudd/Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
Art Show Aigantighe Art Gallery/Museum TIMARU
Contemporary Art Auction Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
Celebrate Gallery Dalgleish WANGANUI
Carey Smith & Co Wanganui Arts Review Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
Across the Great Divide Quay Gallery WANGANUI
*Utopia Lost Gallery Dalgleish WANGANUI
A4 Artists Grodentz Gallery WELLINGTON
Summer Show The Villa WANGANUI
Small Works Gallery Dalgleish WANGANUI
2005
*I Smile Of Course And Go On Drinking Tea Wine Country Gallery HAVELOCK NORTH
Group Show – Landscapes Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
Carey Smith & Co Wanganui Arts Review Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
*Framework of a Former Life Art Boutique TAURANGA
*A Bird Lover’s Garden Thermostat PALMERSTON NORTH
Brush & Bean Weekend Affair Mt Eden AUCKLAND
Contemporary Art Auction TAUPO
A4 Artists Grodentz Gallery WELLINGTON
2006
Figure, Figure on the Wall Palette Gallery AUCKLAND
Brush & Bean Weekend Affair Mt Eden AUCKLAND
Kohia Contemporary Art Sale AUCKLAND
QEC Reunion Group Show Thermostat PALMERSTON NORTH
Carey Smith & Co Whanganui Arts Review Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
An Unreasonable Passion WAIKATO MUSEUM
Ohoka Art Show Rangiora CHRISTCHURCH
UCOL Staff and Alumni Printmakers GK Studio WANGANUI
200 x 200 x 200 Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
Deck the Walls Palette Gallery AUCKLAND
2007
*Domestic Blitz Stage Gallery HAWERA
*Plywood Kina NEW PLYMOUTH
Wanganui Artists Kina NEW PLYMOUTH
*Pretty Things to Leave Behind Rosslyn Gallery DUNEDIN
*Time Present, Time Past Majuba Gallery HANMER SPRINGS
*Dark”: Vent 6 THERMOSTAT GALLERY Palmerston North
Carey Smith & Co Whanganui Arts Review Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
*Waiting for Alice Palette Gallery AUCKLAND
2008
*Short Stories Palette Gallery AUCKLAND
*Thought Bubbles Wine Country Gallery HAVELOCK NORTH
200 x 200 x 200 Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
Ohoka Art Show Rangiora CHRISTCHURCH
2009
Run Rabbit Run Gallery 33 WANAKA
*A Magpies Wish Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
200 x 200 Kina gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
Kohia Contemporary Art Sale AUCKLAND
Chop Chop Gallery 33 WANAKA
ET Experience Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
2010
Kohia Contemporary Art Sale AUCKLAND
One Night Stand Lone Cherry Studio WANGANUI
Peerages Federal gallery WANGANUI
Nautical Thermostat Gallery PALMERSTON NORTH
Ohoka Art Show Rangiora CHRISTCHURCH
West Coasters Federal Gallery WANGANUI
Blue moon Show (Wine Country Gallery) HAVELOCK NORTH
Whanganui Artists in Residence Bowen House WELLINGTON
Wild Swans Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
2011
Cool Summer Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
*Duplicity Thermostat Gallery PALMERSTON NORTH
*Blue Square Spotty Jug Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
Impressions LTHAM
Real WANGANUI Federal Gallery WANGANUI
Out of the Studio Federal Gallery WANGANUI
A Happy Medium Solander Gallery WELLINGTON
200x200 Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
From Scratch Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
2012
Not Just A Pretty Picture Thermostat Gallery PALMERSTON NORTH
* "3" Solander Gallery WELLINGTON
*The Other Side of the Mountain Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
UPdate - ten years on WHMilbank Gallery WANGANUI
Joy Land Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
Small Desires Solander Gallery WELLINGTON
Frightfully Arty Christmas Party SPACE Gallery WANGANUI
2013
*Singing Over the Bones Boardroom PALMERSTON NORTH
Venus Envy Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
The More The Merrier SPACE Gallery WANGANUI
2014
*Love Gone Wrong Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
Roads That Lead You Back SPACE Gallery WANGANUI
Black River - a collaboration in print and poetry: Te Manawa PALMERSTON NORTH
Space Invaders - SPACE Gallery WANGANUI
Braveheart - AUCKLAND
2015
A Touch of Whimsy - The Artist's Room DUNEDIN
The Bird Show - The Vivian MATAKANA
*Talking To The Wall - Solander Gallery WELLINGTON
The Figurative Show - The Vivian MATAKANA
Flora and Fauna - Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
A & P Show - The Vivian MATAKANA
Winter Wonderfest - SPACE Gallery WANGANUI
Mostly Clay - Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
Venus Envy RAYNE
EXHIBITION HISTORY (since graduation)
2004
Homecoming Central Print Council/Community Arts Centre WANGANUI
100-Up Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
*Exit Stage Left Grodentz Gallery WELLINGTON
Garden Show Rick Rudd/Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
Art Show Aigantighe Art Gallery/Museum TIMARU
Contemporary Art Auction Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
Celebrate Gallery Dalgleish WANGANUI
Carey Smith & Co Wanganui Arts Review Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
Across the Great Divide Quay Gallery WANGANUI
*Utopia Lost Gallery Dalgleish WANGANUI
A4 Artists Grodentz Gallery WELLINGTON
Summer Show The Villa WANGANUI
Small Works Gallery Dalgleish WANGANUI
2005
*I Smile Of Course And Go On Drinking Tea Wine Country Gallery HAVELOCK NORTH
Group Show – Landscapes Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
Carey Smith & Co Wanganui Arts Review Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
*Framework of a Former Life Art Boutique TAURANGA
*A Bird Lover’s Garden Thermostat PALMERSTON NORTH
Brush & Bean Weekend Affair Mt Eden AUCKLAND
Contemporary Art Auction TAUPO
A4 Artists Grodentz Gallery WELLINGTON
2006
Figure, Figure on the Wall Palette Gallery AUCKLAND
Brush & Bean Weekend Affair Mt Eden AUCKLAND
Kohia Contemporary Art Sale AUCKLAND
QEC Reunion Group Show Thermostat PALMERSTON NORTH
Carey Smith & Co Whanganui Arts Review Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
An Unreasonable Passion WAIKATO MUSEUM
Ohoka Art Show Rangiora CHRISTCHURCH
UCOL Staff and Alumni Printmakers GK Studio WANGANUI
200 x 200 x 200 Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
Deck the Walls Palette Gallery AUCKLAND
2007
*Domestic Blitz Stage Gallery HAWERA
*Plywood Kina NEW PLYMOUTH
Wanganui Artists Kina NEW PLYMOUTH
*Pretty Things to Leave Behind Rosslyn Gallery DUNEDIN
*Time Present, Time Past Majuba Gallery HANMER SPRINGS
*Dark”: Vent 6 THERMOSTAT GALLERY Palmerston North
Carey Smith & Co Whanganui Arts Review Sarjeant Gallery WANGANUI
*Waiting for Alice Palette Gallery AUCKLAND
2008
*Short Stories Palette Gallery AUCKLAND
*Thought Bubbles Wine Country Gallery HAVELOCK NORTH
200 x 200 x 200 Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
Ohoka Art Show Rangiora CHRISTCHURCH
2009
Run Rabbit Run Gallery 33 WANAKA
*A Magpies Wish Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
200 x 200 Kina gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
Kohia Contemporary Art Sale AUCKLAND
Chop Chop Gallery 33 WANAKA
ET Experience Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
2010
Kohia Contemporary Art Sale AUCKLAND
One Night Stand Lone Cherry Studio WANGANUI
Peerages Federal gallery WANGANUI
Nautical Thermostat Gallery PALMERSTON NORTH
Ohoka Art Show Rangiora CHRISTCHURCH
West Coasters Federal Gallery WANGANUI
Blue moon Show (Wine Country Gallery) HAVELOCK NORTH
Whanganui Artists in Residence Bowen House WELLINGTON
Wild Swans Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
2011
Cool Summer Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
*Duplicity Thermostat Gallery PALMERSTON NORTH
*Blue Square Spotty Jug Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
Impressions LTHAM
Real WANGANUI Federal Gallery WANGANUI
Out of the Studio Federal Gallery WANGANUI
A Happy Medium Solander Gallery WELLINGTON
200x200 Kina Gallery NEW PLYMOUTH
From Scratch Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
2012
Not Just A Pretty Picture Thermostat Gallery PALMERSTON NORTH
* "3" Solander Gallery WELLINGTON
*The Other Side of the Mountain Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
UPdate - ten years on WHMilbank Gallery WANGANUI
Joy Land Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
Small Desires Solander Gallery WELLINGTON
Frightfully Arty Christmas Party SPACE Gallery WANGANUI
2013
*Singing Over the Bones Boardroom PALMERSTON NORTH
Venus Envy Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
The More The Merrier SPACE Gallery WANGANUI
2014
*Love Gone Wrong Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
Roads That Lead You Back SPACE Gallery WANGANUI
Black River - a collaboration in print and poetry: Te Manawa PALMERSTON NORTH
Space Invaders - SPACE Gallery WANGANUI
Braveheart - AUCKLAND
2015
A Touch of Whimsy - The Artist's Room DUNEDIN
The Bird Show - The Vivian MATAKANA
*Talking To The Wall - Solander Gallery WELLINGTON
The Figurative Show - The Vivian MATAKANA
Flora and Fauna - Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
A & P Show - The Vivian MATAKANA
Winter Wonderfest - SPACE Gallery WANGANUI
Mostly Clay - Rayner Brothers Gallery WANGANUI
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