Auckland based artist Teresa HR Lane aspires to present visual equality by disrupting the male gaze with an irreverent humour. Inspired by abundant information, disconnected Greek ancestry, influential but contradictory myths, bodily representation, and the never ending story of (in)equality. Lane confounds our expectations by dismembering and reassembling with an intricate mixed media collage practice, ‘painting with paper’, and ‘drawing with scissors’, offering the viewer an alternative vision, interwoven with an ethereal place, imagined but firmly entrenched in reality. At time’s confronting, these collages document the ordinary and celebrate the extraordinary, accentuating the perversity of human interaction.
Lane received an MFA from Elam School of Fine Arts at the University of Auckland in 2017. Recent exhibitions include Oh My, God, Sanderson Gallery, Auckland; I’ve Hidden Your Knickers Under Here (where the boys won’t see),Allpress Studio, Auckland; Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatāne Exhibition Centre; Nevermind the Apocalypse, Paul Nache Gallery, Gisborne. Lane was the recipient of Akel Schulte Runner-up Award in the 2019 Molly Morpeth Canaday Painting and Drawing Award and is a finalist in the 2019 National Contemporary Art Award and the Wallace Art Awards in 2017. Lanes works are included in the Wallace Arts Trust Collection and various private collections.
EXHIBITIONS
30 July - 18th August 2019 - Oh My, God - Sanderson Gallery, Auckland
17th August 2019 - A Picture Says 400 Words - Comet Project Space
19th October 2019 - Akepiro Indie 500, Auckland Art Week - Studio Art Sale @ Akepiro Studio
April 2019 - Allpress Studio, Auckland - I've Hidden Your Knickers Under Here (where the boys won't see)
2019 March Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards, Whakatane/Masterton - Raising of The Brazen Snake
April 2018 - Paul Nache Gallery, Gisborne - Nevermind The Apocalypse
2017 December - MFA, Elam Graduate Show - How Can I Seduce You
2017 November - Paul Nache Gallery, Gisborne - Cockware
2017 October - Blikfang Gallery, Auckland - Gods Becoming Men
2017 October/November - Wallace Awards, Auckland - Travelling Show Group Show
2017 March - Thievery Studio, Auckland - Same As It Ever Was
2016 October - Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland - The Intellectual Fashion Show Group Show
2016 October - Window @ International Art Centre for Auckland Artweek, Auckland - B(v) = (n-1/1)v The theorem of how to harness auction fever
2016 May - Woo Space Beijing China - Group Show
2016 February - Allpress Studio Auckland - You Really Had To BeThere – solo show
2016 February - Paul Nache Gallery, Gisborne - Graffiti Lounge - Group Show
2015 April - Milford Gallery Dunedin - Men @ Work – solo show
2014 August - Milford Gallery Dunedin - New Artists – group show
2014 July - Allpress Gallery Auckland - The Might of Meekness – solo show
2013 February - Artstation Auckland - Behind Closed Door – solo show
AWARDS
Finalist - National Contemporary Awards 2019
Runner Up Akel Shulte Award - Molly Morpeth Canaday Awards 2019
Finalist - Wallace Awards 2017
COLLECTIONS
The James Wallace Arts Trust