Mark Graver
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,UK
1985 -1988 B.A (Hons) Fine Art, Leeds Polytechnic, UK
Residencies/Workshops Delivered/Lectures etc.
2013
Parallel Prints Portfolio Presentation – Impact 8 international printmaking conference, Dundee, UK
Non-Toxic Printmaking workshop – Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, UK
2011
Non Toxic Printmaking workshop – Chisholm Institute, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
Honorary Artist in Residence Printmaking – Ballarat University, Victoria, Australia
Non Toxic Printmaking workshop – West Yorkshire Print Workshop, UK
Non Toxic Printmaking workshop – John Howard Print Studio, Cornwall, UK
Artist in Residence/workshop – PRINT! Exchange Gallery, Penzance, UK
Jury Member – Lessedra World Art Print – Sofia, Bulgaria
2010
Member of Evaluation Committee, International Children’s Print Show,
Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
2009
Non Toxic Print Workshop – Seacourt Print Studio – Bangor, Northern Ireland
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
Publications:
Author – Non 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:
‘The Search for a Worldwide Acrylic Hard Resist’ (with Gerald Ferstman) – Grabado y Edicion (Spain) No, 38, 2013
‘The Search for a Worldwide Acrylic Hard Resist’ (with Gerald Ferstman) – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly Vol. 47, No.4 Summer 2012
‘Making New Friends in Sofia’, Lessedra Printmaking Show, Art News NZ, summer 2011.
‘Harbin Highlights’, Chinese Printmaking – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly, winter 2010,
‘Artists Prints and Reproductions – a Need for Definition’ – Art All NZ # 76, 2006
Articles About/Featured:
Art in Print – New Editions – Vol. 2 No.5 Jan-Feb 2013
‘Art at Wharepuke Gallery’ – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly, summer 2009
‘Printmaking Flourishing’ – Art News New Zealand, summer 2009
‘Wharepuke Print Studio’ – Imprint, Australian Print Council Quarterly, winter 2008
‘Wharepuke Print Studio’ – Art All #89, April 2008,
‘The English Painter’ – Art News New Zealand, winter 2004
Public Collections:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Guandong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Penang State Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
National Museum Of Fine Art, Taiwan
Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Douro Museum of Printmaking, Douro, Portugal
Durban University – Arts for Humanity Collection
Literature and Arts Department, Heilongjiang provincial government, Harbin, China
CONARTE – Non Toxic Printmaking Museum Collection, Leon, Monterrey, Mexico
Painting and Sculpture Museums Association, Istanbul Turkey
Tolpuddle Museum, Dorset, England
Camberwell College of Arts, London, England
James Wallace Trust, New Zealand
Work held in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, USA, Japan, China and Europe.
Awards:
2010 First Prize, 9th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
2006 Birgit Skiold Memorial Trust Printmaking Grant
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013
Prints – Gainsborough’s House, Sudbury, UK
Forty Four Sounds – 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
White Silence – Paintings and prints, Art at Wharepuke, NZ
The Harbin Series – Etchings – Art at Wharepuke, NZ
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 – Zella Art, London, UK
1996
Paintings – Northbank Gallery, London, UK
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2013
Parallel Prints – Galerie Apart, Le Bourg, Marcilhac -sur- Cele, France
Parallel Prints – Ian Rastrick Fine Art, St. Albans, Herts, UK
Parallel Prints – Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri, NZ
12th Lessedra World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
Celebrazione Morandiane – Bologna, Italy
Wellington Underground Film Festival – Wellington, NZ
WSA NZ Painting and Printmaking Award, Hamilton, NZ
2012
Utopia into Dystopia – Waitakaruru Sculpture Park, Waikato, NZ
Pushing Print Festival, Margate, UK
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 – Cornwall, UK
6th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal
Black on White – Port Jackson Press, Melbourne, Australia
3rd Bangkok Triennial International Print and Drawing Award, Thailand
A4 Printmakers, Guanlan Print Base, China
2011
Pacific Rim Meets Istanbul – FASS Gallery, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
A4 Printmakers – Falmouth, 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.
1997
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.