Artists

Lynne Lambert (b.1949, UK)

Lynne Lambert is a New Zealand artist. She was born in Clapham, South London, England, and immigrated to New Zealand in 1973. She graduated from the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts, completing a BFA in Painting in 1997 and a BFA (Hons) in 1998. 

For more than 25 years, Lambert has worked in a variety of mediums including painting, sculpture, installation and fabric through an arts practice that considers themes and questions about memory and identity, her own life experiences being pivotal points of reference. She exhibits regularly in solo and group shows throughout New Zealand. 

From 2005 to 2007 she toured a major solo exhibition ‘The LIVLIF Project’, a celebration of breast cancer survival. The installation, created from 1,480 donated second hand bras, 668 from breast cancer survivors, was shown in 8 public galleries in Aotearoa New Zealand. She has work in the permanent collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū and in private collections in New Zealand, UK, USA and Canada. 

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2021 Glass Half Empty – Glass Half Full    Orion Powerhouse Art Gallery, Akaroa

2019 Glass Half Empty – Glass Half Full    Pūmanawa Gallery, Christchurch

2013 Past Presence  Art et Fare, Akaroa

2009 Past Presence   CoCA, Christchurch

2007 The LIVLIF Project   Tairawhiti Museum, Gisborne

2007 The LIVLIF Project   Whakatane Museum, Whakatane

2007 The LIVLIF Project    Mairangi Arts Centre, Auckland

2007 The LIVLIF Project    The Rotorua Museum, Rotorua

2006 The LIVLIF Project    The Forrester Gallery, Oamaru

2006 The LIVLIF Project    The Millennium Art Gallery, Blenheim

2005 The LIVLIF Project   The Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru

2005 The LIVLIF Project    CoCA, Christchurch

2003 Between Two Worlds   CoCA, Christchurch

2001 Integrated Fragments  CoCA, Christchurch

2001 Future Uncertain   The High Street Project Gallery, Christchurch

2000 Configure   The High Street Project Gallery, Christchurch

1996       1/9 (One Woman in Nine Will Fall Victim to Breast Cancer)

               Annie’s Wine Bar, Christchurch. 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 Holdfast Orion Powerhouse Art Gallery, Akaroa

2022 Connexion Orion Powerhouse Art Gallery, Akaroa

2015 Easter Exhibition    Orion Powerhouse Art Gallery, Akaroa

2009 Anthony Harper Art Awards    CoCA, Christchurch

2003      Second Thoughts Recycled Art    Southland Museum & Art Gallery; 

Dunedin Art Gallery;  Millennium Art Gallery, Blenheim.

2002 NCC Recycled Art Awards 2002  Christchurch Convention Centre.

Awards, Works in Public Collections

Pre-Occupied   Collection of the Christchurch Art Gallery 2001

Pre-Possessed   Merit Award winner, NCC Recycled Art Awards 2002

Finalist, The Wallace Art Awards 2002

 

Finalist, CoCA Anthony Harper Art Award 2009

Works are held in private collections in New Zealand, United Kingdom, USA and Canada