Artists

Marie Celeste Lawrence (Pakeha)
b.1971 – Ōtautahi, Aotearoa
Education
2022 – 2025: First Class BA Hons (8.09 GPA) – Ilam School of Fine Arts,
University of Canterbury
Solo Exhibitions
2025: Bad Pete, The Casting Room, Ilam SoFA
2024: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions, The Sculpture Hut, Ilam SoFA
2023: Militant Mourning, Arthole, Ōtautahi, w/ Nick Harte
Group Exhibitions
2026: Checkmate, Commode, Pōneke
2026: ZAWAA Awards Exhibition, Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton
2025: Heaven and the Hard Shoulder, Ilam Campus Gallery, Ōtautahi
2025: ZAWAA Awards Exhibition, Ashburton Art Gallery, Ashburton
2024: Being is an Empty Fiction, Ilam Campus Gallery, Ōtautahi
2020: Still Connected, Weserhalle, Berlin, DE
2020: O.N.L.I.N.E., Sosage Gallery, Tamaki, NZ
2019: Studio Baustelle, Berlin, DE
2019: Number 3, Weserhalle, Berlin, DE
2019: GIFC, Hotel Paris, Berlin, DE
2019: We Can Only Have Fun on Certain Days, Warbling Collective, London,
UK
2006: Roman Holiday, Gambia Castle, Tamaki Makaurau (Two person)

Curatorial Projects
2025: Heaven and the Hard Shoulder, Ilam Campus Gallery, Ōtautahi
2024: Being is an Empty Fiction, Ilam Campus Gallery, Ōtautahi
2005: Wednesday Series, Wednesdays, Ōtautahi
April 1999: Very Nearly, Never Always, First Floor Gallery, London, UK
Solo Audio Projects
2017: Free for a Fee, End of the Alphabet Records, Aotearoa
Scholarships and Awards
2025: Grant Lingard Scholarship recipient
2025: Rosemary Johnson Muller Scholarship recipient
2025: University of Canterbury University Prize