MICHAEL DELL
Michael Dell is based in Whakatū Nelson, New Zealand. He studied Fine Arts at Canterbury University, graduating in 1994. Dell’s art practice combines his interests in representation and abstraction, as dual modes of visual discourse on picture-making, within the fields of painting and drawing.
Awards
Parkin Drawing Prize, Wellington 2019
Parkin Drawing Prize Wellington 2017 (Merit)
Cranleigh Barton National Drawing Award Christchurch 1993
Gallagher Group National Art Award Hamilton 1990
Gallagher Group National Art Award Hamilton 1988
Gallagher Group National Art Award Hamilton 1985 (Merit)
Gallagher Group National Art Award Hamilton 1984
Tauranga National Art Award 1983 (Merit)
Works held in various private and public collections including:
Christchurch City Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Waikato Museum of Art and History Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
The University of Auckland Art Collection Waipapa Taumata Rau
The Suter Gallery Te Aratoi o Whakatū
Te Pūkenya Whanganui
Parkin Drawing Collection
The Kelliher Arts Trust Collection
Ballin Art Collection
National Bank of New Zealand Art Collection
Tokyo Bank
The Arts House Trust
Exhibitions
2024
’Distant Pictures’ (Opening 20th June)
Ronewa Art Projects, Berlin
2023
’Material Object’
Föenander Galleries, Auckland
2022
’Sunday Morning’
Föenander Galleries, Auckland
2021
’Dell + Kube’
Föenander Galleries, Queenstown
2021
‘Late Frequency’
Viewfinder Installation, Nelson
2020
Recent Work
Ronewa Art Projects, Berlin (Online Presentation)
2020
‘Even Now’
Föenander Galleries, Auckland
2020
’Endless Days’
The Suter Gallery, Nelson
2018
'Nature In My Mind'
Föenander Galleries, Auckland
2018
'Before/Now'
G-Space Gallery, NMIT, Nelson
2016
'Between Nature and Nothing'
NKB Gallery, Auckland.
2008
'Surface Nature’
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
2005
‘In Between’
McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2005
‘Paintings & Works on Paper’
City Art, Christchurch
2005
‘In Between’
Peter Rae Gallery, Dunedin
2004
‘Recent Work’
McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2002
‘Recent work’
Studio works Gallery, Christchurch
1999
‘Drawings’
Chartwell Gallery, Artspost, Hamilton
1998
‘Drawings’
The Drawings Gallery, Auckland
1996
‘Drawings from the Inside’
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
1995
‘Arranging the Object’
Moray Gallery, Dunedin
1993
‘Vignettes’
Solutions Galley, Dunedin
1993
‘Vignettes’
C S A Gallery, Christchurch
1992
‘Excavation/Extraction’
W S A Gallery, Hamilton
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
’Eternally Temporary’ (Opening 25th May)
Te Uru, Auckland
2024
’Still Life - In the Old Genre’
The Suter Gallery, Nelson
2023
’Night Work’
The Suter Gallery, Nelson
2023
Aotearoa Art Fair
Föenander Galleries, Auckland
2022
’Place Holder’
The Suter Gallery, Nelson
2022
’Caught in the Briars’
Föenander Galleries, Auckland
2021
’Tent’
Föenander Galleries, Auckland
2021
Auckland Art Fair
Föenander Galleries, Auckland
2019
Parkin Drawing Prize
NZ Academy of Fine Art, Wellington
2019
‘Sharks and Still Lives’
The Suter Gallery, Nelson
2019
’HuuHaa’
Green Street Projects, Wellington
2017
26th Wallace Art Awards
Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland
2017
Parkin Drawing Prize
NZ Academy of Fine Art, Wellington
2017
’Shades of Nature’
Marlborough Public Art Gallery
2017
’Solid Air’
NKB Gallery, Auckland
2016
’Worth’
Refinery Art Space, Nelson
2009
'WTF'
Paul Nache Gallery, Gisbourne
2005
‘Ape To Zip’
Christchurch City Art Gallery
2005
Auckland Art Fair
McPherson Gallery
2005
‘Object & Idea’
McPherson Gallery, Auckland
2005
’Art Event’
Christchurch City Art Gallery
2003
‘CB Drawing Exhibition'
Christchurch City Art Gallery
1999
‘100 x 100 x 100'
McPherson Gallery, Auckland
1998
‘Grid’
Campbell Grant Galleries, Christchurch
1997
CB Drawing Exhibition
Robert McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
1997
Group Show
Lane Gallery, Auckland
1996
‘Drawing out of Context’
Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch
1995
‘The Print Workshop’
Whanganui Polytechnic
1995
‘Drawing from Experience’
C S A Gallery, Christchurch
1995
‘New Printmakers’
C S A Gallery, Christchurch
1994
‘Draw on the Walls’
The Draw, Christchurch
1994
Recent Acquisitions
Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch
1993
‘Print and Paper’
Robert McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
1993
‘Print and Paper’
Kurashiki Public Art Gallery, Japan
1993
‘CB Drawing Exhibition’
Robert McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch
1990
National Mutual Art Awards Touring Exhibition
Selected Publications:
Sunday Morning - Michael Dell, Anchor Print 2023
Endless Days - Michael Dell, The Suter Gallery, Anchor Print 2020
The Collections, Christchurch Art City Gallery, Spectrum Print 2003
Bulletin 129, The Drawing Collection, Robert McDougall Art Gallery 2002
A Concise History of Art in Canterbury 1850 - 2000, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Rainbow Print 2000
Selected Art Reviews, Articles and Interviews:
Douglas, Graeme, The Good Oil, Aotearoa Painters, 2023
James Brown, Michael Dell In Conversation With James Brown, Sunday Morning, 2022
Herman, Rosie, Dell + Kube, Denizen Magazine, 2021
Baskett, Mark, Endless Days, Art New Zealand Number 175, 2020
ARTNOW, Charcoal Drawing Wins 2019 Parkin Drawing Prize, 2019
Desmarais, Felix, Drawn Out Success, The Dominion Post, 2019
Nightingale, Melissa, Drawing Prize Turns More Traditional, NZ Herald 2019
Desmarais, Felix, Michael Dell Wins Parkin Drawing Prize, Nelson Mail, 2019
Voon, Claire, When is a Drawing Not a Drawing, Hyprealleryic.com 2017
Meij, Sara, Ghostly Images Wins Prize for Artist, Nelson Mail 2017
Haig, Nicholas, Dialogue With Conceptual Art, Nelson Mail 2016
Ritchie, Judith, Captivated by The Moutere, Nelson Mail 2015
Dingwall, Richard, In Between, Otago Daily Times 2005
McNamara, T J, Much More Than Luck of The Draw, NZ Herald 2004
Lewis, Geoff, Artist Returns to Hamilton For Exhibition, The Waikato Times, 1999
McEwan Ann, Drawings by Michael Dell, The Waikato Times 1999
McNamara, T J, In a Dark City Art Generates Power, NZ Herald 1998
Usser, Robyn, Intensity and Elegance Underpin Drawings, The Press 1996
Pearson, Alison, Four at The C. S. A., The Press 1993
Ussher, Robyn, Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, The Press, 1993
Ussher, Robyn, Works on Paper, The Press 1993
Fairburn, G. E., Excavation/Extraction, The Waikato Times 1992