Gg-venice-biennale-youth-forum-040 Judy Millar

Penelope Judith Millar (born 1957) is a New Zealand artist, who lives in

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and

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, Germany.

Education

Millar received a BFA in 1980 and an MFA from

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Elam School of Fine Arts The Elam School of Fine Arts, founded by John Edward Elam, is part of the Faculty of Creative Arts and Industries at the University of Auckland. Students study degrees in fine art with an emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach. The schoo ...

in 1983. As recipient of a Scholarship from the Italian Government in 1990, she spent a year in

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, Italy, where she studied Italian arts of the 1960s and 1970s.

Paintings

Millar is known for her abstract acrylic and oil paintings. While her works may recall Abstract Expressionist paintings, Millar does not consider her paintings as being 'gestural'. In an interview with Ocula in 2016, she said that,

The word that always sets my teeth on edge is ‘gesture.’ Gesture seems like something that comes gushing out from deep inside you. That is not really what I am interested in. My work is much more about drawing; it is about looking and seeing, less about ‘expressing’. I’m using gesture only in the sense that a gesture can communicate something.

Awards and honours

*2011 Arts Board Arts Grant,

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*2002 Paramount Award,

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, New Zealand *1994 Moet & Chandon Fellowship,

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*1990 Italian Government Post-Graduate Scholarship,

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delle Belle Arti,

, Italy

Residencies

*2009 Creative New Zealand Visual Arts Residency in New York, International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP), New York City *2006 Inaugural winner of the McCahon House Residency, New Zealand

Exhibitions

Millar has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in both New Zealand and Europe and found critical acclaim in the international press. Selected Solo Exhibitions * 2005 ''I ~~Will, Should, Can, Must, May,~~ Would Like to Express'', Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland * 2006 ''Something, Nothing'', 64zero3,

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* 2007 ''Keeping You You, Keeping Me Me'', Lopdell House Gallery,

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, West Auckland * 2008 ''Matt Black'', Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich, Switzerland * 2009 ''Giraffe-Bottle-Gun'', New Zealand Pavilion,

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, Venice, Italy * 2015 ''The Model World'', Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery Her painterly style was described as "energetic and overwhelming", and Andrea Hilgenstock calls her paintings "spectacular". Further references can be found in recent publications on New Zealand art. Her works can be found in the collections of the

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the

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, the

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, and numerous private collections throughout Europe. She represented New Zealand at the 53rd

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in 2009. This project is recreated in miniature in the 2014 pop-up book ''Swell'', created in collaboration with paper engineer Phillip Fickling and writer Trish Gribben – this book in turn inspired full-scale pop-up style works for her solo exhibition ''The Model World'' and large sculptures for SCAPE and the Auckland Art Gallery. In 2011 she was again part of the Venice Biennale in the collateral event

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Current

Millar is represented by Gow Langsford Gallery in Auckland, Gallery Mark Müller in Zurich, Hamish Morrison Gallery in

, and Sullivan Strumpf, Sydney.

References

External links

Kunstmuseum St. GallenGow Langsford GalleryGallery Mark MüllerSt Paul St Gallery
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Millar, Judy 1957 births Elam Art School alumni Living people New Zealand women artists New Zealand contemporary artists People educated at Westlake Girls High School