KIM LOWE
Kim Lowe is an artist and printmaker based in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand.
EMPLOYMENT and PROJECTS
2020- Senior Lecturer, Art and Design, Ara Te Pukenga, Christchurch.
2014-2020 Academic Staff (part-time), Creative Industries, Art and Design, Ara Institute of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ.
2014-2018 Co-ordinator, Toi Te Karoro, Shared print studio, New Brighton, Christchurch.
2013-2016 Co-presenter for Artery, Community Radio, PlainsFM, Christchurch.
2013 Administrator, Aotearoa Chinese Artists (AChA), NZ
2012, 2013 Co-ordinator for the Shared Lines:Sendai-Christchurch Art Exchange. Japan and NZ.
2006, 2007 Assistant Lecturer in Printmaking (FINT), School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ.
1999 – 2005 Teacher of Art, Photography and Technology, Hillmorton High School, Christchurch.
EDUCATION
2007/2008 Master of Fine Arts – Printmaking (Distinction), School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, Christchurch.
2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, First Class Honours, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury.
1998 Diploma of Secondary Teaching, NZ Graduate School of Education, Christchurch.
1996 Bachelor of Fine Art, Otago Polytechnic School of Art, Dunedin.
1990 Bachelor of Commerce – Marketing Management, University of Otago, Dunedin.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 The Silence of the Brush, Ilam Campus Gallery, Christchurch.
2020 If Tao was a River, Chambers Gallery, Christchurch.
2018 (M)other, Chambers Gallery, Christchurch.
2016 Kim Lowe, Toi o Tahuna Gallery at The Hilton Kawarau Village, Queenstown.
2014 Floating Worlds, City Art Depot, Christchurch.
2013 Mrs Chrysanthemum Patiently Waits, Corbans Estate Arts Centre, Auckland.
2013 Black Swans, Toi O Tahuna Gallery, Queenstown.
2010 9 Dragons, Brook Gifford Gallery, Christchurch.
2008 Lattice and Lao Shu, Solander Works on Paper, Wellington.
2007 Lattice and Lao Shu, COCA, Christchurch.
1998 Lunagraphy, Salamander Gallery, Christchurch.
SELECTED PROJECTS/ EXHIBITIONS
2023 Ko Murihiku Tōku Whaia, Eastern Southland Gallery, Gore.
2022 NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards WSA, Hamilton.
2022 Ko Murihiku Tōku Whaia, Te Atamira, Kawarau, Queenstown.
2021 Ko Murihiku Tōku Whaia, Pātaka Art + Museum, Porirua.
2019 Distant Kinship/Veere Verwanten, KCB Gallery in Museum Kranenburgh and Gallery Schlessart, Bergen NH, the Netherlands.
2018 Te Waipounamu, Vriendenkring Foundation Veele Rooms, Gallery De Heerlyckheid, Antwerp, Belgium.
2018 Quartet Curated by Andrew Paul Wood, City Art Depot, Christchurch.
2017 Outliers NEXT Gallery, St Asaph st, Christchurch.
2016 Good Fortune Water Exchange First Thursdays, Christchurch.
2015 Gold Mountain Takeaways Impact9 International Print Conference, Hangzhou China.
2015 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair represented by Toi o Tahuna Gallery, Carriageworks Sydney.
2015 Thinking of Place Australia/NZ Print exchange, South Island Co-ordinator/contributer.
2014 Enchanted Garden Festival of Flowers, CPIT, Christchurch.
2012 Shared Lines Sendai Christchurch Art Exchange, Sendai, Japan.
2012 The Colour of Distance Papakura Art Gallery, Papakura, Auckland.
2011 The Ghost and The Manaia IMPACT7, International Print Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
2011 Pakiwhaitara; Stories to Tell CPIT, Christchurch, and School of Arts, Mexico City.
2011 36 Years in the Red Zone Brooke Gifford at the Chambers@241, Christchurch.
2011 NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards WSA, Hamilton.
2011 Charity for Christchurch Exhibition, Nadene Milne Gallery, Arrowtown.
2010 Pacific Rim International Print Exhibition SOFA Gallery, Christchurch.
2010 Bold Horizon National Contemporary Art Award, Waikato Museum, Hamilton.
2010 Anthony Harper Contemporary Art Award finalist, COCA Gallery, Christchurch.
2010 NZ Painting and Printmaking Awards, WSA, Hamilton.
2009 Koru Lounge, COCA, Christchurch.
2009 Unframed, PaperGraphica, Christchurch.
2009 Masters 08, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch.
2007 Group Show with Simon Kaan, Jen Rendall, Mark Sharma, John Wishart, NG Gallery, Christchurch.
2003 Hybrids/Halfbreeds, Riverton Arts Centre, Riverton.
1997 Seven, Southland Museum and Art Gallery, Invercargill.
1996 Ngā Puna Waihunga, Bond St Galleries, Dunedin.
1995 Sister Cities Exhibition, Otaru, Japan.
AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2019 Olivia Spencer Bower Award
2015 Creative New Zealand Quick Response Grant towards exhibiting at Impact9, Hangzhou, China
2014 Creative New Zealand Earthquake Recovery Grant for Toi Te Karoro, Art New Brighton
2014 Creative Communities Grant for Toi Te Karoro, Art New Brighton
2012 Asia New Zealand Foundation, Arts and Culture Grant.
2011 Ethol Susan Jones Fine Arts Traveling Scholarship, University of Canterbury
2007, 2008 Bickerton Widdowson Trust Scholarship, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury
2007 Ethol Rose Overton Scholarship, School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury
SELECTED PUBLIC/PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, Olivia Spencer Bower Collection.
Ara Institute of Canterbury Art Collection.
Auckland City Council Art Collection
The Arts House Trust
NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Art Collection.
Otago Polytechnic School of Arts Collection.
Zuckerman Museum of Art Collection Kennesaw State University. Southern Graphics Council International.
PUBLICATIONS
Agnew, R., (2019) Red Threads: The Art of Kim Lowe. Takahe 95, Issue 1 2019, pg 57-62, ISSN:0114-4138.
Banbury, G., (2020) Silent Calligraphy, EyeContact. (24 September 2020)
COCA. (2008) Preview 2008. Contemporary South Island Artists. [Exhibition catalogue]. Christchurch.
COCA, (2009) Koru Lounge: Pure Forms and Cultural Narratives. [Exhibition catalogue]. 2009 Christchurch.
Elvy, M., et al (2020) Ko Aotearoa Tātao: We are New Zealand Otago University Press 2020.
Feeney, W., (2020) Kim Lowe – “If Tao is a River” at Chambers Gallery, Artbeat (13 May 2020).
Feeney, W., (2018) Kim Lowe is the recipient of the 2019 Olivia Spencer Bower Award, Art Beat, Nov 4 2018.
Feeney, W., (2015) Sydney Art Fair filled with Kiwi Artists, The Press, Weds. Sept 9 2015
Goran, H., Lowe, K., Silaghi, C., & Wilson, C., (2012) Sense of Place: Distances, Passages, Conjunctions ISBN 970-0-473-21637-5.
Goran, H., Lowe, K., Silaghi, C., & Wilson, C., (2010) Forms of Attention , ISBN 978-473-17769-0
Kaan, S., Lee, G., Lee, K.A., & Lowe, K., (2015) Gold Mountain Takeaways (Letters to our Cousins) Illustrated Talk, Impact9 International Print Conference, China Academy of Art Press, Pg 104-109.
Latham, A.,(2021) Te Hikoi Toi: The art that connects us to home. Stuff 13 November 2021.
Lowe, E., et al (2020) Eddie Lowe’s Cookbook . ISBN 978-90-9032093-9
Lowe, K., (2022) A response to Kāpuia Ngā Aho 單絲不綫 [Exhibition essay] The Physics Room.
Lowe, K., (2009) Jade and Pounamu. April 2009 [MFA catalogue].
Lowe, K., (2009) Studio Work, Oculus: Postgraduate Journal for Visual Arts Research, Issue No 1, Feb 2009, pp 62-63.
Mulder, N., (2016) Windows on the Soul: Profile Kim Lowe and Simon Kaan, Printmaking Today, Summer 2016, pg 12-13.
Mulder, N., et al, (2019) Distant Kinship/Veere Verwanten, [Exhibition catalogue]. pg 32,33, ISBN 978-90-9032093-9.
SOFA, (2009) Masters 08; Kim Lowe, Marie Le Lievre, Robin Neate, Christina Silaghi. SOFA 59. [Exhibition catalogue]. 2009. Christchurch.
Tsui, C., (2013) Mrs Chrysanthemum Patiently Waits…, Kim Lowe, Projectspace, September 2013.
Tyler, L., (2014) Keeper of the Artistic Flame, Art News, Winter 2014.
Weng, A., (2018) A Roundtable Discussion with Kerry Ann Lee, Kim Lowe and Amy Weng – AAAHUI 2018, Hainamana 06 September 2018.
Wood, A. P., (2011) The Ghost and The Manaia, Kim Lowe and Simon Kaan. [Exhibition catalogue]. Christchurch.
Wood, A. P., (2010) Two Shows at the Brooke Gifford Gallery, EyeContact 18 April, 2010.