Michael O'Kane
CURRICULUM VITAE
Formal Art Education:
1997 BFA (with the Sculpture Prize), Otago
Polytechnic School of Art
1995-97 Student at Otago Polytechnic,
School of Art
1997 First
semester, exchange student at Canberra School of Art, ANU
1994
Student at Nelson Polytechnic School of Art
Other relevant interest/involvement:
2002-13 Otago Sculpture Trust Founding board
member and treasurer, also responsible for website and numerous
website photographs
2001-03 Part-time lecturer, Design Degree
(Plastics) Otago Polytechnic
1998-99 Relief tutor, Sculpture Dept., Otago
Polytechnic School of Art
Solo Exhibitions:
2013 On Assignment, Inge Doesburg Gallery,
Dunedin
2012 On Assignment, Eastern Southland Gallery,
Gore
2012 On Assignment, Forrester Gallery,
Oamaru
2012 On Assignment, Photospace Gallery,
Wellington
2012 Billboard Sixty Special, 6m x 3m billboard
image, Andersons Bay Rd; Dunedin Fringe Festival
2002 All Together, (sculpture works) Ward 48,
Dunedin
Group Exhibitions:
2012 On Assignment, Guest Artist at Suter Art
Society Autumn Exhibition, Nelson
2010 'Chindogu'- Fringe Festival Event at
Dunedin Settlers Museum
2009 'Chindogu'- Fringe Festival Event at
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
(Hiatus due to medical setback, and recuperation)
2003 Portable Swap Show: Blue Oyster Gallery
Dunedin, Enjoy Project Wellington, and High Street Project
Christchurch
2002 Piped Music: Physics Room programme October
- November. Christchurch
2001 (Also I997,'98,'99 and 2000), Cleveland Art
Awards, Dunedin
2001 XXX, Lightbox artist run space, Auckland.
February
1999 Oamaru stone group exhibition Forrester
Gallery, Oamaru
1999 The End. Virtual Tart internet art
exhibition site
Photographic prints held in regional gallery collections (from the On Assignment series):
2012 Eastern Southland Gallery
2012 Forrester Gallery
Grants:
2012 For billboard work, Dunedin Fringe Festival
Awards:
1998 Sculpture Merit Award, Cleveland Art
Awards, Dunedin.
1997 Sculpture Prize, Otago Polytechnic School
of Art.
1997 Student Sculpture Award, Cleveland Art
Awards.
1996 Highly Commended, Photography, Otago
University Students Assn. Art Exhibition.
1996 Finalist, Dunedin City public sculpture
competition.
Temporary public art projects:
2012 Billboard Sixty Special, 6m x 3m
billboard image, Andersons Bay Rd; Dunedin Fringe Festival
1997 Temporary Public Art Projects (TPAP),
Canberra, with Stephen Hurrell, Artist in Residence at the ANU
Canberra School of Art
1996 Sculpture Rescue, Dunedin
Publications (Images/Reviews):
2013 The Otago Daily Times (Dunedin),
2013 The Star (Dunedin),
2012 Capital Times (Wellington), March
22nd
2012 Otago Daily Times, Mar 20th
2009 The Star newspaper, Mar 12th
2002 Otago Daily Times, Oct 3rd
1999 Deep South, (www. otago. ac.nz/Deep South)
Summer issue. University of Otago
1998 Deep South, Winter issue
1997 Deep South,), Spring issue
1996 Monica reviews art/ art praxis
(Aug-Sept)
1996 Otago Daily Times (7 June, 26 July)