About
Renée Pearson
Renée Pearson is a visual artist, stone carver and jeweller. Born in Ōtautahi, Christchurch in 1991, Renée grew up in a small village in the southern alps of New Zealand. These formative years, exploring the surrounding landscape, fostered a passion for the land that grew alongside her, and continues to be an important influence in her work.
She explores social and philosophical concepts relevant to the modern world. Working predominantly with greywacke, the most common of New Zealand stones, Renée‘s objects present an archaeological reference alluding to the inevitable transience of the human situation.
Renée completed a Certificate in Design at Christchurch Polytechnic in 2012 and a Bachelor of Applied Arts at Whitireia Polytechic in 2018.
Renée Pearson Artist CV
Education
-
Whitireia NZ, Bachelor of Applied Arts, 2016 - 2018
Christchurch Polytechnic, Certificate in Design, 2012
Awards
-
Talente, Emerging Artist Award, 2018
Selected Exhibitions
-
2023
Steeped, Solo Exhibition, The National, Christchurch
Attachment, A Brooch Show, Avid Gallery, Welington
-
2022
Art Matters: 30 Years of Avid, Avid Gallery, Wellington
Droop, The Dowse, Lower Hutt
-
2021
Auckland Art Fair, The Cloud, Auckland
Carving Culture: 4 Women Makers, Avid Gallery, Wellington
Jewellery from Aotearoa New Zealand, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
-
2020
Stones-The Final Cut, Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany
-
2019
Doilies, Avid Gallery, Wellington
Marzee International Graduate Show, Galerie Marzee, The Netherlands
The Neck, Bridget Kennedy Project Space, Sydney, Australia
Auckland Art Fair, The Cloud, Auckland
The National at Frame, Frame, Munich, Germany
-
2018
Toa Takitini – Success of Many, Whitireia Graduate Exhibition, Te Auaha, Wellington
Power Play, Solo Exhibition, Avid Gallery, Wellington
Auckland Art Fair, Auckland
Talente 2018, Internationale Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany
IWA New Zealand Makers, Internationale, Frame, Munich, Germany
The Stuff Necklaces are Made of: 7 necklaces, 7 NZ makers, Avid Gallery, Wellington
-
2017
Strata, Thistle Hall, Wellington
Shifts, Bowen House, Parliament, Wellington
The Last Supper, Solo installation, Whitireia NZ, Wellington
-
2016
Exit, Thistle Hall, Wellington
A Common Thread, Whitireia NZ, Wellington
-
2015
Untitled Mural, Majhthana, Nepal
Untitled Mural, Nong Khiaw, Laos
-
2012
Heads Up, Christchurch Polytechnic