Artists

Carolyn Currie is a printmaker based in Otautahi Christchurch, New Zealand.  Her work often includes elements and forms from her local urban and geographical area, recently exploring natural boundaries and intervention on the Port Hills and surrounding areas.  She likes to work with a range of printmaking practices, primarily including drypoint, woodcut and monoprint, with linework being a key feature in her work.   She finds interest and beauty in unusual objects and subject matter that are frequently overlooked by others.  Her process could be described as spontaneous, often evolving as she works.

Carolyn Currie graduated from Ara Institute in 2020 with a Bachelor of Design in Applied Visual Arts.  She is an emerging local artist that has lived at the foot of the Port Hills for the last 40 years.

SELECTED GROUP PROJECTS/EXHIBITIONS

2019    Dis/Engage – The Art Box, Christchurch
2020   ReSet – The Art Box, Christchurch
2020   Pitch – The Art Box, Christchurch
2020   The Will Cummings Memorial Award for overall excellence in studies
2021    Small Print Exhibition – Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand, Various locations
2021   The Paper Collective – Christchurch Art Show, Christchurch
2021   Works on Paper – Ara Graduates Group Exhibition – Chambers Art Gallery, Christchurch
2021   Looking Forward – Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
2022   Line of Demarcation – Stoddart Cottage, Diamond Harbour
2022   Small Print Exhibition – Print Council Aotearoa New Zealalnd, Various locations
2022   Will Cummins Memorial Award, Ara Institute

2023   Proof publication – Artwork selected to be included in this publication to celebrate the 20th anniversary of                   PCANZ, the Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand
2023   Celebration Exhibition – exhibition in at Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, to                             celebrate the publication of Proof
2023   Small Print Exhibition – Print Council Aotearoa New Zealalnd, Various locations
2023   NZPPA – Finalist
2023   Cleveland Art Awards, Dunedin – Finalist

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Ara Institute of Canterbury Art Collection