Selected works for sale Artist's CV
https://www.conorvonclarks.com/
she/her/ia
Born: 1982 Tāmaki Makaurau
Based: Ōtautahi
Ancestry: Ngāi Tahu (Ngāti Kuri), Irish & Welsh
Lecturer in Photography, Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury (2019–present)
MFA Candidate, Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury (2021–present)
Guest student, Academy of Visual Arts (HGB) Leipzig, Germany (2018–19)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland (2001–05)
Tylee Cottage Artist in Residence, Whanganui (2017-18)
Auckland City Council Artist in Residence, Waitawa Regional Park, Auckland (2015)
Renaissance Photography Prize, Best Series, London (2015)
IdeasTap Award, Portfolio Review, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf (2015)
Mt Eden Young Artist Awards, Overall Prize, Auckland (2004)
Mt Eden Young Artist Awards, Photography Prize, Auckland (2003)
2023 Peaks and Troughs, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2023 Public lightbox commission – 8 x new works in collaboration with Joy Auckram, Ōtākaro Avon river/Te Pae, Christchurch
2021 As far as the eye can reach, Two Rooms, Auckland
2019 Unchained Melody, SCAPE Public Art Project, Christchurch
2019 Ground Water Mirror, SoFa, Ilam Campus Gallery, Christchurch
2019 Unchained Melody, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2018 The End of Wordsworth Street, Sarjeant Gallery Te Whare o Rehua Whanganui
2017 A Warm Welcoming Feeling, Papakura Art Gallery, Auckland
2017 In Pursuit of the Object, The Sustainability Trust, Wellington
2016 A Warm Welcoming Feeling, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2016 Scenic Potential, Billboard Project, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland
2015 Scenic Potential, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2014 In Pursuit of the Picturesque: In Pictures (Observations from New Zealand), Giftraum, Berlin
2008 Picturesque Improvement, 64zero3, Christchurch
2023 Herbarium, Te Ara Ātea, Rolleston, Canterbury, NZ
2023 (upcoming) Vital Machinery II, Hastings City Art Gallery
2023 (upcoming) Sydney Art Fair w/ Two Rooms Gallery
2023 (upcoming) Spring 1983 w/ Jonathan Smart Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Vital Machinery, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
2022 No.2 Art Tramp Show, Oxford Gallery Toi o Waimakariri
2021 Paemanu: Tauraka Toi (A Landing Place), Dunedin Public Art Gallery
2021 Recent Photographs, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2021 Auckland Art Fair w/ Two Rooms Gallery
2020 Touching Sight: Conor Clarke, Emma Fitts + Oliver Perkins, Christchurch Art Gallery
2020 Cracker: Greta Anderson, Conor Clarke, Anne Shelton + Shaun Waugh, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2020 Spheres: An Online Video Project, Christchurch Art Gallery
2019 Roundabout, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch
2018 Sorry, Not Sorry: Conor Clarke & Tia Ranginui, Franklin Arts Centre, Auckland
2017 In the Anthropocene, Bartley & Co, Wellington
2016 The Devil's Blind Spot, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu
2016 Vol.1 Editionen und Multiples 1985 – heute, Vexer Verlag Büro Berlin
2016 Selective Exposure, In Situ, Christchurch, organised by Haru Sameshima
2015 Himmel und Erde: Beatrix Reinhardt & Conor Clarke, Galerie Pavlovs Dog, Berlin
2015 Renaissance Photography Prize Exhibition, Getty Images Gallery, London
2015 Selective Exposure, Photospace, Wellington, organised by Haru Sameshima
2015 The Close, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2014 Outer Space, Two Rooms Gallery, Auckland
2014 Winter/Winter: Conor Clarke & Sam Hartnett, PLAZA, Auckland
2014 Typologien, Jarvis Dooney Galerie, Berlin
2013 De Joode & Kamutzki Winter Auction, Karl-Marx-Buchhandlung, Berlin
2011 I Could Have Sworn I, Grimmuseum, Berlin
2010 A Kitchen Show, Our Kitchen, Berlin, organised by Kah Bee Chow
2010 I Could Have Sworn I, Mtaär , Istanbul
2009 From the Depths of Suburbia: Photo-media from Auckland, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Auckland
2009 Photography Sell Out, Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, organised by Craig Hilton
2008 From the Depths of Suburbia: Photo-media from Auckland, QCA Gallery, Queensland, Australia
2008 On Show 2008, Bath Street Gallery, Auckland
2008 A Brothel Without Walls, City Art Rooms, Auckland
2008 Backyard Trophy, Snowhite Gallery, Auckland
2008 Forestaurant, City Arts Rooms, Auckland
2008 Forestaurant, High Street Project, Christchurch
2007 Self/Conscious, Seed Gallery, Auckland
2005 Titter, Special Gallery, Auckland
2005 Show Number 9, Matakana Gallery, curated by Ian MacDonald, Haru Sameshima & Mark Adams
2005 Dielectric Constant, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
2005 Average, Rm103, Auckland
2004 Imposition: Nicky Broekhuysen & Conor Clarke, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
2004 Dislocated, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland
2004 Breaking In, Artstation, Auckland
Art Collector Magazine #July – Sep, Collapsing into Reality, Artist feature (2023)
Landfall Magazine #242, Cover and Feature (2021)
Lachlan Taylor, As far as the eye can reach, exhibition essay, Two Rooms (2021)
Maya Love, Conor Clarke Sees Differently, The Art Paper #º00 (2021)
Anon, Touching sight: Conor Clarke, Emma Fitts, Oliver Perkins, Something Outside review (2021)
Fayen d’Evie, Perceiving Nature: Conor Clarke, Bulletin #202 (2020)
Chloe Cull, Ground Water Mirror, Catalogue, SoFA Ilam Campus Gallery (2019)
Lachlan Taylor, Unchained Melody, Exhibition essay, Two Rooms (2019)
John Hurrell, Conor Clarke’s Processual Allegory, Eyecontact review (2019)
Lachlan Taylor, The End of Wordsworth Street, Catalogue, Sarjeant Gallery (2018)
Jessica Kidd, The End of Wordsworth Street, Sarjeant Quarterly #70, interview (2018)
Femisphere #2, edited by Judith Darragh + Imogen Taylor, contributor (2018)
Holly Best, Photographing Nature: The Slippery Topographics of Conor Clarke, Art New Zealand #166 (2018)
Madeline Saxton-Beer, 10 Questions with photographer Conor Clarke, The Denizen #28 (2018)
Emil McAvoy, Ground Water Mirror, Exhibition essay, Two Rooms (2018)
Emil McAvoy, Ground Water Mirror: An interview with Conor Clarke, Photoforum NZ (2018)
Lily Hacking, Human Intervention, Artzone #71 (2018)
The Journal of Urgent Writing #2, edited by Simon Wilson, Massey University Press, contributor (2017)
Nic Low, The Devil’s Blindspot: Conor Clarke, Bulletin #186 (2017)
S T I L L Magazine #4, contributor (2016)
Conor Clarke, In residence: An Attempt to Convey Sublime Experience, Art News NZ Autumn (2016)
Justin Gregory, Artist in Residence at Waitawa Park, RNZ Interview Podcast (2015)
Edward Dimsdale, Scenic Potential, HOTSHOE Magazine #192, interview & portfolio (2015)
Chloe Cull, Conor Clarke at Two Rooms, Eyecontact review (2015)
Jakob Schiller, Smokestack photos make pollution look strangely beautiful, WIRED (2015)
Der Greif Magazine Issue #8, contributor (2015)
Christine McFetridge, If Progress had a Sound, MoMento Magazine #16 (2014)
Peter Ireland, The Hand of Man, Eyecontact review (2014)
Alison Hugill, Conor Clarke at Giftraum, Berlin Art Link review (2014)
Virginia Were, Suburban Revival, Art News NZ (2009)
Edward Hanfling, Forestaurant, Art New Zealand #125 (2008)
John Hurrell, Open Plan Bordello, Eyecontact review (2008)