Artists

Gaby Reade, of Polish and German descent, immigrated to Aotearoa / New Zealand in 1986 and is based in Ōtautahi/Christchurch. 

She works in printmaking and paints in oil. 

Her work reflects upon the symbiotic relationship of insects and plants, and is an ongoing tribute to their habitat and conservation. She highlights and celebrates the precarious balance of nature, and the beauty of patterns to be found in the world small creatures inhabit.  

In addition she draws on the rich traditional world of storytelling she was brought up in, focusing on the unabridged fairy tales collected and published during the 19th century by the brothers Grimm. 

She is a member of Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand  and the Critique Group Ōtautahi / Christchurch, where peer reviewing each others work and creating a supportive network amongst artists is the core principle.

Bio

2023 Celebration, Aratoi, Martinborough, PCANZ, selected group show

2023 Vibrant Brilliant Women, Eastside Gallery, Christchurch

2022 Borderless, Napier NZ and Brisbane Australia

2021 The Colombo, group show with the Associates, Christchurch

2021 A Stone to Strike and a Rock to Stumble over, Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton

2020 The Junction, Live in Vacant Spaces, Christchurch

2019 On Our Own, Critique Group Christchurch, Eastside Gallery, Christchurch

2019 Reverie, Pop Up Exhibition, Winter Wander, Christchurch

2019 Transience, Fo Guang Yuan Gallery, Christchurch

2018 Associated, COCA, Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch

2018 Small Print Exhibition, PCANZ, various venues in New Zealand

2018 Celebrating Women’s Suffrage Movement

2018 Overwintering Project, Australia, various venues

2017 Cuban Hurricane Relief, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland

2017 Sanctuary, Artists against Slavery, Arts in Oxford, Oxford

2017 From the Rivers to the Shore, travelling group show North&South Island New Zealand

2017 Te Pataka, Gallery 50, Lyttelton (stories of Banks Peninsula)

2016 Uncommon Ground, The Critique Group Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Artbox, Christchurch

2016 Upfront, The Critique Group Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Chambers 241, Christchurch

2015 In Miniature, Tin Palace, Lyttelton

2015 Hot off the Press, Arts in Oxford, Oxford

2014 Us Now, Arts in Oxford, The Critique Group Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Oxford

2013 Present, Tin Palace, Lyttelton

2013 In Miniature, Tin Palace, Lyttelton

2013 Transit of Dreams, Tin Palace, Lyttelton

2013 Current, Arts in Oxford, The Critique Group Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Oxford

2011 Canterbury our Place, Arts in Oxford, Oxford

2010 Eleven, CoCA, The Critique Group Ōtautahi/Christchurch, Christchurch

2008 Te Ara Whakatau (Creative Routes), finalist CoCA, Christchurch

Solo Shows:

2016 The Frogprince, Bryce Gallery, Christchurch

2015 Are you sitting comfortably? Then let me begin…., Art on the Quay, Kaiapoi

2015 Once Upon a Time, Tin Palace, Lyttelton

2013 Seven Virtues, Two Rivers Gallery, Cheviot

2011 Bread Matters, Selwyn Art Gallery, Darfield

2009 Walter, The Penguin with a Difference,  Orian Powerhouse Gallery, Akaroa

2009 Memory, Silvan Gallery, Christchurch

2008 Foundation, Lyttelton Art Gallery, Christchurch