Mark Graver RE C.V

BORN

St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, 1964

Moved to New Zealand 2003, New Zealand Citizenship 2008

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1997 -1998   Teacher Training/Btec, Fine Art Professional Development, Kensington and Chelsea, College, London

1994 -1995   M.A. Printmaking, Camberwell College of Arts, London

1985 -1988   B.A (Hons) Fine Art, Leeds Polytechnic, UK

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

UK

Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Kent Print Collection, Kent University

Tolpuddle Museum, Dorset

Camberwell College of Arts, London

NZ

Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei

Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton

James Wallace Trust – Pah Homestead, Auckland

AUSTRALIA

Print Council of Australia – Print Archive Collection, Melbourne

Perc Tucker Regional Gallery – Townsville, Queensland

State Library of Victoria

John Curtin GalleryCurtin University Art Collection, Perth

Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Queensland

The Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria

Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart

Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania

Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Tasmania

Federation University Art Collection – Ballarat, Victoria

CHINA

Jinling Museum of Art, Nanjing

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou

Literature and Arts Department, Heilongjiang provincial government, Harbin

Ritz Carlton Hotel, Nanjing (Commission)

USA

Cary Collection at Rochester Institute of Technology, New York

EUROPE

Associació Techne Barcelona, Spain

Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

Douro Museum of Printmaking, Douro, Portugal

Painting and Sculpture Museums Association, Istanbul Turkey

Collection of the International Print Biennale Yerevan, Armenia

MEXICO

CONARTE – Non-Toxic Printmaking Museum Collection, Leon, Monterrey, Mexico

ASIA

Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Penang State Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia

National Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan

SOUTH AFRICA

Durban University – Arts for Humanity Collection

Work held in private collections in UK, New Zealand, Australia, USA, Japan, China and Europe.

AWARDS/MEMBERSHIPS/COMMISSIONS etc.

2022

Merit in Printmaking Award – NZ Painting & Printmaking Awards 

2021

RE – Elected as Full Fellow of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London

Honorary Life Member PCANZ – Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand

Print Council of Australia – 2021 print commission

  Committee Member Prism Print International

2020 

Ritz Carlton Hotel Nanjing, China – 7 large format prints commissioned

2019

ARE – Elected Associate Fellow – The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers

2018

Invited to join Prism Print International, UK

Art in Print Award – The Print Center – 92nd Annual International Competition Philadelphia, USA

Semi-Finalist – The Print Center – 92nd Annual International Competition – Philadelphia, USA

Shortlisted – London International Creative Competition – London, UK

2017

Finalist – On Paper – Chicago Printmaking Collaborative, Chicago, USA

2016

Joined Editorial Board – Drawing, Research, Theory, Practice – journal Ulster University, Northern Ireland

Honorary Mention in Experimental Printmaking – IV International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak, Bulgaria

2013

Honourable Mention, Pacific Rim International Printmaking, Christchurch, NZ

2010

First Prize, 9th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria

2006

Birgit Skiold Memorial Trust – UK Printmaking Grant

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019

Imagined & Remembered Places – Anderson Rhodes Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ

2018

In Series – Whangarei Art Museum, NZ

Imagined & Remembered Places – Arts Post, Hamilton, NZ

2016

Correspondences – Plimsoll Gallery, Tasmanian College of the Arts, Hobart, Australia

2015

Umbra Sumus – Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ

Undertow – Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri, NZ

2014

Umbra Sumus – Art at Wharepuke, NZ

Umbra Sumus – Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, Australia

Umbra Sumus – James Wallace Gallery, Morrinsville, NZ

2013

Indiscernible Writing – Port Jackson Press, Melbourne

Forty-Four Sounds – Art at Wharepuke, NZ

Constable Country – Art at Wharepuke, NZ

2012        

The Harbin Series – Papergraphica, Christchurch, NZ

Shadowplay – Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ

2011       

Promenade – Post Office Gallery – Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Prints – Lessedra Gallery – Sofia, Bulgaria

2010      

Etchings – Village Arts, Kohukohu, NZ

2009       

New Works – Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ

New Prints – Yvonne Rust Gallery, Whangarei, NZ

2007       

New Works – Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ

Prints and Paintings – Arts Promotion Trust Gallery, Whangarei NZ

2006       

New Paintings – Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland, NZ

2005       

Paintings and Prints – Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ

2004      

New Paintings – Oedipus Rex Gallery, Auckland, NZ

2003       

Artist in Residence -Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK

Paintings – Bridlesmith Gate Gallery, Nottingham, UK

2002     

Paintings – Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham, UK

2001     

Paintings and Prints – Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ

2000   

Paintings – New Zealand House, London, UK

1998   

Paintings and Prints – Zella Art, London, UK

1996     

Paintings – Northbank Gallery, London, UK

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023

Prism Down – Down Arts Centre – Northern Ireland

3rd International Triennial of Graphic Arts – Livno, Bosnia & Herzegovina

RE Original Prints 2023 – Bankside Gallery, London, UK

WSA NZ Painting & Print Awards Finalist – Hamilton, NZ

Cleveland At Award – Dunedin, NZ

PCANZ Celebration –Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, NZ

2022

IOPE – International Open Print Exhibition – Bankside Gallery, London

PRISM – 10 Years of International Printmaking Exchanges – Clifford Chance Gallery, London

RE Original Prints 2022 – Bankside Gallery, London, UK

WSA NZ Painting & Print Awards Finalist – Hamilton, NZ

2021

IOPE – International Open Print Exhibition – Bankside Gallery, London

imPRESSions 2021 – Galway, Ireland (online)

11e Triennale Mondiale de l’Estampe – Chamalieres, France

RE Printmakers – Atkinson Gallery, Millfield School, Somerset, UK

Out of The Shadows – City Gallery Hasting, NZ

Prism Krakow – Conspectus – Krakow Print Triennial, Poland

Ink Masters – Tanks Arts Centre – Cairns, Australia

Whenua – Village Arts, Kohukohu, NZ

RE Original Prints – online

Distant Kinship/ Verre Verwanten – Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ

International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak – Bulgaria

2020

WSA NZ Painting & Print Awards Finalist – Hamilton, NZ

Distant Kinship/ Verre Verwanten – Whangarei Art Museum, NZ

PRISM 12 – Nordens Ljus Gallery & the Moriska Rummetat the Grafiska Sällskapet – Stockholm, Sweden.

2019

PRISM 11 – INOAC Namikidori Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Verre Verwanten/Distant Kinship – Schless Art & Kunstenaars Centrum, Bergen, Netherlands

Walker & Hall Art Award Finalist – Waiheke Island, NZ

Awagami Miniature Print Exhibition, Japan

International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak – Bulgaria

5th Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Award, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand

2018

Gesture – Anderson Rhodes Gallery, New Plymouth, NZ

Light and Shadow – Solander Gallery, Wellington, NZ

Third International Graphic Biennial of Cacak, Serbia

Rivers of Gold – Impact IX, Santander, Spain

BIMPE X – Vancouver, Canada

Ink Masters – Tanks Arts Centre – Cairns, Australia

Neo:Proof Print – Neo:Gallery, Bolton, UK

92nd Annual International Competition – (Online) The Print Center – Philadelphia, USA

Boundless: Printmaking (further) Beyond the Frame – Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ

International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak – Bulgaria

London International Creative Competition – London, UK

The Audrey Mac Project – Rosny School House Gallery, Tasmania, Australia

Mini Print International – JVS Project Space, New York, USA

2017

11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition – Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich CT, USA

On Paper – Finalist – Chicago Printmaking Collaborative, Chicago, USA

11th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition – Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, USA

The Forest – PG Printmakers, Melbourne, Australia

International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak – Bulgaria

Yereven Print Biennale – Armenia

Boundless Printmaking Beyond the Frame – Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua City, NZ/Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, NZ/Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ

37th Mini Print International of Cadaques – Spain

3rd Global Print Show – Douro, Portugal

Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition – Japan

2016

International Printmedia Festival – Seoul, Korea

Passage – The Jincheon Print Museum, Jincheon, Korea

International Exhibition of Contemporary Printmaking – Isla Centre for the Arts, Guam

Transition – Oforta Gilde, Latvia

Walker & Hall Art Award, Waiheke, NZ

Substrate – The Shutter Room, Whangarei, NZ

V. International Print Making Competition – Kadikoy Caddebostan Cultural Centre Art Gallery,Istanbul

36th Mini Print International of Cadaques – Spain

International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak – Bulgaria

International Mini Print – Seacourt Print Workshop, Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Bangor, Northern Ireland

15th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria

8th International Printmaking Biennale, Douro, Portugal

Small Print International – Attenborough Arts Leicester, UK & tour:

The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Gallerytop Derbyshire, West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield, London Print Studio, London, Alfred East Gallery, Kettering

2015

Parallel Prints NZ/Australia – Art at Wharepuke, NZ and Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia

Flux – Keith Howard and His Legacy, Bevier Gallery, RIT, New York, USA and tour

5th Guanlan International Print Biennial – Shenzen, China

This is Change – Onca Gallery, Brighton, UK

Finalist Walker and Hall Art Award, Waiheke Island, NZ

RE:Print/Re:Present – Ruskin Gallery, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK

4th Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Award, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Thailand

It Might Look Alright on the Pictures – Anzac commemoration – Art at Wharepuke, NZ

Beyond Words – Artists and Translation – Artspace Mackay, QLD, Australia

Wansolwara: Print Here and Now – Franklin Arts Centre, Pukekohe, NZ

Wellington Underground Film Festival – Wellington. NZ

RSM Law Plunket Art Show – Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru, NZ

Made By Hand – Solander Gallery, Wellington

2014

Combinations – (Curated and exhibited) Seacourt Print Workshop, Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Bangor, Northern Ireland

Wansolwara: Print Here and Now – Nathan Homestead, Auckland, NZ

International Printmaking Biennale, Taiwan, ROC

Two Cities – Jinling Museum of Art, Nanjing, China

Angel-Sachsen Treffen Sachsen – Galerie Malva, Saxony, Germany

Global – Seacourt Print Workshop, Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Bangor, Northern Ireland

Beyond Words – Artists and Translation – Art at Wharepuke, NZ

7th International Printmaking Biennale, Douro, Portugal

2013

Pacific Rim – International Printmaking, Christchurch, NZ

Parallel Prints – Galerie Apart, Le Bourg, Marcilhac -sur- Cele, France

Parallel Prints Portfolio Presentation – Impact 8 international printmaking conference, Dundee, UK

Parallel Prints – Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri, NZ Ian Rastrick Fine Art, St. Albans, UK

12th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria

Chain Reaction – Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangarei, NZ   

Celebrazione Morandiane – Bologna, Italy

Wellington Underground Film Festival – Wellington, NZ

WSA NZ Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, NZ

3rd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Award, Thailand

Sanamchandra Art Gallery, Silpakorn University, Sanamchandra Palace Campus, Nakhon Pathom province, Jan 10th – Feb 20th, Chiang Mai University Art Center, Chiang Mai Province, June 2013. 

2012    

Utopia into Dystopia – Waitakaruru Sculpture Park, Waikato, NZ

Pushing Print Festival, Margate, UK

2nd Yunnan International Print Exhibition, Yunnan, China

32nd Mini Print International of Cadaques, Girona, Spain

Touring to – Fundacio Tharrats d’Art Grafic – Barcelona; Galerie L’Etang d’ Art, Bages, France, Wingfield Barns, Suffolk, UK.

BIMPE VII, Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada

International Print Exhibition – Lorg Printmakers, Galway, Ireland

A4 Printmakers – Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

6th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal

Black on White – Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, Australia

3rd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Award,

Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Thailand
A4 Printmakers, Guanlan Print Base, China

2011     

Pacific Rim Meets Istanbul – FASS Gallery, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey

A4 Printmakers – Cornwall, UK; Zea Mays Studio, Massachusetts, USA

That Bewildering Expression – British Abstract Art from 1919 to the Present

Ian Rastrick Fine Art, St. Albans, UK

IV International Printmaking Exhibition, Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, Turkey

3rd Qijiang International Print Festival – China

Iosif Iser – International Contemporary Engraving Biennial, Romania

PRINT! – Exchange Gallery, Penzance, UK

Small Print: Big Impression – UK Tour – New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester,

78, Derngate, Northampton; Rufford Craft Centre, Nottinghamshire; Gallery Top,

Matlock, Derbyshire; Midlands Art Centre Birmingham

Out of the Box – NZ Printmakers from Solander, Tweed River Art Gallery, Australia

2010    

2nd Penang International Print Biennale, Malaysia

14th International Printmaking Biennale, Taiwan, ROC.

BIMPE VI, Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada

Pacific Rim – International print exhibition, Christchurch, NZ

Print Arts Northwest USA/NZ Print Exchange, Washington County

Museum, Portland, Oregon, USA

5th International Printmaking Biennale, Douro, Portugal

Visions of Utopia – Christchurch Cathedral, Centre of Contemporary Art,

Christchurch, NZ

A4 Open Print Competition, Falmouth, Cornwall, UK

9th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria

Dialogue among Civilisations – Art for Humanity Exhibition, Durban, South Africa and

world tour

We Are the World – international mini print, Bologna, Italy

Half a World Away – Sustainable Printmaking from New Zealand and New

England – Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, Massachusetts and APE, Gallery

Northampton, Massachusetts, USA

2009    

Editions – Local Printmakers and Collectors, Whangarei Art Museum, NZ

Notoxico – International Non-Toxic Printmaking – Monterrey, Mexico

III.International Printmaking Exhibition Mimar Sinan Fine Art

Facultu,Osman Hamdi Bey Art Gallery, İstanbul.

7th British International Mini Print – London Print Studio and 2-year UK tour

Boundless, CPCANZ, show Taylor Jensen Fine Arts, Palmerston North, NZ

2008      

7th Lessedra World Art Mini Print Annual – Sofia, Bulgaria

Papergraphica, Christchurch, NZ

Deck the Walls – Solander Works on Paper, Wellington NZ

Walker and Hall Art Award – Waiheke Island, Auckland NZ

National Drawing Award – NZ tour

Home Grown – Solander Works on Paper, Wellington, NZ

Impressed!  CPCANZ, Aratoi, Wairarapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, NZ

2007     

Under Pressure Empire Gallery, Cambridge, NZ

New Works Group Show Oedipus Rex Gallery Auckland NZ

Parklane Art Awards, Auckland, NZ

2006     

National Drawing Award, Artspace Auckland, Physics Room, Christchurch, NZ

Iowa Biennial of Contemporary Miniature Prints – Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA

Arrivals – Solander Works on Paper, Wellington, NZ

II International Print Exhibition Competition Tohane-I Amire art gallery Istanbul, Turkey

Unreasonable Passion – CPCANZ Print Show, Waikato Museum, Hamilton, NZ

Centre of Contemporary Art, Christchurch, NZ – Two-person show

Opening Show, Solander Works on Paper, Wellington, NZ

2005      

Oedipus Rex curated by Jennifer Buckley – Koru Club Lounge, Auckland International Airport, NZ

Finalist, Waikato National Art Award, Hamilton, NZ

Northland Printmakers – Waiheke Island and Yvonne Rust Gallery,

Whangarei, NZ

2004     

Finalist, James Wallace Art Awards, Auckland, NZ

Indigo Gallery, inaugural show, Kerikeri, NZ

Finalist, Goldwater Art Award, Waiheke, NZ

2002      

Derby Open, Museum & Art Gallery, Derby, UK

Leicester Open, City Gallery, Leicester, UK

Nottingham Open, Castle Museum & Art Gallery, UK

Harborne Gallery Prize, Harborne, Birmingham, UK

Circa, Bonington Gallery, Nottingham, UK

Imperfect Future, Turtle Arts, Nottingham, UK

2001      

Flagstaff Gallery, Devonport, New Zealand.

Lewisham Art House, London.

1998      

Zella Art, London, 2-person show.

1997      

Surfaced, 3-person show, Northbank Gallery, London.

The Large Edition; A Survey of British Printmaking, Middlesex University/

Malvern, UK.

Let’s Go Down the King’s Road, Kensington and Chelsea

College, London

1996    

Artist in Residence Intaglio Printmaker, London.

Art Bound, Artists Books, Bridewell Theatre, London.

National Print Show, Mall Gallery, London.

RESIDENCIES

2016

International Artist in Residence (AiR) – Tasmanian College of the Arts, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

2011  

Honorary Artist in Residence Printmaking – Ballarat (Federation) University, Victoria, Australia

Artist in Residence/workshopPRINT!  Exchange Gallery, Penzance, UK

2002 – 2003  

Artist in Residence, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK

1996 – 1997  

Artist in Residence, Kensington and Chelsea College, London

1995 – 1996  

Artist in Residence, Intaglio Printmaker, London

CURATED SHOWS/PROJECTS

2015

Parallel Prints NZ/Australia – Art at Wharepuke and Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia

RE:Print/Re:presentCo-curatorexhibition and symposium Anglia Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge, UK

2014

Combinations – Centre for Contemporary Printmaking, Bangor, Northern Ireland

2013

Parallel Prints Portfolio Presentation – Impact 8 international printmaking conference, Dundee, UK

Parallel Prints NZ/UK – Art at Wharepuke and Ian Rastrick Fine Art, St. Albans, UK

NON-TOXIC PRINTMAKING WORKSHOPS DELIVERED:

2019

Creative Matakana – Matakana, NZ

2013

Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, UK

2011

Chisholm Institute, Frankston, Victoria, Australia

University of Ballarat (Federation Uni), Victoria, Australia

Exchange Gallery – Penzance, UK

West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield, UK

John Howard Print Studio, Cornwall, UK

2009

Seacourt Print Workshop – Bangor Northern Ireland

EXHIBITION JUDGING/SELECTION PANELS

2022

Waverley Woollahra Art School Printmaking Prize – Australia, digital print category judge

2018

Print Matters – CPCANZ Members(solo selector) – Arts Post, Hamilton, NZ

2015

Member of Selection PanelFirst Impressions II, National Printmaking Exhibition, NZ

2013

Member of Selection PanelFirst Impressions I, National Printmaking Exhibition, NZ

2011  

Jury Member – Lessedra World Art Print – Sofia, Bulgaria

2010   

Member of Evaluation Committee, International Children’s Print Show,

Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China

ARTIST TALKS

2018

Print Matters – ArtsPost Gallery, Hamilton, NZ

2016

Orogeny Print Symposium – key note speaker– Tasmanian College of the Arts, Hobart

Art Forum presentation – Tasmanian College of the Arts, Hobart

2015

Artist Talk – Frome Printmakers – Frome, Somerset, UK

2013

Artist Talk – Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, UK

2011

Public Lecture – Ballarat (Federation)University, Victoria, Australia

PUBLICATIONS:

AuthorNon-Toxic Printmaking – (London, A&C Black, 2011) Printmaking Handbook

ISBN – 1408113252

The Harbin Series – (Wharepuke Print Studio, 2011) ISBN – 978-0-473-18818-4

Mark Graver – Paintings and Prints – (Wharepuke Print Studio, 2008)

ISBN 9780473124854

ARTICLES AUTHORED:

2020

Imagined & Remembered Places – Drawing on the Past – Drawing, Research, Theory, Practice (Intellect Journal) Vol 5 Number 1

2015

Parallel Prints – One Exhibition, Two Venues, Twelve Artists – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly Vol 50, No.4 – 

2013

Irresistible Quest – Printmaking Today (UK) – Vol 22 No.3

The Search for a Worldwide Acrylic Hard Resist’ (with Gerald Ferstman) – Grabado y Edicion (Spain) No. 38

2012

The Search for a Worldwide Acrylic Hard Resist (with Gerald Ferstman) – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly Vol. 47, No.4

2011

Making New Friends in Sofia, Lessedra Printmaking Show, Art News NZ

2010

Harbin Highlights, Chinese Printmaking – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly

2006

Artists Prints and Reproductions – a Need for Definition – Art All NZ # 76, 2006

ARTICLES ABOUT/FEATURED:

2019

Bumper Crop – RE Election interview – Printmaking Today Vol 28, Issue 110

2015

Prints in Parallel – Association – Magazine of the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Australia.

2013

Art in Print – New Editions – Vol. 2 No.5 Jan-Feb 2013

2009

Art at Wharepuke Gallery – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly

Printmaking Flourishing – Art News New Zealand

2008

Wharepuke Print Studio – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly,

Wharepuke Print Studio – Art All #89,

2004

The English Painter – Art News New Zealand, winter